Newsletter May, 2017 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org |
In this issue...
Editor's Note President’s Note Events Calendar Overview Past Events: PMI Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM) 2017, EMEA: Held in Rome, discussion about how PMI chapters can bring better value for members May PMI NL Chapter Event: Risk Mgmt. in context & other perspectives Up-Coming Events: 13th Project Portfolio Management Jaarcongres: Yearly summit on Project Portfolio Mgm., on Wed. 31st May 2017 in Zeist (in Dutch) PMI Netherlands Summit 2017 Network and Drinking Meeting in Amsterdam: Meet-up to discuss subject: “The role of Project Manager and/or Scrum Master” Help Wanted / Volunteers Ways to Earn PDUs Global PMI Article: Dealing with Cyber Security: Blockchain's Buildout Sponsors Message Our Sponsors Let’s Stay in Touch
Editor’s Note Risk management is not a novel concept. In ancient times, leaders would think of risk in relation to huge infrastructure projects and military campaigns. Writings by Sun Tzu articulated specific risks and suggested mitigation methods that date back to 2,500 years ago (Hanzhang & Wilkinson, 1998). However, nowadays organizational complexity has created elaborated interdependencies that can be very challenging to even the most experienced project managers. For example, in healthcare, the industry's regulated nature and its increased dependence on technology, has led to overlapping risks, including a broader pool of stakeholders (Heather Casey, 2016). In that sense, project managers and decision makers, should always keep in mind what could possibly go wrong with their projects. Managing uncertainty with a project risk management approach is not an alternative activity, but paramount to a success project development. Moreover, risk management should be applied in all projects and throughout each projects’ life cycle. Studies suggest that the presence of risk creates surprises throughout the project life cycle, affecting everything from technical feasibility to cost, market timing, financial performance, and strategic objectives (Loch, Solt, & Bailey, 2008, p. 28; Thieme, Song, & Shin, 2003, p. 104). But, there is a scenario in which the project environment is chaotic, unordered and unexpected, making it almost impossible to estimate the probability and impact of risk. In that moment, management interventions and strong leadership are critical to go beyond the simple analysis. Leaders should deploy ways to communicate effectively and engage internal and external stakeholders. In parallel, adapting new perspectives such as valuebased intervention are good complements to the traditional project risk management approach. Since this month’s newsletter, we are including a new section that will cover a relevant publication from the PMI Global, in line with the current edition topic devoted to risk management. Hope you find it interesting and remember that… forewarned is forearmed!
President’s Note As always, the PMI Netherlands Chapter Board members put all their (volunteer) energy in providing as much as possible value to our members. Our challenge is to get as many of our members (you!) engaged in an easy and productive manner, facilitating your growth and learning while delivering valuable information and discussions to the community. In order to facilitate that process even better than we are doing at this moment, using LinkedIn Groups, Yammer and Google drive to collaborate, the board is positive about investigating the use of a professional project & collaboration tool. We are very glad that Clarizen is willing provide us with the opportunity to test their solution and are as pleased that our sponsor The PMO Company is willing to provide the implementation and long term customer support for this solution. Main use cases: • Discussion groups for the different Local Interest Work Groups (replacing Yammer) • Action tracking for the LIWGS as well as the Board itself • Workflow to trigger recurring things that need to be done like providing input for newsletter, invite new speaker for event on a monthly basis, etc. By means of Clarizen, we think that we can engage you even more and that volunteering work will yield even more results. We will keep you posted about our final verdict and if and when Clarizen will become the tool of choice to continue to build out our joined community. Top
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Congratulations to recent PMI certified members Name
Credential
Mr. Bob Oudenaarden, PMP
PMP
Mr. Hans van de Vrugt, PMP
PMP
Mr. Bingcheng Luo, PMP
PMP
Dr. Mark van Helvoort, PMP
PMP
Sander Heessels, PMP
PMP
Fred Op t Land, PMP
PMP
Mr. Damir Ramazanov Ph.D., PMI-RMP
PMI-RMP
Events Calendar Overview June Global PMI 14 26-29
PMI Information Systems & Technology Symposium 2017 (Online) 2017 Mega SeminarsWorld® in Orlando
More info More info
PMI NL Chapter 29
Amsterdam Network and Drink Meeting: The role of Project Manager and/or Scrum Master
More info
Sponsors of PMI NL Chapter 01-30 12-13
Threon - Project Management Challenge 2017 IIL International - Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)
More info More info
July Global PMI 17-20
2017 SeminarsWorld® in Indianapolis
More info
Link to Event calendar on Chapter website
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PMI Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM) 2017, EMEA
May PMI NL Chapter Event
This year the PMI Europe, Middle East and Africa leadership
classical functional area
Risk management in context - Two surprising perspectives on a
meeting was held in Rome. As usual it is planned just before the yearly PMI congress in Europe. Our chapter was represented by three board members. Contrary to the congress the LIM is not about project management directly, but about how chapter leaders can bring better value for their members. Especially for new board members it is an important part of their onboarding. Not only can they connect to colleagues from other countries, they also are being informed on recent best practices in e.g. professional
development,
membership
and
volunteers,
marketing and communication, academic outreach and chapter governance in general. PMI Netherlands Chapter organized a chapter meeting on May
The chair of the PMI board of Directors, Mark Dickson, gave an
23rd at Hogeschool Utrecht, to showcase different point of views
introduction to the new PMI strategic approach for the next 3 – 5
about Risk Management. This topic is one of the core functional
years. The change to implement the strategy is still under
areas of project management. Its practices, processes and tools
development and at this moment very little to share since there may still be some changes.
are well known, and have been around for a long time. What can
Some info about PMI globally.
perspectives, and the perspective of PMBOK is not the only one.
be added to such a well-established area? Well, it's about the
During this chapter meeting we had two prestigious speakers. The first presenter was Meinte Wildschut, project manager at NS and student at the HU, who shared the results of his master research on risk management in a chaotic world. What can you do when chaos prevails, where issues pop up without a reason where and risk management has become ineffective? In such a scenario, although you can still use risk management processes to facilitate communication, project managers should also use value-based interventions with an effective and strong leadership style.
| Our representatives in Rome will report back to the board, and
The second presenter Mr. Douwe Brolsma, trainer, entrepreneur
we expect several interesting initiatives as spinoff. Keep an eye on
and lecturer at the MSc Project Management, elaborated on a
our newsletter.
way to help to keep calm. He described the four principles of Dynamic Governance (Sociocracy): specifically, how working in circles improves commitment and how consent strengthens decision making. Top
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Newsletter May, 2017 | www.pmi-netherlands-chapter.org | In veel organisaties heeft agile werken topprioriteit. Het is geen
13e Project Portfolio Management Jaarcongres
geheim dat de wendbaarheid van vitaal belang is in onze moderne,
Woensdag 31 mei 2017 Congrescentrum Figi, Zeist
complexe,
interruptieve
en
snel
veranderende
samenleving. Maar hoe zit het met de koers en de visie die de wendbare organisatie leiden naar het realiseren van de strategie? Hoe ontwikkelen organisaties zich naar meer agile manieren van
Graag maken wij u attent op de 13e editie van hét jaarcongres
werken en agile portfolio besturing? Welke rol wordt verwacht van
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) dat zal plaatsvinden op
de portfolio manager in deze transitie? Hoe ga je als
woensdag 31 mei 2017 in Congrescentrum Figi te Zeist. Het
portfoliomanager leiden (of volgen)? Welke kansen biedt dit voor
centrale thema van deze editie is:
portfoliomanagers?
PPM: naar een wendbare, agile organisatie, met behoud van
Ook dit jaar verkennen we diverse thema’s en uitdagingen in
koers
verschillende situaties, met sprekers uit verschillende organisaties en vanuit verschillende perspectieven.
In veel organisaties heeft agile werken topprioriteit. Het is geen geheim dat de wendbaarheid van vitaal belang is in onze moderne,
complexe,
interruptieve
en
snel
Korting namens PMI Netherlands Chapter
veranderende
samenleving. Maar hoe zit het met de koers en de visie die de
Als relatie van PMI Netherlands Chapter mogen wij u een korting
wendbare organisatie leiden naar het realiseren van de strategie?
aanbieden van € 100,- op de deelnameprijs. U betaalt dan slechts
Hoe ontwikkelen organisaties zich naar meer agile manieren van
€ 595,- excl. BTW per persoon. Deelname is inclusief bezoek
werken en agile portfolio besturing? Welke rol wordt verwacht van
congres,
de portfolio manager in deze transitie? Hoe ga je als
informatiemarkt,
diner
(buffet),
catering
en
documentatie. Gebruik code: PMIDCT100PPM
portfoliomanager leiden (of volgen)? Welke kansen biedt dit voor portfoliomanagers?
Het PPM Jaarcongres is – al 13 jaar – dé plaats waar PPM professionals elkaar ontmoeten en de laatste ontwikkelingen
Ook dit jaar verkennen we diverse thema’s en uitdagingen in
delen
verschillende situaties, met sprekers uit verschillende organisaties
onder
collega’s.
Het
complete
programma
en
inschrijfformulier van het PPM Jaarcongres vindt u op
en vanuit verschillende perspectieven.
www.ppmjaarcongres.nl
Graag maken wij u attent op de 13e editie van hét jaarcongres
Graag begroeten wij u ook op 31 mei.
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) dat zal plaatsvinden op woensdag 31 mei 2017 in Congrescentrum Figi te Zeist. Het centrale thema van deze editie is: PPM: naar een wendbare, agile organisatie, met behoud van koers
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PMI Netherlands Summit 2017 Reconstructing Project Management.
Project Management 0.5 explore the essence So, in this Summit we will explore the essence of project management. What is the key role of project management, what are the required capabilities? The goal is to create a highly interactive summit, a true learning experience in which we, all together, will discover what project management is all about.
“Everyone has a plan: until they get punched in the face” ~ Mike Tyson We believe it is time to reconstruct project management as a discipline. In a world where disruption has become the norm, where boundaries between disciplines are fading and where multi-disciplinary collaboration is perhaps the only way to ensure lasting business and transformation results, it pays off to think without a box, to go greenfield to an extreme, and to reinvent who we are as project managers. In order to do that we have to go back to the essence of what it means to do the work we do, to set that off against the essence of the world we now live in and to come up with core ways of working and being that will actually make the difference.
You’re invited to participate in this leading conference on Project Management by submitting an innovative best practice or workshop corresponding with our themes. If you would like to submit a valuable suggestion, take a look into the conditions and submit your paper before April 27th 2017. Go to the PMI Netherlands Summit 2017 website and find out more.
The 2017 challenge… We are preparing for a highly interactive conference. You will be challenged to participate and contribute, speakers are facilitators and will encourage engagement. Preferably we limit the use of traditional means like slides. Rather we would like speakers to encourage dialogue and capture the essence of project management looked at from different viewpoints. While interacting we will reconstruct project management. The objective is to conclude this conference with a debated, if possible shared, view on “project management 0.5 – a reconstruction of project management”.
Not submitting a paper, but interested in a PMI Netherlands Summit ticket? Very early bird members of the PMI Netherlands Chapter receive a huge discount! Register now and visit this unique Conference for only € 147,50. Hurry because this offer only applies to the first 25 subscriptions that are member of the PMI Netherlands Chapter. You can register here. Please tick “I have a discount code” and use discount code PMI17DC147 to receive this very early bird members only discount.
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Amsterdam Network and Drink Meeting - June 2017 The role of Project Manager and/or Scrum Master On June 29, the PMI Netherlands Chapter is glad to host next Network and Drink Meeting on the subject: The role of Project Manager and/or Scrum Master. The Meetup is going to be held in Amsterdam.
What is your opinion and your experience? Please read the article on this link including the graphics and come to discuss the topic with us: https://www.infoq.com/news/2012/10/pm-scrum-master
The roles of Scrum Master and Project Manager continue to be discussed in different ways with most comments distinguishing between the two roles and indicating they are not compatible, and not suited to be combined. When it comes to agile project management roles, most agile processes - Scrum in particular - do not include a project manager. Agile “project manager” roles and responsibilities are shared among others on the project, namely the Team, Scrum Master and Product Owner.
We welcome all Project Management Professionals, Scrum Masters and all to join this meeting. Looking forward to meeting you and hearing your views on this subject! Check it out and RSVP!
Help Wanted Volunteer Positions Regional PM Network and Drink Meeting Organizers To organize informal PM Network and drink meetings to discuss PM related subjects; Promote PMI, PMI NLCH in your region and feedback suggestions and subjects to the chapter. Interested? Please contact: membership@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org Video Volunteer: In 2017 PMI NLCH has set the objective to bring even more content to its members. In order to make the webinars more professional and entertaining, we are looking for a video volunteer who can film the performance of the webinar: Please contact director Events at events@pmi-netherlands-chapter.org
Experienced program managers to share their vision On behalf of Prof. Dr. Hans L.M. Bakker we share the following invitation with you: For a PhD Research on “Successful Program Management” we are looking for twenty (experienced) program managers. The ask is if you as program manager want to engage in an interview of one hour in order to share your vision on the choice of a program management method. The interview can take place at a location of your choice. If you are interested, please contact Rene Hombergen (e-mail address M.A.A.J.Hombergen@tudelft.nl asap (but no later than June 30th). With kind regards, Prof.Dr. Hans L.M. Bakker Chair Management of engineering projects - TU Delft 015-2784893/06 55 12 66 46
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Ways to Earn PDUs For all PMI certifications except the CAPMŽ, you’ll need to follow the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program and earn professional development units (PDUs.) The goal is to ensure that your certified competencies stay relevant and upto-date. In line with the skill areas of the PMI Talent Triangle, the PDUs must follow the following criteria: -
A minimum of 35 in Education: 8 technical, 8 leadership, 8 business/strategic, and remaining 11 in any area.
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A maximum of 25 for Giving Back through Volunteering, Creating Knowledge, or working as a professional (8 max)
There are several ways to earn PDU: Course or Training - Instructor-led formal education courses or classes held in-person or online. This includes Chapter educational events, courses provided by PMI Registered Education Providers.
Organization Meetings - Meetings, activities and local events related to the profession (Typically limited to 1-2 PDUs)
Online or Digital Media - Self-paced learning conducted online or through varied forms of digital media
Read - Self-directed reading that is relevant to the certification you hold
Informal Learning - Educational opportunities focused on structured discussions
You may be actively earning PDUs without knowing it. Find more information at www.pmi.org/certifications/maintain/earn-pdus and www.pmi.org/certifications/faq.
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GLOBAL PMI ARTICLE Dealing with Cyber Security: Blockchain's Buildout In an age of cyberinsecurity, organizations are scrambling for peace of mind. Blockchain, a technology best known for recording transactions involving digital currencies such as bitcoin, is being hailed as the future of online security. When applied to the world of conventional finance, manufacturing, healthcare and other sectors, blockchain technology helps with executing contracts, record-keeping, data verification and tracking digital assets (…).
In this uncertain climate, project teams at established organizations are racing to understand and master blockchain technology before competitors and scrappy startups do. “There are so many blockchain initiatives going on,” says Mr. Huizingh. “Even the largest institutions have to choose what to focus resources on. What you see is organizations working on a range of smaller projects—experiments or proofs of concept. Based on learnings from them, the most promising ones are continued into larger projects.” He's overseeing one of ABN AMRO's five blockchain projects, all of which are in early stages (…).
As organizations try to leverage blockchain's transformative potential, serious project investments are already underway— especially in the financial industry. A 2016 IBM global survey found that 15 percent of banks plan to have commercial blockchain operations by 2018, while an additional 51 percent of institutions are expected to roll out blockchain programs by the end of 2020. But change won't happen overnight, particularly in a highlyregulated field like banking and securities, says Ewout Huizingh, project manager, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Central securities depositories aren't going to be dissolved into thin air in the near future.” Keeping up with the evolving regulatory environment is a major challenge with blockchain projects, says Mr. Huizingh. ABN AMRO mitigates the risk of noncompliance by maintaining constant communication with regulators at both the national and international levels. It's not just a financial sector challenge, though. Keeping regulators aware of what blockchain can and can't do is vital for Dr. van Rooyen's company, too. “A poor understanding of the potential risks of blockchain technologies could lead to overly restrictive regulation that increases the cost of compliance to the point where we can no longer operate,” Dr. van Rooyen says. “So, the cost of compliance is an identified risk, and stakeholder engagement is the primary form of risk mitigation.”
Another major risk for project managers is scalability, Dr. van Rooyen says. Bitcoin limits the size of blockchain transactions that can be processed in a given time period (though the limits could change). Projects using an encrypted currency will need to either build their own systems that can sidestep transaction limitations or adhere to Custos' approach of designing a system that can move from one digital currency to another. “Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency, and it's proven to be very resilient. But it might turn out that an alternative cryptocurrency emerges as the market lead,” Dr. van Rooyen says. Until blockchain's role in the financial sector and beyond becomes more established, project teams will continue to experiment with the best ways to use the technology while watching how competitors proceed, says Mr. Huizingh. Everybody is afraid that somebody else will have the golden idea that will change the world.” —Christina Couch (Extract from PM Network magazine February 2017)
Blockchain Basics Information is lumped together (in blocks) and put in a chronological order (a chain). Voila, blockchain. All of this information is stored in an encrypted and decentralized ledger. Because each piece of information relies on the chain, changing one piece of information would alter the network. Since this ledger can be viewed by anyone with access, the validity of every transaction can be verified by all users in the network. So, if someone tries to hack into the system, users can recognize the invalid action. But blockchain is not just a way to block hackers. What makes it really revolutionary—and why financial institutions are so keen on it— is that it enables people to send money (or other information) directly to one another without a third party. For a financial transaction typically involving a bank, blockchain would eliminate the hours or even days it takes for the bank to verify the transaction and the fees a bank might charge. When third-party systems aren't doing the validating, entire industries can speed up. And greater security can bolster record-keeping—everything from voting to patient medical histories. Top
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Sponsors Message Agile Technique: Scrum Master Going agile? These days, it's the norm, not the exception. More and more organizations are adopting an agile approach, and the #1 agile technique is Scrum. * This means that Scrum Masters are in high demand. On scrum teams, their role is essential — as they provide coaching and leadership, facilitate meetings, and remove impediments, among other responsibilities. In short, Scrum Masters help project teams perform at the highest possible level! Join us in Amsterdam to become a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) and gain a thorough understanding of the Scrum framework. You'll learn the essentials for getting a project off on the right foot, how to help both new and experienced teams be more successful, and much more. To register, please email iil.emea@iil.com or call +31 6 250 307 99.
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Project Management Challenge Threon and EditX are inviting all Project Managers to participate in the first Project Management Challenge of the Benelux. This Project Management Challenge will take place from early May until the end of June 2017. First there will be an online test consisting of a series of question. Only the best 10 deserve a place at the final event which will take place on the 4th of July in the offices of Threon in Ghent. How to participate? Registration is open during the entire duration of the challenge. You only need to register on www.editx.eu/challenges.
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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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