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Vol. XI Issue VII - July 2009
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management Update from Washington
By Ron Taylor
International Correspondent for
PMForum
& PM World Today
Washington, DC, USA
PM Profession News
PMI Washington DC and Baltimore Chapters Offer Project Management Events to the Local Project Management Community
The Washington DC and Baltimore project management communities are fortunate to have several very active PMI chapters serving them. This is a brief summary of three of the events offered by these Chapters.
The PMI Washington DC Chapter is offering a presentation at its July 21 dinner meeting entitled: “Leading By Example “. The presentation will be delivered by Alan Malinchak, VP/Chief Learning Officer, ManTech International. Mr. Malinchak leads ManTech University’s enterprise education and training and alliance partnerships with academic universities and training and education vendors.
The dinner begins at 7:00 and is preceded by a PMTools presentation at 5:30 entitled: “Modern Thoughts on the WBS” by Doug Clark. Mr. Clark is Chief Executive Officer of Métier, where he is responsible for Métier’s corporate vision and strategic plan. Mr. Clark will discuss new thoughts and methods for using the work being conducted across an organization to create a standard catalog of work objects that can be leveraged to create a WBS. The dinners are held at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
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Ron Taylor, PMP
Ron Taylor, MBA, PMP, is a project manager, lecturer, trainer, author, and consultant, and is the principal and founder of the Ron Taylor Group. He has over twenty five years of experience in managing projects. Ron began his career as a member of the faculty of the University of Kentucky, where he was nominated Teacher of the Year. After moving to the U.S. Census Bureau, he managed several multimillion dollar projects and led the Bureau's Project Management Board of Directors. Ron is the Immediate Past President of the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the largest PMI Chapter in the world with over 8,500 members. During Ron’s Presidency, the Chapter was named 2007 PMI Chapter of the Year and Ron was named 2008 PMI Chapter Leader of the Year. Ron served as a member of the faculty of PMI’s College of Performance Management and a member of PMI's Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) project team. He has been a featured speaker at several project management conferences and symposia. Ron holds both the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute and the Master Certified Knowledge Manager (MCKM) certification from the International Knowledge Management Institute. Ron is also an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today. Ron lives in Virginia and can be contacted at ron@therontaylorgroup.com. |
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