2009 Events
October Branch Meeting
Date: Thursday, 15th October 2009
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm start
Venue: Upstairs lounge, Orams Marine Boatpark, Beaumont Street, Auckland City.
Parking: Park under the boats or in the centre. 1# is the code for the security boom but it will be open OR the code is written on the boom.
Topic: Personality, behaviour and performance at work
This talk will discuss critical issues regarding individual behaviour and performance in the workplace. To understand how to manage our teams in an ever-changing and complex environment, we have to understand what makes people perform effectively or ineffectively. And there's no easy answer; people are complex, as are the environments they work in. However, if we can better understand why people think and act as they do, we can begin to get the best out of them. These issues, and their practicalities, will be discussed, drawing on the academic research and Burch and Anderson's (2008) causal model of work-related behaviour and performance.
Speaker: Dr Giles St. J Burch
September Branch Meeting
Date: Thursday, 17th Septembert 2009
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm start
Venue: Upstairs lounge, Orams Marine Boatpark, Beaumont Street, Auckland City
Parking: Park under the boats or in the centre.
Topic: Recession. How to market yourself effectively in these uncertain times
In recessionary times, learn how to market yourself effectively through tips and lessons learned. Henri will focus his presentation on how to receive the acknowledgement , professional respect, and recognition you deserve. Whether you're already job hunting or believe you may need to soon, there are steps you can take to make yourself more attractive to potential employers.
Speaker: Henri Eliot PMP
Henri is the Marketing Director for the PMINZ Board.
August Branch Meeting
Date: Thursday, 20th August 2009
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm start
Venue: Upstairs lounge, Orams Marine Boatpark, Beaumont Street, Auckland City
Parking: Park under the boats or in the centre.
Topic: Planning & Scheduling Maintenance - from a Project Manager's Perspective
Speaker: Maurice Birchler, Systems Entrepreneur
Presentation notes have been provided so if you would like a copy please contact the Administrator at: aucklandadmin@pmi.org.nz.
JULY BRANCH MEETING
Date: Thursday, 16th July 2009
Topic: Living through Project Nightmares - When customers don't pay, what do you do?
Only 18 months ago. Business Mechanix nearly lost it all. A ten year old business, well regarded and well respected, nearly went down the drain when two significant projects failed to pay. Cashflow was impacted, morale was down and the court doors opened -- a rude awakening to what the courts think of Change Control in projects and what a Project Budget Estimate is really good for.
Through a total shift in Project Processes, Business Mechanix just had their most profitable month ever. And, just by the way, their bad debts have never looked better..
Speaker: Lyndal Stewart, one of the Directors at Business Mechanix ,
June Branch Meeting
Date: Thursday, 18th June 2009
Topic: From Auckland Island to Clinic
This presentation is about a project/endeavour that has a potential impact on New Zealanders with diabetes. The ethical and regulatory factors (e.g. clinical regulations and dealing across borders in clinical trials in Russia) have added a different dimension to this work that our speaker will share with PMI members.
Speaker: Philip Squire, Production Manager/Scientist, Living Cell Technologies
May Branch Meeting: What's Agile all about, and would it work for my project?
"Agile" has been gaining prominence in IT projects over the last few years, and many project managers and PMOs want to know more about what it could mean for their projects. This session will explore:
. Just what is Agile? The map of the landscape, and where it all came from.
. How does it change the way I manage a project?
. How does it change the way the PMO works?
. Why would I use Agile for my project? (I'm not in IT, so is Agile useful for me?)
. What's the future of Agile and the PMBOK?
. Where do I start?
Carolyn will use practical examples from her recent projects to illustrate the practices of Agile, its benefits and its limitations.
The presentation will end with a Q & A session to allow you to explore Agile topics further.
Date: Thursday, 21st May 2009
Venue: Level 3, Owen Glenn Building, The University of Auckland.
Speaker: Carolyn Sanders, PMP, CSM
Carolyn Sanders has kindly provided Auckland Branch members with the following link to her 21 May presentation.
http://www.slideshare.net/CarolynSanders/pmi-auckland-09-may-agile-overview?from=email&type=share_slideshow&subtype=slideshow
April Branch Meeting: PMBOK v4
Speaker: Roger Goodman, PMP MBTI, M Cert. Project Management
Date: Thursday, 16 April 2009
Topic: PMBOK v4 Wifm?
Something old, something new
Somthing borrowed, something blue
Roger Goodman, a PMI mentor and PMP study group leader, will give an erudite and action packed presentation on the salient points of difference between PMBOK v3 and PMBOK v4.
Presentation notes have been provided so if you would like a copy please contact the Administrator at: aucklandadmin@pmi.org.nz.
March Branch Meeting: Conflict Management: How to deal with high conflict personalities
Speaker: Barbara McCulloch
Date: Thursday, 19 March 2009
Topic: Conflict Management: How to deal with high conflict personalities
Barbara will talk about conflict management and, in particular, a model to deal with high conflict personalities. Her model has been tested in the highest risk circumstances, ones that project managers know present the greatest probability of disputes. Join Barbara to learn more about this essential mitigation strategy.
February Branch Meeting: Project Stakeholder Engagement Project Presentation - Birth Notices Online
Speaker: Alan Grant PMP
Date: Thursday, 19 February 2009
Topic: Project Stakeholder Engagement Project Presentation: Birth Notices Online
This is a revised version of Alan Grant's well-received presentations to the Wellington PMI meeting in May, 2008 Past Meetings (scroll down to May), and to the Hamilton PMI branch in November, 2008.
As an example of a project where stakeholder engagement was a critical success factor, Alan will describe his experience during 2006-2008 working on a project for the Births Deaths and Marriages business unit of the Department of Internal Affairs. He will talk about some of the good and bad things that ha