31Jan2012  PMINJ Programs Schedule Topic of the Month Career Networking Program NJ PMO LCI Program Satellite Locatiions Time Cost Pre-register Previous Meeting Archives PMI Component Programs Since your web browser does not support JavaScript, here is a non-JavaScript version of the image slideshow: Previous Meeting Schedule: Date Topic / Location Satellites (Free for PMINJ Members) 2011 - 2012 Programs 21 Feb 2012 Registration Opens 01 Feb Closes 16 Feb Tuesday: 5:30 to 9:00 - Earn 1.5 PDUs Topic: Who Stole my Float? Speaker: Frank Walker, PMP Location:  Parsippany Hilton Directions   Sponsor FYI Business Solutions Atlantic City Holmdel Iselin Lawrenceville Lebanon Mahwah Marlton Mt Laurel Princeton-CollegeRd Princeton-CarnegieCtr Roseland S Plainfield Whitehouse Sta 20 Mar 2012 Registration Opens 01 Mar Closes 15 Mar Tuesday: 5:30 to 9:00 - Earn 1.5 PDUs Topic: PMI – The First 40 Years Speaker: Jim Snyder, PMP (PMI Founder) Location:  Pines Manor, Edison Directions   Sponsor Judge Group TBD 17 Apr 2012 Registration Opens 01 Apr Closes 12 Apr Tuesday: 5:30 to 9:00 - Earn 1.5 PDUs Topic: Project of the Year Speaker: TBD Location:  Marriott Bridgewater Directions   Sponsor Judge Group TBD 06 May 2012 Sunday: 1:00 to 5:00 - Earn 4 PDUs Sunday Seminar  Location: Pines Manor, Edison Directions None 07 May 2012 Monday: 8:00 to 5:00 - Earn 8 PDUs Annual Symposium  Location: Pines Manor, Edison Directions None 15 May 2012 Registration Opens 01 May Closes 10 May Tuesday: 5:30 to 9:00 - Earn 1.5 PDUs Topic: From Project Management to Portfolio Management – Bridging the Competency and Organizational Gaps Speaker: Dr. Richard M. Bayney Location:  Marriott Bridgewater Directions Sponsor University of Pennsylvania TBD 19 Jun 2012 Registration Opens 01 Jun Closes 14 Jun Tuesday: 5:30 to 9:00 - Earn 1.5 PDUs Topic: Student Papers of the Year Speaker: TBD Location:  Parsippany Hilton Directions   Sponsor Judge Group TBD Topic:   Who Stole my Float? **In order to preserve our nation’s valuable resources and to reallocate this cost savings to further improve our programs, copies of the presentations will NOT be provided at the meetings.   The presentation materials will be available from the chapter’s website at least a week before the meeting.** Project Management (PM) tools have improved dramatically in recent years and are much more powerful than most people realize. Everyone can now do what only NASA, Fluor-Daniel, GE, Boeing, et al. could do on the mainframe thirty years ago. PMI, the new PM tools and litigation have changed the design and contracting process dramatically. Owners and consultants can now use such methods as fast track project management and multiple prime contractors to maintain project control, and align contractor and owner goals to complete projects much faster than ever before. It’s not all good. Resources are often grossly overloaded and schedule impact claims based on “Who Stole the Float” are moving from the Construction Industry to IT and other industries. Now PMs are managing portfolios of projects rather than large single projects. The most successful companies are sorting their projects into multiple Tiers and using Total Float to borrow resources from Tier 3 projects to keep Tier 1 projects on schedule. Resource leveling at the Portfolio level, “managing by exception” just the activities that are close to critical and behind schedule, and new risk management techniques have raised the bar once again. Sadly, the quality of planning and scheduling often seems to be regressing. What can be done? Frank Walker advocates a return to the foundations of Project Management. Properly used, the tools allow you to optimize multiple constraints and can be used in offense, defense, leadership, communication, and marketing. In his practical, timely presentation Frank demonstrates how to use the tools more effectively and provides checklists to help you do the same on your projects. Frank Walker is president of TWG Project Management, LLC and was co-founder of Gates, Taylor, Walker, Corp. (GTW), where he was president from 1988 to 1997. In 1993, at Microsoft’s request his company put their mainframe PM Software into Windows as a companion product to Microsoft Project. TWG supports clients through all the states of the program or project life cycle. Frank received his Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, and has Professional Engineer certificates in BC, Canada and Turkey. His Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is #289. Frank has worked for forty years on many unique and challenging projects worldwide for a variety of industries and public agencies. He is adept in all the aspects of Project Management. Specialties include: team planning, fast-track project management, management by exception using earned value, litigation avoidance and mediation. He also helps implement PM Offices (PMOs). He has given classes and seminars on PM, PMP certification and PM software to more than 10,000 people, worldwide. Frank is past president of the PMI Puget Sound (Seattle) and Delaware Valley (Philadelphia) Chapters. He currently lives on the Delaware River between Philadelphia and NY City. Sponsor: FYI Business Solutions FYI’s project management solutions enable customers to effectively structure, staff and manage value-driven IT projects.  By developing and implementing a more methodical approach to the delivery and governance of their business initiatives, FYI helps customers significantly increase project success rate, reduce risk, and optimize resource allocation.  Since 1984, its seasoned project management professionals have experience across a full spectrum of industries and environments, and knowledge of best practices that add immediate value.  FYI has expertise in implementing a high-functioning project management office that contributes to business growth by ensuring projects are aligned with critical enterprise objectives and include an effective governance structure.   FYI Solutions can be reached at 3799 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054, phone: 973-331-9050, info(:@:)fyisolutions.com, www.fyisolutions.com.  Networking Program: Topic:  Speed Networking Start Time:  5:30 p.m.   Learn the nuts and bolts of networking to grow your career and find an ideal position.  We hope this will be a different and fun way to play the Speed Networking game.  Practice your elevator speech (or refine a new one) on your peers, maximizing the contacts who may just know a position that's perfect for you, or a recruiter who has placed them, or a hiring manager who needs your skills.  Join us for a speed-dating-for-job-seekers session. Please bring your business cards  Sponsor PMO LCI: Topic: Panel Discussion - Facilitators: Fareed Hosain & Tim Lee Start Time:  5:30 p.m.   This session will feature a panel of PMO Managers who will discuss PMO "hot topics" and provide practical information, strategies and insights to challenges faced by today's PMOs.  If you are currently serving as part of a PMO, or will be in the future or are just seeking this type of knowledge, you won't want to miss this event.  This interactive session will be both entertaining and informative and is sure to be enjoyed by those who attend!   Sponsor  Satellite Locations - Pre-registration required - No Walk-ins (Free for PMINJ Members only): Via Webinar and Teleconference Due to security concerns, walk-in registrations can not be accepted for the satellite locations.   Be respectful of other members who would like to register for a satellite location.   Only register on-line for a particular site if you actually plan to attend. City Company / Location Contacts Atlantic City ASRC Research and Technology Solution (ARTS) Airport Commerce Center 6550 Delilah Road, Suite 205 Egg Harbor Township, NJ Mike Pomykacz Brookdale Not available: Feb Brookdale Community College Ed DeMaio Fairfield Not available: Oct, Feb, or Jun SAIC 155 Passaic Avenue Fairfield, NJ Tom Betts John Verlangieri Holmdel Alcatel-Lucent 791 Holmdel-Keyport Road Holmdel, NJ Morris Wrubel Bill Backus Iselin Prudential 200 Wood Avenue South Iselin , NJ Jessica Kaimo Lawrenceville Mercer County Library 2751 Brunswick Pike (Business Route 1) Lawrenceville, NJ David Anderson Lebanon Merck & Co., Inc. 600 Corporate Center at Lebanon Building 600 Lebanon, NJ 08833 Tina Gertsch Mahwah Not available: Mar Ramapo College New Business School building Room ASB522 505 Ramapo Valley Road Mahwah, NJ 07430 John Thomas Marlton CSC 7000 East Lincoln Drive Marlton , NJ   08053 Trisha  Quinn Rob Kane Mt Laurel TD Bank 17000 Horizon Way Mt. Laurel, NJ Anne Stich Parsippany  Not available: Oct, Feb, or Jun Dialogic Inc.   1515 Rout 10 East Parassipany, NJ Pablo De Paulis Princeton-CarnegieCenter RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS 105 Carnegie Center Suite 100 Princeton, NJ  08540 Paul Rundzieher Princeton-CollegeRd Deloitte 500 College Road East Second Floor Princeton, NJ Vivek Malhotra Sadiq Shariff Han Yi Ketan Nadkarni Roseland Prudential 55 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ Gerry Peyton South Plainfield Not available: Mar PSEG 4000 Hadley Road South Plainfield, NJ   07080-1192 Charles Tkachuk Billy Herriott Whitehouse Station Chubb Commercial Insurance 202 Hall's Mill Road, Whitehouse Station, NJ June Busch Time: Main site: 5:15-7:00 PM - Registration 6:00-7:00 PM - Dinner 7:00-7:15 PM - Chapter Meeting 7:15-8:45 PM - Presentation and Q ? A Satellite sites (food is not served): 6:00-7:00 PM - Registration and Networking 7:00-7:15 PM - Chapter Meeting 7:15-8:45 PM - Presentation and Q ? A Cost: On-line registration: Opens the First of the month Closes the Thursday before the meeting Pre-registration payments may be made by Visa, MasterCard or Amex. Main site: Pre-registration $25.00 - PMINJ Chapter members $45.00 - All Others (including guests of members) On-site registration $50.00 - Members and guests Satellite sites: Free to PMINJ Chapter members only - Must pre-register before the deadline - no-walkins Cancellation Policy:   Non-refundable unless canceled by the deadline prior to the meeting. Pre-register: (On-line registration only) Questions: On-line related questions should be addressed to Darlaine Scott at registration-monthly(:@:)pminj.org.   Note:  New members - It takes several days to get new member information from PMI to be added to the PMINJ database.   Your patience is appreciated.  When registering through the PMINJ site the first time, use your PMI ID and request a password by clicking 'forgot password'.  Your PMI password will not work on the PMINJ site.