Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8 In this issue...
Editor's note Chapter (board) news New Interest Groups Educational Foundation Activities Kick Off Project Management with Kanban Help Ghana Accra Flooding Initiative Announcement Events Calendar Help wanted: Volunteers Our Sponsors Let’s stay in touch
Editor’s note In this newsletter we are sharing information about our PMI board election results, details about our newly launched Local Interest Work groups: Educational Foundation, Diversity & Inclusion and Network & Drink. Are you from the world of water-works or do you have contact in this arena? Your help to support project in Ghana is always welcome! – read more in this edition. Last but not the least, don’t forget to join our December chapter meeting on Project Manager Skills: The art of asking Questions & Influencing – getting the RIGHT things done! We again have a combined newsletter for November and December. Enjoy reading!
Chapter (board) news
Project management with Kanban 2.0
The board election of PMI Netherlands Chapter for 2017-2018 has been concluded on 5th November with the following new officers being elected: President: Ger van der Geld, Treasurer: Fons van de Wouw, Secretary: Paul van der Wilt and Director Professional Development: Eric Le Navenec … read more here
Learn how Kanban beyond set goals and get things done. Sign up for Project Management with Kanban 2.0 and learn how Kanban beyond set goals and get things done. … read more and register here
New Interest Groups We are glad with our 2 new Local Interest Work Groups (LIWGs) that have started: “Diversity & Inclusion” and “'Network & Drink”. Join if you are interested! … read more here
Enthusiastic Educational Foundation Activities Kick Off On November 22nd the LIWG PMI-EF Activities Kick Off took place at the premises of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Amstelveen. A dozen enthusiastic volunteers discussed the approach … read more here
GHANA: Accra Flooding Initiative – Any help welcome! One of our alliance has initiated a project to help the city of Accra (Ghana) which faces frequent flooding (and casualties), and is not able to surmount all related urgent initiatives required to solve this durably. The aim is to recommend solution for this problem.. … read more here
Announcement and Events calendar … read more here
Volunteers Wanted … read more here
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8
Congratulations to recent PMI certified members
Name
Credential
Franco Dackus, PMI-SP Mrs. Wilma van der Putten, PMP Mr. Davor Raic, PMP, PMI-ACP Mr. Ritesh Sharma, PMP
PMI-SP PMP PMI-ACP PMP
Events Calendar PMI Netherlands Chapter
Other
December 20
Project Manager Skills: The art of asking Questions & Influencing – getting the RIGHT things done!
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Project management with Kanban 2.0
More info
24-27
Threon - Accelerated PMP Prep
More info
More info
January 25 25
PM Network and Drink Meeting Chapter Meeting TNO Utrecht
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8
Chapter meetings news December
December 20th 2016 at CGI Rotterdam - Project Manager Skills: The art of asking Questions & Influencing – getting the RIGHT things done! Projects are about change. Change is about impact to the organization and its employees and therefore a complex playing field with various different personal desires, requirements and objectives of the different stakeholders. Sometimes the scope of the project needs to be challenged to ensure that the project team works towards the right project outcome. An outcome valuable for the whole organization. However sometimes these outcomes do not align with expectations of the project sponsor. It’s the integrity of the project manager that paves the way forward, sometimes with results that are conflicting to some stakeholder’s desires. And when stakeholders are not aligned and have conflicting interests, how does the project manager ensure- the project will still be successful? How does one influence stakeholders in a way that brings alignment and focus again? Asking the right questions and influencing are the skills that will be addressed by Rob Agelink, Director Consulting at CGI and Bert van de Hooft, Managing Partner and Change Manager at Management of Change. Agenda: 17:00 Registration, sandwiches and refreshments 18:00 Opening, welcome and introduction by the PMI Netherlands Chapter 18:05 Introduction of our host CGI – Drs. Jos Gielkens, Project Director and PMI Lead at CGI 18:15 Asking the Right Questions – Drs. Rob Agelink Director Consulting at CGI The art of asking the right questions is a true skill of coaches. The project manager has a coaching role these days, but in order to set the direction of the project and work towards the desired outcome, asking the right questions might no doubt be a very critical success factor for project managers in various situations. 19:00 Break 19:15 Workshop Effectual Influencing as a Project Manager – Drs. Bert van der Hooft Managing Partner and Change Manager at Management of Change. In this highly interactive workshop you learn to choose consciously and execute your influence strategy in order to become a more effectual influencer. You will receive an instrument that you can use in your daily work. At the end of the workshop you are better able to avoid the pitfalls of your influencing. Do come and learn to be more effectual in influencing. This workshop received almost 5 out of 5 stars in this year’s previous sessions. 20:15 Wrap-up & Networking drink 20:45 Closure As a project manager you are faced with the task to influence others. You are often under (time) pressure and you experience that your influencing is not always successful. You want to understand why and learn how to improve it. Speaker bio: Rob Agelink is Director Consulting Expert at CGI Netherlands. Rob is a very experienced project manager and business consultant. As a responsible leader of the project management practice within CGI Netherlands, Rob has extensive experience in managing CGI’s project portfolio and acts as a trusted advisor to the board of directors. Rob is one of the 650 certified management consultants (CMC) with the Netherlands’ ICMCI. As such Rob combines his organizational change management experience with the field of project management. The workshop is facilitated by Bert van der Hooft MCM. Bert is a change manager with a long track record as project- and program manager. He is also a teacher/supervisor at the Rotterdam Business School, Utrecht University and the Academy for Management (AOG). Next to that he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Master of Project Management (University of Applied Sciences Utrecht). Top
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8
Chapter Meeting news January
PMI NL Chapter 25 January 2017 @TNO Utrecht – 'Feel the Fieldlab' The Internet of Things, Smart Industry 4.0, BIG DATA, terms that buzzed in 2016 and are backed up with real-life artefacts that you know of. To start our year 2017 with a new and surprising session we want you to feel the fieldlab, where innovations start. Sure you have encountered some manifestations in professional and personal life: the smart thermometer, smart meeting room, smart reader, smart refrigerator, smart grid.How do these come about? Many innovations stem from specific companies or a cooperation between organizations. TNO connects people and knowledge to create innovations, that boost the sustainable competitive strength of industry and well-being of society. The development of innovations is done in Innovation Hub’s or fieldlabs. What will you take home from this? In the PMI Talent Triangle this falls hooks up to 'Business strategy'. It will help you to understand the innovative activities. Yes in our daily job we work on change through projects and programs, but we will receive an insight how to set up innovation and what are the main areas of attention to improve. Senior Project Manager Technical Services Peter Laloli will take us through the organization of field labs within TNO. He is a member of the Project Leaders Guild and will present a compelling story of innovation, working together, celebrating success and experincing failure. The second half of the event will be devoted to Diversity & Inclusion, a new activity within the Netherlands chapter More information will be published on the website shortly.
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8
Chapter (board) news The board election of PMI Netherlands Chapter for 2017-2018 has been concluded on 5th November with the following new officers being elected: President: Ger van der Geld Treasurer: Fons van de Wouw Secretary: Paul van der Wilt Director Professional Development: Eric Le Navenec The current board of PMI Netherlands Chapter consists of: Name
Role
Rommert Stellingwerf
President
Jan Vermeijs
Secretary
Andre Legerman
Treasurer
Ger van der Geld
Academic Outreach
Vacancy
Professional Development
Vikram Srivastava
Marketing & Communication
Josephine Shi
Membership & Volunteers
As of 01 January 2017, the new board of PMI Netherlands Chapter will consist of the following Members: Name
Role
Ger van der Geld
President
Paul van de Wilt
Secretary
Fons van de Wouw
Treasurer
Eric Le Navenec
Professional Development
Gido Robbenhaar
Academic Outreach
Vikram Srivastava
Marketing & Communication
Josephine Shi
Membership & Volunteers
The Chapter is continued to be supported by: Name
Role
Henk – Jan Molenkamp
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Events
Rene Vielvoije
Chief Operations Officer (COO) Top
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LIWg (Local Interest Work group) news LIWg “Diversity & Inclusion” How do we achieve objectives in a fast changing world that is becoming more diverse? How do aspects of diversity like culture, age and gender etc. affect our professional and personal lives? How can we make Project management delivery in a globalizing world more successful? How can we encourage even more creativity and excitement at work or in our lives when dealing with other cultures? To tackle all these questions, the PMI Netherlands Chapter has started up a new initiative: The Diversity & Inclusion Local Interest Work Group (LIWg). The LIWg’s main objective is to stimulate inclusiveness and develop skills on how to deal with diversity within project management to our Chapter members by encouraging diversity, harmony, equality and understanding.
LIWg “'Network & Drink Meeting' We are pleased to announce that Jan Nieuwlaat from Philips Lighting and Zdenka Ficalova from Staples will be organizing local Networking & Drink meetings on behalf of PMI Netherlands Chapter in Eindhoven and Amsterdam regions. The Networking & Drink meeting is an informal socializing gathering in a relaxed environment (a bar or a cafe) for Project Management professionals or people who are interested in Project Management with a specific topic to discuss and share each time while enjoying a drink with other fellow PM’s after work. If you are interested in co-organizing such events in Eindhoven area, please contact Jan Nieuwlaat at: jan.nieuwlaat@philips.com or in Amsterdam area, please contact Zdenka Ficalova at: zdenkaficalova@yahoo.com
This LIWg will have both formal and informal events. The formal events will be organized in the traditional form with speakers sharing their experiences and knowledge with us. The informal events will be organized with lots of exciting activities like BBQs, Culture events, Cooking workshops and much more… Our aim is to learn and share while we are having have lots of fun!
The first meeting in Amsterdam area will be organized on Wednesday, 25th Jan 2017 between 18:00 Hrs -21:00 Hrs. Followed by Eindhoven area where target date is Thursday, 26th Jan (to be confirmed). Details will be announced on the chapter website in due course.
Currently this LIWg is a small team of volunteers with different backgrounds: Elvira Martina (Netherlands), Patrick Salim (Lebanon), Zivai Marangarire (Zimbabwe) and Haewon Park (Korea).
We look forward to seeing you at our Networking & Drink Meeting!
Are you excited about this new initiative? Please join our team! We are looking forward to your ideas, involvement and contributions to make this new LIWg a big success! As Barry Lopez said: “Diversity is not a characteristic of life; it is a condition necessary for life, like air and water”.
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8
Enthusiastic Educational Foundation Activities Kick Off
GHANA: Accra Flooding Initiative – Any help welcome!
On November 22nd the LIWg PMI-EF Activities Kick Off took place at the premises of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Amstelveen. A dozen enthusiastic volunteers discussed the approach and detailed plan, and agreed on next actions to be taken.
The “Project Management without Borders” Foundation One of our alliance has initiated a project to help the city of Accra (Ghana) which faces frequent flooding (and casualties), and is not able to surmount all related urgent initiatives required to solve this durably. The aim is to recommend a solution for this problem to the community and local institutions in Accra and then to implement the same. This is a unique opportunity to engage PMI members, who are keen to share their water management expertise, and to collaborate on an interesting project which would really help a population in need. PMI Belgium, PMI Unite Kingdom and Delft Technical University are already supporting this initiative. They have asked our Chapter to In this regard, looking for interested volunteers and any contacts that you may have in the world of water-works,
We also played the very first game that was translated from English to Dutch, ‘Het Torenspel’ (The Tower Game). In this way we tested the material while at the same time having some fun together as well….
"dammen bouwen" civil engineering. Please mail to president@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org
Help Wanted: Volunteer Positions
If you are interested in organizing Network & Drink Meeting in your region on behalf of the chapter or in Joining “Diversity & Inclusion” LIWg, please contact Josephine Shi (Director of Membership and Volunteers) at: membership@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org
We are always on the lookout for more volunteers so if you are interested in joining, please send an e-mail to Gido Klein Robbenhaar, mail to dep-ao@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org
Since the chapter has the ambition to reach out to more organizations in order to help Project Management to become better at Dutch companies, we also are looking for volunteers that want to reach out to companies with our Organizational Outreach Program. Do you have commercial skills or do you want to develop these? Help us bringing value to more and more companies with nice presentations, coaching sessions or just a conversation with senior management asking how the chapter can support them. For this and for helping our monthly chapter meeting please send an email to: events@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org Top
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Newsletter November/December, 2016 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | Volume 59, Issue 8 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
Check out our Facebook Fan page: https://www.facebook.com/PMINetherlandsChapter which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes. We will let you know about Chapter events, Newletters issues and share with you our meetings’ impressions. Besides the website, LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pminlch On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events, news from PMI etc. Have a look and give it a go and join other followers. Looking forward to tweetconnect.
To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you, we’ve created an Issuu account where you can find all our newsletters: http://issuu.com/pmi_netherlands_Chapter
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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