PMI Sacramento Chapter

 Chapter Survey Results Available !

Many of you told us how you feel. Some of your responses confirmed some things, and some of them give us things to work on.  Now the Chapter leaders can use this information to develop the strategy for the coming year that is more in line with your interests.

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Hello Everyone,

 Lots happening! Well Super Bowl is around the corner and everyone is excited to enjoy the game! PMI-SVC also announced started the year with lots of excitement and passion…The dinner meeting kicked off on January 12^th with a canned food drive. I am happy to report that 70 cans were collected and being delivered to the Sacramento Food Bank ! Do keep an eye on the “ New Pricing Structure” announced for the dinner meetings and sign up for upcoming events!

Feb 9th - 2 PDUs

We all encounter difficult people in our daily lives. Who knows...we may even be difficult people. Communication Coach Julie Anderson will discuss what makes some people more difficult to deal with than others, and provide strategies for improving working relationships. She will also provide insight into the differences in the minds of women and men, and offer ideas to improve communication and understanding of the opposite sex. 

New pricing structure in effect - Register Early and Save $$$

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Weekly Class - Wed 6 to 9 PM
3/7 - 5/23

PMI®'s Project Management Professional (PMP®) credential is the project management profession's most globally recognized and respected certification credential.  To obtain PMP® certification an individual must satisfy education and experience requirements, agree to and adhere to a Code of Professional Conduct, and pass the PMP® Certification Examination

The Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI-SVC, Inc.) conducts a Preparing for the PMP® Examination multiple times during the year.  The program is not designed to teach project management but to introduce you to what you need to know to shorten your study time and to pass the PMP® Examination.  

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March 10th - 7 PDUs

Integrating Risk into Project Planning is a one-day workshop that provides participants with tools to identify and mitigate risks.  Intended for project managers and senior team members, the workshop combines lecture, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises to communicate and reinforce key concepts while providing basic tools and models that can be immediately applied in a professional setting.

Presented by Payson Hall of the Catalysis Group. Payson has performed and consulted on a variety of hardware and software systems integration projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 30-year professional career.  He is a published author and sought after conference speaker who specializes in demystifying project management topics.

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By Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

Yes you can! Ever since the Project Management Institute (PMI) published the new Category and Structure for Professional Development Units (PDUs) in March of 2011, earning PDUs has become much easier. This ease is especially visible in Category D “Creating New Project Management Knowledge”: Every hour that you spend creating and / or presenting new project management knowledge counts as 1 PDU.

This means that if you decide to write a project management related article and you invest 3 hours in writing it then you have just earned 3 PDUs. (Please note that there is a maximum of 45 PDUs that you can earn in Categories D, E and F, therefore these 3 hours would count toward that maximum).