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Presidents Message January 2010

bernie saenz s A new year, a new decade!

I am so amazed by the strength of humanity. We have prevailed through so much in this modern world during the last 10 years. For me it has been insightful to take a step back after major historic milestones and reflect on the events that have transpired during this timeframe. What have you learned? How have you developed? What have you contributed? It’s important to ask ourselves these questions as we move forward into a new decade. Learning and developing as a society, community and an individual is a life long journey.

For the project management community in South Florida we begin a new year and a new decade with the aftermath of an economic crisis while we’re still at war. We have the highest unemployment rates since the last great depression. Do you remember how we started the last decade?

President’s Message October 2009 - One Big Thank You, leads to another

During the last PMI Global Congress in Orlando, our Chapter was honored with a Recognition of Excellence Award from PMI showing that we are offering an adequate value to the stakeholders of our professional community (partners, members, companies, media and universities) and that all the hard work of the volunteers who have participated in committees or in the board of directors through the years is really paying off.

Previously to the Congress, a team of volunteers from our Board of Directors was participating during the PMI Leadership Meeting where volunteers from all over the world come together to discuss how to use our skills and ideas by executing projects and programs in our communities that will increase our value to the stakeholders.

Improving the Performance of your PMO

As organizations clamor to implement initiatives that will help overall project performance, Project Management Offices (PMOs) have taken on a whole new meaning in the business world. Indeed, many organizations have implemented PMOs to enjoy the benefits of centralized project management, repeatable processes, best practices, standardized processes as well as many other tangible benefits. Now more than ever, given the current economic climate, executives are very careful about how they spend their project dollars. PMOs have proven to be a tangible benefit to organizations and a way to improve overall project performance.

PMI South Florida Chapter awarded with a PMI's Component of the Year Recognition of Excellence

Miami, Florida, October 8, 2009

The PMI South Florida Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) was recognized with the PMI Component Award for Component of the Year Recognition of Excellence, Category III, for contributions to its community, project management and PMI. Patricia Garofano, Past President received the award on behalf of the Chapter as she was leading the Board of Directors in 2008.

“The PMI Awards Program recognizes excellence in project management across a broad array of categories for organizations, individuals, community advancement and our chapters and their volunteers,” said Gregory Balestrero, president and CEO of PMI. “Winning this award is a testament to the value project management brings to our varied stakeholders.”

Getting to know Project Management and PMI

"As the semester at Florida International University (FIU) was about to begin, I picked up a class called Project Management. Having no clue what project management actually entailed, I was naturally curious and excited to see what trouble I would be getting myself into. I now stand as the President of the Project Management Student Chapter at FIU and a dedicated volunteer to the South Florida PMI Chapter.

Agile Project Management

Businesses all over continue to struggle implementing the PMBOK or PRINCE as a whole or parts of them claiming that they are too complex, too involved and substracts from the time it takes to produce the project deliverables. Adaptive Project Framework (APF) comes to the rescue by adapting to the ever changing business environments.

I read and re-read “Effective Project Management – Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme” by Robert K. Wysocki every time I get a chance. It is an excellent book that I always carry with me. This book dedicates a few chapters to APF. APF is an iterative and adaptive (and I add agile) approach designed to deliver maximum business value to clients within the limits of their time and cost constraints where the always variable scope is adjusted at each iteration.

Establishing a bridge between Academia and Business

On August 1, 2009, PMI South Florida Chapter took part in Florida International University’s Distinguished CIO Lunch & Learn Session. The workshops, hosted by the College of Business Administration’s Master of Science in Management Information Systems Department, was launched to facilitate debate between MS MIS students and some of the most prominent and dynamic CIO’s in the South Florida area on the state of Information Technology today. This was an outstanding opportunity for students to hear firsthand what is critical to the success of today’s CIO’s, how Project Management is paramount for that success and also for these CIO’s to interact with tomorrow’s emerging leaders.

Tips for "Gringos" Conducting Business South of the Border

If countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are not at the top of your list for business opportunities, maybe they should be. There are some great advantages to conducting business in Latin America. With China becoming more expensive by the day, our southern neighbors are now able to compete on price and offer many advantages over Asia. Time zone, culture and proximity to North America are some. Below are some cultural tips that will aid in success there.