PMI Sydney Chapter Professional Development Portfolio Education Update

PMI Sydney Chapter Professional Development Portfolio Education Update Daniela Polit Education Associate Director PMI Sydney Chapter 2012

Agenda 1. 2. 3. Current approach & content for this year Feedback & insights Recommendations & Proposed changes for next year 2

Education – Short Courses - Numbers Strategic Plan – 2012 Operational KPIs = 10 Saturdays workshops Short Course Name # Participants Course Profit 1. Feb - Conversational Leadership 16 $856. 85 2. Mar - Advanced Project Scheduling 15 $1195. 06 3. Apr - Emotional Intelligence 13 $711. 05 4. May – Benefits Realisation 0 - Cancelled $-92. 13 (room cost) 5. Jun - Risk Management 16 $940. 50 6. Jul - Agile for PMs 17 $1320 7. Aug – Peter De Jager 46 $7712. 13 8. Sep - Program Management 17 $2090 9. Oct – Stakeholder Mgt 15 (*) $1500 (*) 10. Oct – Change Mgt 15 (*) $1500 (*) 11. Nov – Financial Control for PMs 15 (*) $1500 (*) 12. Nov – Agile for PMs 15 (*) $1500 (*) 200 $20733. 91 TOTAL 3 (*) Only as reference based on forecast

Feedback & insights Each short course included a feedback form at the end of the session. Below is a summary of the findings. u Responses: u PMI Members assisting courses: 80% l Strongly Agree or Agree responses: 95% u Feedback: l The Good The Bad Interaction & group work UTS classroom difficult to find Great presenters No refreshments Instructor’s knowledge More advanced courses Instructor’s engaging style 4

Feedback & insights u Proposed topics from the feedback form Science Art Agile Project Management - Including risk management implications Trusted Advisor relationship Risk Management. identifying key risk indicators in more depth Leadership Change Management Negotiation Scheduling / Planning / MS Project Stakeholder Management Virginia Saire Model Neuroleadership by Silvia De Ridder EVM Innovation Vendor Selection Process Presentation Transformation / complex project management Why projects fail? Resource Planning Conflict resolution Reporting Human psychology Scoping Communication - including cross cultural sensitivity Waterfall Real life PM problems and Q&A discussion 5

Feedback & insights u To support the decision on what type of content our members would like to have next year a survey was done during June. Below are the findings. l l From the PMI website: Total responses: 124 – Managing third parties: 34 - 25. 4% – Project management tools: 27 - 20. 1% – Communication and Negotiation: 18 - 13. 4% – Leadership and behavioral styles: 18 - 13. 4% From Linked. In: Total responses: 28 – Project management tools: 8 - 28% – Communication and Negotiation: 6 - 21% – Problem solving - decision making: 6 - 21% – Leadership and behavioral styles: 5 - 17% 6

Recommendations & Proposed changes for next year u What worked? Publish the short courses’ calendar at the beginning of the year. l Send individual e-blasts per course, one month in advance. l Focus on soft skills topics. l u What we should change? Renew topics / suppliers (a high number of members attend more than one course). l Refund process (too slow and ad hoc, could damage image with members). l We should explore opening some of the courses to REPs l On-Line / e-learning offering. l u Challenges: l Not being able to provide ‘Advance Scheduling' and 'Third party management' courses given we lost 7 the presenter (Robert Posener)

Recommendations & Proposed changes for next year u Proposed Content: Science Art Agile Project Management Trusted Advisor relationship Risk Management (with the Risk Doctor) Leadership Change Management (Peter De Jager or Jennifer Zuber) Negotiation Advanced Scheduling Stakeholder Management / Difficult Stakeholders Managing Third parties Influencing / Managing Conflict Program Management Managing Complex Projects 8