A volunteer position is open for Speaker Chair within the PMI Atlanta Agile Forum.  This critical role has prime responsibility for ensuring speakers engage for monthly presentations, 10 months out of the year.  This great networking opportunity places the volunteer at the forefront of mainstream Agile topics.  The role requires good logistics management skills, a great personality and the drive to get things done.  This position requires about 6-8 hours per month.

Written by Valarie R. Merced, PMP, AVP of Communications

In March 2011 the Project Management Institute Atlanta Chapter (PMI Atlanta), launched its Education /Academic Program as a part of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Education Foundation Initiative.   The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities for students to acquire Project Management skills that will help them become competitive in the 21st century work force and to give back to the community by increasing the quantity of capable project management practitioners in the Atlanta Metro Area.

Role: Program Manager, Governance Forum

Objective: The PMI Atlanta Governance Forum provides an opportunity for project managers to learn about governance and advanced topics, including program and portfolio management, in a small group setting of similar minded professionals. This is an ideal forum to learn of best practices in governance, as well as to increase your business acumen for becoming a stronger, more valuable project manager.

On October 22, 2013, PMI Atlanta Technology Forum was held at the HP campus in Alpharetta, GA. The forum started off with PMP Jeopardy Game (2nd time this year). Around 30 participants were in attendance. All attendees had fun and  won prizes, too.  The forum had a guest speaker, Mr. Sameer Bendre, who shared his views on Waterfall versus Agile practices.  He illustrated with a few real-life examples on “why do we do as what we do” in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies. He distinguished between both methods with pros and cons. The audience was engaged in participation throughout the session and a good amount of time was given for the Q&A to benefit the members.  The Forum concluded at 7:15pm with a huge expectation to bring back topics of this kind in the future. Thanks to all who attended, participated, and contributed.

Side Note: The original topic was announced as "Mobility – Evolve or Die" by Mr. Ben M. Johnson, who fell ill at the last minute. As a result, the forum changed the topic and speaker to Mr. Sameer Bendre (who accepted to speak with a short notice).