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Leveraging Project Management Techniques in Sports Officiating
Monday, June 24, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Lunch Meeting(Columbia, MD)
Presented by Dean Layman, PMP
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Topic Abstract:
Sports officiating for a specific game and for an entire sports season requires a great deal of management skill in terms of managing and controlling sometimes intense situations. Project management (PM) controls and processes and other techniques in the PMBOK are certainly applicable in this business of sports officiating, or refereeing. In this presentation, Dean Layman, a local certified basketball referee, discusses how he uses PM techniques during a game and throughout an entire season. While project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and close-out processes are utilized extensively by an official, it’s really stakeholder communications that is the paramount PM skill that needs to be practiced to successfully manage a game and a season. Mr. Layman will share his experiences in combining his PMP knowledge with his officiating certification. And, there will be a little basketball rules knowledge and game scenarios shared during the presentation.
Bio:
Dean Layman is a Senior Program Manager for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) focusing on information technology programs. Based in Columbia, MD, Dean earned his PMP certification in 2005. He is a member of the PMI Baltimore Chapter and holds an M.S. degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. As a thirty-three year (33) member of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO), Dean is a certified basketball referee in the metropolitan Baltimore area serving local high schools and small colleges.
PMI BC ITIL V3 Foundation Exam Prep Training
Friday, June 28, 2013 at 8:00 AM
2-Day Seminar(Columbia, MD)
Presented by PMP Instructors
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This intensive 2 day course provides the student with the fundamental concepts and principles that are required to understand Service Management in the IT industry. The commonality of PMI & ITIL principles are discussed to expand the learning process. All needed training materials are included with 2 practice exams to measure student proficiency. The student is required to schedule and pass the ITIL Foundation -2011 Exam to obtain ITIL Service Management Certification.
This is an intense course focused on achieving these goals. All training is performed by a licensed ITIL Affiliate.
Students will be responsible for scheduling to sit for the one hour exam upon completion of this 2-day boot camp at any local Prometric testing center.
The purpose of the ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management is to certify the candidate has gained knowledge of the ITIL terminology, structure and basic concepts and has comprehended the core principles of ITIL practices for Service Management.
Conflict Resolution for Construction and Other Projects
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Lunch Meeting(Annapolis Junction , Maryland)
Presented by Edward Ketchen, Esq.
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Topic Abstract:
Project managers focus on integration of strategic plans with project management to achieve organizations’ goals. Integration of a construction or other type projects into an organization’s strategic plan is designed to help the organization, whether a company, university or public agency, realize its overall vision. If the best considered project management plan goes awry the inevitable conflicts that may arise among stakeholders likely will require the project manager’s continued and intense engagement. The presenter intends to delve into the nuts and bolts (processes, advantages and disadvantages) of various conflict resolution models used throughout Maryland, including some that offer benefits but are not used often, and will review some case examples demonstrating where conflict resolution techniques worked successfully and some where the process could have been done better. The presenter will discuss various techniques used to break negotiation impasse and to deal with difficult negotiators, including attorneys. The presenter also plans to touch on significant attributes of the relatively new Collaborative Law model, a conflict dispute hybrid now gaining credibility in Maryland and elsewhere. In this regard, proponents plan to introduce the Uniform Collaborative Law Act as a rule or as a bill in the Maryland Legislature in 2013.
Bio:
Edward (Ed) G. Ketchen, Esq. is a private arbitrator and mediator as an independent contractor with Creative Dispute Resolutions, LL.C. He is a qualified mediator on alternative dispute resolution lists for the Howard County, Montgomery County and Frederick County Circuit Courts. Ed also mediates cases in Maryland District Court Day-of-Trial programs for the Howard County, Montgomery County and Baltimore City District Courts. Ed retired after twenty-five years of service as an administrative judge for the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Department of Defense,) the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals and as a member of the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals. In this capacity, he heard and decided Federal and State contract claims, including complex construction contract cases and convenience and default termination cases. Prior to that time, he represented the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staff as a trial attorney for nuclear power plant licensing before the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and served as a procurement law attorney with the US Department of Interior. He holds an LL.M degree in law from George Washington University and JD and Industrial Engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Action Oriented Leadership - Leadership Principles
Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 8:30 AM
Seminar(Hanover, MD)
Presented by Leadership Techniques LLC, Leadership & Project Management Training
This course is designed to address common challenges and issues facing group leaders, managers, and supervisors. The instructors will cover how to run efficient and effective meetings and to create an environment that encourages motivation and open communication.
The day is punctuated periodically with challenging interactive sessions in which participants practice the principles that will be used to guide them through difficult management scenarios, including conflict resolution, dealing with emotional behavior, and coaching employees for improved performance.
Instructors will dynamically discuss current topics that impact the workplace in profound ways, including the effects of cultural and generational diversity, and how to affect change in a positive way.
Registration is being done through the Leadership Techniques website. See link below.
Cloud Computing – What a Project Manager Needs to Know
Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 5:30 PM
Dinner Meeting(Timonium, MD)
Presented by Dr Patrick D Allen, BS, MS, PhD
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PLEASE NOTE: PAY BY PAY PAL ONLINE. CASH OR CHECK ACCEPTED AT THE DOOR.
CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AT THE MEETING.
THIS MEETING OCCURS AT OUR ALTERNATE LOCATION.
The Loyola Graduate Center at 2034 Greenspring Drive, Timonium MD 21093 (Right next door to the Crowne Plaza location).
Cloud computing is becoming popular. More and more project managers will be interacting with cloud computing, either developing clouds, using clouds, or selecting among cloud and non-cloud alternatives to accomplish their projects. This talk provides a brief and very basic introduction to cloud computing, what project managers need to know about cloud computing, and what they need to ask about cloud computing from service providers. Selected questions specific to PMs associated with government projects and security risks of cloud computing will be addressed. This non-technical presentation will help PMI members understand cloud basics and how to ask better questions when a cloud becomes part of your project.
Dr. Patrick D. Allen, PMP, is currently a Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. He has been programming since 1973, has been a project manager since 1985, and has helped a wide range of customers apply new technologies to their operations for over 30 years. Dr. Allen has a B.S. in Physics, an M.S. and PhD in Operations Research, and a Masters in Strategic Studies. He has published over a dozen refereed journal articles, one book and three book chapters. He is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, a former Director of the Military Operations Research Society, a former Adjunct Professor teaching Project Management and Systems Engineering classes at Old Dominion University, a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University in the UK, and an International Consultant to the United Kingdom, Canada, and Sweden.
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