Architectural, Engineering, & Construction (Virtual) Forum - 220510

Webinar

"Sustainability Origins & Current Implications of ESG" presented by Elba Pareja-Gallagher, ShowMe50, Founder and UPS, Sustainability Director

The PMI Atlanta AEC Forum is a focus group that hosts regular events with ranging topics in the architectural, engineering, and construction fields. We will show the importance of solid project management in these related fields of study.

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What is ESG and why does it matter? ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is a set of standards and criteria for corporate entities and company operations related to sustainability. ESG exposes a company's risks and opportunities over a broad range of areas, such as climate change and resource scarcity, diversity, and inclusion (a component of the social pillar of ESG), safety issues and data security, executive pay and tax transparency. ESG improves a company's bottom-line, attracts top talent, reduces costs, and builds goodwill amongst consumers.

Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules that could require public companies to disclose greenhouse emissions among other climate-related information. So, where and how are sustainability actions and the SEC connected? In this forum Elba will share the history of the ESG from the investor perspective, connect some dots and engage the group in open Q&A through the stakeholder lens.

PMI Atlanta Toastmasters (Virtual) Meeting - 220512

Webinar

If you would like to earn PDUs while improving your communications and leadership skills, this opportunity is for you! PMI Atlanta has teamed up with Toastmasters International to offer you a chance to hone your public speaking, critical listening, and leadership skills in a supportive environment. You will also have an opportunity to practice speaking off-the-cuff, giving and receiving feedback, emceeing a meeting, and many other valuable business skills. Since this club is exclusively for PMI Atlanta members, you will also have an opportunity to develop bonds within the PMI community.

Delivering Successful Projects …Every Time - 2022801

WebEx Virtual Class

Although many successful project management practitioners are “accidental project managers,” successful projects should not be “accidental.” It is essential to consistently deliver projects and programs successfully—on time, on budget, meeting project/program goals.

By utilizing major contributors to project success and avoiding the leading causes of project failure, project success should be predictable and repeatable, instead of a hit-and-miss occurrence.

What are the most important project management skills for delivering successful projects every time? As a starting point, project management practitioners should focus on developing skills from the PMI Talent Triangle: technical project management skills, strategic and business management skills, and leadership skills. They should also emphasize and apply principles from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). However, not all processes can be applied to every project at every organization. The successful project manager recognizes the need to adapt practices from the PMBOK® Guide to individual initiatives within their own organization’s processes and culture.

Research studies have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success. PMI’s Pulse Research identifies a number of key factors affecting project outcomes. For example, 47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management. To address this, it’s critical for organizations to implement standardized requirements management processes in collaboration with stakeholders. There is also the need to develop a formal (agile/traditional) project management methodology, implement standardized tools and infrastructure through a strategic Program Management Office (PMO), and ensure executive management support for projects. PMI’s Pulse research also shows that having an actively engaged executive sponsors is the top driver of project success. These critical success factors, when implemented and achieved in collaboration with stakeholders, can lead to consistent delivery of successful projects.

This workshop describes an approach to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects by focusing on major contributors to project success: effective requirements management, embracing Project, Program, Portfolio Management (PPPM) by leveraging a strategic PMO that implements standardized project/program/portfolio management (in agile, traditional or hybrid environment) and implementing benefit realization management and executive management sponsor engagement.

While consistent delivery of successful projects and programs is essential, it is even more important to focus on delivering expected business benefits. A broader view of organization performance includes an organization’s benefits realization maturity level.

Earn 8 PDUs (4 Technical PDUs + 4 Strategic PDUs) with 6 hours of instructor-led (virtual) class and 2 hours of pre-seminar reading assignments. Take advantage of discounted rates for PMI members.

This seminar has been offered by the same instructor, Victoria S. Kumar, PMP, PMI-ACP, DASSM, ATP Instructor for PMI SeminarsWorld and several PMI Chapters as a two-day seminar.