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SIG Updates
Message
from the Chair
Congratulations and welcome to
our new SIG board members: Co-Chair/Andrea
Giantelli, PMP
Director-Communications/ Sandra
LeBlanc, PMP
Director-Finance/Megan
Greve, CAPM and
Director-Membership/Faban Marie
Joyner, PMP
who bring us a lot of new energy and fresh perspective. Board
member transition activities will occur over the next several
weeks.
The EMEA Leadership Meeting on 5/15-17 in Amsterdam is
an excellent opportunity to celebrate the diversity of the worldwide
project management community. PMI's global leaders collaborate
with colleagues in various learning and sharing sessions, as well
as build relationships through networking opportunities. Visit
the PMI website for more on the PMI
Leadership Institute.
PMI Virtual Communities Project continues toward its goal
of migrating existing SIGs into the new virtual community organizational
model. WIPM SIG is scheduled to begin formal transition in 1Q2010,
however pre-work will start in 3Q/2009. Communications on this
topic will also increase as we roll out details on some specific
changes we will see-such as a new website presence with additional
features such as blogs, discussion groups, etc.
On a related note, some of you may have encountered a virus
message on our website. It has been reported and is still
under investigation. It appears to be detected and removed by
security such as McAfee, Spyware Doctor, Norton, etc. We apologize
for any inconvenience and will continue to work towards a permanent
resolution.
SIG
Operations & Programs
Outreach
Activities -
Thanks to Northrop Grumman for inviting us to provide promotional
literature for their event aimed at women shipbuilders on April
28th. ProjectWorld Toronto and PMI SOC also let
us provide materials for their event on May 12th. Local Interest
Groups (LIGs) continue to be a hot topic and we'll have more to
report on it after the EMEA LIM in May.
Webinars
Series - Need PDUs? WIPM offers over 100 webinars
annually (free) to its members. View the listing of webinars offered
by the Metrics SIG and Financial Services SIG by logging in to
the Members Area of the website.
WiPM
PMP® eStudy -
The current eStudy session is in week 20/phase 13
of the course, with closedown and PMP certifi-cation on the near
horizon (mid-June). Good luck to those who will soon be future
PMPs.
eMentoring
Program
- The mentoring term began March 31, 2009 and ends November
30, 2009. Thank you to our volunteer members on the leadership
team, the coaching staff and the mentors/mentees for their wonderful
commitment to helping their peers advance their professional knowledge.
SIG
Ambassador Program - PMI
today ran a very nice article about this program in its
February
2009 issue (page 8). April and May include events with PMI
Great Lakes Chapter, PMI Pikes Peak/Region 6, PMI South Florida,
and PMI New Jersey.
PMI
News
Member
Access to PMBOK® Guide Translations
Now Available
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®
Guide) - Fourth Edition will soon be available in a total
of eleven languages. Digital editions are located on the
Library of Global Standards page.
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Just Stuff
"Gender
Roles and The Economy"
Excerpted from USA Today 3/26/2009 by Sharon Jayson
Institute
experts suggest there’s a change in attitudes about gender roles,
work and family, and it’s the men who are struggling more with
the work-life balance. Women are contributing more to family
income, according to a survey of 3,500 workers. Asked how much
jobs and family life interfere with each other, 59% of fathers
in dual-income families reported conflict in 2008, while just
35% did in 1977. For mothers, reported conflict increased from
40% to 45%.
"It does signal more equality of expectations — that men
are no longer let off the hook," says Scott Coltrane, a
sociologist at the University of Oregon.
For additional information on related topics read these articles:
Married
to the Job – Time
Magazine
Times
are Changing - 2008 National Study of the Changing Workplace
"Better
Safe Than Sorry"
 by
Dr. David Hillson, PMP HonFAPM
Dr.
Hillson, who writes the Risk Doctor Briefing,
says that "better safe than sorry" sounds like a good
attitude to adopt in life and business as well as in projects
but it can also lead to being overcautious and overprotective.
The precautionary principle states that in any situation where
there is a threat of severe or irreversible harm, and if there
is no positive proof that harm would not result, then we should
take protective action. Sometimes decisions made based on this
principle result in unnecessary rules and regulations. But it
is possible to be too safe, being overprotective and cautious,
preventing ourselves from taking the risks that are associated
with progress, innovation and success.
He recommends that project managers banish the precautionary
principle from our projects, and use the risk process to ensure
that we stay as safe as possible and have no reason to be sorry.
Read
the complete article for more on this interesting subject.
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New
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Location
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| Leadership
Institute Meeting |
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14-17
May 2009
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Congress EMEA |
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18-20
May 2009
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10-13
October 2009
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