We will meet virtually until further notice due to the pandemic. Our AM on PM will be at noon this month.
SYNOPSIS
Topic: “What to know about the PMBOK Guide 7th edition”
Speaker:Tony Johnson, the President and founder of CrosswindPM, will be our guest speaker this month!
Tony is on the committee that is creating the 7th Edition of the PMBOK and will be there to discuss it and answer any questions you may have on it, his company, or even about PMP exam prep in general. Tony is also the President and co-founder of the Project Management Training Alliance, Inc. (PMTA), which is a non-profit devoted to serving project management trainers.
Here is some additional background on Tony:
A proven leader, business owner, author, trainer, and product developer with 20+ years of experience. Industry experience includes telecom, hardware and software development, commerce, marketing, IT infrastructure and support, financial, and higher education.
Tony has authored 40 books since 2004 as well as numerous other learning products for various PMI and IIBA credentials. Tony has helped created over 100,000 of the PMPs on planet earth. Tony has contributed to the last three PMBOK Guides, program, and portfolio management standards, as well as being a core team member of the Seventh Edition PMBOK Guide with PMI.
Also possessing the following credentials PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-PBA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSPO, CSM, CAPM, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, Project+, CCBA, PMI-ACP, CBAP.
Contact Joanne @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to volunteer to speak.
We hope to see you Friday, September 11th, for our next AM on PM Breakfast Forum
Interested in presenting? Please contact me @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and you will go for free that month!
MPUG Western NY Chapter Presents:
Converting Microsoft Project Files & Intro to Option Settings!
WHEN: Wednesday, March 12, 2014. 
5:30 p.m. Registration and Networking
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Presentation
WHERE: Piano Works, rear entrance, conference room
Address:
349 W Commercial Street,
East Rochester, NY 14445
Phone: (585) 350-5210
PMI PMPs:
Earn 1 PDU for attending.
Two key topics for this presentation include:
- Converting Microsoft Project files from an Earlier Version to a New Version, and
- Option Settings – Where are they? What do they mean? And, how should they be set?
As we upgrade from one version of Microsoft Project to another there are a number of considerations you need to take into account before, during and after the move. Some of which include:
- Hardware
- memory
- Operating System
- Option settings
- Project File conversion
- Views: (filters, groups and tables)
- Compatibility of add-in software and macros
Networking opportunities, refreshments and raffle prizes will be provided. See you there!
Space is limited. Please register today for this event.
NOTE:
Click here to register directly with MPUG . If you register directly with MPUG there is no need to click on the "Register Now" button at the bottom of this page.
Admission is free!
For more information about this MPUG chapter event, joining this chapter or MPUG Global, please visit us at www.mpug.com. Visit our local MPUG Western NY Chapterto find out about future events.
Project Solvers of America is pleased to present internationally known speaker Lisa DiTullio to Rochester, NY
on March 21st, 2014 for her acclaimed one-day seminar. This seminar is taught at PMI Seminars World for $740 plus travel. We've negotiated a great price with Lisa and as a result you can get it here in Rochester at St John Fisher College for only $265!
DETAILS
Date: March 21st, 2014, 8:00am-4:30pm
Location: St John Fisher College
Cost: Great price! $740 regular price, your price is $265 until March 15th, $290 from March 18th on. Groups of 3 or more go for $250 each
MPUG Western NY Chapter Presents:
EnCompass Project Planning Tracking and Reporting Tool;
Tips and Tricks with Microsoft Project
WHEN: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014.
5:30 p.m. Registration and Networking
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Presentation
WHERE: Piano Works, rear entrance, conference room
Address:
349 W Commercial Street,
East Rochester, NY 14445
Phone: (585) 350-5210
PMI PMPs:
Earn 1 PDU for attending.
Our local chapter Sponsor is: The Project Solvers of America, Inc.
EnCompass project management software keeps your projects organized and accessible. Use it to track all of your action items, milestones, PO’s, and progress updates. Reporting features easily allow you to keep your stakeholders informed.
Define your project with a charter, objectives, scope, and deliverable up front, before the project starts and use it to manage expectations from kickoff through completion. Refer to it often to keep the project definition fresh in stakeholders’ minds.
Keep track of important milestones that form the high-level schedule for your project. Add current status comments to the milestones, and you have the basis for a monthly report to management to keep everyone in the loop.
For day-to-day activities and assignments, use action items. EnCompass makes it easy to keep track of who is supposed to do what, and creates action item reports to show all open items either by project or by assignee.
Bring it all together: Milestones, comments, and completed action items make up the Project History report which gathers these key elements and displays them in chronological order. This report is very helpful when trying to reconstruct what happened on a project for lessons learned, or for finding the timeline of decision-making.
All in all, EnCompass gives you all of the critical tools you need in order to define, plan, track, and report on your projects from kick-off to turnover.
For more detailed information, you can review the Quick-Start Guide here: http://tinyurl.com/EnCompassQuickStart
Or you can download a fully-functional trial version from Itemspage of this website.
(Trial version has limits on the number of entriesallowed;otherwise it has all of the features of the full version.)
Tips and Tricks will feature: Microsoft Project Q&A and Grouping by Key Tasks and Averaging % Complete using a number field. Bring your laptop and try it out.
Networking opportunities, refreshments and raffle prizes will be provided. See you there!
Space is limited. Please register today for this event.
Admission is free!
For more information about this MPUG chapter event, joining this chapter or MPUG Global, please visit us at www.mpug.com. Visit our local MPUG Western NY Chapterto find out about future events.
This seminar provides a comprehensive explanation of construction contractor's rights and remedies. It provides detailed descriptions of the actual laws of the industry in the lingo those in the construction industry will understand.
Have you ever been told by the Construction Manager on a project; “The clean up for the job is $50,000. There are eight prime contractors on site so your portion is $6,250”? Then you had to “eat” this cost because you wanted to get the balance of your contract payment. If so, then you paid $6,250 too much!
We have all noticed the changes in recent years of added paperwork and more people in the day to day operations of a construction site. There is no doubt anyone in the industry has had the feeling that they have been treated unfairly on a job or had their rights taken away by someone else, or possibly have been a victim of someone else’s misfortune and had no way to recover.
This workshop will teach you how to protect yourself against these types of things happening again. We provide you with the most comprehensive explanation of your rights under the contract. After this seminar you will feel as though no job is too complicated.
We will provide and explain during the course of the seminar the actual laws of the industry (included in the handouts for you to keep). These will give you an upper hand in defending your rights. We also provide and explain to you our copyrighted paperwork which helps to defend your position all the way through the project with no added costs to you. We also offer alternative ways to save your company money, increase your cash flow, and shorten your collection time.
Today’s construction business is not about making friends like it used to be, but about survival. This course is taught by people who used this paperwork and “survived”, AND received a $2.8 million check from the City of Rochester for their claim.
Your Instructor
Jim Loewke, President of Loewke & Brill Consulting Group
Testimonials
“I particularly appreciated your focus on how to take proactive measures to minimize risk from inception through completion of the project.”
- Postler & Jaeckle Corp.
- Blackman - Farrell Electric, Inc.
- Allied Builders
- Wolford & Leclair, LLP
- Monroe County Division of Engineering
- Remington Gifford et al
- ADP Design