2015.09 - pmi netherlands newsletter

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PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project-, Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

www.PMI-Netherlands-Chapter.org

Table of Contents Welcome to the September Edition ........................................................................................... 2

Our Sponsors .............................................................................................................................. 3

Events overview ......................................................................................................................... 4

Chapter Board News .................................................................................................................. 5

Strategy Meeting..................................................................................................................... 5

From the desk of the Director Events ........................................................................................ 7

Announcement of a new Local Interest Workgroup: Corporate Governance ....................... 7

PMI NL Summit 2016 – Save the date!....................................................................................... 8

Looking for Agile Thought Leaders ............................................................................................. 8

Final date for PMP exam ............................................................................................................ 9

Need to be more agile, but not sure what to do next? ............................................................. 9

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class Spring 2016 edition ........................................................ 10

Upcoming Elections for the Board of PMI Netherlands Chapter ............................................. 10

Upcoming events ...................................................................................................................... 11

Thursday October 15th - Chapter Meeting at Shell Rijswijk on Change Management ......... 11

Monday November 16th - Chapter Meeting at Tebodin, The Hague .................................... 12

Sponsor Announcements ......................................................................................................... 13

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members ......................................................................... 14

Project Management Humour ................................................................................................. 14

Let’s stay in touch ..................................................................................................................... 15

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Welcome to the September Edition We warmly invite you to read this brand new edition of our Chapter Newsletter full of interesting items and announcements! On 10th September the Board held its Strategy Meeting in Zeist with three of our sponsors, where together we determined the PMI NL Chapter priorities for the coming years. It was a very fruitful day with lots of inspiring ideas. You can read a short report in this Newsletter. Furthermore you will find the Chapter Event Announcements for October and November at Shell and Tebodin; ensure your seat is booked through our website! We ask your special attention for the announcement of the upcoming Board Elections and the setting up of a new Local Interest Work Group on Corporate Governance. And as always you will find useful information provided by our valuable sponsors. Do you have an item of interest of titbit of information that you would like to share with your peers? Please feel free to send us your contribution by the deadline October 14, 2015. Enjoy reading!

Odilia Kunne Director Marketing and Communication

Editorial Office: • Odilia Kunne • Karen Obi

Contact: [email protected]


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Events overview See our chapter website for the full calendar

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

October 2015

15 Chapter Meeting: Change Management & Storytelling

More info

Nov ember 2015

16 Chapter Meeting: Project Methodology implementation & Strategic PPM

More info available soon

October 2015

5 - 6 IIL – Project Management Fundamentals More info

5 - 9 ESI – PMP Exam Power Preparation VILT More info

9 Threon – Program Management Professional Certification (PgMP) - Online Program

More info

14 AMI – Change & The Power of Storytelling

More info

14 - 15 IIL – Leadership Skills for Project Managers

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19 - 21 Threon – CAPM Certification Prep More info

19 - 22 Threon – Accelerated PMP Prep More info

22 Lagant – Agile Certified Practitioner Training

More info

26 - 28 Threon – Project Management Fundamentals

More info

November 2015

5 IIL – International Project Management Day 2015 : Ensuring A Sustainable Future

More info

16 - 18 IIL – PRINCE2 Foundation More info

17 - 20 Threon – Accelerated PMP Prep More info

19 Lagant – Agile Certified Practitioner Training

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19 - 20 IIL – PRINCE2 Practitioner More info

23 - 27 IIL – Business Analysis Certificate Program (BACP)

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25 - 26 IIL – Agile Development and Project Management

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30 - Dec 1 IIL – Project Management Fundamentals More info

December 2015

7 AMI Consultancy – Masterclass Project Recovery

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7 - 11 IIL – Project Management Certificate Program (PMP)

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Chapter Board News Strategy Meeting On 10th September the Board had a Strategy Meeting in Zeist with three of our sponsors, where together we determined the PMI NL Chapter priorities for the coming years. We had a very good meeting with lively and open discussions. The session followed a logical flow from presenting the current strategy, collecting general ideas and proposals around the chapter focus areas and sponsor input for the strategy revision, presenting the past and current Chapter performance and achievements and deciding on the strategy update and the actionable items.

Operationalizing the Strategy The PMI NL Chapter strategy is meant to give direction for at least 3 years. This year we have implemented renewed emphasis on Sponsors, further Innovation through the network app, the update of our Website (new collaboration opportunities), more Chapter Meetings with themes around personal development, and further alignment with international future standards like ISO. The first part of the Strategy Meeting emphasized the need to further operationalize the current 2015–2019 strategy to get inspiration and ideas to enhance our 2015 strategy for 2016 and beyond. After the welcome, Jan Vermeijs presented an overview of the existing PMI NL Chapter mid-term (2015-2019) strategy to have a common starting point for the discussions. Thereafter, Henk-Jan Molenkamp got us thinking out-of-the-box for inspiration and ideas as input to the revised strategy around interesting topics such as: CAPM Certification, Is Project Management a Profession? and Is PMI NL a resource and innovator for Project Management in NL? After dinner, Rommert Stellingwerf presented the Chapter performance trends from 2009 – 2014 and the 2015 initiatives to bring attendees up to speed on the Chapter achievements in the past and in the current year.

Sponsor Opportunities The sponsors are important to PMI NL: they make it possible to publish, promote, organize, broadcast and bring value to our members. PMI NL is important to our sponsors for visibility and promotion of their activities to our members. In 2015 the Chapter has renewed its attention to promote our sponsors by supporting their initiatives, providing reminders for newsletter input, special announcements during Chapter Meetings, LIWGs (Local Interest WorkGroups) around topics important to sponsors, new marketing methods (pay as you use), etc. In order to improve the value of the Chapter to our sponsors, we asked our


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sponsors to determine what the Chapter should do for better results, visibility, etc. in the context of optimal value and win-win for both members and sponsors. Henk-Jan invited the sponsors to present their views on how to get more out of the sponsor-Chapter relationship by focusing on the areas: First impressions on your sponsorship of PMI NL, Your dream! and Your advice to PMI NL.

Conclusion At the end of the day the participants gathered lots of good ideas and some very original proposals for the Chapter to fine-tune their strategy and for the sponsors to experience a more productive relationship with the Chapter. Both groups took away a list of items that they can act upon in the short and mid-term. The revised strategy will be the basis for the chapter’s 2016 Business Plan which will be compiled in December. The following ideas and proposals (some new, some confirming old ones) came up to improve the visibility of PMI and Project Management in general in the Netherlands for the mutual benefit of PMI NL and its sponsors:

- develop an entry-level PMI Project Management certification in Dutch (CAPM and PMP are considered too heavy)

- protect the title of Project Manager (support a student to research this topic or initiate a court case to achieve this)

- PMI NL, together with IPMA NL, get invited to formally review large projects, e.g. national infrastructure projects or governmental ICT projects

- increase the promotion of research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management sponsored by PMI Inc. and adopt it for the Dutch situation

- align with DNRG (Dutch National Research Group), setup by Hogeschool Utrecht and IPMA NL

- use global funding of PMI for Marketing and Research activities in NL get PMI NL higher in the Google® ranking when searching for “Project Management” in NL

- trainers to promote PMI (NL) in their classes - make presentations on PMI (NL) in various business clubs - promote PMI (NL) more in Dutch (website/blog/social media also in Dutch, Dutch

brochures, Dutch training and certification) - PMI (NL) to connect more with large organizations (which would bring more business

to sponsors)


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From the desk of the Director Events

Announcement of a new Local Interest Workgroup: Corporate Governance As Project, Program or Portfolio Manager we very often see that projects/programs fail due to instability or lacking project governance. This is directly related to poor corporate governance. It is important and beneficial for companies that we, as PMI certified professionals, get more involved in setting up and/or advising about Governance since we feel the consequences of poor management or communication first in our programs. Corporate Governance broadly refers to the mechanisms, processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and directed. Corporate Governance essentially involves balancing the interests of the many stakeholders in a company - these include its shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government and the community.

Objective: - The PMI NL Local Interest Workgroup “Corporate Governance” focuses at the lessons

learned, do’s and don’ts of governing Projects & Programs and investigates the relationship with Corporate Governance. Its intention is to provide guidelines and early warning systems as to what good practices prescribe for organizations running multiple Programs and Projects and Corporate Governance in general;

- Increase Innovation within companies by good Governance for Project Portfolio Management;

- Establish PMI NL (and this LIWG Corporate Governance in particular) as an important resource for Corporate Governance set-up aimed at Executive Managers and Corporate Board Members.

Target LIWG audience: Senior Portfolio and Program Managers, as well as Directors Project Management (Senior Management level required).

Approach: After a joint definition and fine-tuning of the objectives, scope and interest areas (scope and boundaries), PMI global resources will be examined for best practices followed by interviews of Executive and Senior Managers as well as Board Members for obtaining current perceptions and perceived bottlenecks. After this fieldwork is completed, guidelines will be developed summarizing the findings and resulting in concrete advice for Executive Management. Besides the research & interview work, the LIWG participants will have the opportunity to:


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- Qualify and/or participate in a program for Corporate Board Member development to become established consultants/advisors in the arena of (Corporate/Program) Governance;

- Publish findings through PMI Channels; - Become volunteering consultant promoting ‘PMI & Project Governance in the

Boardroom.’ For more information or participating in this ambitious new workgroup, please contact [email protected].

PMI NL Summit 2016 – Save the date! The 5th edition of the PMI Netherlands Chapter Summit will be held on September 15th 2016. If you are interested in (re-)viewing the Summit 2015 presentations, you can download them here: http://www.pmi-netherlands-summit.com/presentations/ by using the following password: PMSUM20%15#. A photo impression of the Summit can be found here: http://www.pmi-netherlands-summit.com/2015-photo-impression/ By the way, do not forget to claim your PDUs at https://ccrs.pmi.org/search/

Looking for Agile Thought Leaders The Certification Department is looking into creating a council of Agile thought leaders who could assist in exam development activities. Tasks include assisting in recruitment, selection, and guidance for article creation and/or reviewer SMEs. This council would help ensure that SMEs recruited are not only globally and industry diverse but also are expert Agile practitioners. Are you an Agile thought leader and interested in joining this council? If so, please contact Anca Costache (Chapter Partner North West & Central Europe Region 8).


mailto:[email protected]

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Final date for PMP exam

The PMP exam change is coming soon – we encourage all our members to sit for the exam by 11 January. Here’s why: 1. Take advantage of end-of-year time to squeeze in some extra preparation.

2. Check this important item off your personal development plan and set yourself

up for a stellar end-of-year review. What’s better than earning your PMP to finish 2015 on a high note?

3. After 11 January, the PMP exam changes and 25% of the exam will focus on

new content topics that may not be part of your original study plan. There’s no time like the present – please got to the exam hub for all the details.

Need to be more agile, but not sure what to do next? PMI’s most popular online course series can help. “The Complete Agile Project Manager” provides everything you need to know to put agile practices in place. Just click here.


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Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class Spring 2016 edition We are happy to announce our next PMP Exam Coaching Class Spring 2016: Day 1 : Saturday March 5 2016 Day 2 : Saturday March 19 2016 Day 3 : Saturday April 9 2016 Day 4 : Saturday April 30 2016 Location: Hotel De Bilt, Utrecht De Holle Bilt 1 3732 HM DE BILT Registration to be opened soon! Deadline for registration: January 29th 2016. Already certified? Please forward this information to your colleagues….! Please note that the last day to test under the current version of the PMP® exam is 11 January 2016.

Upcoming Elections for the Board of PMI Netherlands Chapter In the coming weeks you will receive an announcement for the elections of the PMI Netherlands Chapter Board 2016-2017. Please consider your candidacy and dedicating approximately 4 hours per week to a Board position. It is an excellent opportunity to help the Chapter grow and profit from contacts with colleagues in the Netherlands and other countries. Elected Board members serve a two-year term, which can be extended with a second two-year term.


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Upcoming events

Thursday October 15th - Chapter Meeting at Shell Rijswijk on Change Management

Why to Change & How to Change – Storytelling as Change Enabler Enabling effectual Organizational Change is becoming more and more common business in the profession of Project and Program Management. On one hand we see the need for critical competencies for defining, creating and directing Change, addressing the "why" of Change. On the other hand we see the need for "how" to activate Change with well-chosen interventions. The main objective of both is creating effectual Change: Change which pays off. In this session we address the "why" and "how" of Change with two views:

Agenda 17:00 Registration Open, Sandwiches and Refreshments 18:00 Opening, Welcome and Introduction by the PMI Netherlands Chapter 18:05 Welcome word by our Facility Sponsor – Shell

18:15 Shell’s ‘Business Readiness Approach’ An inside in how Shell enables organizational change

18:35 Change Approach – Bert van der Hooft Choosing and communicating the correct Change approach together with your Change Sponsor is key. But how do you select the right approach? How do you convince your sponsor who wants to have an effectual change? Interactive session about how to convince your sponsor about the right Change Approach with instruments for defining and communicating the Change Strategy and influencing your Change Sponsors and Stakeholders. * Note: you will be invited to a short online presentation as a preparation (or pre-read) in order to ensure you understand more of the content which contain technical terms. You will receive the link several days before the session.

19:20 Coffee Break

19:40 Storytelling – Theo Hendrik Everybody has a story, but it is seldom told. In our professional lives we prefer to stay with the facts, which ends up in a lot of boring presentations in which good intentions disappears in explanation and technical jargon. The basics of Storytelling. You’ll be challenged to share your inspiring and captivating story, which will can give a boost to the performance of your project or program with stories that go straight to people’s heart and mind.

20:30 Wrap-up & Networking drinks

21:00 Close ---

Bert van der Hooft has been working in Project & Programme Manager for many years. Bert has a degree in Change Management and is a lecturer in the MBA program at the Rotterdam Business School as well a teacher in the Strategic Programme Management module at AOG School of Management. Theo Hendriks is an author of Storytelling books and was awarded the the European Excellence Award (category Change Communication) in 2010. Register here!


http://www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org/index.php/events/upcoming-events/753-2015-10-15-chapter-meeting-at-shell-rijswijk

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Monday November 16th - Chapter Meeting at Tebodin, The Hague

Project Methodology implementation & Strategic PPM November’s Chapter Meeting will examine the manner that large organizations standardize their project methodology for executing engineering and the implementation of strategic Portfolio Management. Tebodin, an Engineering and Services group, builds, maintains and operates plants and buildings for Industry, including the Energy and Real Estate sectors. Their projects are run successfully according to a methodology described and maintained in the Tebodin Quality system. In order to align better with their global clients, Tebodin has decided to overhaul their methodology and use the PMBoK® framework as the basis for executing projects. In this session Mr. Jan Klein Wolterink, Director Project Improvement at Tebodin, will take us on his journey to start-up this endeavor to bring the new Quality standards for project performance to all corners of the globe where Tebodin is active. ABB, is recognized as the largest supplier of industrial motors and drives, worldwide, supplying power and automation solutions, products and services to clients in a wide range of market sectors. In this session Mr. Alex Hoogendoorn, Program Manager in the Operational Excellence department at ABB, has been challenged to create a new Governance model for Strategic Portfolio Management. Strategic Portfolio Management is a process where decisions are taken on multiple dimensions e.g. strategic project contribution, budget management, business case management, architecture management and resource management. Don’t forget to mark the date of November 16th in your agenda!


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Sponsor Announcements

Experience the same high quality classroom training in a live, online format, without leaving your office or home with ESI International! We have recently launched our new Virtual Instructor-led Training (VILT) project management courses. Our VILT courses are highly interactive and give you the chance to gain the same skills, knowledge and tools delivered in our traditional classroom courses. The only difference is that you don't need to travel. All you need is an internet connection and a microphone headset. Here are just some of the main features and benefits:

• Highly interactive - Communicate effectively with the instructor and other students. Ask questions and still experience group activities and discussions!

• Recorded clips - All VILT courses are recorded and saved in clips which you can have access to up to 12 months after completing the course - a great way to reinforce your knowledge!

• Cost-effective - Learn from the comfort of your own home / office and save on any travel and accommodation costs.

• Gain PDUs - Just like our traditional classroom courses, you collect the same number of PDUs by attending our virtual classroom training courses, and the course content is the same.

More info… If you’re looking to take your PMP Exam, then take our PMP Exam Power Preparation VILT course taking place on 5-9 October 2015, and find yourself well on the way to passing the exam. Click here to register for the course! Don’t forget that PMI Netherlands Chapter members get a 15% discount on all UK public classroom training courses. For more information, or to speak to one of our course advisors, please visit www.esi-intl.co.uk or call us on +44 (0) 203 743 2910 or email us at [email protected] .


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Recently certified PMI Netherlands members This month there are no new PMI certified members to celebrate. We warmly invite you to participate in our next PMP Exam Coaching Class Spring 2016 edition. Registration will be open soon!

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Let’s stay in touch Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI

Netherlands Chapter: http://pmi-netherlands-Chapter.org You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email.

Join our LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/PMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083 Share your thoughts and join discussions. We will also inform you about Chapter events, Newletters issues and other PMI news. You can also follow our company page: http://www.linkedin.com/company/pmi-netherlands-Chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page: https://www.facebook.com/PMINetherlandsChapter which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes. We will let you know about Chapter events, Newletters issues and share with you our meetings’ impressions.

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