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Chapter Meeting - Complex or Complicated? Why It Matters, and What Can We Do About It?
on Apr 15, 2021
This presentation will cover the difference between complex and complicated and how it related to projects. We will review how complexity can impact projects, with emphasis on the estimation process and connection with the triple constraint. We will discuss possible factors that can increase the complexity level of projects and how to deal with them...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Apr 15, 2021
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Life Sciences roundtable: Disrupt Yourself & Reinvigorate your Project Management Career
on Apr 14, 2021
Do you ever feel as though being a project manager is a bit like Groundhog's Day? The projects are more complex, have bigger budgets, or more people involved but you approach it the same way: build your initial checklists, get the project underway, and then put it on auto-pilot before landing it. Maybe it's time to consider disrupting yourself by taking a project in a field or area of the business that is completely unfamiliar to you...
Location: Zoom
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Jira Align
on Apr 13, 2021
This talk would be rooted in Isos experience as Atlassian partners working with large organizations to adopt Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft). Tool adoption is really only a small part of the story, there are so many other factors including culture shift and new processes, procedures and rituals.Going in, there are three survey questions:• What kinds of "agile transformations” are there?! What’s different about scaling agile?
• What part of my organization tends to drive these transformations, Top Down/Bottom Up/Both? How do they get change managed effectively?
• Are there any specific questions the team would like us to answer?
Presenter: Larry Cummings...
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable
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Watercooler Friday: How has Covid impacted your projects?
on Apr 9, 2021
About PMI MB Watercoolers
Once a month, PMI Mass Bay Board Member will moderate a networking call to discuss a topic. Attendance will be capped at first 25 to allow room for everyone to contribute. We like to see our members’ faces so please engage your video when joining. Grab a cup of coffee dial in and expand your network...
Location: Zoom
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Social Gathering
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Chapter Meeting - Post-COVID Project Management Opportunities - What Can We Expect?
on Mar 18, 2021
Project Management is focused on preparing for change and executing on an organized, efficient plan. We know things don’t always go as expected, and fortunately we are quite adept at providing calm leadership and direction to overcome unexpected emergencies. This leadership has been particularly important during COVID-19 where Project Managers have had to lead critical, immediate changes to systems and processes that govern how we work, learn, and fundamentally interact on a daily basis...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Mar 18, 2021
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Workshop - Disciplined Agile
on Mar 18, 2021
This is a 2-day workshop. This workshop is due to be canceled. A detailed communication will be sent out to registrants.Thursday March 18th 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Friday March 19th 9:00 am - 12:30 pmThis 2-day class provides participants with a strong foundational understanding of Disciplined Agile (DA)...
Location: Zoom
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Life Sciences Round Table: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures Project Management
on Mar 10, 2021
We will discuss Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. We will start by framing the discussion with definitions of each of these organizational change processes, discussing the process from due diligence, through deal finalization to integration or divestiture execution. We will discuss various types of acquisitions (e...
Location: Zoom
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March PMO Roundtable: Case Study – Setting up a PMO (remotely) in the Middle East
on Mar 9, 2021
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
This presentation will provide an overview and summary of the setup of a Program Management Office for a technology company in the Middle East. It will detail the reasons that the customer wanted the PMO established, the process by which we got there, and the challenges of working with a different culture...
Location: Zoom
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2021 Annual Meeting
on Feb 20, 2021
At this meeting, the 2020 Annual Report will be presented by chapter leadership to our membership as required by the chapter bylaws. There are no votes planned. Members may suggest topics for the Agenda in this form.Please register for this presentation. You'll receive event reminders, conferencing information and automatic reporting of PDUs...
Location: Zoom
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Annual Meeting
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Friday at the Watercooler
on Feb 19, 2021
Note: This is considered a social and is not awarding PDU’s. About PMI MB Watercoolers Once a month, PMI Mass Bay Board Member will moderate a networking call to discuss a topic. Attendance will be capped at first 25 to allow room for everyone to contribute. We like to see our members’ faces so please engage your video when joining...
Location: Zoom
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Social Gathering
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Chapter Meeting - Project, Program and Portfolio Lifecycles: The Linkage Between the Lifecycles & How One Can Use Them to Tackle Big and Complex Endeavors
on Feb 18, 2021
Professionals often look for new ways and approaches to deliver better results; yet we often overlook what we already intuitively know – how to solve big problems by understanding project, program, and portfolio lifecycle.
There is a tendency to “chase” after the latest approaches and methods, and yet, we may have one of the most effective approach to tackle big initiatives – understanding the power of solving big problems through life cycles...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Feb 18, 2021
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Life Sciences Roundtable: Transitioning to Project Management in the Life Science industry – how to leverage what you know and do
on Feb 17, 2021
Virtual Meeting 6:00PM-7:00PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0Massachusetts is recognized as a Global Life Science leader employing nearly 80,000 people. This local industry continues to grow as it responds to high demand for effective drug therapies and medical devices. The demand for new strong Project Managers corresponds to industry growth, with many areas experiencing shortages in critical areas...
Location: Zoom
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PMO Roundtable: Team Building 2021
on Feb 9, 2021
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Team building is not a new concept. Although how we build, engage, and retain successful teams may have taken a turn in the past 12 months. Some approaches stand the test of time and the remote changes we’ve endured through the pandemic...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Friday at the Watercooler - New Years Resolutions & New Events for PMI Curriculum
on Jan 29, 2021
Some of us make New Year’s Resolutions and others don’t. Your PMI MB Leadership team made a resolution to deliver the best possible curriculum and more socials in 2021. We at PMI Mass Bay hope the start of 2021 signals the restart of in person events. Meanwhile, we want to make our virtual events as fun and informative as possible and want to hear from you...
Location: Zoom
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Social Gathering
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Chapter Meeting - Uncontrollable, Unknowns and Opposite Emotions
on Jan 21, 2021
"While waiting for USA presidential election results, we were waiting for the arrival of our first grandchild. Ryan Michael weighed in at 9lb, 12oz. and everyone is doing great! A new life is a miracle and reminds me that there is so much to be grateful for. Two days after Ryan was born and after many uncontrollable delays, we closed and sold my parents’ estate house (they both passed away in 2020)...
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Jan 21, 2021
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Story Telling and Persuasion
on Jan 12, 2021
Want to improve results? Foster stronger relationships? Be seen as a change leader? Then you need to up your game. Here we will talk about the power of Story Telling, Engaging peoples emotions, and getting things done.Presenter: Andy Allen, co-host Boston Noontime Roundtable
Location: webex Meeting
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Story Telling and Persuasion
on Dec 29, 2020
Want to improve results? Foster stronger relationships? Be seen as a change leader? Then you need to up your game. Here we will talk about the power of Story Telling, Engaging peoples emotions, and getting things done.Presenter: Andy Allen, co-host Boston Noontime Roundtable
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Dec 17, 2020
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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MetroWest Roundtable
on Dec 17, 2020
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Chapter Meeting - Art of Improvisation in Project Management
on Dec 10, 2020
Organizational Improvisation is becoming more accepted in organizations, partly because traditional planning models are seen as less effective in modern turbulent organizational environments, and partly because there is a greater acceptance of the power of tacit knowledge and experience. However, the tensions between ‘structure’ and improvised work are well known, and an element of control needs to be applied in order to avoid organizational anarchy...
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Chapter Meeting
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PMO Roundtable: Preconditions of a PMO
on Dec 8, 2020
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Many project professionals focus on how PMOs work, why they are dismantled, and how to build a good PMO. Attend December's PMO roundtable, where Daniel Schutzberg will provide insights to those who are wondering whether their organizations or even their clients should establish a Program/Project Management Office...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Boston Noontime Roundtable
on Dec 8, 2020
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Nov 19, 2020
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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MetroWest Roundtable
on Nov 19, 2020
The MetroWest Roundtable Program offers PMI Mass Bay Chapter members the opportunity to attend an informal monthly meeting with a small group of project management peers to:
-Discuss current project issues and receive colleagues’ advice, feedback, and support. -Discuss current best practices within the project management profession...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Project Lessons Learned – Miracle on the Hudson
on Nov 10, 2020
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0There are many classic project management lessons to be learned from this amazing landing in the Hudson. We will cover aspects of Risk Management and Crisis Communication, including an analysis of the flight recorder from the time of the bird impact to the landing...
Location: Zoom
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Boston Noontime Roundtable
on Nov 10, 2020
Location: Zoom
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Workshop: Driving Results with Design Thinking - Tools & Techniques
on Nov 6, 2020
2-Session Workshop (11/6 & 11/13, 3.5 hours each day)
Design thinking is a powerful framework to enable organizational agility and innovation. By leveraging a human-centered design process, teams drive results by solving increasingly complex problems and delivering products and services that resonate with their customers...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting - Design Thinking in Agile Organizations
on Nov 5, 2020
At its core, Design Thinking is Agile. Teams uncover and understand customer needs, test hypotheses and gain new insights. With each iteration, teams increase their confidence they are building the right thing.
In this webinar, participants will learn about the value of Design Thinking, the cycle and mindset, and will see examples of how Design Thinking is used in various organizations and ideas for getting started...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Project Management Principles for Nonprofits Series
on Nov 3, 2020
Join us for this special 4-part project management workshop series for nonprofits. With lively presentations, discussion, and engaging hands-on exercises, participants will practice techniques that give them skills they can put to work right away.Every-other Tuesday beginning November 3, thru December 15, 2020 (4 workshops...
Location: Zoom
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MetroWest Roundtable
on Oct 29, 2020
The MetroWest Roundtable Program offers PMI Mass Bay Chapter members the opportunity to attend an informal monthly meeting with a small group of project management peers to:
-Discuss current project issues and receive colleagues’ advice, feedback, and support. -Discuss current best practices within the project management profession...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Watercooler Friday - Horror Stories from the Risk Register
on Oct 23, 2020
At the August Career Development Chapter Meeting, you told us to coordinate more opportunities for networking. With Halloween just around the corner we could not resist the opportunity to gather
around the warmth of a Zoom link and tell some scary stories from our scary project lessons learned...
Location: Zoom
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Social Gathering
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PPM Best Practices Roundtable by Planisware
on Oct 22, 2020
Virtual Meeting 11AM-12PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Strategic and Business Management) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
This roundtable will feature PPM practitioners from various industries who will be sharing their expertise and best practices on strategic portfolio management, and taking questions live from the audience...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Chapter Meeting - Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Oct 15, 2020
Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, cultural backgrounds, generations, genders? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you don’t have the understanding and capabilities to navigate the differences, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Evidence-Based Project Management
on Oct 15, 2020
Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable. Evidence-based project management practice (EB-PMP) is the systematic, evidence-informed practice of project management, incorporating scientific knowledge in the content and process of making decisions in projects of all sizes...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Delivering Projects from the Perspectives of Customer and Vendor - What’s the Difference?
on Oct 13, 2020
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0Projects are perceived and approached differently depending on whether you are with a bank delivering a service to your customers, or a vendor supplying technologies to enable the bank to deliver that service. Our discussion will look at some of those key differences, including how they come into play over the life of a project, and how embracing those differences can sow important seeds for a successful project...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Human Operating Model
on Oct 13, 2020
Our Topic: “Human Operating Models – What is yours? What about your colleagues? What is your operating model with them?”
A reality in any project or program management experience is that you have to work with, motivate, influence, manage and lead people. Sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly...
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable
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Workshop - Agile Essentials
on Sep 24, 2020
Virtual Workshop | 7 PDU (6 Technical, 1 Leadership) | Members: $350 | Non-Members: $400 Agile Essentials is a workshop spread over 2 half-day sessions ( 1-5 Thursday and 9-12 Friday) that provides a comprehensive exploration into the essential, foundational concepts and practices of Agile...
Location: Zoom
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Workshop
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MetroWest Roundtable
on Sep 24, 2020
The MetroWest Roundtable Program offers PMI Mass Bay Chapter members the opportunity to attend an informal monthly meeting with a small group of project management peers to:
-Discuss current project issues and receive colleagues’ advice, feedback, and support. -Discuss current best practices within the project management profession...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Evidence-based Project Management Round Table: Risk Attitudes and Innovation Project Choice
on Sep 17, 2020
Virtual Meeting 12PM-1PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Strategy) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0Organizational risk attitudes affect innovation project choice, which is necessary to develop or maintain a long-term competitive advantage. However, the impact of risk attitudes on innovation project choice is not fully understood...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Mentor Program 2020-2021
on Sep 13, 2020
PMI MassBay Mentor program
Fee for Mentees 160.00 This registration is meant for pre-screened and matched mentees for the PMI Mass Bay 2020-2021 Mentor Program only. If you need to submit a mentor or mentee application, you can get it at the PMI MassBay website.Please email mentoring@pmimassbay...
Location: TBD
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Program
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Chapter Meeting - Introducing Disciplined Agile
on Sep 10, 2020
Virtual Chapter Meeting | 1.5 PDU (Technical) | Members: $10 | Non-Members: $20
Agile is changing the way we manage all projects. Agile projects are more successful and have higher customer satisfaction rates than traditional projects. The Project Management Institute acquired the Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit to provide its members with credible new capabilities and certifications that will make them even more valuable in the marketplace...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Stakeholder Management
on Sep 8, 2020
Stakeholder management is one of the most important ingredients for successful project delivery. The successful outcome is directly influenced by the level of stakeholder engagement. This session will focus on effective stakeholder management. This is a 1 PDU qualifying meeting.
Our Guest Speaker, Yudhishthir Hada, PMP, MBA, State Street Corporation: Yudi is experienced in the areas of project management tactics and strategy, communications, and mentoring project teams...
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable
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MetroWest Roundtable
on Aug 27, 2020
The MetroWest Roundtable Program offers PMI Mass Bay Chapter members the opportunity to attend an informal monthly meeting with a small group of project management peers to:
-Discuss current project issues and receive colleagues’ advice, feedback, and support. -Discuss current best practices within the project management profession...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Giving Back Series: Managing Your Mind for Clearer Thinking
on Aug 24, 2020
Virtual Meeting 12PM-1PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Join us Wednesday for our monthly lunchtime webinar as we welcome Heidi Spinella Principal of Practical PM who will speak on Managing Our Mind for Clearer Thinking. During this session, you will learn:Three ways to become aware of your top stressors...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Evidence-Based Project Management Roundtable: Managing Stakeholder Expectations
on Aug 20, 2020
Virtual Meeting 12PM-1PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
How do you manage stakeholder expectations? Have you ever worked on a project in which the stakeholders’ expectations were a moving target? What does the current research say about stakeholder management? At this roundtable, we will discuss how one can manage stakeholder expectations and how to deal with situations in which your stakeholders’ expectations are constantly changing...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Strategy Execution Management (SEM) software
on Aug 18, 2020
Virtual Meeting 12PM-1PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Many of us are familiar with at least some of the enterprise-scale project management tools that are out there to help us do our jobs. Whether its Clarity or HP or MS Project or Rally or any of the other myriad of applications, we as project managers have been able track the progress and status of our projects and portfolios for quite some time...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Chapter Meeting - Job Search Strategies
on Aug 13, 2020
Virtual Chapter Meeting 7PM-8:30PM | No PDUs | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Job search strategies tailored for the changes in our world today. If you’re not sure about how to do a job search today, you’re not alone. And it’s not your fault. Most of us never learned the rules of job search...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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PMO Roundtable: Project Portfolio Management - Strategic Alignment & Project Prioritization
on Aug 11, 2020
Virtual Meeting 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Strategic & Business Mgmt) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0
Project portfolio management, different from Project and Program Management, is focusing on doing the right projects at the right time by selecting and managing right projects as a portfolio of investment...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Aug 6, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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MetroWest Roundtable: July Meeting
on Jul 30, 2020
| Virtual 7:30AM-8:30AM EDT | 1.0 PDU ( ) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0 | The MetroWest Roundtable offers PMI Mass Bay Chapter members the opportunity to attend an informal monthly meeting with a small group of project management peers to:
Discuss current project issues and receive colleagues’ advice, feedback, and support...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Life Science Project Management Series: Research IT Projects
on Jul 20, 2020
| Virtual 12:00PM-1:00PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (.25 Strategy .75 Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0 |The Research area of the Drug Development process is where drug substances and compounds (targets) are explored, with potential leads optimized and developed with the goal of leading to clinical trials...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Chapter Meeting - Responsible Project Management – Fire In The Valley
on Jul 16, 2020
| Virtual Chapter Meeting 7PM-8:30PM EDT | 1.5 PDU (Strategy) | Members: $10 | Non-Members: $20 |Join Rich Maltzman for a conversation about the Columbia Gas Merrimack Valley Explosions from a project management perspective. There really are two major threads: the pipeline replacement project that led to the incident, and the three-town recovery project...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Evidence-Based Project Management Roundtable: First Meeting!
on Jul 16, 2020
| Virtual 12:00PM-1:00PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Strategy) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0 | Are your decisions based on intuition/gut feelings or are your decisions informed by evidence? How can we apply scientific research in our project management practices? If you are interested in exploring the answers to these questions, you are invited to join the EB-PMP Roundtable...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Establishing the PMO: What You Need to Know and How Agile and Portfolio Management Fit In
on Jul 14, 2020
| Virtual 6:30PM-7:30PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Technical) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0 |
Research shows that Project Management Offices are still a popular way of providing structure for your organization’s projects and programs. But if you’ve never set one up before, establishing one can be a daunting task...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Boston Noontime Roundtable: Uncovering the Energy to Lead Change
on Jul 14, 2020
| Virtual 12PM-1PM EDT | 1.0 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $0 |
A presentation and discussion about what influences and otherwise affects how a change leader shows up and performs their work, and about key related leadership concepts and practices that result in the leader’s greatest potential performance...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jul 6, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here. Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Chapter Meeting - Ready Set Change! Simplify & Accelerate Organizational Change
on Jun 25, 2020
| Virtual Chapter Meeting 7PM-8:30PM EDT | 1.5 PDU (Strategy) | Members: $10 | Non-Members: $20 |
No one should have to suffer through an unorganized, poorly managed change and the resulting negativity. READY, Set, Change! provides a framework which compliments traditional organizational change initiatives with an intense focus on advanced preparation and integrated support...
Location: Zoom
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Mapping the PMBOK Process to the GitHub UI
on Jun 16, 2020
Presenter: Mark Robert HendersonMark works for Equilibrium.co which builds core infrastructure for the distributed web in the Rust programming language. His professional background is in audio engineering and web development. He is a Core Contributor to OrbitDB [orbitdb.org] (@orbit_db [twitter.com]), providing peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web, Project Lead @rustlang [twitter...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jun 12, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Shifting Your PMO for Today’s Environment
on Jun 9, 2020
With the unexpected changes organizations have had to adopt since March, PMOs will likely need to shift their focus on some of their core functions, if they haven’t already. Please join our roundtable discussion on Tuesday, June 9, facilitated by Deb Cote, Senior Director of Strategic Planning & Performance at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to talk about those shift elements...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Mapping the PMBOK Process to the GitHub UI
on Jun 9, 2020
Our Presenter: Mark Robert HendersonMark works for Equilibrium.co which builds core infrastructure for the distributed web in the Rust programming language. His professional background is in audio engineering and web development. He is a Core Contributor to OrbitDB [orbitdb.org] (@orbit_db [twitter.com]), providing peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web, Project Lead @rustlang [twitter...
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable
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Virtual Facilitation: How to Promote Interaction and Engagement
on Jun 3, 2020
**Organizer's Note: This event is part of our Giving Back Program. A Community Consulting initiative created to provide free business resources to community groups coping with the implications of the current public health crisis.Anyone working to facilitate remote collaboration within a nonprofit organization will love this training...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Tackling Project Portfolio Challenges: Portfolio Management During a Pandemic
on May 21, 2020
Virtual Chapter Meeting | 1.5 PDU (Strategy) | Members: $0 | Non-Members: $10This session and discussion will provide the following learning outcomes:
• Present the essentials of project portfolio management • Best approaches to managing project and portfolio challenges during a crisis • Examine the impact of change on strategy • Rebalancing and optimizing a portfolio Organizations are urgently assessing the alignment of projects and programs to strategy...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Life Sciences Project Management 101
on May 18, 2020
This webinar will provide general information on IT Project Management in Life Sciences. It is ideally suited for either the new Project Manager looking to enter this industry, or one looking to make a transition. Experienced Life Science Project Managers could also benefit from information on areas where they have not yet worked...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Watercooler Fridays - Coping with Cabin Fever as We Work From Home
on May 15, 2020
Feeling a little confined with the coronavirus? Your office policy of working from home may be good for reducing the curve but it is not good for our need to socialize.
Every 2 weeks, a PMI Mass Bay Board Member will moderate a networking call to discuss a topic. Each meeting will center on a single topic to be declared by that week’s moderator...
Location: Zoom
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Social Gathering
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PMO Roundtable: Managing Projects Remotely
on May 12, 2020
Register now for our May PMO Roundtable facilitated by Deb Cote.
Have you managed projects partially or completely remotely? Are you doing so now? Do you anticipate leading virtually in the future? Have you managed a project with NO team members co-located? With social distancing in place, co-located project management cannot happen in most business environments and will likely look different for the foreseeable future...
Location: Zoom
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on May 2, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Webinar: Introduction to Life Sciences
on Apr 27, 2020
Ron Welker of Hawkins Point will present an introduction - a day in the life if you will - for a PM in the Life Sciences.
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Virtual Meeting: Facilitating Virtually
on Apr 16, 2020
| Virtual Chapter Meeting | 1.5 PDU (Leadership) | Members: $10 | Non-Members: $20 |
A great facilitator ensures that the wisdom of the group is made visible and acted on. A great facilitator becomes the glue that holds and shapes the group together. Without a great facilitator, millions of dollars a day are wasted...
Location: GoToMeeting
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Project Management 2020 - Working in a crisis
on Apr 14, 2020
WebEx Screenshare/Dial-In Login: https://statestreet.webex.com/join/ggutmacherAccess code: 591 118 248#
- USA 210-795-1110 or toll-free 866-662-9987
Presenter: Andrew Allen
Boston Noontime co-chair Andrew Allen will lead this interactive webex session. Overview: In Aug 2017, PMP asked what will Project Management be like in 2020...
Location: webex Meeting
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Roundtable
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Webinar: Working Remote
on Apr 10, 2020
| Webinar | Members: free | Non-Members: $10 |
Led by David Godlewski and Mike Dias from MilliporeSigma What you will get out of the presentation: --Tips for setting up your remote workspace --Tips for Staying engaged/working with colleagues --Working securely (VPN vs. MFA) --Office 365 Applications can help! Mike and Dave both work for MilliporeSigma which is a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany...
Location: GoToMeeting
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Webinar
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New Member Welcome
on Apr 9, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Chapter Meeting: Design Thinking
on Apr 2, 2020
| Chapter Meeting | 1.5 PDUs | Members: $35 | Non-Members: $50|
Solve complex challenges within your projects leveraging a human-centered design process. Design thinking is a powerful framework to enable organizational agility and innovation. By leveraging a human-centered design process, teams drive results by delivering products and services that resonate with their customers...
Location: The Row
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Chapter Meeting
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Webinar Workshop: Microsoft Collaboration Tools
on Mar 27, 2020
| Workshop Series | 5 PDUs: Technical | Members: $25 | Non-Members: $35 | Microsoft Collaboration Tools: Driving Successful Outcomes via Modern Delivery Methods & ToolsPlease join us on Friday, March 27th for the second workshop in this three-part series. (The final workshop will be on Friday April 3rd 12:00pm-1:30pm
Workshop DetailsIn this series we do a deep dive into real-world scenarios highlighting work management and the tools to drive those outcomes with Collaboration Microsoft PPM, Office 365, the new Project online, Teams, Planner, and Power Platform...
Location: Zoom
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Webinar
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Webinar: Agile Methodology Story Cards
on Mar 23, 2020
| Webinar | 1 PDU Technical | Members: Free | Non-Members: $10 |
User stories are an essential element of understanding requirements in agile. In this webinar with Jim Stewart, we'll start with a brief refresher on agile then move into a discussion of stories and story cards. There will also be an opportunity to practice a few user stories based on simple case studies...
Location: GoToMeeting
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Webinar
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Workshop - Driving Successful Outcomes via Modern Delivery Methods & Tools
on Mar 13, 2020
| Workshop | 4 PDUs: Technical | Members: $25 | Non-Members: $35 |
UPDATE: Jacques has agreed to present online for a Virtual Workshop. Yay!Let project teams work the way they want, get the organization the results they demand, and make yourself indispensable.In this first of our 2020 Workshop series, deep dive into real-world scenarios highlighting work management and the tools to drive those outcomes with Collaboration Microsoft PPM, Office 365, the new Project online, Teams, Planner, and Power Platform...
Location: GoToMeeting
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Workshop
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PMI Career Development Fair
on Mar 12, 2020
Whether you are employed, looking to grow in your current position, or seeking employment, this event will help you consider how to develop your unique brand.
The evening will provide new skills to PMI Mass Bay members who are looking for a new role or want to improve their personal brand so they increase their value in their current role...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Job Fair
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Leading Multicultural Teams
on Mar 11, 2020
This meeting has been cancelledAre you managing a team of individuals from different countries, cultural backgrounds, generations, genders? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you don’t have the understanding and capabilities to navigate the differences, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: March Madness for PMs
on Mar 10, 2020
Join our March PMO Roundtable facilitated by Deb Cote.
In honor of March Madness, let's experience a little of our own madness, but with project management instead of basketball. Come prepared for an interactive hour about project manager skills and characteristics. Topic: March Madness for PMs Recommended PMI Talent Triangle Alignment: Leadership This is a 1 PDU eventDeb Cote has been at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 2007...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Project Portfolio Management
on Mar 10, 2020
Note location is in SFC 35Presenter: Qingting (Yolanda) HuangYolanda is an experienced Project Management practitioner with strong skills in negotiation, management, communication, and team leadership. Experience driving complex projects from conceptualization to implementation, risk management, quality control, and stakeholder management...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Mar 2, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Webinar: Making the Jump to Becoming an Agile PM
on Feb 24, 2020
| Webinar | 1 PDU Strategy | Members: Free | Non-Members: $10 |
This webinar is a practical opportunity for PMs to learn the needed mindset and skills to become more Agile in your projects. The drive to agility is more pressing as PMI is now placing more emphasis on agility. The session will also allow attendees the ability to craft a career plan on your road to agility...
Location: GoToMeeting
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Webinar
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Chapter Meeting - The Challenge of Project Recovery
on Feb 20, 2020
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
| Casual Networking | 1.5 PDU Technical | Registration: $30 member | $40 non-member |Recovering Troubled Projects In the world of project management is there a more difficult and challenging situation than a project gone wrong? In the PMI report entitled, "The High Cost of Low Performance", PMI reported that "organizations lose an average of US$109 million for every US$1 billion spent on projects! Even more striking, "...
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Boston Waltham
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Manage Stakeholder Perceptions of Change on your Projects
on Feb 12, 2020
In this 45-minute session, Gina Abudi, MBA, will share the value and benefit of developing a Stakeholder Change Management Plan, focused on engaging stakeholders in change and moving them more quickly through the stages of adopting change. Gina will provide strategies for engaging a broader group of stakeholders in change, considerations for engaging stakeholders from prior to project start through to post-implementation of the project, and how to be creative in engaging stakeholders...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Evolving Your Organization with Maturity Assessments & Improvement Initiatives
on Feb 11, 2020
Join our February PMO Roundtable facilitated by Brian Miller.
Taking the time and effort to measure your organization's maturity is one of those things that is "nice-to-have" but gets shelved each year as you get distracted with other, more pressing initiatives. In many cases, the procrastination occurs as leadership does not take the time to understand how they might go about it and what options are out there...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Working with Resistance in Projects
on Feb 11, 2020
Note location is in SFC 35Bio: Al Ingram helps leaders develop and utilize their capacity and potential to perform at their highest level when navigating and leading change in their profession, and in their life. He’s founder and a leadership and transition coach at AHI Leadership LLC in Boston...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Annual Membership Report - 2019
on Feb 8, 2020
At this meeting, the 2019 Annual Report to will be presented by chapter leadership to Membership as required by the chapter bylaws. There are no votes planned, but Members may suggest topics for the Agenda in this form.Please register for this presentation. You'll receive event reminders, conferencing information and automatic reporting of PDUs...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Annual Meeting
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New Member Welcome
on Feb 7, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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New Member Welcome
on Jan 25, 2020
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Roundtable MetroWest(7.30AM) : Effective (Agile & Lean) Project Portfolio Management: End the Multitasking! by Johanna Rothman
on Jan 23, 2020
Topic: Effective (Agile & Lean) Project Portfolio Management: End the Multitasking!
By Johanna Rothman You have too much work to do, and it’s all #1 priority. You start work and can’t finish it before you have to start something else. You know there’s a better way than lurching from one chunk of work to another...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Chapter Meeting - The Power of Vision
on Jan 16, 2020
Chapter Meeting | 1.5 PDU Leadership | Registration: $25 member $35 non-member The Power of Vision is the focus for this chapter meeting. This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers.
Video overview Based on the work of Napoleon Hill, we all possess faculties that the most successful leaders and entrepreneurs throughout history have used to create their results...
Location: Year Up
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Chapter Meeting
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PMO Roundtable: Sustainability in Project Management
on Jan 14, 2020
Join our January PMO Roundtable facilitated by Rich Maltzman.
Sustainability, like quality, is an inherent characteristic of every project. Sustainability – which you can interpret here as ‘long-term thinking’ smooshed together with ‘benefits realization’ – should permeate every aspect of project planning...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Lean Coffee
on Jan 14, 2020
Note location is in SFC 35 (and not the normal 7th floor location)Bio:
Andy Allen, PMP. Your host for the regular series. Overview: LEAN COFFEE Groups of 4 or 5 talking about various project management topics. Teams will be assembled with a post-it note for all and quick round of names...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Office Hours
on Dec 28, 2019
Remember that professors used to have regular scheduled time hanging out in their subterranean basement office in order to field student questions?
This is not exactly quite like that. It's different in that is an informal online video meeting. You don't need an appointment or to pre-register, altho you can sign up to let me to expect you...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Successful ERP implementation across 120 countries
on Dec 11, 2019
Implementing an ERP system in 5 years in 120+ countries is a super challenging exercise. After completion, the successful and willing project team faces a second 3 years program across 60+ countries. The second phase cannot be suppressed (!).
Let’s go through the organization of these global programs trying to focus the attention on some relevant points:
Objectives and Goals
Internal sponsors
External vendors
Internal organization
Geographical organization
Parallel activities
Lessons learned
Bio:Martino Pettenati, PMP is an independent SAP Global Program Manager with over 15 years of experience in the ERP implementation...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Improvised Work in the Project Domain
on Dec 10, 2019
Join our December PMO Roundtable facilitated by Dr. Steve Leybourne.
The session offers an overview of improvised work in the project domain, with some emphasis on the resilience offered by ‘adapting’ formerly utilized and proven actions. This style of working is increasingly necessary to cope with changing and emerging requirements to respond to increasingly turbulent organizational environments...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Sip & Paint at PMI's 50th Anniversary Celebration!
on Dec 4, 2019
Join PMI's Mass Bay Chapter for a fun night of painting, sipping and celebrating!Painting will be led by artist Eli Portman, and you'll be able to take your artwork home!
Eli Portman was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a Bachelors Degree in Studio Art in the spring of 2014...
Location: Union Street Restaurant
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: CertCom RT: Discussion on the PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) Certification
on Nov 20, 2019
This month we will concentrate on PMI’s agile certification. Most commonly referred to as PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner). We will exam the educational and work requirements to qualify to sit for the exam and answer any questions you may have regarding available educational resources and study groups...
Location: Aqueduct Technologies
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Data Governance
on Nov 19, 2019
Note location is in SFC 35 (and not the normal 7th floor location)
Bio: Michelle Keenan, MS, PMP, is a highly experienced data and project management professional with expertise in data governance, data quality/data profiling, data integration, business analytics and data risk management. She is an expert in major programming and business intelligence platforms across different infrastructures and has deep domain knowledge in the Financial Industry particularly in risk, banking, fund administration, accounting, CRM, marketing and asset recordkeeping...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Chapter Meeting - The AIPMM Phase Review Process (PRP)
on Nov 14, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1.5 PDU presentation | Registration: $30 member | $40 non-member |Join us for a Chapter Meeting focusing on The AIPMM Phase Review Process (PRP) - How a Total Product Life Cycle Process can improve upon Stage-GateTM to build delightful products that exceed customer expectations...
Location: John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Improvisational Activity within the Project Domain
on Nov 13, 2019
The session offers an overview of improvised work in the project domain, with some emphasis on the resilience offered by ‘adapting’ formerly utilized and proven actions. This style of working is increasingly necessary to cope with changing and emerging requirements to respond to increasingly turbulent organizational environments...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMO Roundtable: Developing a PMO
on Nov 12, 2019
Join our November PMO Roundtable facilitated by Patricia Buickerood.Patricia (PMP since 2008) has developed PMO organizations from the ground up for two Fortune 100 enterprises and Harvard University IT. She is currently director of PMO for Gemline and has started the process to build a PMO and a Project Management Center of Excellence...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Happy Hour at Howl at the Moon
on Nov 7, 2019
Join us for a casual social / networking happy hour at Howl at the Moon in Boston! Discounted drinks and appetizer buffet will be available.
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable MetroWest(7.30AM) : Silverscreen Leadership - Role of Movies in Project Management By Dr. Rajagopalan
on Oct 24, 2019
Topic: Silverscreen Leadership - Role of Movies in Project Management
Description: Frequently in corporate settings, when emphasizing the role of leadership to every team member so that there is an alignment to benefits delivery & sustainment, project goals and outcomes, and individual team member's capabilities and expectations, many people resort to long discussions...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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CertCom Roundtable - All the Latest News and All Your Questions Answered Regarding PMI Certification Program
on Oct 23, 2019
The Certification Committee (CertCom) Roundtable is dedicated to answering your questions about PMI's eight certifications. We can also offer advice and guidance to educational resources to help you meet the educational contact hours that are required to qualify to take an exam. And if you are interested in attending an informal study group, we have suggestions in that area as well...
Location: Aqueduct Technologies
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Roundtable
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The 10 Essential Patterns of SAFe that You Should Focus on When Scaling Agile
on Oct 17, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | Registration: $25 member | $35 non-member |Join us for a Chapter Meeting focusing on The 10 Essential Patterns of SAFe that You Should Focus on When Scaling Agile.If you show up at the door, we can admit you but no meal will be available for you.This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers...
Location: Constant Contact
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Change Management and Agile
on Oct 15, 2019
Bio: Andrew Allen, PMP, FLMI, MBA has over 20 years in the financial services industry, as a Project Manager, Business Analyst, Architect, and user of hundreds of internally developed systems. He is a member of the Boston area Atlassian User Group, Wellington’s Jira Working Group, former chair of the Rally Working Group, chair of the mini Change Advisory Board at Wellington Management, Getting Greener, Cub scout Treasurer, Den Leader, and the PMI Boston Noontime Roundtable chair...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Introduction to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
on Oct 9, 2019
Note for anyone attending the PMI MassBay chapter meeting on October,17: this roundtable topic is great background to the featured presentation.
The world of project management is progressively embracing Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban. Most Agile frameworks are limited to a single team and intrinsically do not scale up to a larger organization such as a business unit or an enterprise...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMI PMO Roundtable - Conflict Management on Projects
on Oct 8, 2019
Join our October PMO Roundtable facilitated by Deb Cote, Senior Director at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Conflict Management on Projects Conflict surrounds us everywhere - at home, at work, in school... and on projects! It's normal, but how do we manage it? As PMO leaders, what can we do to help project managers prevent it from happening in the first place? What advice and support can we give when a project experiences a small but real conflict? Or a large, success-jeopardizing conflict? Bring your conflict stories! Whether you were involved directly or indirectly, what happened, or is currently happening? How did the difference(s) get resolved? Get peer input on ideas for how to handle project conflicts...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - BYOT- Bring Your Own Topic
on Oct 2, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday October 2 - 7:30-8:30 AMBring Your Own Topic!Have a current challenge or recent success with your projects? Join us for a true roundtable discussion to kick off the fall season. Bring challenges, successes, questions, and tips to share and learn from and with your peers...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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Mentor Program 2019-2020
on Sep 28, 2019
PMI MassBay Mentor program
Fee for Mentees 160.00 This registration is meant for pre-screened and matched mentees for the PMI Mass Bay 2019-2020 Mentor Program only. If you need to submit a mentor or mentee application, you can get it at the PMI MassBay website.Please email mentoring@pmimassbay...
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
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Program
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Roundtable MetroWest(Noon time) : Getting and Staying Organized By Melissa Kearns
on Sep 26, 2019
Title: Getting and Staying Organized
Description: As Project Managers, we handle complex projects with many people and components. The PMBOK and Agile methodology focus on the project and team. But what about ourselves? How do we ensure we are spending our time day-to-day on the right tasks both at work and home so we have enough energy to do our best and still have time for fun? This is where comprehensive personal productivity comes in...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Professional Development Conference - 2019
on Sep 19, 2019
Please note: if you are registering after 9:00 am on Thursday 9/19, please notify the registration desk that you are a late registrant, as a name badge will not be printed. You will need to hand-write a badge when you arrive.Attend the Mass Bay Chapter's Premier Event!The 9/19 Chapter Meeting precedes our TWO-DAY PDC on 9/20 & 9/21PREMIUM Workshop for 2019: Learn how to build engaged communities even if influencing without authority!
Keynote speaker David Barrett will help kick off the event on Friday morning with: The Project Management Ecosystem is Changing by the Day -- Are you Ready?The September 19 Chapter Meeting will be a facilitated discussion and networking session known as our Global Café...
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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PD Day
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: The Role of Leadership in Project Management
on Sep 17, 2019
Bio: Bob LoutonRobert Louton, PMP, CSM, MBA has over 30 years of project management experience in health care, insurance, defence, network & computer security, retail products, and securities. His first-hand knowledge includes Agile delivery and managing projects cradle-to-grave, rescuing troubled projects, troubleshooting organizations, and process improvement...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Change Management in an Agile World
on Sep 11, 2019
Bio:Andrew Allen, PMP, FLMI, MBA has over 20 years in the financial services industry, as a Project Manager, Business Analyst, Architect, and user of hundreds of internally developed systems. He is a member of the Boston area Atlassian User Group, Wellington’s Jira Working Group, former chair of the Rally Working Group, chair of the mini Change Advisory Board at Wellington Management, Getting Greener, Cub scout Treasurer, Den Leader, and the PMI Boston Noontime Roundtable chair...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable MetroWest : Project Governance: How an Innovative Approach Towards an IT Project Initiative Can Develop Buy-in Through a Shared Ownership Model
on Aug 22, 2019
Topic : Project Governance: How an Innovative Approach Towards an IT Project Initiative Can Develop Buy-in Through a Shared Ownership Model By Roxanne Worob, PMP
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 8/22/2019 at 7.30 AM to 8.30 AM Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 02451 Synopsis: Gaining staff and leadership buy-in and engagement for a large scale system implementation is critical to the success of the project...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Social - Scavenger Hunt
on Aug 15, 2019
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Social Gathering
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PMI PMO Roundtable - Benefits Realization
on Aug 13, 2019
Join our August PMO Roundtable facilitated by Deb Cote, Senior Director at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Benefits Realization It's summer, so let's do a casual roundtable this month. I was behind in reporting PDUs. Finally caught up. Through the reporting process, I calculated we've had less Strategic & Business categorized meetings than any other type...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Jira first principals and pointers
on Aug 13, 2019
Bio: James (Jim) Hannon
Has over fifteen years of diversified experience in the Information Technology and Financial Services Industries He is certified through PMI with a PMP and PMdesignation and certificate in Prince2 fundamentals. He is also a member of the Microsoft Project Users Group and The International Association of Project Management...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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PMI PMO Roundtable - Benefits Realization
on Aug 12, 2019
Join our August PMO Roundtable facilitated by Deb Cote, Senior Director at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Benefits Realization It's summer, so let's do a casual roundtable this month. I was behind in reporting PDUs. Finally caught up. Through the reporting process, I calculated we've had less Strategic & Business categorized meetings than any other type...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Clinical Data Migrations - Tips for Staying on Track
on Aug 7, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday August 7 - 7:30-8:30 AMCinical Data Migrations - Tips for Staying on TrackSynopsis
Clinical Data Migration: Move data from system A to system B, how hard can this be, right? Anyone who has had migration experience knows that these initiatives can be very complicated, especially when involving multiple source systems, multi-specialty practices and years-worth of data...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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Social - Red Sox Game 8/1/19
on Aug 1, 2019
Join other PMI Mass Bay members at Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox play the Rays!**Limited number of tickets available**
Location: Fenway Park
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Social Gathering
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MetroWest RT: Leading Multicultural Teams for Project Managers: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Jul 25, 2019
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 7/25/2019 at 7.30 am
Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 01720 Synopsis Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning (and other) Meetings
on Jul 10, 2019
Bio:Since 2003, as a principal of JP Stewart Associates, Jim has been engaged in multiple endeavors including consulting, training and mentoring. A PMP since 2001 and Certified Scrum Master since 2013, he provides PMP Prep training both in public and private in-house sessions. In consulting, he frequently contributes by helping organizations increase their project maturity...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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PMI PMO Roundtable - Capacity and Budget Planning: How might we do this?
on Jul 9, 2019
Join our July PMO Roundtable presented by Brian Miller, Managing Consultant for Process Improvement at TeamDynamix.Capacity and Budget Planning: How might we do this?When PMO and other company leaders take on the task of fiscal planning or managing their current portfolios, budget and resources are at the heart of every decision...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Multitasking and Productivity
on Jul 9, 2019
Bio: John Morrison, PMP Director of Certifications – PMI Mass Bay Chapter
John is a Project Manager who specializes in affiliate marketing - helping software sponsors address the productivity needs of project managers. John has held multiple leadership roles in the chapter, from Director of Event Sponsorship for Professional Development Day to Manager of the chapter’s Roundtable Program...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Project and Portfolio Management using Jira
on Jun 27, 2019
Bio: Larry Cummings
an Atlassian Consultant and an Atlassian Certified Trainer at Isos because I love how Atlassian powers collaboration. I help organizations share, cooperate and collaborate in alignment with the organization's mission. That's a fancy way of saying I make this real by concentrating on the community dynamic required to make that mission happen...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable MetroWest : The Certification Spectrum - Getting From Where You Are, to Where You Want to Be
on Jun 27, 2019
Topic : The Certification Spectrum - Getting From Where You Are, to Where You Want to Be By John Morrison, PMP
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 6/27/2019 at 7.30 AM to 8.30 AM Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 02451 Synopsis: In this presentation, we are going to touch upon four specific areas of certification that should be of interest to a wide range of attendees...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jun 21, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
New Member Welcome
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Chapter Meeting - Always Ship on Time: Agile Estimating & Planning Techniques for Your Team
on Jun 19, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | Registration: $30 member | $35 non-member |Join us for an express Chapter Meeting focusing on Agile Estimating & Planning Techniques!This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers.
Have you ever been asked, "How long do you think this will take?" or "When will this be done?"You're not alone...
Location: Brewer's Tap & Table
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Project and Portfolio Management using Jira
on Jun 18, 2019
Bio: Larry Cummings
an Atlassian Consultant and an Atlassian Certified Trainer at Isos because I love how Atlassian powers collaboration. I help organizations share, cooperate and collaborate in alignment with the organization's mission. That's a fancy way of saying I make this real by concentrating on the community dynamic required to make that mission happen...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: The Certification Spectrum - Getting From Where You Are, to Where You Want to Be
on Jun 12, 2019
Bio:John Morrison, PMP is a Project Manager that specializes in affiliate marketing – helping software sponsors address the productivity needs of project managers. John has held multiple leadership roles in the chapter, from Director of Event Sponsorship for Professional Development Day to AVP of the chapter’s Roundtable Program...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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New Member Welcome
on Jun 10, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Learn Your Lesson and Have Fun Doing It
on Jun 5, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday June 5 - 7:30-8:30 AM
Learning A Lesson is Hard, Does It Have To Be?
In all projects, individual contributors, teams, and organizations have enormous opportunity to learn and improve from the experience. Too often, those opportunities are never taken, or 'lessons learned' become tedious or go nowhere...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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New Member Welcome
on May 24, 2019
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Roundtable MetroWest : An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
on May 23, 2019
Topic : An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers by Gina Abudi, MBA
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 5/23/2019 at 7.30 AM to 8.30 AM Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 02451 Synopsis: Emotional intelligence = people skills. It is the ability to understand and control one's own emotions as well as understand other people's emotions...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Project and Portfolio Management using Jira
on May 21, 2019
Bio: Larry Cummings
an Atlassian Consultant and an Atlassian Certified Trainer at Isos because I love how Atlassian powers collaboration. I help organizations share, cooperate and collaborate in alignment with the organization's mission. That's a fancy way of saying I make this real by concentrating on the community dynamic required to make that mission happen...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Effective Meetings
on May 21, 2019
Synopsis: Do you ever feel like your meetings ran out of time and you didn't accomplish all you wanted to? Was it unclear who was supposed to do what? This presentation will walk you through some of the best practices on effective meeting management. Attend this presentation to learn how to lead your meetings better, and become a more effective communicator...
Location: State Street
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Chapter Meeting - What the CEO Wants from YOU, the Program Manager
on May 16, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | Registration: $25 member | $30 non-member |Join us for an express Chapter Meeting focusing on what the CEO wants from YOU, the Program Manager. This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers.Are you reaching your full potential as a Program Manager? Are you VALUABLE to your organization? Find out in this presentation by Andrew Amrhein...
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Chapter Meeting
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PMI PMO Roundtable: The Agile PMO
on May 14, 2019
Join the PMO roundtable with Lalig Musserian for our May session on The Agile PMO.The Agile PMO: Analytics and Insights through continuous planning and traceability from strategy through execution. This presentation will focus on the role of the PMO in an Agile organization, how to create alignment of projects with business objectives, and the PMO’s role in business value creation, while remaining true to the adaptive nature of Agile...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Effective Meetings
on May 14, 2019
Synopsis: Do you ever feel like your meetings ran out of time and you didn't accomplish all you wanted to? Was it unclear who was supposed to do what? This presentation will walk you through some of the best practices on effective meeting management. Attend this presentation to learn how to lead your meetings better, and become a more effective communicator...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on May 13, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Key Elements of Emotional Intelligence for Project Management
on May 8, 2019
Bio:
Al Ingram has thirty-five years’ experience in the software industry. A critical thinker experienced in solving diverse business problems with people, process, and technology, his experience includes IT and operations management, change management, program and project management, governance, process management, business analysis, consulting, and coaching...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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New Member Welcome
on May 4, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - The Certification Spectrum Getting From Where You Are, to Where You Want to Be
on May 1, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday May 1 - 7:30 AMThe Certification Spectrum: Getting From Where You Are, to Where You Want to Be In this presentation, we are going to touch upon four specific areas of certification that should be of interest to a wide range of attendees...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable MetroWest : Starting with the problem half solved
on Apr 25, 2019
Topic : Starting with the problem half solved by Sriram Rajagopalan, PgMP, PMP, ACP, RMP
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 4/25/2019 at 7.30 AM to 8.30 AM Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 02451 Synopsis: In light of the developments in agile approaches to project management where change is welcome even at later stages in the development, the gathering of up-front requirements is often frowned upon...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Chapter Meeting - Why Do Projects Fail? Really?
on Apr 18, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1.5 PDU presentation | Registration: $30 member | $40 non-member |Join us for a Chapter Meeting focusing on why projects really fail.
This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers.James McKim is an accomplished leader with a track record of igniting organizational performance...
Location: Jack's Abby
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New Member Welcome
on Apr 18, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Lean Agile in a PMO
on Apr 16, 2019
Presentation Title: “Building a Culture-Focused PMO in a Lean-Thinking Organization”
1. Background and Overview of the Direct Federal Credit Union (DFCU) PMO and Culture
2. Project Management as an Organizational Cultural Shift
3. The Basics of Building a Small PMO
4. Defining PMO Culture and Values
a...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Quantitative Decision Making with Decision Matrices
on Apr 10, 2019
Bio:Scott Mabel learned the fine art of Decision Matrices in Leavenworth (really), and has since used them as a project manager for the US Army as well as both Fortune 500 and small businesses.
In this session:We all want to make project related decisions based on quantitative criteria, and be able to persuade management and colleagues that our decision is the right decision...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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PMI PMO Roundtable: Power and Politics in Project Management
on Apr 9, 2019
Join the PMO roundtable with Aleksandr Sorokin for our April session on Power and Politics in Project Management.
“Without power, project managers can accomplish very little. As organizations and projects have become more complex and as project managers become more dependent on more and more persons over whom they no have formal authority, they increasingly need power to influence the behavior of others...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Annual Membership Meeting
on Apr 5, 2019
Mass Bay Chapter PMI annual membership report out on the past year (2018)
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Annual Meeting
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New Member Welcome
on Apr 4, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager
on Apr 3, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday April 3 - 7:30 AM
The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager
“Without power, project managers can accomplish very little. As organizations and projects have become more complex and as project managers become more dependent on more and more persons over whom they do have formal authority, they increasingly need power to influence the behavior of others...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager
on Apr 2, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston HealthcareWednesday April 3 - 7:30 AM
The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager
“Without power, project managers can accomplish very little. As organizations and projects have become more complex and as project managers become more dependent on more and more persons over whom they do have formal authority, they increasingly need power to influence the behavior of others...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable MetroWest :A Day in the Life of a Project Manager Transitioning to Agile Scrum Master By Bonnie Cooper
on Mar 28, 2019
Topic : A Day in the Life of a Project Manager Transitioning to Agile Scrum Master By Bonnie Cooper
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 3/28/2019 at 7.30 AM to 8.30 AM Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 01720 Synopsis: Project managers whose organizations are adopting agile practices are often serving in the capacity of Scrum Master, and this can be a very jarring transition! For instance, the Project Management Institute’s Agile Practice Guide highlights the fact that when working on an agile project, the project manager shifts from being at the center of the team, to serving the team, with an emphasis on coaching, collaboration and distribution of responsibility...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Walpole Roundtable: The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager by Aleksandr Sorokin
on Mar 27, 2019
The Art of Power and the Career of a Project Manager by Aleksandr Sorokin“Without power, project managers can accomplish very little. As organizations and projects have become more complex and as project managers become more dependent on more and more persons over whom they do have formal authority, they increasingly need power to influence the behavior of others...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Chapter Meeting - Four Steps to Career Success Now
on Mar 21, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | Registration: $15 member | $25 non-member |This event is held at Athena Health which is a secure facility.
Registration closed on Tuesday 3/19 at 12 PM.Unfortunately, we CANNOT accept walk-ins at the event.Join us for a shorter Chapter Meeting focusing on Four Steps to Career Success Now...
Location: Athena Health
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Experiential Learning and Project Management
on Mar 19, 2019
Title:
Looking back to move forward – How experiential learning impacts projects.Syllabus: Defining experiential learning Examples of experiential learning Experiential learning example (A student will be speaking for a few minutes regarding his experiences as a co-op student and how it helped him in project management) Using experiential learning to projects – It’s all about lessons learned! Short activity Bringing it all together - Experiential learning, lessons learned =>> growth mindset
Bio: John Bleakney received his PMP 2 years ago and has approximately 10 years’ experience working in project management mostly in the financial services industry where he has approximately 20 years’ experience...
Location: State Street
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New Member Welcome
on Mar 18, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Choosing the Proper Communication Medium
on Mar 13, 2019
Bio:
Wes Adams spent the last fifteen of his thirty-three year career in project management, both as a project contributor and more often as a Project Manager. Recently he completed his Masters of Science in Management with the Thesis: How to Choose the Appropriate Virtual Communications Medium for Your Project Team...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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PMI PMO Roundtable: How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings
on Mar 12, 2019
Join the PMO roundtable and Jim Stewart for our March session (rescheduled from Feb due to snow) on facilitating productive project meetings!
Rigorous planning is vital to your PMO’s ability to oversee project execution and success. The projects your PMO supports are often multifunctional, requiring input from various stakeholders...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Mar 7, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - March 6th Wednesday, 7:30 - 8:30am
on Mar 6, 2019
Topic: Review of the New Hampshire Medicaid 1115 Waiver program and using Information Systems to Support Care Integration.Summary: The team from the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) has been engaged by seven (7) Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) regions across the State of New Hampshire to help aggregate data for clinical quality measurements (CQM) and support the implementation of a variety of health information technology (HIT) platforms to support care integration...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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MetroWest RT: Leading Multicultural Teams for Project Managers: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Feb 28, 2019
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 2/28/2019 at 7.30 am
Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 01720 Synopsis Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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MetroWest RT: Leading Multicultural Teams for Project Managers: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Feb 26, 2019
METROWEST ROUNDTABLE MEETING on 2/28/2019 at 7.30 am
Location: Dassault Systemes, 175 Waltham MA 01720 Synopsis Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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New Member Welcome
on Feb 21, 2019
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one. Let's meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: PMI’s Certification Program
on Feb 19, 2019
Bio:
John Morrison. John Morrison, PMP - is a project manager that uses Alliance Marketing to enhance client success management and strengthen sponsor and vendor relationships. He identifies and creates strategic partnerships between technology providers and industry specialists who seek innovative products and leading edge services for greater operational efficiency and productivity...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable: BostonMetro: Tips for Managing Your Project Management Career
on Feb 13, 2019
Bio:
Al Ingram has thirty-five years’ experience in the software industry. A critical thinker experienced in solving diverse business problems with people, process, and technology, his experience includes IT and operations management, change management, program and project management, governance, process management, business analysis, consulting, and coaching...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Chapter Meeting: Overcoming Cyber Insecurity By Weaving Data Privacy & Security into Your Projects
on Feb 12, 2019
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | $15 member registration | $25 non-member registration |
Join us for a shorter Chapter Meeting focusing on security where these questions and more will be discussed:
What threats should we be focused on?
What regulatory challenges do you need to be mindful of?
What activities and tasks should you bake into to project plans to address these threats and challenges?
What precautions can you take during the implementation to protect data?
What else should companies be doing to protect their data?
This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers...
Location: Year Up
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare- Recent and Upcoming Trends in Healthcare
on Feb 6, 2019
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Wednesday February 6, 7:30-8:30 AMJoin us for a roundtable discussion about events and issues that helped to define healthcare in 2018, what's in store for 2019, and how these trends may impact the projects we lead.This will be a true roundtable discussion, facilitated by your co-hosts...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Tips for managing your Project Management Career
on Jan 22, 2019
Title: “Tips for Managing Your Project Management Career”.Bio: Al Ingram has thirty-five years’ experience in the software industry. A critical thinker experienced in solving diverse business problems with people, process, and technology, his experience includes IT and operations management, change management, program and project management, governance, process management, business analysis, consulting, and coaching...
Location: State Street
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Chapter Meeting: Leading in a Flat Organization
on Jan 17, 2019
1.5 PDU presentation | $30 member registration | $40 non-member registration |This event is sold out.This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers.
Lisa DiTullio is VP, Program & Portfolio Management at Foundation Medicine, a world-leading molecular insights company and is the founder of Your Project Office, a training and consulting organization dedicated to introducing project management as a business competency and enabling healthcare organizations to improve decision-making, instill accountability, and enhance communications...
Location: Constant Contact
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PMI PMO Roundtable: Turning the Battleship
on Jan 8, 2019
Apologies for the last-minute invitation, but we have a good reason. We were waiting for our presenter to become a first-time grandfather! Now that he's reached that status, please join us at our January 2019 PMI PMO Roundtable facilitated by Evans Travis.Evans will share how they built a globally-focused PMO at very large, privately-owned software company and sustained it for 10 years while the company changed around them...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Critical Success Factors: Leveraging your Stakeholder Analysis
on Dec 12, 2018
We have limited seating for our meeting and therefore limited registration. Some individuals have been routinely registering for our roundtable but never attend. If you do this, you occupy a spot and thereby deny registration for those who really want to participate.
Unless you plan to attend, please do no register out of courtesy for those who do...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Networking Social at Waxy's
on Dec 11, 2018
Join Project Managers, Business Analysts, and guests from MassBay PMI and the surrounding chapters for a networking social at the Waxy O'Connors Irish Pub in Lexington!
This is a networking event with refreshments and light appetizers. You will have the wonderful opportunity to mingle with your PM peers in a social atmosphere...
Location: Waxy's
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
on Dec 5, 2018
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Wednesday December 5 - 7:30 AM
A Post-ACA Enterprise Dental Migration
The Affordable Care Act was a wake-up call to BCBSMA’s dental business, requiring significant changes and multiple projects over several years. Having already migrated medical claims processing to the NASCO processing system, senior leadership recognized the value proposition of consolidating ancillary products, primarily dental, on the same platform...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable: MetroNorth – Improve your Project Planning Meetings
on Nov 28, 2018
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Improve your Project Planning Meetings Projects are about planning. And planning is about good, no – scratch that – great meetings...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: “The art of power and a career of project manager”
on Nov 26, 2018
PLEASE NOTE MONDAY week later due to Thanksgiving
Synopsis: Project managers may experience stagnation in their careers. Or it may be that a successful career might suddenly be interrupted. One of the reasons for this may be the project manager’s lack of skills for obtaining and using power...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Nov 14, 2018
Event Details
We have limited seating for our meeting and therefore limited registration. Some individuals have been routinely registering for our roundtable but never attend. If you do this, you occupy a spot and thereby deny registration for those who really want to participate.
Unless you plan to attend, please do no register out of courtesy for those who do...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Case Studies in Mega Complex Projects - The Critical Role of The Program Manager
on Nov 13, 2018
| 1.5 PDU presentation | $30 member registration | $40 non-member registration |
Join us for a PMI Mass Bay Chapter Meeting, with a presentation on Case Studies in Mega Complex Projects - The Critical Role of the Program Manager.
This is an interactive discussion, so come with any questions you have and our presenter will provide answers...
Location: Boston University - CILSE
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: PMO - Different Project Types
on Nov 13, 2018
Event Details
Please join our November roundtable discussion led by Deb Cote.
Different Project Types While organizations (generally!) agree on the definition of a project, different project types (e.g., information technology, process improvement, construction) have similarities and differences that lend themselves to be managed uniquely...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Disruptions in Healthcare and the Implications for Project Managers
on Nov 7, 2018
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Wednesday November 7, 7:30 AM Disruptions in Healthcare and the Implications for Project Managers As we all know there are big disruptive changes in the healthcare space and those are changing the ways healthcare organizations need to work...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Oct 30, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Mentor Program 2018-2019
on Oct 26, 2018
PMI MassBay Mentor program
Fee for Mentees 160.00 This registration is meant for pre-screened and matched Mentees for the PMI Mass Bay 2017-18 Mentor Program only. The current class has been selected and is full. Please email mentoring@pmimassbay.org if you have questions...
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
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Program
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Roundtable: MetroNorth – Release Planning with Story Mapping: A Technique To Bring Waterfall and Ag
on Oct 24, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Release Planning with Story Mapping: A technique to bring Waterfall and Agile teams together User Story Mapping, originally described by Jeff Patton in 2005, has been adopted by the Agile community as the preferred approach to bringing product stakeholders and delivery teams together for release planning...
Location: The Row
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Express Chapter Meeting - Collaboration Realities for Project Managers: How-To, Do’s and Don’ts
on Oct 23, 2018
| Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | $15 member registration | $25 non-member registration |
Registration for this event has ended. Due to security protocols at the location, no additional attendees can be admitted at the door.
Join us for an Express Meeting focusing on Collaboration Realities for Project Managers: How-To, Do’s and Don’ts...
Location: Athena Health
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Communications and Soft Skills
on Oct 15, 2018
Event Details
PLEASE NOTE MONDAY instead of TUESDAY session.
Bio: Steve Slavsky Communication is the basis of relationships, community, and civilization. Effective communication creates clearer understanding, and leads to improved ideas, decisions, and outcomes, which can have a positive impact on the issues facing the world today...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Oct 12, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - How to Motivate Your PMO & Project Teams
on Oct 10, 2018
Event Details
Synopsis
To motivate PMO Teams to truly exceptional performance levels, Program and Project Managers must build a Culture of Motivation. It is a fact that people will do boring or stressful jobs in a fun rewarding environment far longer and better than they will do fun rewarding jobs in a boring or stressful environment...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable: PMO - Motivating Your PMO and Project Teams
on Oct 9, 2018
Event Details
Please join our October roundtable discussion led by Wes Adams.
Motivating Your PMO and Project Teams To motivate PMO teams to truly exceptional performance levels, program and project managers must build a culture of motivation. It is a fact that people will do boring or stressful jobs in a fun rewarding environment far longer and better than they will do fun rewarding jobs in a boring or stressful environment...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Applying Effective Communication Skills and Project Governance to He
on Oct 3, 2018
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Applying Effective Communication Skills and Project Governance to Healthcare Projects Wednesday October 3 - 7:30 AM In theory, almost everyone knows that effective communications is an essential ingredient to project success...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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Anniversary Celebration
on Sep 28, 2018
Save the Date!
40th Anniversary Celebration PMI Mass Bay Chapter City Winery September 28th, 2018 The Mass Bay Chapter is 40! Celebrate with us at our 40th Anniversary Gala and Casino Celebration at City Winery, 1 Canal St on Friday, September 28th. We will have multiple casino tables, a wine tasting, and other fun events...
Location: City Winery
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - The Professional Certification Spectrum
on Sep 26, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. The Professional Certification Spectrum: Examining where you are versus where you want to be In this presentation, we will touch upon four specific areas of certification that should be of interest to a wide range of attendees: from those who just want to know what certification is all about, to those who want to know more about the value that certification brings to the market place, to those who might be ready to pull the trigger but just need a plan of action, to those who are already certified and wish to leverage their accomplishment...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Sep 24, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Walpole Roundtable - Stakeholder Influence: Managing Project Distractors while Leveraging Project En
on Sep 19, 2018
Event Details
Speaker: John Morrison
Topic: Stakeholder Influence: Managing Project Distractors while Leveraging Project Enhancers CCR Skill: Strategic SYNOPSIS Besides managing time, cost and resources, one of the essentials in any project is the successful management of your project stakeholders...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Difficult Conversations
on Sep 18, 2018
Event Details
Bio:
Andy Allen, PMP, MBA, FLMI Andy is the co-chair of the Boston Noontime Roundtable, and sits on Wellington Managements Jira Working Group. As someone who is always struggling to keep on top of people and status, he's always looking to see how he can improve the soft skills required to be successful...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Self-Motivation: Having the Energy to Get It Done
on Sep 12, 2018
Event Details
We have limited seating for our meeting and therefore limited registration. Some individuals have been routinely registering for our roundtable but never attend. If you do this, you occupy a spot and thereby deny registration for those who really want to participate.
Unless you plan to attend, please do no register out of courtesy for those who do...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - The Professional Certification Spectrum
on Sep 11, 2018
Event Details
Please join our September roundtable discussion led by John Morrison and Anthony Hines.
The Professional Certification Spectrum: Examining where you are versus where you want to be In this presentation, we will touch upon four specific areas of certification that should be of interest to a wide range of attendees: from those who just want to know what certification is all about, to those who want to know more about the value that certification brings to the market place, to those who might be ready to pull the trigger but just need a plan of action, to those who are already certified and wish to leverage their accomplishment...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Sep 6, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Planning
on Sep 5, 2018
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Putting our Planning Skills to Work As we discussed at last month's Healthcare Roundtable, the September meeting will be a Planning session in which the members will have a voice in filling out the calendar for the remainder of the year...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Summer Social in Boston
on Aug 30, 2018
Join us for our Summer Networking Social in Boston!
Registration includes pizza, salad, and bowling! A cash bar will be available. Note: The Brighton Bowl Summer Social is using a new registration system. For your convenience, accounts have already been created for anyone who has attended past PMI MassBay events...
Location: Flatbread Brighton & Brighton Bowl
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Social Gathering
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New Member Welcome
on Aug 24, 2018
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Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Ensuring Each Change-Focused Project is a Success
on Aug 22, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Speaker: Gina Abudi Topic: Ensuring Each Change-Focused Project is a Success: How Project Managers can Manage Stakeholder Perceptions of Change SYNOPSIS Every project launched in the organization is a change project in some way...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Monotony vs. Burnout: Managing the dip in Velocity
on Aug 21, 2018
Event Details
Bio:
Megan Schatzman is an agile project manager specializing in transformational change, business process reengineering, and IT initiatives with enterprise-wide reach. Megan has a bachelors in Information Systems Operations Management, and is currently completing a Masters in Cyber Security at Brown University...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Aug 9, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Neuroscience and the PM – Part 1
on Aug 8, 2018
Event Details
...or ... How Human Evolution Works Against the Project Manager and What To Do About It
Synopsis Recent findings in neuroscience strongly suggest that Project Managers are simultaneously helped and disadvantaged by human evolution. This presentation gives the PM an understanding of the underlying biological challenges in performing their day-to-day activities along with steps to amplify the advantages while mitigating the inherent risks, leading to better project outcomes and a less stressful work-life...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Striking a Balance
on Aug 1, 2018
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Striking a Balance
As projects become more frequent and integrated into a variety of healthcare roles, how do we strike a balance between formal and informal tools and processes? Today’s projects are managed and completed by a wide variety of staff, at every level of training and experience...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Agile Retrospectives
on Jul 25, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Speaker: Noah Morrison Topic: Agile Retrospectives SYNOPSIS In this session, we will discuss ways retrospectives are facilitated and improved...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jul 24, 2018
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Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Networking at Waxy's
on Jul 19, 2018
Join Project Managers, Business Analysts, and guests from MassBay PMI and the surrounding chapters for a networking social at the Waxy O'Connors Irish Pub in Lexington Mass.
This is a networking event with refreshments and light appetizers. You will have the wonderful opportunity to mingle with your PM peers in a social atmosphere...
Location: Margaritas
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Social Gathering
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Walpole July Roundtable - Project Managers and other Professionals - The Impostor Syndrome
on Jul 18, 2018
Event Details
Speaker: Deb Cote
Topic: Project Managers and other Professionals - The Impostor Syndrome CCR Skill: Leadership SYNOPSIS Have you ever felt like you were a fraud and just got lucky to be in your current position? Project managers manage complex projects with large budgets...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Jul 17, 2018
Event Details
Topic: Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
Synopsis: Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jul 13, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - A Better Way to Present
on Jul 11, 2018
Event Details
Synopsis
As presenters, we are both anxious and challenged on a number of fronts – whether it is relaying the benefits of our products or services to prospective clients; relaying important project information to a skeptical group of senior managers; or sharing new industry knowledge to our fellow colleagues...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Ensuring Each Change-Focused Project is a Success
on Jul 10, 2018
Event Details
Please join our July roundtable discussion led by Gina Abudi.
Ensuring Each Change-Focused Project is a Success: How the PMO can Help Project Managers Manage Stakeholder Perceptions of Change Every project launched in the organization is a change project in some way...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Summer Social in Boston
on Jun 29, 2018
Join us for our Summer Networking Social in Boston!
Registration includes pizza, salad, and bowling! A cash bar will be available. Getting there: Parking is free along Guest St. and at the Stop & Shop parking lot 5 minute walk from Boston Landing commuter rail stop 4 minute walk from 86 bus stop on Market St 4 minute walk from 64 bus stop on N...
Location: Flatbread Brighton & Brighton Bowl
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence
on Jun 27, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Speaker: Marie Bankuti Topic: Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence SYNOPSIS Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jun 25, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Walpole Roundtable, - "Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence"
on Jun 20, 2018
Event Details
Speaker: Marie Bankuti Topic: Leading Multicultural Teams: Developing Your Cultural Intelligence CCR Skill: Leadership SYNOPSIS Are you managing a team of individuals from different countries, different cultural backgrounds? While research shows that diversity on teams is highly beneficial to creativity, effectiveness, and bringing out the best in each team member… if you aren’t comfortable working with and managing the various approaches, it can feel like you’re working in a foreign land yourself...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: “Managing Stakeholder Communications"
on Jun 19, 2018
Event Details
Topic: “Managing Stakeholder Communications within a Geographically Distributed Project Team”
Synopsis: In an increasingly geographically dispersed business world, leading and managing project teams presents a unique set of challenges, many of which hinge on effective communication across multiple time zones, countries, and cultures...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Year Up Silent Auction
on Jun 14, 2018
This is a pseudo-event used to capture the silent auction transactions from the 6/7 Global Cafe.
Location: Boston University
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Region Event
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Understanding the Benefits of Using Earned Value Management
on Jun 13, 2018
Event Details
Synopsis
Earned Value Management (or EVM as it is commonly referred to) is a very useful project management tool used to measure and monitor a project’s progress and overall performance. Its’ use starts with having a detailed and comprehensive project management plan which includes the project schedule with estimated completion date(s), and budgeted cost...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - The Impostor Syndrome
on Jun 12, 2018
Event Details
Please join our June roundtable discussion led by Deb Cote.
(This topic is rescheduled from the March 2018 session canceled due to the snowstorm,) PMOs and Project Managers - The Impostor Syndrome Have you ever felt like you were a fraud and just got lucky to be in your current position? PMOs are teams of project managers who manage complex projects with large budgets...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Region 3: Optional Friday Evening at Fenway Park
on Jun 8, 2018
Join Us on Friday Evening (7:10pm Game Start) at Historic Fenway Park.
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Our tickets are in Right Field Grand Stands and they include a $10 voucher for any consesion stand at the park including the classic Fenway Frank, Peanuts & Cracker Jacks.
Arrive up to 90 minutes early to explore the park, people watch, and check out some of the history insallations...
Location: Fenway Park
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Region Event
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Region 3 Summit - Program Registration
on Jun 7, 2018
Attend PMI's Region 3 Annual Conference to learn from each other and share Chapter successes and challenges. The Global Cafe on Thursday evening will be opened up to PMI MassBay Chapter members so they can participate with R3 attendees and provide the chapter member perspective on the evening's topics...
Location: Boston University
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Region Event
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New Member Welcome
on Jun 6, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Building Trust and Credibility as a Project Manager
on Jun 6, 2018
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Wednesday June 6 - 7:30 AM Building Trust and Credibility as a Project Manager Building trust and credibility as a PM with colleagues, management and clients takes time, commitment and consistency. It means connecting and building meaningful relationships that, over time, reveal character, values and trustworthiness...
Location: MGH - Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on May 24, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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New Member Welcome
on May 24, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Bridging the PM Competency Gap
on May 23, 2018
Event Details
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday each month, from 7:45am-8:45am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Rd., Burlington. Speaker: Rich Maltzman Topic: Bridging the PM Competency Gap SYNOPSIS Project managers must deliver business objectives – that’s their job...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Express Chapter Meeting: Delivering Bad News to Stakeholders
on May 17, 2018
Popular Program | Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | 5:30-7:00pm | Registration $15.00 member $25.00 non-member PMI Mass Bay is continuing a popular program by bringing back a favorite! Please join us at Howl at the Moon, located in downtown Boston on May 17th at 5:30 PM for drinks, appetizers and a lively and interactive discussion on how to effectively deliver bad news to project sponsors...
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Walpole - My Issue with Multitasking
on May 16, 2018
Event Details
Synopsis - My Issue with Multitasking: It is touted as the panacea for increasing productivity – maybe, but at what cost?
The ability to multitask is ubiquitous among the many skill sets that we often see in help-wanted ads. Employers love it. Ah…the ability to do more than one thing at the same time...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on May 8, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Golf Outing
on May 5, 2018
PMI Mass Bay Member Golf Outing
Join fellow PMI Mass Bay members for a golf outing on Saturday, May 05, 2018. Please arrive and meet at the clubhouse by 9AM. Butter Brook Golf Club 157 Carlisle Road Westford, MA 01886 phone (978) 692-6560 https://www...
Location: Butter Brook Golf Club
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Social Gathering
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New Member Welcome
on Apr 30, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Express Chapter Meeting: Rules & Regulations and their impact on our Projects
on Apr 19, 2018
New Program | Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | 530-700pm | 15.00 member registration
Snacks will be provided. Feel free to make a reservation for dinner at the restaurant after the event closes at 7:00 pm. Join us for an Express Meeting focusing on Rules & Regulations and their impact on our Projects...
Location: Union Street Restaurant
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Chapter Meeting
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Webinar: Life Science PM Series 202: IT Project Validation, Part II
on Apr 18, 2018
Information Technology (IT) systems that are deployed in the Life Science industry may be subjected to FDA regulations, specifically Code of Federal Regulations Part 11 (CFR Part 11). The regulation was established to assure a consistent level of safety during the development of drugs, therapies and devices which are ultimately intended for human use...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Webinar
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New Member Welcome
on Apr 12, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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Boston Metro Roundtable - March 2018
on Mar 31, 2018
Join us for a discussion of Organizational Development
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Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Professional Development Day North 2018
on Mar 22, 2018
Welcome to the PMI Mass Bay Professional Development Day 2018 website. We have a unique event for you this year and we encourage you to explore speaker information and the session agenda. This is the premier PMI Project Management conference in Massachusetts.
Why attend?
Largest PMI chapter conference in the Northeast US
Career Advancement Clinic and Global Cafe Thursday night
Leadership and Strategy Tracks
Amazing topics and speakers including,
Keynote Speaker Lisa Prior Friday morning
Earn up to 7...
Location: DoubleTree Bedford
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PD Day
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Digital transformation un-mystified
on Feb 14, 2018
Synopsis
A seasoned executive shares stories of successes and failures during a decade long quest of business transformation in the digital age. Learn ten universal takeaways that apply in wide spectrum of business challenges, including mergers and acquisitions, enhancing operational maturity in the aggressive growth environment, reinventing industries and creating new organizations...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
Category:
Roundtable
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PMO - Neuroscience and the PM
on Feb 13, 2018
Please join our February roundtable discussion led by Cris Casey.
PMO - Neuroscience and the PM: How Human Evolution Works Against the Project Manager and What To Do About It Recent findings in neuroscience strongly suggest that project managers are simultaneously helped and disadvantaged by human evolution...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
Category:
Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Feb 13, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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New Member Welcome
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How do you make Disaster Recovery and Risk Management Engaging
on Feb 13, 2018
Please note that we are meeting a week early (Feb 13th), as next week is a school vacation week!
Synopsis: The City of Boston is a highly vulnerable city to Climate Change. Using the City's Planning tools, I will demonstrate the power of a good Identification, Disaster Recovery, and Risk Management Planning to address vulnerabilities...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - The Project Manager Toolbox Discussion
on Feb 7, 2018
The Project Manager Toolbox Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday February 7, 7:30 AM Healthcare project managers face many challenges in project tracking, stakeholder management, documentation, and engagement. Have you found a great tool or technique to deal with any of your project challenges? Come bring your favorite project management tool or technique to share with the group...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jan 29, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
Webinar
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Cloud Projects - How to Negotiate
on Jan 24, 2018
The Metro North Roundtable meets on 3rd Wednesday Nov, Dec, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Drive, Burlington. Speaker: Evans Travis Topic: How to Negotiate SYNOPSIS In the business world it has been true for a very long time; "You only get what you negotiate!"...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Life Sciences Project Management 201
on Jan 23, 2018
Join us for the second session of our Life Sciences Project Management webinar series sponsored by Hawkins Point Partners and BioTeam.
Life Science PM Series 201: IT Project Validation, Part I Webinar Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 12:00pm (noon) EST Webinar Hosts: Kristen Cleveland, kcleveland@bioteam...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Webinar
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Express Chapter Meeting: The “It" Factor: How PMs can Gain Visibility with Executives
on Jan 18, 2018
The “It" Factor: How Project Managers can to Go From Invisible to Highly Visible with Executives and Sponsors
Join Roberta Matuson and learn tips for buidling a successful professional relationships with company leaders.
Learn how to: Make a long lasting impression in a millisecond world Strengthen your ability to connect and establish rapport with company leaders Sell your ideas to your Boss, Project Sponsors and Executives Toot your own horn so you are seen as a Project Management expert Develop strategies to excel in high pressure situations PDUs: 1...
Location: The Row
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Self Motivation-Finding Energy to get the Job Done
on Jan 16, 2018
itle: Self-Motivation: Having the Energy to Get It Done, or “Remind me why I’m doing this?”
Synopsis: Let’s explore some of the ways project managers and change leaders use their personal energy to deal with the challenges that come up every day. What increases their motivation? Drains it? How does their energy impact their ability to lead themselves and the other people connected with their project or change effort? Bio: Al Ingram has thirty-five years’ experience in the software industry...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jan 12, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
Webinar
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
on Jan 10, 2018
Synopsis
We negotiate all the time. From simple interactions like arranging meeting times to complex endeavors like allocating resources for an expensive, high-stakes mission critical project. Project Managers must navigate through processes that often feel out of control and result in ambiguous outcomes...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
Category:
Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Bridging the PM Competency Gap
on Jan 9, 2018
Please join our January roundtable discussion led by Rich Maltzman.
Project managers must deliver business objectives – that’s their job. However, they must do this in the context of rapidly evolving technologies, global business interdependencies, and changes to project management processes and tools...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
Category:
Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Jan 1, 2018
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
Webinar
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New Member Welcome
on Dec 29, 2017
You took the first step and joined the chapter – Awesome! Welcome. So glad you’re here.
Here’s the very next one.. Meet up online with someone from the Membership team - Ask questions, connect with some other new members, and discuss what challenges you face and how you hope to leverage your membership...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Webinar
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Cloud Projects - Are they different?
on Dec 20, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on 3rd Wednesday Nov, Dec, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Drive, Burlington. Speaker: Chuck Tewksbury Topic: Cloud Projects - Are they different? SYNOPSIS Over the past 10+ years, cloud technologies have emerged and made an impact in how information technology is delivered for businesses and industries at all levels...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Strategic Scheduling: Pushing Back Chaos
on Dec 13, 2017
Synopsis
Sometimes success in one area of business can cause stress in another. This is a storied presentation of how a successful marketing campaign resulted in projects not being completed on time and as promised. When the situation became chaotic, project management best practices was finally taken seriously and allowed to resolve the problems that arose...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Life Sciences Project Management 101
on Dec 7, 2017
Join us for new webinar series sponsored by Hawkins Point Partners and BioTeam.
Kristen Cleveland, PMP The BioTeam, specializing in high-performance computing for Scientific Research Ron Welter, PMP Vice President Life Sciences Services for Hawkins Point Partners, a Strategic IT Solutions Provider Boston is a global Life Science leader, employing an increasing number of skilled professionals...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Webinar
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Topic TBD
on Dec 6, 2017
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic - TBD Wednesday December 6, 2017 - 7:30 AM Speaker [pic] Bio Synopsis Recommended PMI Talent Triangle Alignment: Description for PDU: This is a FREE 1 PDU event...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Dec 5, 2017
Informal online roundtable intended for new members, and open to everyone interested in meeting and chatting with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Webinar
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
on Nov 21, 2017
Topic: Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
Biography: Bill Singer is an Executive Coach and Management Consultant who specializes in helping individuals and organizations meet the demands of today’s attention economy. Bill has coached thousands of professionals in the art and science of successful negotiating...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Walpole - Project Management Through the Eyes of a Soccer Mom
on Nov 15, 2017
SYNOPSIS:
Project teams and soccer teams are very similar, and a lot can be learned by watching and observing the kids, youth and professional soccer games. We will discuss some of the soccer strategies which can be very well apply to project management. PRESENTER: Beena Bhatia has about 10 years of healthcare and Pharmaceutical project management experience in an R&D and manufacturing setting...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - PPM Deep Drive w/Jeff Pikulik
on Nov 15, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on 3rd Wednesday Nov, Dec, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Drive, Burlington. Speaker: Jeff Pikulik Topic: PPM Deep Dive: Building a Comprehensive Portfolio Management Process for Organizational Success SYNOPSIS Speaker will share overview of portfolio management...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - PMO Roles, Responsibilities, Characteristics
on Nov 14, 2017
Please join our November roundtable discussion led by Deb Cote.
Project Management Office organization structures run the gamut from one-man-bands to large departments resourced by project managers and project support staff, led by a PMO leader. We will discuss what all these possible roles are, what the responsibilities of those holding these roles could/should be, and what characteristics and skills they should possess...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
Category:
Roundtable
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Express Chapter Meeting: Conflict Management for Project Managers
on Nov 14, 2017
New Program | Casual Networking | 1 PDU presentation | 530-700pm | 10.00 registration PMI Mass Bay is piloting a new program Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Express Chapter Meetings will be held in Downtown Boston to start in casual venues...
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Chapter Meeting
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Mentor Program 2017-2018
on Nov 4, 2017
PMI MassBay Mentor program
Fee for Mentees 160.00 This registration is meant for pre-screened and matched Mentees for the PMI Mass Bay 2017-18 Mentor Program only. The current class has been selected and is full. Please email mentoring@pmimassbay.org if you have questions...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Program
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
on Nov 1, 2017
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic: Negotiation Skills for Project Managers (PMI) - Healthcare We negotiate all the time. From simple interactions like arranging meeting times to complex endeavors like allocating resources for an expensive, high-stakes mission critical project...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - How to have a seat at the table: Influence strategies for project managers
on Oct 27, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Drive, Burlington. Speaker: Cheryl Lower Topic: How to have a seat at the table: Influence strategies for project managers SYNOPSIS This will be an interactive session that explores the question, “How can I influence business and IT leaders more?” Project managers need to be able to lead their project teams with skill, but being able to work well up and around one’s organization is key...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Oct 22, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - BYOT - Bring Your Own Topic
on Oct 17, 2017
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
BYOT - Bring Your Own Topic - Healthcare Project Management Wednesday October 4 2017, 7:30 AM Facilitators Pam Breach Caroline Donohue-Ouellette Synopsis Back by popular demand...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Applying J.P. Kotter’s framework to successfully lead change.
on Oct 17, 2017
Topic: Applying J.P. Kotter’s framework to successfully lead change.
Change is the only constant.– Heraclitus, Greek philosopher. The ability to manage and adapt to change is an essential ability required in the workplace today. Using the best practices of change management help company to run the project successfully and avoid lots of mistakes...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree - Understanding How Our Emotions Affect our Communications
on Oct 12, 2017
Topic
Understanding How Our Emotions Affect our Communications with Others and Influence Team Morale and Effectiveness Synopsis Pause – Think – Consider – Repeat. This pretty much sums up the tenet and practice of Emotional intelligence (EI). Sounds simple enough...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - How to Build Trust as a Project Manager
on Oct 11, 2017
Synopsis
How to build up trust is a significant topic in workplaces and personal lives, because trust is the invisible hand that really makes a difference between success or failure for businesses and relationships. Trust is particularly important for project management, since, trust makes cross-functional people work together for a common purpose...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Oct 10, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
on Oct 10, 2017
Please join our October roundtable discussion led by Bill Singer.
We negotiate all the time. From simple interactions like arranging meeting times to complex endeavors like allocating resources for an expensive, high-stakes mission critical project. Project managers must navigate through processes that often feel out of control and result in ambiguous outcomes...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Annual Members Board of Directors Presentation - Members Only
on Oct 7, 2017
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE CHAPTER OPERATES?
HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Please join us for the Annual Board of Directors Presentation on Saturday October 7, 2017 Board members will present a recap of the 2016 - 17 program year and a preview of the plans and goals for the next year...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Annual Meeting
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - BYOT - Bring Your Own Topic
on Oct 4, 2017
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
BYOT - Bring Your Own Topic - Healthcare Project Management Wednesday October 4 2017, 7:30 AM Facilitators Pam Breach Caroline Donohue-Ouellette Synopsis Back by popular demand...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Sep 29, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Sep 29, 2017
Informal online roundtable intended for new members, and open to everyone interested in meeting and chatting with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Gratitude for leaders in business
on Sep 27, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Note new location at Microsoft, 5 Wayside Drive, Burlington. Speaker: Star Dargin Topic: Gratitude for leaders in business SYNOPSIS Gratitude is hard science, not fluff. Gratitude is an indispensable underlying emotion beneath an effective and skillful approach that directly supports sound business practices...
Location: The Row
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Roundtable
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Professional Development Day - South 2017
on Sep 22, 2017
MASS BAY PMI PREMIER PROJECT MANAGEMENT EVENT!
EARN UP TO 13.5 PDUS 2 DAY EVENT - SEPTEMBER 22 and 23, 2017 FOCUSING ON: Advanced Agile | Risk & Change Management | Portfolio Management BUILD YOUR NETWORK WITH UP TO 300 OF YOUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ANALYST PEERS We welcome participants from all PMI chapters in our Region at the Member Price!
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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PD Day
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LIfe Sciences Professional Outreach Group
on Sep 20, 2017
This is the season 2017-2018 kick-off meeting. This is a great opportunity to join in the discussion with the PMI MassBay's Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals on September 20th, 2017.
Topic Aligning Resume to Expectation in the Life Sciences About the Moderator Michael Snitkovsky is facilitating a discussion about Aligning Resume to Expectation in the Life Sciences...
Location: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Lessons Learned?
on Sep 19, 2017
The phrase, “lessons learned,” seems to imply that someone paid serious attention to some undesirable outcome and made lasting changes to prevent a recurrence. Yet we commonly hear that same phrase used in organizations that take no disciplined approach to improving from its mistakes. It seems that this phenomenon, itself, should become a lesson learned...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Sep 14, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Develop Your Change Intelligence (CQ): An Interactive Exercise
on Sep 13, 2017
Synopsis
Jillian Dudek, PMP will lead an informal exercise to help you learn about Change Intelligence (CQ), understand and develop your own Change Leader Style, and discuss how to leverage Change Leader Styles on your projects. During the session, we will utilize the CQ ADAPT tool available free on Change Catalysts' web site...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Thinking of Establishing a PMO? Tips to Increase your Success
on Sep 12, 2017
Please join our September roundtable discussion led by Jim Stewart.
Does every company need a PMO? What options do you have for a PMO framework? What responsibilites fall within the PMO? How do you get started? How do you set yourself up for the best chance of success? Join us at our September roundtable, where Jim Stewart will draw on his years of experience to share structure ideas, who PMO stakeholders are and what they need, how to measure progress, and more...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Aug 28, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Golf Outing
on Aug 26, 2017
Member Golf Outing
Join fellow PMI Mass Bay members for a golf outing on Saturday August 26. Please arrive and meet at the clubhouse by 9AM. Butter Brook Golf Club 157 Carlisle Road Westford, MA 01886 phone (978) 692-6560 Total cost: 110...
Location: Unknown
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - 100 Million Healthier Lives - Midwives for an online community?
on Aug 23, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Mike Balin Topic: 100 Million Healthier Lives—Midwives for an online community? SYNOPSIS 100 Million Healthier Lives is a dedicated collaboration of change agents fundamentally transforming the way we think and act to improve health, wellbeing and equity...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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New Member Welcome
on Aug 18, 2017
Informal online roundtable open to all to meet and chat with other chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Walpole - Lesson Learned
on Aug 16, 2017
Lesson Learned - Project Management Institute (PMI) defines lessons learned as the learning gained from the process of performing the project. Formally conducted lessons learned sessions are traditionally held during project close-out, near the completion of the project. In this group discussion, we will share the best practices, and create a path to document lesson learned.
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Defining and Measuring Project Success
on Aug 15, 2017
Synopsis
This will be a participant-driven roundtable discussion that will focus on the ways in which you define and measure project success. Please come to the session prepared with questions to pose to your peers as well as to share your own experiences and best practices.
Moderator
Andrea Polino is a Project Manager at State Street Corporation where she has managed strategic, regulatory and resource planning projects over the course of her career...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Extreme Decision Making
on Aug 9, 2017
Synopsis
This presentation is an examination of what can be learned from decisions made under extreme time pressure with potential catastrophic consequences. Several vignettes will be given. As PMs and BAs, making decisions and solving problems are an integral part of analyzing and managing projects...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Developing an Oncology Trigger Tool for Identifying Adverse Events
on Aug 2, 2017
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Developing an Oncology Trigger Tool for Identifying Adverse Events Wednesday August 2 2017, 7:30 AM Speaker Jocelyn Siegel is a Senior Project Manager at Dana-Farber, working under two half-time grants; one in Quality and Patient Safety and the other in Palliative Care...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: New Member Introductions
on Jul 31, 2017
Informal online roundtable to meet and chat with other new chapter members. Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Is it possible for Agile and Project Management co-exist?
on Jul 26, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Jim Hannon Topic: Is it possible for Agile and Project Management co-exist? SYNOPSIS In todays Agile world, the synergies between project managers and Agile models needs to be fully understood in the organization...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Summer Networking Event Boston
on Jul 20, 2017
Join us for our Summer Networking Event in Boston
Thursday, July 20, 2017 6:00 ~ 8:00pm Howl at the Moon, Boston 184 High Street Boston, MA 02110 Light appetizers and networking. Cash Bar. For more details about this event please see our website at pmimassbay...
Location: Howl at the Moon
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: Walpole - Extreme Decision Making
on Jul 19, 2017
This presentation is an examination of what can be learned from decisions made under extreme time pressure with potential catastrophic consequences. Several vignettes will be given. As PMs and BAs, making decisions and solving problems are an integral part of managing projects and analyzing business opportunities...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime: Communication and stakeholders’ engagement in global projects
on Jul 18, 2017
Alexander Sorokin will give a case study of Communication and stakeholders’ engagement in global projects
Synopsis: Every project will have stakeholders who are impacted by or can impact the project in a positive or negative way. While stakeholders may have limited ability to influence the project, others may have significant influence on the project and its expected outcomes...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Office Hours
on Jul 13, 2017
Remember that professors used to have regular scheduled time hanging out in their subterranean basement office in order to field student questions?
This is not exactly quite like that. It's different in that is an informal online video meeting. You don't need an appointment or to pre-register, altho you can sign up to let me to expect you...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: New Member Introductions
on Jul 13, 2017
Informal online roundtable to meet and chat with other new chapter members.
Connection and contact details are included in the ticket attached to the confirmation email you receive after you register for the event. Directly followed by Office Hours. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree - What the CIO wants from YOU, the Project Manager
on Jul 13, 2017
Synopsis
Please join us as our speaker, Andrew Amrhein helps us parce out stakeholder involvement and stakeholder maps as well as help guide us to determine our personal value-add for our companies. Andrew will delve into what it takes for a Project Manager to be valuable and successful in any organization...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - What a PM Needs to Know about Requirements
on Jul 12, 2017
Synopsis
This Roundtable is a discussion on: What the PM should know about requirements for software development; covering why we need requirements, types of requirements, communication, document building, review process. Problems you have experienced with requirements and how the problem or issue can be resolved; such as how to visualize the solution, risks, communication...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - The Agile PMO: How the Traditional PMO Fits into the Agile Landscape
on Jul 11, 2017
Please join our July roundtable discussion led by Dave Todaro.
Since 1939, when the term “project management office” was coined, PMOs have led the project management effort at companies large and small, driving the process and standards used to deliver business results. With the drive toward the use of Agile in recent years, many PMO executives wonder, “How do we fit in?” Some may even wonder, “Will we be viewed as less important to the organization?” or “Will we somehow be marginalized?” The answer is, “Absolutely not!” Given the high reliance on a lightweight but disciplined project management framework such as Scrum, it’s critically important that there is a group of individuals in the organization who support not only the initial adoption of Scrum, but the continued adherence to its guideposts...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: New Member Introductions
on Jun 30, 2017
Informal online roundtable to meet and chat with other new chapter members.
Conection and contact details will be sent to you in an email after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Integrating six sigma and project management
on Jun 28, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Arun Raj Topic: Integrating six sigma and project management SYNOPSIS Join us for a MetroWest Roundtable discussion on basic six sigma concepts, and on methods to integrate six sigma DMAIC process with project management process for better results...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Software Applications & Your Project Lifecycle
on Jun 20, 2017
John Morrison will give a encore presentation of:
Software Applications & Your Project Lifecycle Examining the various software applications used throughout the course of the project Synopsis: From project initiation to sign-off, what software applications do you use? When we think of productivity software, our first thought revolves around the scheduling of activities and tasks...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Career Advancement Clinic and Job Fair
on Jun 15, 2017
SPRING 2017 CAREER ADVANCEMENT CLINIC AND JOB FAIR
FREE CAREER RESOURCES - LOCAL COMPANY AND AGENCY RECRUITERS - FUN ACTIVITIES Are you in the market for a new job or simply thinking about how to better prepare for a search when you are? Join us for our Spring 2017 Career Clinic and Networking session at the Verizon Technology Center...
Location: Verizon Innovation Center
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Job Fair
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Roundtable: Office Hours
on Jun 15, 2017
Remember that professors used to have regular scheduled time hanging out in their subterranean basement office in order to field student questions?
This is not exactly quite like that. It's different in that is an informal online video meeting. You don't need an appointment or to pre-register, altho you can sign up to let me to expect you...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Forrester's Agile Transformation: Turning Teams into Yodas
on Jun 14, 2017
Synopsis
In 2012, Forrester Research (a market research and advisory firm) began an Agile transformation. The transformation has allowed the teams to more than double their story point velocities, reduce the number of unplanned requests, and meet and show deadline objectives to outside stakeholders...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
on Jun 13, 2017
Please join our June roundtable discussion led by Kathie Larsen
This session will focus on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) with a discussion about how this framework impacts PMOs. SAFe is a knowledge base of practices for enterprise level lean-agile software projects. Recommended PMI Talent Triangle Alignment: Technical Description for PDU: Scaled Agile Framework This is a FREE 1 PDU event.
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: New Member Introductions
on Jun 12, 2017
Informal online roundtable to meet and chat with other new chapter members.
Conection and contact details will be sent to you in an email after you register for the event. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
Category:
Roundtable
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree-Project Management with a Volunteer Workforce
on Jun 8, 2017
Synopsis
Projects are not just confined to our professional business environments. They occur everywhere, in business, at home, and in our volunteer venues. Have you ever been asked to help a town playground build, a friend’s run for local office or coordinate a non-profit’s fund raiser? What is different about those projects? Primarily it is that you and the people working on the effort are volunteers...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Life Sciences - High-Performing Teams 6/7/2017
on Jun 7, 2017
Agenda for PMI Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meeting on June 7th:
What is a high-performing team?
What are some keys to building high-performing teams?
Come to the June meeting of the PMI Life Sciences professional outreach group on June 7th from 6 pm - 7:30 pm at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals in Kendall Square to join in the discussion about high-perming teams (HPT), led by Steve Eckman MBA PMP...
Location: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Estimating with Planning Poker
on Jun 7, 2017
Event Details
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic - Estimating with Planning Poker In March, 2017, Kate introduced us to Planning Poker as part of the Agile Online Training Development session. We welcome Kate back for an interactive session on using this estimating approach...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - PMO Startup: Lessons Learned
on Mar 14, 2017
Please join our December meeting, led by Jim Stewart.
The Project Management Office may be the single most important component of ensuring consistent project methodologies and results across an organization. However, it is fraught with pitfalls if it is not set up and promoted correctly, and can often fail and be discredited...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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February 2017 Chapter Meeting - Practical approaches to working in a fast-paced virtual, global team
on Feb 28, 2017
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Brandeis University 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02453 Please see our website at pmimassbay.org for event details. Please bring photo id for entrance. Enter at main entrance and follow the yard signs for parking.
Location: Brandeis University
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable Agile: Agile Project Manager Roundtable
on Feb 14, 2017
NEW AGILE ROUNDTABLE ADDED TO OUR PROGRAMING!!!!
This rountable will bring together PM's that are involved with agile and ones that want to learn more about the agile movement. The rountable will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Northeastern University. Each monthly meeting will be held from 6-7:30 ...
Location: Northeastern University
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Feel the Love: Program Management Improvement & Accountability Act
on Feb 14, 2017
Looking for a date on Valentine's Day? Join us for our February discussion on the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA).
What does PMIAA mean for the project, program, and portfolio management profession? It clearly impacts certain government offices and helps improve the visibility of PMI...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree-Information Security and Privacy; Key points for Project Managers
on Feb 9, 2017
Synopsis
Security and privacy are important in many industries, particularly in the healthcare sector; recent incidents have emphasized the importance of the discipline. It has become increasingly necessary for Project Managers to appreciate the scope of and proactively plan for security and privacy in their initiatives...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Forrester's Agile Transformation: Turning Teams into Yodas
on Jan 25, 2017
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday most months, from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Amy Pritchard Topic: Forrester's Agile Transformation: Turning Teams into Yodas SYNOPSIS In 2012, Forrester Research (a market research and advisory firm) began an Agile transformation...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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NETWORKING SOCIAL: WAXY O'CONNORS in LEXINGTON
on Dec 8, 2016
NETWORKING SOCIAL IN LEXINGTON MASS DECEMBER 08 from 6pm-800pm
Join Project Managers, Business Analysts, and guests from MassBay PMI and the surrounding chapters for a networking social at the Waxy O'Connors Irish Pub in Lexington Mass. This is a networking event with refreshments and light appetizers...
Location: Margaritas
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Social Gathering
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November 2016 Chapter Event - Career Advancement Clinic
on Nov 17, 2016
November 2016 Chapter Event: Career Advancement Clinic with Panel Discussion
Suffolk University Law School 5th Floor Lite dinner and Cash Bar Please see our website at pmimassbay.org for event details. Please bring photo id for entrance. Parking available for a fee under the Boston Garden...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Job Fair
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October 2016 Chapter Meeting - EXECUTIVE PANEL
on Oct 20, 2016
What do Executives think about the future of the Project Management Profession?
Hear three unique perspectives in this lively discussion. 1.5 PDU Strategic Join us for this Premiere event! MassBay PMI is hosting an Executive Panel discussion on October 20, 2016 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel and Conference Center in Wakefield, MA as part of our Professional Development program...
Location: Four Points Wakefield (by Sheraton)
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree - Conquering Threats, the Path to Success
on Oct 13, 2016
Conquering Threats, the Path to Success: All Companies are in the Risk Management Business
Synopsis Not managing risk is the riskiest thing you can do. Risk management is not being risk averse, it is being risk aware. Luciano Mascari's presentation provides insight into fundamental risk management through the risk management processes...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - How to thrive in the face of adversity
on Oct 12, 2016
Synopsis
Adversity is a normal part of any project or workplace. Successful project management often hinges on the way we perceive and respond to challenges posed by common setbacks such as poor communication, resource deprivation, undefined goals, and constant time pressures. In addition to project-related challenges, we live in a VUCA world (volatile, unpredictable, chaotic, and ambiguous) so enhancing resilience can be a key skill to employ when inevitable obstacles appear...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - Project Management Contracting
on Oct 11, 2016
For our October meeting, we'll be discussing project management contracting.
Have you ever been a contractor? Was it by choice or did you find yourself in between permanent positions and filled the void with a contract? What were the pros and cons? Did you find contractors were treated the same or differently than FTEs? When managing a project for an organization that had a PMO, did you follow their established methodology or did you bring your own? Do you think PMOs are set up to accommodate PM contractors? Everyone is welcome to join us...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Information Security and Privacy; Key points for Project Managers
on Oct 5, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic : Information Security and Privacy; Key points for Project Managers Wednesday October 5 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis Security and privacy are important in many industries, particularly in the healthcare sector; recent incidents have emphasized the importance of the discipline...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Lessons Learned in Establishing a PMO
on Sep 28, 2016
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Jim Stewart Topic: Lessons Learned in Establishing a PMO SYNOPSIS The Project Management Office may be the single most important component of ensuring consistent project methodologies and results across an organization...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Cambridge - The Steve Jobs Way: Innovation and Leadership Ideas You Can Use
on Sep 27, 2016
Love him or hate him, you must admit that Steve Jobs was a challenging and brilliant leader and an innovative genius. So what can you learn from the strengths and weaknesses of a computer industry trailblazer? The answer is an enormous amount!
This talk, developed hand-in-hand with former Apple SVP and Jobs' advisor Jay Elliot, highlights and describes Steve Jobs' business principles, philosophies, and techniques in ways that you can adapt and apply them to your workplace in order to grow professionally and, in the words of Steve Jobs, 'put a ding in the universe', your ding in the universe! Presenter Bio: Eric Bloom , A former CIO, today Eric P...
Location: The Volpe Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Metrowest - 100 Million Healthier Lives - Midwives for an Online Community
on Sep 22, 2016
Synopsis:
100 Million Healthier Lives is a dedicated collaboration of change agents fundamentally transforming the way we think and act to improve health, well being and equity. Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, its scope includes developing platforms to set baseline measures of health and wellbeing, facilitate connection across member communities, and showcase evidence-based bright spots for change...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Walpole Roundtable, September 21 - Knowing Your Audience: How to Give an Effective Presentation
on Sep 21, 2016
Speaker - Ryan Schell Communication with stakeholders is essential. Knowing the target audience that you intend to communicate with is just as important. Have you considered a presentation strategy, topic specificity or stakeholder need? Business professionals who know their target audience can be more effective in getting their message across.
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Business Transformation Projects
on Sep 20, 2016
Business Transformation Projects
Come and join us for an interactive discussion on Transformation Projects: An easy walk in the park…or not… We will discuss : •The common themes of transformation projects •How to increase chances of success Presenter: Deniz Johnson Vice President at State Street Corporation Deniz Johnson is Vice President, business strategy consultant for State Street Corporation’s Alternative Investment Solutions group...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS 2016
on Sep 16, 2016
MASS BAY PMI PREMIER PROJECT MANAGEMENT EVENT!
EARN UP TO 15.5 PDUS IN ALL OF THE TALENT TRIANGLE AREAS 2 DAY EVENT - SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2016 BUILD YOUR NETWORK WITH UP TO 400 OF YOUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ANALYST PEERS We welcome participants from all PMI chapters in our Region at the Member Price! KEYNOTE SPEAKER - SKIP WEISMAN Click Here to Watch a Special Announcement from SKIP! Friday September 16, 2016 PD Day Full Day event and Evening Networking and Dinner with Speaker Agenda 730a - 830a Registration and Sponsor hall opens 815a - 945a Keynote presentation - Skip Weisman - How to Impact and Influence your most Important Stakeholder - 1...
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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PD Day
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Project Success/Failure Case Study: The Diesel Multiple Unit Train Set
on Sep 14, 2016
Synopsis
In the commuter-rail world, some trains are powered by an engine attached at one end and other trains are comprised of cars, each of which is self-powered by its own engine. Trains with distributed power plants are known as Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). A great benefit to a commuter rail system such as the MBTA is that cars can be added and removed and trains can be coupled together quickly to match demand and circumstances without having to match engine capacity to overall weight...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - 100 Million Healthier Lives - Midwives for an Online Community
on Sep 14, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic : 100 Million Healthier Lives - Midwives for an Online Community Wednesday September 14 2016, 7:30 AM (NOTE DATE CHANGE TO SECOND WEDNESDAY IN SEPTEMBER) Synopsis 100 Million Healthier Lives is a dedicated collaboration of change agents fundamentally transforming the way we think and act to improve health, wellbeing and equity...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - How to Thrive in the Face of Adversity
on Sep 13, 2016
Adversity is a normal part of any project or workplace. Successful project management often hinges on the way we perceive and respond to challenges posed by common setbacks such as poor communication, resource deprivation, undefined goals, and constant time pressures. In addition to project-related challenges, we live in a VUCA world (volatile, unpredictable, chaotic, and ambiguous) so enhancing resilience can be a key skill to employ when inevitable obstacles appear...
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: North Shore - How to Thrive in the Face of Adversity
on Sep 6, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: North Shore
How to Thrive in the Face of Adversity by Bill Singer, Coach, Sales Trainer and Entrepreneur Tuesday SEPTEMBER 6 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis Adversity is a normal part of any project or workplace. Successful project management often hinges on the way we perceive and respond to challenges posed by common setbacks such as poor communication, resource deprivation, undefined goals, and constant time pressures...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Metrowest - Getting Organized to Study for the PMI-RMP Exam
on Aug 25, 2016
The MetroWest Roundtable in Waltham meets on the 4th Thursday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting Organized to Study for the PMI-RMP Exam by John Morrison Synopsis: Join us for a MetroWest Roundtable discussion on what it takes to qualify and prepare for one of PMI's professional certifications...
Location: Dassault Systemes
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: MetroNorth - Strategic Planning for Project Managers
on Aug 24, 2016
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Joseph Raynus Topic: Strategic Planning for Project Managers SYNOPSIS This presentation introduces a practical framework for developing implementation strategies and planning programs as a two-way process that ensures alignment with business strategy and goals as guiding objectives for solution/program planning and execution to achieve expected outcomes...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Cambridge - How Can You Know What You Dont Know? Become a Problem Finder
on Aug 23, 2016
Title: How Can You Know What You Dont Know? Become a Problem Finder Instead of a Problem Solver
SYNOPSIS The goal of the session is to improve a participants ability to prevent project problems before they happen. Participants will learn: The 5 reasons problems hide in organizations and projects Why "connecting the dots" is hard and how project managers can improve information sharing Why too much formal analysis can hide problems 4 things project managers can do to improve their "problem-finder" ability The news is filled with examples of different people having different pieces of information but no one put it all together – no one saw the whole picture and prevented a problem...
Location: The Volpe Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Lean Agile
on Aug 16, 2016
Lean Agile
High level description: Project management tasks and processes are well-defined and follow a logical progressive order that takes projects from ideas to completion. This process, though very methodical, can be improved through the use of Lean tools to deliver the value that the stakeholders require while reducing your workload to complete...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Business Processes that Can Affect Project Success
on Aug 10, 2016
Synopsis
As project managers, project management is our focus, our craft, and our eponymous endeavour. We routinely think about project management as viewed from within. If we shift our perspective to the outside looking in, an organization’s undertaking of projects is actually a business process...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Topic: "Seamless" Integration Projects
on Aug 10, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Topic : "Seamless" Integration Projects NEW DATE: Wednesday August 10 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis This month's meeting will feature a discussion based on integrating departmental systems with EHRs. The introduction will be based on experience with both upgrading and integrating a Blood Bank system within the timeline and resource constraints of a fast-paced EHR rollout...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: PMO - How Much Project Management Methodology is Enough?
on Aug 9, 2016
For our August session, we will hold a roundtable discussion on project management methodology. How much is too much? How much is not enough? In your current or previous position(s), does your PMO:
Identify projects as light vs heavy;or small, medium, and large?
What tools, templates, and processes do PMs use to manage projects?
What is required vs optional?
Facilitator: Deb Cote, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Partners Healthcare
Location: Polcari's Woburn
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: North Shore - Studying for Success
on Aug 2, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: North Shore
STUDYING FOR SUCCESS: The Tools, the Time, and the Process Necessary to Study for one of PMI’s Professional Certifications by John Morrison, PMP Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis Are you organized for your next PMI Certification test? I’m not…but I’m working on it...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Metro North - An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
on Jul 27, 2016
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Gina Aboudi Topic: An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers SYNOPSIS Emotional intelligence = people skills. It is the ability to understand and control one's own emotions as well as understand other people's emotions...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Cambridge - "Complex Projects"
on Jul 26, 2016
Synopsis:
In the complex environment today there is no such thing as a plain vanilla project anymore. In this presentation the whole paradigm on how we look at, plan and manage complex projects needs to be re-thought. The presenter will provide real life examples how things such as agile can be used to deal with these vexing projects...
Location: The Volpe Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Updating your LinkedIn profile to show Project Management experience
on Jul 19, 2016
Change of topic due to some scheduling conflicts...
Anthony Hines will present his LinkedIn tips to show Technical Project Management, Business Management, and Leadership skills. These are important to show what experience you can bring, as well as when you are hiring, what you should look for...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree - The 5 Fears of Adopting Agile: Debunked
on Jul 14, 2016
The 5 Fears of Adopting Agile: Debunked
Understanding the 5 fears heard most often when making a transition to Agile and how you can mitigate them all. By Todd Kamens, PMP, CSM, CSP Synopsis Managing projects using the traditional “waterfall” technique, you have become comfortable with using a Project Plan to communicate deliverables and milestones, even if that plan was created at the beginning of the project with very little detailed information...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Project Monitoring at the Street Level
on Jul 13, 2016
Synopsis
Projects can go off the rails at any point. As project managers, there are a lot of details to watch over for the first sign of trouble. We, as project managers, are accountable for staying on top of everything. Even when we are fortunate to have seasoned, responsible project team members who can provide good oversight and leadership, we still need to be the team’s safety net...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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NETWORKING SOCIAL: WAXY O'CONNORS in LEXINGTON
on Jul 12, 2016
NETWORKING SOCIAL IN LEXINGTON MASS JULY 12 6pm-800pm
Join Project Managers from MassBay ad the surrounding chapters for a networking social at the Waxy O'Connors Irish Pub in Lexington Mass. This is a networking event with refreshments and light appetizers. You will have the opportunity to mingle with your PM peers in a social atmosphere...
Location: Margaritas
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: Metro North - Project Monitoring at the street level
on Jun 22, 2016
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Bob Louton Topic: Project Monitoring at the street level SYNOPSIS Projects can go off the rails at any point. As project managers, there are a lot of details to watch over for the first sign of trouble...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Life Science Professional Outreach Group
on Jun 21, 2016
Next Meeting Guided Discussion by Brian Clancy "Translating Basic Science Discoveries into Medical Products"
Brian Clancy has a long-standing interest in translating basic science discoveries into medical products. He has extensive experience leading and managing multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams of scientists in discovery research at a global pharmaceutical company...
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center
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PD Day
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Transitioning to Agile
on Jun 21, 2016
Transitioning to Agile: A management perspective on the decision, process and implementation on the move to Agile and an overall perspective on successes and challenges.
Presenter: Steven Zieselman Bio: Steven Zieselman is a managing director in State Street's FX Sales and Trading division and is the Chief Product Owner/ Designer in the FX Accelerated Growth Program...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Annual Board of Directors Presentation (Members Only)
on Jun 15, 2016
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE CHAPTER OPERATES?
HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT? WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Please join us for the Annual Board of Directors Presentation on Wednesday June 15, 2016 Current and future Board members will present a recap of the 2015-16 program year and a preview of the plans for the new year...
Location: Join.me Online Meeting
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Annual Meeting
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Roundtable: South Shore Braintree - PMPing Your Event
on Jun 9, 2016
PMPing Your Event - Creating a Successful Event by Utilizing Project Management
Synopsis Managing an event is intrinsically similar to managing a project. Employing project management methodologies can lead to a greater level of success and stakeholder approval with much greater ease...
Location: Starwood Hotel and Resorts Technology Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Software Applications & Your Project Lifecycle
on Jun 8, 2016
Synopsis
From project initiation to sign-off, what software applications do you use? When we think of productivity software, our first thought revolves around the scheduling of activities and tasks. But that is just one small part of the project lifecycle. What about the brainstorming aspect of determining what project should be started next? How is project progress best communicated among the team and the client...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Career Advancement Clinic and Job Fair - New Date June 07
on Jun 7, 2016
SPRING 2016 CAREER ADVANCEMENT CLINIC AND JOB FAIR
We have a few tickets that just opened up. FREE CAREER RESOURCES - LOCAL COMPANY AND AGENCY RECRUITERS - FUN ACTIVITIES Are you in the market for a new job or simply thinking about how to better prepare for a search when you are? Join us for our Spring 2016 Career Clinic and Networking session at the Verizon Technology Center...
Location: Verizon Innovation Center
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Job Fair
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Roundtable: North Shore - 2016 June 7 - Discussion: Skills Development for Project Managers
on Jun 7, 2016
The North Shore Roundtable meets tomorrow,Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 7:30 AM.
Fellow North Shore Roundtable member Maureen White will lead a discussion regarding PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. Come with your questions, and your answers for others regarding: 1) Where, when and how do you develop your professional skills? 2) Which certifications from PMI, and other professional organizations, are in demand? 3) Where can one learn more about Agile? 4) What is the Hybrid PMO all about? 5) How does one get started after the education but before the experience? 6) What's on your mind? Please come and join a lively discussion...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Healthcare - Project Management in Healthcare: View from a PMO
on Jun 1, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: Boston Healthcare
Project Management in Healthcare: View from a PMO by Deb Cote, PMP Wednesday June 1 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis Is project management different in healthcare than other industries? Do project managers need different skills – hard or soft – to manage a Chemotherapy Order Entry system upgrade or a Patient Registration implementation than project managers leading initiatives in the financial industry or in a retail corporation? Join the PMI Mass Bay Boston Healthcare Roundtable on Wednesday, June 1 to examine project management from a healthcare industry perspective...
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Metro North - Beyond NPV and IRR: Financial Criteria for Project Selection
on May 26, 2016
The Metro North Roundtable meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7:30am-8:30am.
Speaker: Guy Paquette Topic: Beyond NPV and IRR: Financial Criteria for Project Selection SYNOPSIS Discounted cash flow techniques are the single best method for financial characterization of project proposals...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Cambridge - "Agile Project Management"
on May 24, 2016
Synopsis:
Join Jim Hannon, Director of a segment level PMO at FIS, for a workshop/presentation on Agile implementation in a corporate setting. The company has over 12,000 employees and roughly 4,000 people in a development role. The resources are spread over the globe. The presenters are one of three leads for this effort...
Location: The Volpe Center
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Roundtable
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May 2016 Chapter Meeting - Pin the Tail on the Metric
on May 19, 2016
Pin the Tail on the Metric by Steve Martin
May 2016 Chapter Meeting Sheraton Four Points, Norwood, MA Full hot dinner buffett with cash bar 1.25 PDUs Technical Skills Category Special note: The speaker has been been changed for our May Chapter Meeting...
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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Chapter Meeting
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May 2016 SouthshoreWalpole RoundTable - Building Stronger Relationships for Project Success
on May 18, 2016
PRESENTER: Ed Anderson, PMP Ed Anderson is the Founder and Blogger of The Personal Project Manager (thepersonalpm.com), a web site focusing on the people side of project management. Ed has over 20 years of experience managing large-scale IT projects for several companies working primarily in the financial services industry and has managed project teams which have been cross-organizational, cross-functional, and global...
Location: Siemens Healthcare
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Roundtable
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Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group - Agile in Life Sciences - final installment
on May 17, 2016
Jim Hannon has supported the introduction of Agile methodology to the LSPOG. Join us this month as we wrap up the discussion with a broader view of strategies in a facilitated discussion of the new approaches we can adopt and old methodologies we can adapt to planning and execution dependent upon the level of determinism in our projects...
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime - Risk and the Probability of Success
on May 17, 2016
Event Details
John Morrison will lead an interactive session on Risk and the Probability of Success (PMBOK, section 11.5.2.2)
When we think of project risk, our natural inclination is to think of what could possibly go wrong with our projects. Fair enough...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: BostonMetro - Help Me Help You! -- Proactively Educate Your Business Stakeholders
on May 11, 2016
Synopsis
Are your projects plagued by problems such as unresponsive business stakeholders, unclear expectations, pointing fingers, missed deadlines? Do project critical business decisions seem to take forever? These common issues can cause high stress and frustration, repeated mistakes, wasted time and rework...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: North Shore - Project Risk and the use of Appreciative Inquiry
on May 3, 2016
PMI Mass Bay Chapter - Roundtable: North Shore
Project Risk and the use of Appreciative Inquiry Managing risk to raise the probability of what you want to happen on your project. by John Morrison, PMP Tuesday MAY 3 2016, 7:30 AM Synopsis As defined by PMI's PMBOK, the objectives of project risk management are to increase the likelihood and impact of positive events, and decrease the likelihood and impact of negative events...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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Northeastern University Project Management Conference April 2016
on Apr 29, 2016
What Our conference will feature presentations which explore project success beyond the traditional triple constraint management; that is, scope performance or quality, budget, and schedule. Will your project deliverables have the capabilities to face the challenges of the future? How do project managers align project objectives with organization's strategic objectives in the corporate citizen organization? Do project managers consider the long-term effects of their projects; deliverables on society as a whole? Do project managers assess environmental impact when making trade-off among project constraints? Who The aim of the conference is to bring together project management students, alumni of the project management program, faculty, researchers, and leading industry experts...
Location: Hilton Hotel Downtown/Faneuil Hall
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Roundtable
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RTMN - 2016 Apr - Accountability in Project Management
on Apr 27, 2016
Presenter:
Patrick Sullivan is a career management and training professional with experience in the US, Latin America and Asia. He has held leadership positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Coopers & Lybrand and as Vice President of Business Realization at Fidelity Investments...
Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Cambridge - "Managing the Headaches of Technological Risk"
on Apr 26, 2016
Synopsis:
We are heading into an era ripe for disruptive technological change. How can technological risks be managed in such an environment? Why should technological risk be managed? Come explore the various facets of technological risk and strategies for managing such risks. Meeting Format: A combination of presentation and group discussion.
Location: The Volpe Center
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Roundtable
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April 2016 Chapter Meeting: The Money Pit
on Apr 21, 2016
The Money Pit
During this unique session Jim Johnson, from The Standish Group will present The Money Pit research and trigger a debate on the true costs of an IT project. 1pdu PM Skills 730pm - 830pm Every year since 1994, the Standish Group release a snapshot of the software development industry, The CHAOS report, based on 12 years of research on project performance over 50...
Location: Montvale Plaza
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Chapter Meeting
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Apr 19, 2016
The Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 600pm-700pm. This group is open to members and non-members.
Speaker: Jim Hannon Topic: Agile Project Management NOTE LOCATION: Back in our ol'; stomping grounds , the Havana conference room in the Cambridge Innovation Center located at One Broadway...
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center
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Roundtable
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March 2016 Chapter Meeting: Troubled Project Recovery
on Mar 17, 2016
Recovering Troubled Projects
March 2016 MassBay PMI Chapter Meeting Hot dinner buffet -formal table settings Evans Travis 1.5 pdu Strategic and Business Management Category Have you ever been tasked to take over a troubled project mid flight? Please join us for an interactive presentation focused on "Recovering Troubled Projects" by Evans Travis from SAS...
Location: Verizon Innovation Center
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Chapter Meeting
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Mar 15, 2016
The Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 600pm-700pm. This group is open to members and non-members.
Speaker: Jim Hannon Topic: Agile Project Management Join us as Baxalta US (650 East Kendall Street Cambridge, MA 02142) hosts the next PMI LSPOG...
Location: Baxalta US
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Boston Noontime
on Feb 23, 2016
Human Factors in Project Management: Motivation Techniques
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 12 Noon PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE TO 2/23/16 Synopsis Motivating a team is the primary job of a project manager to successfully manage a project. As most managers who’ve been at it a while know, in management you have to deal with all kinds of people...
Location: State Street
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Roundtable
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February 2016 Chapter Meeting: The 7 Deadliest Sins of Leadership & Workplace Communication
on Feb 18, 2016
Event Details
The 7 Deadliest Sins of Leadership Workplace Communication
1.5 PDU event (Leadership category) Full hot dinner options with cash bar and designated networking room! Skip has released a You Tube video to promote his presentation for Massbay PMI, check it out and share with your colleagues and social media channels: Click Here Recent research has shown that the average employee wastes a minimum of 40-minutes per day due to ineffective communication at a cost of $5200 per employee per year in lost productivity...
Location: Suffolk University Law School
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Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay Financial Services Professional Outreach Group Meeting
on Feb 11, 2016
Group objectives include:
Align and focus on the financial services industry and the unique challenges and requirements project leaders face delivering quality results on time. Identify, curate, and share information, insights, and resources of value to the project management community...
Location: Two International Place
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: Healthcare - no meeting in February 2016
on Feb 3, 2016
Mark the morning of the 1st Wednesday (7:30 am - 8:30 am) of each month on your calendars.
Join us for news, networking and new thinking on how to make projects work. We are taking the month of February off. Please stay tuned for announcements related to our March meeting which will feature Kate Schell on HIX.
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Roundtable
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Advanced Communications Skills Workshop: SOLD OUT
on Jan 29, 2016
Advanced Communications Skills Workshop
Developing Clarity through a Story Mark Vickers 1 day seminar with optional VIP coaching additional day - up to 11 pdu in the Leadership Category SOLD OUT Class size limited to 20 participants. Click here for a special message from Mark Vickers We are thrilled to host this seminar at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, MA...
Location: Babson Executive Conference Center
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Roundtable
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January 2016 Chapter Meeting: Team Management - Dealing with difficult team members
on Jan 21, 2016
We are pleased to welcome Stefanie Heiter of Bridging Distance LLC to present at our January 2016 Chapter meeting at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge. She will deliver a presentation focused on Team Management - Dealing with difficult team members.
All too often, it's not the project details that trip us up; rather, it's people on the team who cause problems...
Location: Microsoft at 1CC
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Chapter Meeting
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Networking and Holiday Social
on Jan 13, 2016
Join Project Managers from MassBay, Central Mass and New Hampshire PMI chapters and MPUG (Microsoft Project User Group) for a networking and holiday social at the Microsoft Store at the Natick Collection in Natick Massachusetts.
This is a networking event with refreshments and light appetizers...
Location: Microsoft Store Natick Mall
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Social Gathering
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Roundtable: North Shore location - Teams: Models of Collaboration
on Dec 1, 2015
The North Shore Roundtable warmly welcomes Sriram Rajagopalan on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 7:30 am-8:30am.
Please come and learn more about: Teams: Models of Collaboration SYNOPSIS Teams require collaboration. Conflicts must be resolved as win-wins, and this may demand some innovative thinking...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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November 2015 Chapter Meeting: Planning and conducting negotiations for Project Managers
on Nov 19, 2015
Planning and conducting negotiations for Project Managers
1.5 pdu event - Leadership category Neogitiation is a key skill for Project Managers. We negotiate with sponors, vendors, our teams, and resources we have no direct influence over to make our projects successful. It is also one of the most overlooked skills that we develop...
Location: Constant Contact
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Chapter Meeting
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Nov 17, 2015
Topic: Takeda Risk Management Initiative.
Speakers: Brian Carroll and Steve Eckman. Location: Olympus room (main lobby), The Broad Institute, 415 Main St., Cambridge. Registration: Free of Charge, please register here. Agenda: 6pm -730pm Come meet with fellow PMs from Life Sciences to discuss your day to day PM challenges...
Location: Broad Institute
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Roundtable
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Roundtable: North Shore location - Daily Time Stretchers Discussion ID: 19771 Category: Project Management
on Nov 3, 2015
Daily Time Stretchers
Do you recall that your PMI.org membership also gives you membership at projectmanagement.com? If you have not yet had time to peruse the offerings, come to the North Shore Roundtable on Tuesday, November 3 at 7:30 AM and we'll take a look together...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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PMI Mass Bay - Career Advancement Clinic - EVENT IS SOLD OUT
on Oct 21, 2015
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT AND WE CAN NOT ACCEPT WALKINS. We will reopen registration if we have cancellations. The next Career Clinic is being planned for the Spring 2016. Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you at another Massbay event very soon.
We have an amazing lineup of experts to help you with your PM and BA career...
Location: Athena Health
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Job Fair
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Oct 20, 2015
Topic: PMO
Location: The Broad Institute, Cambridge MA Registration: Free of Charge, please register here The Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 600pm-730pm. This group is open to members and non-members. Thank you to the Broad Institute for hosting our meeting...
Location: Broad Institute
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Roundtable
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October 2015 Premium Event: Public Speaking for Project Managers
on Oct 15, 2015
PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR PROJECT MANAGERS
We are excited to bring you renowned Public Speaking Coach, Expert and Author: Mark Vickers from Speaking is Selling! Watch the promotional You Tube video from Mark at https://youtu.be/QrLbnzY1-hc. Please join us for an evening dedicated to improving our Public Speaking skills...
Location: Montvale Plaza
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Chapter Meeting
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Building and Understanding the Better Business Case
on Oct 1, 2015
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts!
Enhance your resume' with in-demand skills and expertise! Receive Business Case building templates and workbooks while building your case. Perfect for the Project Managers, Business Managers and Business Analysts alike. Earn 14 PDUs...
Location: Forefront Center for Meetings & Conferences
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Roundtable
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Sep 22, 2015
Topic: Fall Kick off: Social and Networking Event
Location: Broad Institute, Registration: Free of Charge, please register here The PMI LSPOG is pleased to announce that the meeting on September 22 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. will be held at the Broad Institute, 415 Main Street in Cambridge, MA...
Location: Broad Institute
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Roundtable
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September 2015 Chapter Meeting: Making a Persuasive Business Case for a Project
on Sep 17, 2015
Making a Persuasive Business Case for a Project
1.5 pdu event This is the first event of the PMI MassBay 2015-16 Program Year! Exciting new venue - not to be missed. The approval and funding of programs and projects within government, or private industry, generally requires the preparation of a business case...
Location: Keurig Mass HDQ
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Chapter Meeting
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Roundtable: North Shore Location - Taking the Lead: Influence without Authority
on Sep 1, 2015
Marie Bankuti, PCC, CPCC, PMP, will lead us in discussing:
Taking the Lead: Influence without Authority Synopsis: Are you in a position where you need to lead a team or manage a project without having any real authority over the team members? Do you have some great ideas you'd love to persuade your business stakeholders or management to buy into, but you aren't sure how to position yourself for a successful outcome? Project teams are becoming more fluid in nature and matrixed over multiple functional areas...
Location: North Shore Medical Center Information Systems
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Roundtable
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PMP/CAPM Prep Course - BOOT CAMP - SOLD OUT
on Jul 20, 2015
Event Details
Looking to be PMP certified in 2015? Then, please join our PMP/CAPM Prep Course - Boot Camp at SAI Global. This event has SOLD OUT. We are looking into hosting additional PMP PREP courses in the Fall. Please check our sister chapters for additional dates in their regions or directly at PM Providers...
Location: SAI Global
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Summer Networking Social - July 2015 Plymouth/Cape location
on Jul 16, 2015
Come join your friends and colleagues at MassBay PMI in a casual and fun atmosphere and celebrate Summer!
We have just secured Mirbeau for our July 2015 Networking Social. Come have a drink and some appetizers and socialize with fellow PMI MassBay members from the South Shore, Cape and Islands in a beautiful setting...
Location: Mirbeau Inn and Spa
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Social Gathering
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Summer Networking Social - July 2015 - Boston location
on Jul 16, 2015
You asked and we listened. We are hosting Networking only Socials in July.
NETWORKING ONLY SOCIAL - BOSTON Come and join fellow members for a casual networking social at Stella Restaurant in Boston's Historical South End, located at 1525 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118. www...
Location: Stella Restaurant
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Social Gathering
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June 2015: Chapter Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation - Global Cafe Format -2 pdus
on Jun 18, 2015
June 2015 - Chapter Meeting Global Cafe/Facilitated Networking event
also included Volunteer Appreciation and mentor Program Graduation 2 pdu Full hot dinner buffet with cash bar in a Hotel setting We are pleased to add a June event this year. You will have the opportunity to earn 2 pdus for participating in the Global Cafe facilitated networking exercise...
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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Chapter Meeting
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PD Day 2015: Elevating PM skills to lead your organization - up to 8 PDUs
on Jun 18, 2015
Ticket sales for this event have closed. Please contact us if you're interested in attending.
Event Details
"Elevating PM skills to prepare you to lead the organization"
SEE YOU FRIDAY! We will have about 250 people attending this year. Registration is now closed...
Location: Four Points Norwood (by Sheraton)
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PD Day
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Jun 16, 2015
Topic: Project Life Cycle Discussion: Defining and Sequencing Work
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center at 1 Broadway, Cambridge MA Registration: Free of Charge, please register here The Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 600pm-700pm...
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center
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Roundtable
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May 2015 Chapter Meeting: Advanced Risk Management for Project Management
on May 21, 2015
Please join us for an evening dedicated to Risk Management (Advanced Topic and Discussion) with Dr. Robert Charette, a well-known authority and active practitioner in the art of strategic, operational and financial risk management. This is a 2 PDU event and will be one of our most popular events! Bob's insights are timely and extremely useful to Project, Program and Portfolio Managers of all levels...
Location: Montvale Plaza
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Chapter Meeting
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Mentorship Program 2015
on May 9, 2015
2015 Mentoring Program
The Mentoring Program is a structured, 7-month program bringing together Chapter members in mentoring partnerships to meet the professional development goals of the mentee. Participants interested in the program are required to: Fill out an Application Form by May 2, 2015; Commit to a seven-month program; Attend three mandatory team meetings (one three-hour kickoff training session, one mid-program checkpoint, and a wrap-up session – see below for meeting dates); Attend 12 face-to-face mentoring sessions with their mentoring partner; and Maintain and submit a monthly activity log...
Location: Hilton Garden Inn
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Roundtable
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PMI Mass Bay- April 2014 Chapter Meeting - Annual CIO Panel and Career Fair
on Apr 17, 2015
Networking and Career Fair open at 5pm!
Come meet and listen to CIOs from local Boston companies perspectives about Project Portfolio Management. HR representatives from local companies will also be present during the networking (5p-6p) and dinner (545p-645p) times to meet you and discuss working at their respective companies...
Location: National Heritage Museum
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Chapter Meeting
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March 2015 Chapter Meeting: From project to program, what you need to succeed!
on Mar 19, 2015
MAIN PRESENTATION: 2 PDU event
From Project to Program, what you need to succeed! Ever wonder why some people fly high in program management and others are barely treading water? Why racing a sailboat is a program and never just a project! Do you know in your gut how to evolve your career from project to program management? How about a few tips and tricks – or at least a few good stories...
Location: Constant Contact
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Chapter Meeting
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences - Career Round Table
on Mar 17, 2015
We are holding a PM career round table on March 17 from 6:00-7:30.
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center at One Broadway. Please obtain at badge at the security desk and proceed to the 5th floor Havana conference room Whether you’re considering a career move, or you've recently changed fields, or are a career Project/Program Manager, consider participating in the Career Round Table discussion this March...
Location: Cambridge Innovation Center
Category:
Roundtable
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PMP/CAPM Prep Course - BOOT CAMP
on Mar 9, 2015
Event Details
Looking to be certified or to have new opportunities available to you in 2015? Then, please join our PMP/CAPM Prep Course - Boot Camp in March 2015. This popular course will be taught by John Riopel from PM Providers in a 5 consecutive day format. This course is a "must have" for anyone who is preparing to take the CAPM/PMP exams...
Location: Suffolk University
Category:
Roundtable
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February 2015 Chapter Meeting: Agile Project Management
on Feb 19, 2015
Learn the Truth About “Agile versus Waterfall”
2 PDU event We are pleased to welcome Chuck Cobb as our main presentation speaker! Presentation Description The concept of Agile Project Management is very rapidly evolving and is likely to have a significant impact on the project management profession; however: There are many stereotypes and misconceptions that exist in this area about both Agile and traditional plan-driven project management that have caused a lot of confusion, and Agile and traditional plan-driven project management are often treated as separate and independent domains of knowledge with little or no integration between the two One of the biggest misconceptions is that Agile and "Waterfall" are often thought of as two binary, mutually-exclusive choices and people try to force-fit projects and their business to one of those extremes when the right solution is to go in the other direction and fit the approach to the nature of the project and the business environment...
Location: MITRE
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Feb 17, 2015
Join us at the first meeting of 2015 for a Case Study presentation by:
Michael Nagle (Principal Consultant of MNCG) and Laureen Pfizenmaier PMP (Covidien) titled: "Covidien Global HR Transformation of Processes, Systems & Culture." The location this month is SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS in Lexington, MA...
Location: Shire Pharmaceuticals
Category:
Roundtable
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Professional Outreach Group: Life Sciences
on Feb 17, 2015
Topic: Problem Solving Session: The Doctor is In
Location: TBD Registration: Free of Charge, please register here Come and meet other Life Sciences PMs and disuss challenges you face in your work as Project Managers. The Life Sciences Professional Outreach Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 600pm-700pm...
Location: Shire Pharmaceuticals
Category:
PD Day
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January 2015 Chapter Meeting and New Member Orientation
on Jan 15, 2015
The January 2015 Chapter Meeting in Cambridge has SOLD OUT. Due to security at the host building, no walk ins are permitted. This will be strictly enforced - please do not come tot he meeting unless you have registered online and received confirmation. They have informed us that no exceptions can be made...
Location: Microsoft at 1CC
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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Winter Holidays Networking Social - Northshore Location
on Dec 18, 2014
Come join your fellow MassBay PMI members for a Winter Holiday Social at the Macaroni Grill in Burlington, MA. They have a private backroom especially for MassBay PMI. Light food and refreshments will be served. Cash bar available.
Please note that this is a networking only event. PDUs are not available for this event.
Location: Romano's Macaroni Grill
Category:
Social Gathering
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Winter Holidays Networking Social - Plymouth Location
on Dec 18, 2014
You asked for an event closer to the Cape than Quincy and we listened!
Come join your fellow MassBay PMI members for a Winter Holiday Social at the East Bay Grill in Plymouth, MA from 6pm and 8pm. Light Refreshments will be served and a cash bar is available. This is a Networking event!
Location: East Coast Grill
Category:
Social Gathering
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Nov 2014 Chapter Mtg - PMO Panel Presentation & Career Clinic - 3 pdus available
on Nov 20, 2014
Combined Career Clinic and PMO Panel Presentation. Come hear from PMO leaders (listed below). Have questions ready as well - a live microphone will be available for questions!
Career Clinic: Members Only for Career Clinic (1 pdu) How to Leverage Social Media for Your Career Katherine Moody has been a full-cycle recruiter in both corporate as well as retained search firms for over 19 years...
Location: Verizon Innovation Center
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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The Steve Jobs Way: A Case Study for Project Managers: Where Innovation and Leadership converge
on Oct 17, 2014
The Steve Jobs Way: A Case Study for Project Managers: Where Innovation and Leadership converge
"This class, developed hand-in-hand with former Apple SVP and Jobs'™ advisor Jay Elliot, highlights and describes Steve Jobs'™ business principles, philosophies, and techniques in ways that you can adapt and apply them to your workplace in order to grow professionally and, in the words of Steve Jobs, 'put a ding in the universe' your ding in the universe! Key Take-A-Ways: * Knowledge of various innovative and effective leadership concepts * Innovation techniques usable in almost any professional endeavor * Ways to create an culture of innovation * Value of professional intensity and focus * An understanding that sometimes more is less and less is more * Concepts of product design usable in the creation of almost product or service * Team building techniques that enhance quality, productivity, and effectiveness"
Location: Suffolk University
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Unknown
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October 2014 Chapter Meeting: Smart Delegation: Grow your team, meet your deadlines, and advance your career
on Oct 16, 2014
October 2014 Chapter Meeting
MassBay PMI Suffolk University 2 pdu event Smart Delegation: Grow your team, meet your deadlines, and advance your career Delegation is an essential management skill. In fact, your career as a Project Manager depends on it. Yes, as an experienced Project Manager, you certainly know how to delegate and are probably doing it on a daily bases...
Location: Suffolk University
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Chapter Meeting
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Professional Development Day 2014
on Sep 12, 2014
Professional Development Day 2014
The Project Management Institute Mass Bay Chapter is pleased to conduct its Sixth Annual Professional Development Day at the UMASS Lowell Inn and Conference Center in Lowell, MA on Friday, 12th September 2014 (full-day) and Saturday, 13th September 2014 (half-day)...
Location: UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
Category:
Job Fair
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MassBay PMI Volunteer Appreciation Day
on Aug 8, 2014
Please join PMI Mass Bay for our annual Volunteer Appreciation Event at F1 Racing in Boston! You've proven that you have what it takes to volunteer for one of the top PMI chapters in the world--now test your mettle against your colleagues on the race track to see if you have what it takes to be a true champion!
F1 Boston 290 Wood Road Braintree, MA 02184 781-848-2300 Directions: Just south of Boston and just off I-93, exit #6, near South Shore Mall...
Location: F1 Boston
Category:
Social Gathering
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New England Project Management Summit - PMI
on Jul 30, 2014
Registration has closed for this event. You may register at the door via check, cash or credit card.
MEMBER PRICE: $225 NON MEMBER PRICE: $275 ****************************************************************************************** Location: Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA What is the NE Project Management Summit? This is the second annual event for project management professionals throughout New England offering a full-day professional development event focused on their needs...
Location: Holiday Inn Boxborough
Category:
Unknown
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PMI Mass Bay- July 2014 Chapter Meeting
on Jul 17, 2014
PMI MassBay Chapter Meeting (no Mini-Course scheduled)
Topic: "Servant Leadership and Other Lessons Learned from the Montreal Olympic Stadium" 1pdu event
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay- June 2014 Chapter Meeting
on Jun 19, 2014
PMI MassBay Chapter Meeting with optional Mini-Course
Mini-course: Gina Abudi, All of this Communication is Taking Away from Managing my Project. Main speaker: Joseph Guarino, Leadership Communication Skills
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay - SimulTrain - The Project Management Simulator
on Jun 13, 2014
SimulTrain is Project Management simulator that allows the participants to integrate all of the Project Management factors: costs, deadlines, quality, functionality, risk and human factors.
It is particularly useful to put all the acquired knowledge in project management to test without risking hard earned money...
Location: Forefront Center for Meetings & Conferences
Category:
Unknown
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PMI Mass Bay- May 2014 Chapter Meeting
on May 15, 2014
Chapter Meeting: Annual Meeting
By Laws and Chapter Update from Board
Location: Burlington Marriott
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay - Career Clinic
on Apr 30, 2014
Presentation #1 - Manage Your Job Search
------------------------------------------------------- Searching for a job is a big, complex, and scary prospect. You don’t have control over the end date, so it’s an emergent project. How do you regain control? By using personal kanban inside one week timeboxes and reflecting on your process...
Location: Constant Contact
Category:
Job Fair
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PMI Mass Bay- March 2014 Chapter Meeting with Mini-Course
on Mar 20, 2014
Thank you to our Meeting Sponsor!
Meeting Sponsor: Quintiles - Meet with representatives from Quintiles in person and hear about their products and services and job openings in Project Management. Bring business cards! www.quintiles.com Chapter Meeting with optional mini-course Mini-Course: Rita Reid PMIEF PMI Educational Foundation Outreach Program (1pdu) Main Speaker: James Brown: Risk Management—Texas Hold’em Tactics for the Project Manager (1pdu)
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay - February Chapter Meeting: Marketing Your Project Matters - Do it Better
on Feb 13, 2014
This event has been postponed for tonight and will be rescheduled TBD.
Feature Presentation: Marketing Your Project Matters - Do It Better. ---------------------------------- As the types of projects required for innovation in an organization increase in complexity, project leaders must increasingly address the complexity and size of the organizations in which they operate...
Location: Marriott Cambridge
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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Leading Change from the Middle : Professional Development Full Day Seminar
on Feb 12, 2014
Title: Leading Change from the Middle
8PDU event
Location: Marriott Cambridge
Category:
Unknown
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
on Jan 17, 2014
This 2-day course is taught by a certified instructor who guides participants through engaging video examples, dynamic group discussions, and interactive in-class practice sessions. Designed to teach the skills demonstrated by those who successfully uphold the Healthy Work Environment standards, this course delivers all the necessary tools for stepping up to and holding conversations that occur when stakes are high, opinions differ, and emotions run strong...
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Unknown
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PMI Mass Bay- January Chapter Meeting
on Jan 16, 2014
Special thank you to our Chapter Meeting sponsor, Intepros Consulting. Please visit their representatives at their table before and during the meeting. They will be on hand to discuss job opportunities for Project Managers with their firm!
NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE FOR THIS EVENT - NEWTON MARRIOTT January Chapter Meeting - 1 PDU Event Feature Presentation: David E...
Location: Boston Marriott Newton
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay- December Chapter Meeting
on Dec 12, 2013
December Chapter Meeting with optional Mini-Course.
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay - November Chapter Meeting
on Nov 21, 2013
Monthly Chapter Meeting of PMI Mass Bay
Location: Burlington Marriott
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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Managing Difficult Projects
on Oct 18, 2013
Anthony Reed will lead this full day, 8 PDU, event.
Location: Boston Marriott Newton
Category:
Unknown
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PMI Mass Bay - October Chapter Meeting
on Oct 17, 2013
October Chapter Meeting with optional Mini-Course.
Location: Boston Marriott Newton
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI Mass Bay Career Clinic
on Sep 26, 2013
PMI Mass Bay Career Clinic - 9/26/13, 5:45-8:45pm.
Please remember: Bring your Business Cards for Networking!
Location: Constant Contact
Category:
Social Gathering
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PMI Mass Bay- September Chapter Meeting
on Sep 19, 2013
September Chapter Meeting with optional Mini-Course.
Location: Burlington Marriott
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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PMI First Annual New England Regional Project Management Summit
on Aug 21, 2013
Registration for this event is now CLOSED. If interested in attending please register on-site.
The New England Region of PMI (Central Mass, Mass Bay, Ocean State, New Hampshire, and Southern New England Chapter) are pleased to present our First Annual New England Regional Project Summit. This one day event will be held in Mansfield, MA at the Holiday Inn Mansfield/Foxboro...
Location: Holiday Inn Mansfield/Foxboro
Category:
PD Day
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July Chapter Meeting: The ABC(s) of Learning Teams
on Jul 18, 2013
Feature Presentation: The ABC's of Learning Teams
The ABC’s of Learning Teams: High performing project teams deliver results that exceed expectations on time and budget despite complexity, issues and ever changing customer needs. Having a highly skilled PM and trained individuals is a must, but not enough...
Location: Bentley University
Category:
Chapter Meeting
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"Burn the Gantt" - 5 steps to help rescue a project in jeopardy.
on Jun 20, 2013
As a baseball team's owner will sometimes replace a team's manager in June in the hopes of righting a season suddenly in jeopardy, so too sponsors may replace the manager of a floundering project to restore that project's chances for success. Project managers accepting the unenviable assignment to lead a project with an established team and a poor (or questionable) record of performance often find themselves challenged to cobble together a coalition of stakeholders, a functional team, and a sensible plan for their inherited project because the skills and priorities required are so different than those they have grown accustomed to for projects they've led from the start...
Location: Burlington Marriott
Category:
Unknown
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PMP Exam Prep Course
on Jun 18, 2013
This 4 day instructor-led class completely prepares participants for the PMP/CAPM exam, including demystifying the application process. This course provides a very comprehensive review of PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Fourth Edition. In addition, to providing an in-depth review of "Industry Best Practices", it will serve as a valuable preparation for anyone considering the Project Management Professional Certification Examination (PMP®)...
Location: Metro Meeting Center
Category:
Unknown
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PMI Mass Bay - The Magic of Volunteers
on Jun 7, 2013
PMI Mass Bay - Annual Volunteer Event
Please RSVP by Friday, May 31, 2013 Keep in mind that the Chapter is paying for your attendance So if you RSVP, you are expected to be at the event. If you would like to bring a guest, the fee is $25
Location: Papa Razzi's
Category:
Social Gathering
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