PMI Certification Exam Prep Course for the PMP - 2019705

DeVry University

Date: Monday, November 11, 2019 - Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm, with an hour for lunch
Location: In-Person - DeVry University – 1 West Court Square Suite 600, Decatur, GA 30030

Earn 35 PDUs!

This 4 day course provides a comprehensive review of the PMBOK areas covered in the PMI Project Management Professional Exam. It includes 28 hours of classroom instruction (7 hours per day) as well as at least 7 hours of non-classroom assignments and activity (ex... homework to include sample test taking, reading assignments, etc.).

Dinner Meeting - 191111

Roam Innovative Workspace

Join Us for our bi-monthly dinner meeting! Earn up to 2 PDUs while building your professional network, viewing new products and services, and enjoying dinner.  Earn 1 PDU for attending the Professional Growth event and 1 PDU for attending the dinner meeting.  

Special Agenda Items:

• Color Guard in honor of Veterans Day
• Learn about exciting Chapter news (unveiling of new Chapter logo and hear from our Board Election candidates)

Newcomers Meeting - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

If you are a new member to PMI Atlanta, you do not want to miss this opportunity to hear how PMI Atlanta can help you achieve your goals and meet members of the leadership team. 

Professional Development - 6:00pm - 6:45pm

"Adapting to AI" presented by Oliver Yarbrough, PMP

For this session, Oliver will speak about Artificial Intelligence and how it will impact Project Managers, with some key take-aways to provide the PMI Atlanta community with guidance and direction on which areas to focus on from a skills/knowledge perspective to address this change.

Keynote Presentation - 7:30pm - 8:30pm

"The End of the PMO" presented by Eric S. Norman, PMP, CSM, PgMP, PMI Fellow

The hallmark of successful PMOs is their importance to business leaders and decision-makers. In the most successful cases where the PMO is considered high value, the PMO functions as the single source for “business intelligence” about what is happening within the organization.  To quote Gartner analyst Audrey Apfel from her 2011 conference paper, (Apfel, 2011) “the pinnacle of PMO maturity is the Strategy Execution Office”.  In the final analysis, the most successful PMOs are woven into the fabric of the organizations they support.  This presentation provides insight to help transform your PMO from an organizational function that provides operational and administrative overhead to a vital governance resource that delivers critically important information for decision-making.

Architectural, Engineering, & Construction (AEC) Forum - 191112

Construct Connect

Leading Executive Conversations

presented by Kimberly Gray Fess, Sally Williamson & Associates (SW&A)

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.

Presentation

Research has shown that executives evaluate conversations based on two things: first, are you credible and confident? In other words, should you be talking to me? An executive responds to your style in less than two minutes, and effective communicators make intentional choices about the impressions they create.
But, confidence isn’t enough with an executive audience. The second thing they look for is whether you can solve a business need. In fact, they say that they turn down the offerings from a lot of confident people because they just don’t see the alignment with their business objectives.

More than any other listener, an executive wants to know the bottom-line benefit or decision. Leading conversations means crafting a message that drives an action or ask from the executive and a measureable impact for the business.

In this session, SW&A will show you how to answer both expectations. We’ll share data points from executives about what they value most in conversations and what usually goes wrong. And, finally we’ll show you how to craft a compelling message that captures their attention and quite often, their approval or buy-in.

Key Components:
Understanding the C-suite Perspective
Creating a Compelling & Measureable Message

PMI Atlanta Toastmasters Meeting - 191114

Health Markets

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.