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PMI’s ATP PMP® Exam Prep Course - 35 Hours Dates: 5-Saturdays (Oct 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5) Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Location: Zoom Registration fee: Non-Members = $1,400; PMI-DVC Members = $1,086 NOTE: fees include all course materials PMI-DVC is a PMI Authorized Training Partner (ATP) and is specially trained and qualified to teach PMI’s PMP Exam Prep course. This intense, 35-hour preparation course contains five modules that immerse students in real-world scenarios, representing various industries and project management situations to help you practice applying principles and concepts at work. This course meets the 35-hour requirement to apply to take PMP Exam and is intended for those who are experienced in project management, or who have already taken project management courses. The focus is on how best to prepare, study for, and take the PMP credential examination. A review of material normally covered in the exam will be presented. Successful completion of this course ensures that students will automatically meet the 35-hour education requirement in order to apply for and take the exam and that their education hours will not be subject to audit.

Agile Scaling – Frameworks are Not the Answer When: Thursday, November 3, 2022, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Where: Via Zoom Credit: 2 PDUs, Education pillar, Informal Learning Registration fee: Complimentary With the proliferation of agile scaling frameworks it’s easy to simply grab a popular one off the shelf. However, there are practices in each framework which can be helpful in some circumstances and active hindrances in others, and frameworks come with trade-offs that require close consideration. Agility means suiting your approach to your circumstances, so, instead of picking a framework, mix and match practices culled from them. Our session provides a start by helping you understand key variations between available scaling frameworks and their suitability to your situation. We won’t state which framework is best, but instead we will cover how to wisely pick and choose the elements and approaches that make sense in your unique environment. We will focus primarily on SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise), Scrum@Scale, LeSS (Large Scale Scrum), the “Spotify Model” and FAST (Fluid Agile Scaling Technology), illustrating some key ways in which they differ from one another. We will also review case studies from several large enterprise clients that have created their own frameworks over time, noting some commonalities, pros and cons from their approaches. Using a variety of interactive tools we will: Discuss some common antipatterns when scaling Assess your scaling needs Pick the practices and ideas that make the most sense from each framework Join us and learn how to bake your own scaling method that suites the tastes and dietary needs of your organization! Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the foundations of Agile principles, practices, and guidelines that lead to experience and how to leverage that towards professional growth and the ability to mentor. 2. Explore ways to describe how to implement Agile strategies, goals, and practices for the benefit of a professional's growth. 3. Explore with a panel of experts in Project Management and Agility how they have mentored others and how you can benefit from their experience. Biography of Arlen Bankston Arlen Bankston was at the vanguard of the agile movement, beginning to practice within two years of the Agile Manifesto’s writing. He was among the first to explicitly blend lean systems thinking and user experience practices with agile software development practices. Arlen was one of the earliest Certified Scrum Trainers, exploring Lean, Six Sigma, BPM and other process management and systems thinking approaches to ensure that organizations took a holistic perspective beyond just the software. He became a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt while leading a Lean-Agile practice for six years and was a successful entrepreneur helping to lead the consultancy LitheSpeed for fifteen years. Today, Arlen has worked across virtually every industry and enjoys a reputation as a thought leader and a dynamic, entertaining and practical trainer and presenter. He has trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters, Product Owners, team members and executives, designing the Agile Leadership Academy to address the leadership and structural challenges that still plague many otherwise successful companies. He has consulted and trained for hundreds of clients across every industry such as RBC, Monster, Marriott, NBC Universal, CNBC, NGA, Capital One, T. Rowe Price, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the Armed Forces Benefits Association. Arlen authored the book “HR and the Agile Organization” to describe how human resources departments can adapt to better support organizations that are trying to become more adaptive while improving employee engagement and retention along the with improving bottom line results. Biography of David Bulkin David Bulkin delivers Agile / Lean training and coaching to teams in the United States and globally. David is known for energy, practicality and tangible results. He has 40 years’ experience delivering systems and has been applying Agile Methods for 20 years across the value stream from strategy and product ideation to development, support and operations. David has helped individuals, teams and organizations journey from plan driven to adaptive methods. David continues to actively build product, usually serving in the role of Product Owner and also doing coding and testing. This includes building the software systems that run Grow-Lean. David is active in the Scrum, Agile, Lean, Kanban and SAFe communities, presenting at major conferences. David was an independent reviewer of the PMI-ACP body of knowledge which fed the creation of the PMI-ACP Exam. David started his Agile journey in late 2001 when his eBanking team transitioned to Extreme Programming (XP) under the tutelage of Kent Beck (Agile Manifesto author and creator of XP). The application of Agile Methods turned around eBanking from a slow, difficult to work with group, into a high performing team that consistently hit delivery dates by collaborating with the business. Prior to that, David spent many years as a hands on practioner, developing software systems and business processes as a manager, project manager and developer including creating a successful Internet statup. He has a long history of improving development effectiveness that predates Agile, including being an initial member of the Airlie Council and of the Center for Program Transformation, to progress acquisitions management in the US Federal Government and DoD.

Please join us for the PMI Delaware Valley Chapter Professional Development Day! When: Monday, November 7, 2022, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Where: Via Zoom Credit: 4 PDUs (2 Power Skills and 2 Business Acumen) Registration fee: PMI-DVC Members: $60, Non-members: $75 Group discounts for 4 or more attending from the same company or organization are available. Contact us for more information. Topic: Daily Execution. Extraordinary Results. Presenter: Scott Welle This interactive workshop is based on Scott’s latest book, “Daily Execution. Extraordinary Results.”, focusing on the strategy of goal setting, the execution of goal achieving, and the psychology of aspiring to big things. You will learn key strategies used by elite performers and top project managers to be your best and thrive in this fun, high-energy session." Because any goal is realistic with an intelligent plan to accomplish it. Included in the Professional Development Day Presentation: The reason DUMB Goals are superior to SMART Goals for results How 3 universal “pains” hold people back from taking action Set goals that motivate and empower with the O.P.P. Framework The 10 Principles that lead to excellence in execution Stay on track, even when you’re unmotivated and unfocused Why <3% of people actually achieve their goals (you can be different) Avoid the BIG goal setting mistake that sabotages your success Daily Execution. Extraordinary Results. allows you to set goals and smash them. The tools and insights get you better results, faster and easier, for you, your team or your company. It will change the way you look at your performance potential. On defining moments: “You have done multiple things in your life that—connecting the dots looking backwards—were unrealistic at the time. You did it anyway. You never stopped to ask whether it was sensible or practical. You made it happen. Telling someone to be realistic is telling them to be self-limiting. Nothing noteworthy or significant was ever achieved by playing smaller than your capabilities.” On struggle: “Even if these things are difficult to pinpoint, realize that in your deepest, darkest, most difficult moments, you gained something. Your most painful times should not be looked at as things you wish didn’t happen, but as insightful, enriching experiences that made you who you are and made you better.” On outcomes: “I’m not advocating Process Goal participation ribbons for everyone, regardless of whether you achieved your Outcome. Outcomes matter. But we must view them in proper context and resist the temptation to use the blanket dichotomy of success and failure when it’s the only indicator to which we’re paying attention.” On small wins: “In one day, it is insignificant. You barely even notice it. After a week, you probably won’t notice it either. After a month, you start to see things happening. After a quarter, the changes become more obvious. After a year (and beyond) the entire trajectory of your achievements have changed. All from something small and sustainable. This is the boring part of excellence that The Norm neither understands, appreciates, nor ever fully embraces.” On execution: “Goal achievement doesn’t happen by hoping you’ll be dealt the best cards. It happens by playing your best hand.” On performance expectations: “It’s the mentality of selectively low execution on a daily basis, with high expectations of outcomes on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis, that delivers extraordinary results.” On accountability: “What if we told a better story about accountability? Instead of it being something that’s only affixed to the weak and weary—a heavy cloak bearing our spineless ineptitude—could we look at accountability as one of the best ways to ensure we achieve our goals?” On comparison: “But we believe otherwise. We most often see the public successes, not the private struggles, and deem these people to have something that we don’t. We put them on an unreachable pedestal above us. It’s unfortunate and inaccurate. Their achievements can be our achievements.” Speaker bio: Scott Welle has spent his life helping people achieve peak performance, personally and professionally. Scott’s 8 best-selling books, articles, videos, podcasts and online programs inspire hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. He has a Master’s degree in Sport Psychology, is an adjunct professor at St. Olaf University and regularly consults with top performing executives, project managers and entrepreneurs, as well as elite athletes, all with one common goal: to OUTPERFORM. Fox 9 in Minneapolis-St Paul has called him a “Motivational Expert.” and he was recently named the 2021 Midwest Motivational Speaker of the Year. For “fun” (and because he’s a little crazy!), Scott has completed 29 marathons, 5 Ironman triathlons, a 100-mile ultra-marathon, and serves others by showing them how to tap into the mindset of challenging their self-limiting beliefs and aspiring to be their best every day.

Events Calendar

PMI’s ATP PMP® Exam Prep Course

PMI-DVC Agile Open House, November 3, 2022

PMI-DVC Professional Development Day, November 7, 2022

Fall 2022 CAPM Exam Prep Study Group

Fall 2022 PMP Exam Prep Study Group

PMI DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER: MEMBER’S ORIENTATION CALL

PMO Roundtable: Transforming Proj. Meetings with AI, November 15, 2022