Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 In this issue...
Editor's note Chapter (board) news New Interest Groups Summit and Lustrum impressions PM Research news Volunteers wanted Announcement Events Calendar Chapter meetings Q4 LIWG news Summit impressions Lustrum impressions Help wanted: Volunteers PM Research PMI News Sponsor contributions Our Sponsors Let’s stay in touch
Editor’s note The summer holidays are over and the autumn has begun. Although one would not tell with many days in September with record breaking temperatures. Most of us will now be back to their work after an energising time out. Hopefully there is also time left to attend an interesting Chapter meeting or an event organised by one of our partners, to join one of the new interest groups or take part in a research survey. We again have a combined newsletter for September and October. Enjoy reading!
Chapter (board) news Elections are coming up for Chapter board positions for the period 1-jan-2017 – 31-dec-2018. We are looking for candidates for the following positions that are or are becoming vacant: President Secretary Treasurer Director Professional Development … read more here
New Interest Groups We are glad with our 2 new Local Interest Work Groups (LIWGs) that are starting: “Diversity and Inclusion” and “Project Management for Social Good”. Join if you are interested! … read more here
Summit and Lustrum impressions We have impressions from the 5th PMI Netherlands Summit, which was a great success, and from the Chapter’s 3rd Lustrum (15th Anniversary) on September 15th, where a small group of members and Summit participants had a good time. … read more here
PM Research news There are 2 interesting events from PM Research groups in The Hague and Delft. Here you also find an invitation for a short survey on finding the essential elements for teaching project management. … read more here
Volunteers wanted We are looking for volunteers for the following roles: Chief Editor Newsletter
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Congratulations go out to those who recently received their PMP certification: Mr. Rene Oosterbeek, PMP and Ksenia Kondratenko, CAPM.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7
Events Calendar
PMI Netherlands Chapter
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2016: October 11
Optimize Your World: Big data and Analytics; How shall we shape PMI Education Foundation activities in the Netherlands; location: ORTEC, Zoetermeer
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TwentyEighty - Strategy Execution Facilitation Techniques for Requirements Development Course BPUG-NL Najaarsseminar: Rondje Best Practices PMI Belgium National Congress 2016, Antwerp PMI Rome Congress, Rome IIL Business Relationship Management Professional (BRMPÂŽ) - How to Connect, Orchestrate, and Navigate between Your Service and Business Units
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IIL International Project Management Day IPMA Jaarcongres 2016, Bussum Onderwijsdag projectmanagement 2016, TU Delft Agile leadership, Leiden University Campus The Hague AMI Masterclass Project Recovery
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Telecom & Risk Management; Kick-off Diversity & Inclusion LIWG
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Tendering for large projects: Value?
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Chapter meetings news Q4 November 16th 2016 - Telecom & Risk Management Risk management is both an exciting and boring aspect of Project Management. Are you in a transformation PMO? Are you managing a portfolio of projects? Key is that you understand the risks and how to qualify them and make them manageable. How do key players in the Telecom sector this and how can we be supported? At an exciting location yet to be disclosed either in western or southern part of the Netherlands we will have an evening to remember in which we combine PPM, Telecom and a tool. This covers the technical project management in the Talent Triangle. To make it truly stick we combine it with a kickoff of the Chapter’s Diversity & Inclusion Local Interest Work Group (LIWG). December 14th 2016 - Tendering for large projects: Value? To close the year, we will have an event on the Strategic & Business Management leg of the Talent Triangle. BUILDING TOGETHER It is our conviction that, by stacking knowledge and competencies, we can make a fundamental contribution to your goal and the society in which we live. We do so by focusing on the relationship in our contacts, by taking a result-oriented approach to projects and by operating in a socially responsible manner. Who would this have to be in his or her organization’s mission? At an exciting location yet to be disclosed either in southern or western part of the Netherlands we will have a practical experience on strategy and the business to materialize. Top
LIWG (Local Interest Work Group) news LIWG “Diversity & Inclusion” The Local Interest Work Group “Diversity & Inclusion” kicks off during our Chapter meeting on November 16th, see above.
LIWG “Project Management for Social Good” - Are you interested in ‘Giving back to society’? PMI Netherlands Chapter plans to support learning or teaching Project Management for social good via a new Local Interest Work Group “Project Management for Social Good”. In our chapter meeting at ORTEC on October 11th we discussed our plan to implement PMI Educational Foundation activities in the Netherlands in a structured way, based on the following principles: – Engagement is based on available capacity and personal commitment of individual volunteers (“only promise what you can deliver, and deliver what you promise”) – Bureaucracy will be minimal – Target groups on personal basis will be stimulated and supported. Volunteers in practice have more drive and feel more responsibility to support their own community or target group. The response from the attendees was very positive, and already a dozen members have volunteered to step in. Do you want to join as well? In that case just send a ‘one-line’ e-mail to Ger van der Geld (mailto:dal-gvdg@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org ). You will then receive relevant information and a submission form, on which you can specify which activities and target groups you prefer. Please respond now, because we want to start on short notice…. Top
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Impressions from the PMI Netherlands Summit 5th Edition — Disruption! by Cees Pijs and Bert Luppens The PMI Netherlands Chapter organised its fifth annual PMI Netherlands Summit in cooperation with CKC (Centrum voor Kennis Communicatie) seminars on September 15th, Bussum, the Netherlands. The programme board prepared an exciting collection of keynote sessions, interactive sessions and master classes, all presented by national and international leaders and experts. The theme of this year’s summit “Disruption”, gathered an audience from the Netherlands and beyond. After the opening by Thomas Swaak (Philips), John Smith (Philips, Male grooming) shared his thoughts on disruption or rather continuous innovation as he sees it. Finding the balance between running a large operation and continuous improvement is essential to keep the business healthy. These business principals are forcing project management to be smarter than ever before. After these insights from a business perspective, Thomas Swaak had a disrupting key-note called “disruption: the b*lsh*t, the beauty and the business. In less than 10 minutes he had the audience talking to each other, so rather than a one direction key-note we experienced a very interactive session in which we learned about our own disruption fears, possibilities and opportunities. John Smith After the lunch break professor Chris Loch, dean of Cambridge Judge Business Thomas Swaak School, looked at disruption from a project management perspective. His key-note on “dealing with uncertainty and complexity of strategic projects” was an amazing experience of how projects get disrupted and what a project manager can do to maintain direction. Great insights, presented with a typical touch of English humour. That for sure got us through the after lunch dip.
Brian Weiss, Vice President at the Project Management Institute, was the final keynote speaker. Brian expressed the expected shortage in well skilled Chris Loch and trained project management professionals in his key-note: The Next Generation Project Manager - “Are you ready?”. A personal and enthusiastic plea for PMI’s talent triangle and the importance of training and developing project managers who are able to handle near future challenges. His insights into the Weiss Inc. family business was outstanding. It was a great contribution to everything PMI stands for. Throughout the day the audience could attend a variety of lectures and masterclasses in three parallel tracks, focusing on a variety of “disrupting” subjects.
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First hand feedback from the participants was more positive than ever before. They appreciated the high quality of the keynote speeches, the attractive programme, the intimacy of the venue and the excellent networking opportunities. The PMI Netherlands Chapter is thankful for all the support of its sponsors who helped make this event a success. And we are all looking forward to the 2017 edition of the PMI Netherlands Summit. Information and impressions on this event can be found on its website.. Top
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Impressions from the PMI Netherlands Chapter lustrum The Chapter celebrated its 3rd Lustrum (15th Anniversary) on September 15th with an extended reception in the same venue as the PMI Netherlands Summit in Bussum, the Netherlands. A small group of Chapter members and participants that stayed on after the Summit had a great time with speeches, snacks and drinks, a quiz and a drum workshop, as you can see below.
Attention …
A present from IPMA-NL
Henk-Jan as the quiz master
Getjan working on the scores
The snacks were good
Wine for the founding fathers
Brian Weiss’ speech
The right answer …
Concentration at the drum workshop
More food
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Chapter elections Based on the Chapter By-Laws we would herewith like to call your attention for the upcoming Election of the Board of the PMI Netherlands Chapter for 2017-2018. The nomination and election of directors shall be conducted annually in accordance with the terms of office specified in Article IV, Section 1 and Article V, of the Chapter By-laws. Based on the Charter and Board decisions, the terms of office are defined to end on 31 December 2016 for the following officers with their respective positions: Rommert Stellingwerf President Jan Vermeijs Secretary André Legerman Treasurer The following officers have stepped down in 2016: Norel, Louis Membership & Volunteers (February) Kunne, Odilia Communication (April) Röber, Rochelle Professional Development (May) The following officers have taken vacancies or temporary positions in 2016: Josephine Shi Membership & Volunteers (March) Paul van der Wilt Acting Secretary (May) Vikram Srivastava Marketing & Communication (August) Name
Role
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Rommert Stellingwerf
President
Term ends
Jan Vermeijs
Secretary
Term ends
Andre Legerman
Treasurer
Term ends
Vacancy
Professional Development
Vacancy open
Vikram Srivastava
Marketing & Communication
Continues as per term
Josephine Shi
Membership & Volunteers
Continues as per term
Ger van der Geld
Director Academic Outreach
Continues as per term
Paul van de Wilt
Director at Large
Acting Secretary (temporarily)
Board
In summary, candidates are required for following 4 positions: President Treasurer Secretary Director Professional development.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Board elections 2016 Therefore the Board calls nominees for these positions in the Board for a 2-year term 2017-2018, starting officially on January 1st 2017. The profiles for these roles are summarized here. The election process Candidates can nominate themselves for each of the open positions. Also nominations for more than one position are possible. In that case the candidate is requested to supply an order of preference for the positions in his/her nomination, Candidates can nominate (only) themselves until October 31st , The Election Committee checks the credentials of the candidates, From November 1st till November 5th, if more candidates are available for one or more of these positions, the Chapter members will be asked to cast their votes, On November 6th, the Election Committee will count the votes and establish which candidate is elected to which position, Elected candidates will be informed by the Chapter Board, All Candidates will be briefed by the Election Committee or Chapter Board in person, The election results will be announced at the November Chapter Meeting and published on the Chapter website, On Saturday December 12th , 2016 the old and new Board will meet the whole day to prepare the operational plan for 2017 On January 1st, 2017 the newly elected Board members start their first two-year term and the re-elected board members start their second two year term. How to nominate yourself To nominate yourself, fill out the nomination form no later than October 31st, 2016 to the Election Committee via e-mail to: president@pminetherlands-chapter.org Please mention in the subject field: “Nominee Chapter Board 2017-2018”. This e-mail address is to be used for any enquiries related to this election or to the positions as well. You can also address your questions to the members of the Election Committee. Sending in the form automatically means that you accept the position if elected. The 2016 Election Committee, Andre Legerman +31 (0)6 1132 9966 Josephine Shi +31 (0)6 3473 3715 Cees Pijs +31 (0)6 2500 4034 Note. All chapter members will receive an email on the elections with an invitation for nominations.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Chapter board positions:
President Leads the Chapter. Chairs the board meetings. Is accountable for the strategy (via the business plan) and the operations (via the operational plan) of the Chapter. Represents the Chapter on PMI meetings and to external parties.
Secretary Organizes and prepares the minutes of the board meetings. Maintains the board’s action list and calendar. Is responsible for the execution of the election procedure. Develops the internal processes and procedures thus contributing to Chapter Maturity growth. Is content manager of the electronic means and archive. Processes and archives all incoming and outgoing mail. Keeps a register of outgoing mail.
Treasurer Deals with all financial aspects of the Chapter. Ensures healthy finances of the Chapter. Keeps the Chapter accounts Prepares annually the P&L and Balance sheet statements. Processes and archives all incoming and outgoing invoices. Processes timely incoming and outgoing payments. Reports status of finances to Chapter Board on a quarterly basis for sign off. Maintains relationship with external accountant. Invites Financial Committee for annual financial review. Is accountable for the financial management and control of working groups, projects and task forces (e.g. Summit, Lustrum). Ensures proper insurance for the Chapter events.
Director Professional Development Responsible for the delivery of sufficient professional development possibilities via alignment with professional development suppliers (REP’s) and other entities that focus on professional development of project management. If necessary, defines other means, e.g. member for member initiatives (a.k.a. coaching classes), to ensure the supply of professional development meeting member’s demand. Top
Help Wanted: Volunteer Positions Chief editor newsletter PMI Netherlands Chapter is seeking a volunteer to lead the Chapter newsletter editing/publishing effort. The successful candidate needs to be in excellent command of English language in writing, with good standing with working knowledge of editing and collaboration tools. Additionally, the candidate should be flexible and is interested in editing work. … apply via PMI’s VRMS system.
For more information on this position: contact Rommert Stellingwerf or Andre Legerman.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Project Management Research news “Poster Session Meeting” for Project Management Researchers As you could read in our August-September newsletter, researchers from universities and higher educational institutions together with IPMA Netherlands and PMI Netherlands Chapter have started a platform to stimulate and align research on Project Management in the Netherlands. Based on the outcome of a first meeting with researchers on March 31 st this year, a core team: started an inventory of ongoing project management research activities in the Netherlands. The idea is to publish this on the websites van IPMA-NL en PMI Netherlands Chapter, and keep it up to date. aims to publish on project management research in the Netherlands in 2017, for instance in a special edition of IPMA’s Dutch magazine “Projectie”. The publishing possibilities within PMI are not completely clear yet. Another idea that was picked up was to organize a meeting with “poster sessions” of ongoing research activities, where researchers present their research to their colleagues. This “Poster Session Meeting” will take place at the Onderwijsdag projectmanagement on November 24th from 9:00-12:00 at the Technical University in Delft. If you are interested to join, please contact Steven Nijhuis (steven.nijhuis@hu.nl) for further details. Please also inform him if you will be bringing a poster. If so: the size expected is A1 or A0.
Leadership in Agile organizations Lead or manage, trust or check? More and more organizations use Agility to adapt to a fast changing environment. This has a heavy impact on the organizational culture and the management style needed. Around this theme the Agile for Excellence-lab of Leiden University organizes an event October 27th from 13:00-17:00 in Leiden University Campus The Hague, Living Lab, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague. This event is meant to exchange knowledge and experience and to inspire the attendees. During the event the speakers (researchers and practitioners) share their visions and experiences. In workshops the participants can e.g. get acquainted with different management approaches. The event is supported by the Platform Research Project Management, an initiative of PMI Netherlands Chapter, IPMA Nederland and researchers of several universities and other institutions for higher education to enforce scientific project management research in the Netherlands. If you sign up, as a member of PMI Netherlands Chapter you receive a discount of 25% with voucher code AE16PARTNER. About Agile for Excellence The Agile for Excellence (AE) lab at Leiden University Affairs supports the innovation of organizations with research, advice and education.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Research into teaching project management What are essential project management processes and does that change with experience? I’m doing research on teaching students project management, and designed a short survey on project management processes. The survey will take about 7 minutes. I like to invite many project managers, sponsors and team members to share their insights through this survey. The survey can be found here, your interest is appreciated. Steven Nijhuis, steven.nijhuis@hu.nl . Information: The teaching of project management to students is surrounded with a multitude of questions. What should they know and be able to do? How should it be taught? In literature there is no common agreement. In practice often a technical perspective is adopted, favoring planning and budgeting over people skills like negotiating and influencing. Internationally project management education is often criticized, without offering alternatives or solutions. A clear understanding of the processes that are essential for a junior project manager is missing. I presume that the focus of a junior compared to an experienced project manager is different. A junior project manager might well be more focused on the execution of the project (monitoring and adjusting). An experienced project manager might be more focused on the political stakeholder process. That is why this survey is aimed at essential processes. If enough project managers, sponsors and team members share their insights, I will be able to produce the expectations on a junior project manager. The results will provide a needed direction in what higher education can do to prepare project management students. Do you want to know more about the research, like previous results, usability etc., feel free to contact me directly. A big thank you for responding to my survey: http://survey.hu.nl/index.php/155529?lang=en. Steven Nijhuis, Hogeschool Utrecht.
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 PMI® News Finger on the Pulse: Pan European Networks spoke with PMI CEO Mark A. Langley about the findings of PMI’s 2016 Pulse of the Profession® report and provided insight on project management trends in Europe. Mid-Year Skills and Certification Report Card: Career resource Dice.com ranks the top certifications for job value for the first half of 2016. Advancing Project Management with a Chief Project Officer: In light of what our research shows, it is not surprising that organizations see added value from having a chief project officer (CPO). PMI President and CEO Mark A. Langley, Telstra CEO Andy Penn and Telstra Chief Project Officer Alicia Aitken talk to the UK’s Times about the benefits of having this important role in place. Beyond PMP: Taking Your Project Management Certification to the Next Level: Congratulations! You’ve achieved your Project Management Professional (PMP) ® certification and have earned your place among the project management elite. What’s next? Certification Magazine’s Nathan Kimple presents additional options in the project management domain. Opening Soon: The Standard for Program Management Exposure Draft Review Beginning 19 September at 8:00 am ET, The Standard for Program Management – Fourth Edition, created by practitioners, will be open for review and comment. For 30 days, you will have the opportunity to provide feedback to the volunteer committee. To stay up-to-date on The Standard for Program Management – Fourth Edition, created by practitioners for practitioners, visit our Standards Exposure Draft Page. PMI Member-Only Virtual Events Available On Demand Now Don’t forget! On-demand events are a great way to earn professional development units (PDUs). Earn up to six PDUs for these events: Data-Driven Success Rests on the Shoulders of a Strong Executive Sponsor: Using PMI’s data, Forbes contributing writer Brent Dykes examines the importance of executive sponsors to critical data initiatives. Five Practices for Boosting Your Ability to Find the Right Talent: The need to align talent management and organizational strategy is growing. PMI President & CEO Mark A. Langley talked to American City Business Journals about the top five ways organizations can find the right talent for their projects, programs and strategic initiatives. Next Pulse of the Profession® In-Depth Report Released The latest Pulse of the Profession in-depth report explores benefits sustainment—the post-project phase of benefits management. Sustaining benefits ensures that the outputs and outcomes a project produces continue to create value once they transition to the business. Our research reveals that organizations with more mature benefits realization management (BRM) practices carry out distinct activities for project transition and benefits sustainment. We see it’s important to establish clear communication and encourage robust dialogue among project managers, project teams, business owners, executive sponsors and other leaders. Read about the activities and the value of BRM in this report. In Search of Alignment Four EPMO leaders tell PM Network® their secrets for securing C-suite support. View Now When is Helpful Not Helpful? Members of “super teams” sometimes can't tell if they are working inappropriately. That's when project managers need to shine. View Now Improve Project Outcomes with an Aligned EPMO Even well-established organizations can struggle to maintain engagement of external and internal stakeholder groups, resulting in lower project success rates and eroded brand image. View Now
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7
Project management is evolving, and so is PMI® Global Congress PMI co-founder Jim Snyder gives details about this year’s event. View Now Project Management in the Age of Digital Transformation New technologies such as 3-D printing, augmented and virtual reality and digital currencies are becoming commonplace, changing consumer expectations and behaviors for good. View Now Three Ways to Effectively Identify and Achieve Project Benefits When planning projects, many organizations spend considerable time and energy identifying scope, resources and timelines—the “who, what, how and when”—without sufficiently addressing the “why.” View Now Advancing Project Management with a Chief Project Officer Having a chief project officer can help your organization maintain a constant, forward-looking focus on connecting the project portfolio to strategy. View Now And then there were three… PM Network® gives a sneak peek at the 2016 PMI Project of the Year Award finalists: View Now
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Sponsor contributions
Master of Project management organizes… ‘Trust in Chaos’ conference – November 22nd Chaos in project management: undesirable, unwelcome, inconvenient? We think not! When al structures seems to be lost and chaos reigns, a new order arises. But how do you find this new order in chaotic projects. Nicoline Mulder will give you her clear views on chaordic projects. So that even the biggest control freaks amongst us can trust in chaos. More information can be found on www.mpm.hu.nl.
There is a lot of buzz about IIL’s 13th Annual Virtual Conference IPM Day 2016: Leading with Agility and Embracing Change, and we are excited to be part of it. PMI Netherlands Chapter is excited to share that we are an IIL Partner for this event. What’s the buzz? 30 hours of content and up to 30 PDUs can be earned for this event for a nominal fee of $45. Some of the keynotes include: Tom Peters on Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age, Dr. Kerzner on of the trending topics in Project Management today – “Benefits Realization and Value Management, plus Joe Justice shows how to use Scrum to build a car in 7 days. Live date November 3, 2016 – 90 days access On-Demand – we feel this event truly has something for everyone and uses a platform that brings the excitement to you. REGISTER HERE Today Top
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support!
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Newsletter September/October, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 58, Issue 7 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
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You may also be interested in the latest Newsletter of IPMA-NL. Their calendar of their events can be found here.
The calendar of events of the Best Practice User Group-NL can be found here.
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