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PMISSC September Chapter Updates 
PMISSC April Monthly Meeting
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Turning Leadership into a Verb
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Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Ticket:
$10.00 Member Registration
$10.00 Non-Member Registration
Location:
All Virtual Meeting
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Description: Leadership is no longer about the presence of a positional powerbase. One must start thinking in terms of self-leadership, and how to utilize the referent powerbase, shifting his or her concept of leadership from a noun to a verb. Through a focus on the details of Adaptive Leadership, this program will show individuals how to build the skills necessary to properly utilize Adaptive techniques. Adaptive Leadership was developed out of Harvard University, specifically around how human psychology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral economics impact leadership when faced with the fast-paced and ever-present change of today’s world.
Learning Objectives:
• What is Adaptive Leadership
• Adaptive challenges vs technical issues • The mind set required for adaptive leaders • Adaptive Leadership competencies
• Criticality of Learning in Adaptive Leadership
Speaker Names: David Mantica
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Note: All Virtual Meeting.
Cancellation Policy: There are no transfers or refunds for no shows. If you contact [email protected] by the Sunday before registration closes, you can receive a full refund. If you contact programs after Sunday and before registration closes, you can request a transfer to another dinner meeting.
PMI Silver Spring Chapter Elections
Voting for the 2024 PMISSC Board of Directors ended at 11:59 pm on 31 August.
The results will be announced at the 13 September virtual Chapter meeting. Please email [email protected] with any comments or questions.
PMP Study Group
PMP Study Group - Instructor led sessions have concluded for 2023. Group members will retain access to the Teams and SharePoint sites through the end of this year for collaboration. An announcement will be made before the Group resumes meetings in 2024. Please email [email protected] with any comments or questions.
AI Day for SDLC Professionals
Using Generative AI in Software Projects to Drive Productivity and Value Creation
Generative AI offers professionals the ability to achieve valuable outcomes with reduced risk and enhanced productivity. The primary goal is allowing more time for reflection, testing, and discovery. Rightly used, these tools aid in understanding what to build and why, facilitating testing and learning prior to project execution.
Gaining an understanding of generative AI and its application in your role is crucial, irrespective of your company's current adoption. Most companies will soon be integrating it and will expect their employees to possess the relevant skills.
● Software Development Directors
● IT Management
● Project Management and PMO Leadership
● Business Analysts
● Agile Professionals
● Testers
● Developers
FOCUS:
Enhance real-world skills for the application of generative AI technologies in supporting complex projects. Gain techniques on how different roles can employ AI tools to boost productivity.
● AI in Agile Teams
● How BAs, Testers, and Project Managers can leverage AI
● Available generative AI options
● Building and provisioning generative AI systems
● ...and much more!
- Date: September 28th
- Time: 9am to 5pm Eastern US time
- Format: Live sessions include keynotes, chat communication, and sharing. Tool demonstrations by presenters, where feasible.
- Price: $95
- Conference recording access
- presentation slides in .pdf format
- Chat transcript
- AI tools resource guide
- 30% off any SoftEd AI class for a year
- 8 IIBA CDUs
- 8 PMI PDUs
- 4 PDUs for Business Acumen
- 4 PDUs for Ways of Working
International Project Management Day 2023
International Project Management Day 2023
Embrace. Empower. Evolve
(26 PDUs)
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The must see online event of the year!
Live Day: November 2, 2023. Access through Feb. 5, 2024
Summer Price (best value): $69 After September 1, 2023: $89
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March 2024 Monthly Meeting Recap
In this information age, being able to communicate effectively with data is rapidly becoming a must for project managers. “Communicating Effectively with Facts and Data”, the topic of the August PMI Silver Spring monthly meeting, understandably attracted a lot of interest. The main speaker, Harry Rever, is Director of Six Sigma at International Institute for Learning and has over 25 years of experience in the fields of leadership, process improvement, Six Sigma, and project management. His presentation made a compelling case for why project managers should master data-driven communication skills.
Data drives better decisions
We base our opinions on emotion and tend to jump to conclusions. Projects progress or fail based on the judgments made by project teams. Data guides those judgments by preventing overreacting to noise while responding appropriately to signals. Project managers should leverage statistical tools for fact-based decision making in order to drive project success.
Process thinking
The speaker emphasizes starting with process thinking to improve results. Looking at processes helps put things in order. Process mapping is recommended as a foundation for effective communication on project teams. It adds credibility and allows project managers to pinpoint where problems occur and to follow the process steps rather than jumping straight to solutions. Visually mapping processes create clarity on problems, guides measurement, and provides a methodology for data-based improvement.
The speaker offered several guidelines when using charts.
- Keep it simple, precise and accurate. Charts should enable insight, not lead to more questions.
- Use run charts for trends over time, Pareto charts for categories, control charts for assessing variation.
- Avoid confusing charts like pie charts with many slices, stacked bar charts, or multiple metrics plotted on one chart.
- Bars are for categories. Lines are for trends over time. Scatter plots visualize correlations. Box plots and interval plots enable visual comparison across groups. Choose chart types wisely.
- Use data to clarify problems and get alignment.
- Leverage statistics and analytics to drive better decisions.
- Visualize and tell stories with data to compel actions.
- Data skills improve project manager communication and leadership.
- Master process mapping, analysis, visualization to enable project success.
PMISSC Book Review Program
Program Activity
Toni Smith has submitted her review of the book Realizing Strategy Through Projects: The Executive's Guide. The book review should be published in the August 2023 edition of PM World Journal.
Capturing Upside Risk: Finding and Managing Opportunities in Projects is currently being reviewed by William Doernbach.
The Persuasive Project Manager: Communicating for Understanding is currently being reviewed by Betsey Katiti. The review of this book should be published in the September edition of PM World Journal.
Request a Book for Review
Are you a PMISSC member? Do you want to earn some quick PDUs at no cost? Give the Book Review Program a try. Your published book review will be read by people all over the world. The following books are available.
1. Agile: Beyond IT (digital copy)
2. Crafting Connection: Transform how you communicate with yourself and others (digital copy)
3. Data Analytics in Project Management
4. Evolutionary Learning in Strategy-Project Systems
5. Implementing Project Portfolio Management
6. Incentivizing Collaborative BIM-Enabled Projects: A Synthesis of Agency and Behavioral Approaches
7. Managing Project Competence: The Lemon and the Loop
8. Megaproject Organization and Performance: The Myth and Political Reality
9. Negotiation Made Simple (digital copy) New Book
10. Project Management Beyond Waterfall and Agile
11. Projects, Government, and Public Policy
12. The Business of Portfolio Management
13. The Four Pillars of Portfolio Management: Organizational Agility, Strategy, Risk, and Resources
14. The Knowledge Café (digital copy)
A new book was recently received by the program. Negotiation Made Simple is a practical guide for solving problems, building relationships, and delivering the deal. This book is a pre-production sample and is in digital (PDF) format.
If you are interested in one of these titles and would like to get more details about the book or you want to request a book to write a review, send an email to [email protected].
Become a PM World Journal Correspondent
Are you interested in becoming an international correspondent for the PM World Journal online magazine? Their international correspondents are experienced leaders in the field of program and project management who have agreed to report about projects and project management in their respective cities, countries or regions of the world. Most have served or are serving in top leadership positions in project management professional organizations such as APM, IPMA and PMI. Their contributions appear in the monthly PM World Journal. Correspondent reports and articles are then archived in the PM World Library.
Interested persons should send an email to [email protected] expressing their interest. They will then be provided with more information on how to become a correspondent for PMWJ.
MindsparQ Indoor Recess Summit
The journey to becoming an exceptional project manager is about to get a massive boost!
Engaging session topics include:
• Beyond the Title: Unconventional Paths to Project Management Experience
• Flying Solo: Tips and Techniques for Excelling As A Project Management Team of One
• Utilizing Generative AI in Your Project Management Strategy
https://themindsparq.com/rsvpforrecess
Dr. Abhay V. Trivedi PMP Course
Are you looking to advance your business analysis career or validate your business analysis skills and experience?
Dr. Abhay Trivedi, a well-known and respected trainer for Sis Sigma, Project 
Management and Business Analysis, is offering a three-day business analysis training course. At the conclusion of the course, you will earn 45 PDU's and will be well prepared to pass the CBAP exam.
The next two sessions are scheduled for September 18-20, 2023 and October 9-11, 2023. You can find more information by visiting this link.
PMISSC Volunteer Positions!
Volunteers needed! Apply via PMI's VEP (formerly VRMS)
- Vice President - Professional Development, ID 30985
- Director of Governance, ID 36491
- Social Media Manager, ID 36074
- Chapter Website Content Manager, ID 32620
- Chapter Technology Manager, ID 36195
Join a great team, learn new skills or improve on existing skills and earn one (1) Professional Development Unit (PDU) earned per one (1) hour of non-compensated volunteer time!
Leadership Techniques Project Management Training
PMISSC has partnered with Leadership Techniques, LLC, Authorized Training Partner (ATP) with the PMI, in providing workshops, webinars and certification classes, all available online Live via Zoom! 
Free Webinars; sign up now!
• Leading High Performance Teams: Sep 28
• Top 10 Legal Responsibilities for Supervisors and Managers: Nov 8
Additional Upcoming Courses
- Developing Emotional Intelligence: Nov 9 (8 PDUs)
- Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM) Certification: Sep 11&12 (14 PDUs; earn your certification immediately after class)
- Agile Techniques in a Traditional World: Dec 14 (8 PDUs)
- PMP Exam Prep: Oct 9-13 (35 credit hours/PDUs)
- Critical Thinking for Leadership Success: Sep 26 (8 PDUs)
- Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM): Nov 6&7 (14 PDUs; earn your certification immediately after class)
Call For Speakers!
PM Point of View
Project Management Point of View is a podcast series that offers insightful conversations with PM practitioners in a variety of disciplines.
Host Kendall Lott draws on his experience as a PM, as CEO of M Powered Strategies, and as former CEO of PMIWDC, to explore how project managers create value in surprising places. His guests discuss their unique perspectives on project management, its uses, its challenges, its changes, and its future.
Kendall's latest podcast: "Let it Flow, Success without Force".
The full podcast list is here: https://www.mpoweredstrategies.com/home/newsroom/podcasts/podcast-full-list/
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Members of the Board
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David Craig President |
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Robert Corbitt, Jr. Immediate Past President |
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Marie Piekam VP of Finance |
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Phil McNair VP of Membership |
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Charles James VP of Governance and Policy |
Vacant Seat VP of Professional Development |
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Danielle Azie VP of Programs |
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SimmieRay Niang-Dinkins VP of Outreach |
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Netsy Tefera VP of Communications and Technology |
