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Agenda:

• 12:00 - 12:10 pm Welcome & Introductions
• 12:10 - 1:00 pm Presentation
• 1:00 - 1:30 pm Closing remarks and Q&A

The PMBOK® Guide has long served as a foundational resource for project professionals across industries and experience levels—but how does a global standard of this scale actually evolve?

Join the Delaware Valley Chapter for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes webinar exploring the development of the PMBOK® Guide – Eighth Edition. This interactive session will feature contributors who played a direct role in planning and shaping this major update, offering a rare look into the scope, coordination, and decision-making required to deliver one of the most influential resources in the project management profession.

Participants will gain insight into:

• What prompted the evolution to the Eighth Edition and how stakeholder needs were evaluated
• How a large, globally distributed team managed scope, logistics, and collaboration
• How PM principles were applied to manage the project behind the standard
• Why the PMBOK® Guide remains highly relevant to project professionals across industries and methodologies

In addition to understanding what changed, this session will focus on how the work was done—making it valuable not only for those who use the PMBOK® Guide, but for anyone interested in managing complex, high-impact initiatives.

The webinar will include an educational presentation followed by a live Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to engage directly with the people who helped bring the Eighth Edition to life.

Speaker Bios:

Rich Rinaldi, MBA, PMP - Managing Director, Business Development & Strategic Growth

Rich Rinaldi serves as managing director, Business Development and Strategic Growth, supporting internal administrative excellence, as well as our  external Devereux Partners and Devereux Solutions offerings. Rinaldi supports Devereux’s growth efforts by partnering with leaders across the organization
to support emerging partnership and consulting opportunities and foster innovation across the field of behavioral health.  Rinaldi joined Devereux in 2015 and, since that time, has served in roles of increasing responsibility. In 2021, he assumed full oversight of: 1) the Project Management Office 2), New Business Development, 3) Procurement and 4) the national executive administrative assistant team. In 2025, Rinaldi was promoted to his current role of managing director for Devereux Partners and Devereux Solutions. Rinaldi has earned the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in not-for-profit-management from Chaminade University in Honolulu. He holds the following professional certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Professional – ScrumMaster (CSP-SM) and Certified Scrum Professional – Product Owner (CSP-PO). In addition to his work at Devereux, Rinaldi is an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University and Villanova University, where he instructs students in the area of project management. Previously, he served as an adjunct professor at Harcum College and was a member of the Leadership Main Line Class of 2020. He received the Philadelphia Admin Awards “Leadership Award” in 2023. Rinaldi serves as treasurer for the Project Management Institute (PMI) – Delaware Valley Chapter, an advisory board member of group purchasing organization Vizient’s Long Term / Home Health Care advisory council, and as a board member for his local library in Narberth, Pennsylvania.

Jesse Fewell is an executive consultant who has taught and coached thousands of leaders and professionals to get better results in fourteen countries on five continents. A management thought leader, he has founded three professional association communities, chaired or contributed to five agile certifications and six project management standards. His work has attracted clients from the Federal Reserve Bank to Duolingo to Washington DC public schools, and over 100 other global organizations.

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