2014.05 - pmi netherlands newsletter

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Contents President’s Column ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Welcome to the May Edition .................................................................................................................................. 3 Call for Volunteers: Newsletters preparation ......................................................................................................... 3 Our Sponsors ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 Events Calendar....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class! Autumn 2014 edition .................................................................................. 5 PMI Netherlands Summit 3 rd Edition ...................................................................................................................... 6 PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner training coming up soon! .................................................................................. 7 Winning Project Teams workshops ......................................................................................................................... 8 Focus on PM Research ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project Management Leadership ........................................................... 9 Massawa – play and learn ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Call for Volunteers: Assistance in development of a Serious Game on Project Management ............................. 12 PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch! ......................................................................................................... 13 Recently certified PMI Netherlands members ...................................................................................................... 13 PMI Journals .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 PMI's Communities of Practice Webinars June .................................................................................................... 14 Let’s stay in touch ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Project Management Humor ................................................................................................................................ 16 Get inspired ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 May 2014 Volume 45 Issue 5

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Page 1: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

Contents

Presidentrsquos Column 2

Welcome to the May Edition 3

Call for Volunteers Newsletters preparation 3

Our Sponsors 4

Events Calendar 5

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class Autumn 2014 edition 5

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd

Edition 6

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming up soon 7

Winning Project Teams workshops 8

Focus on PM Research 8

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project Management Leadership 9

Massawa ndash play and learn 10

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a Serious Game on Project Management 12

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch 13

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members 13

PMI Journals 14

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars June 14

Letrsquos stay in touch 15

Project Management Humor 16

Get inspired 16

May 2014

Volume 45 Issue 5

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

2

Presidentrsquos Column

Time flies when you are having fun So I must have had plenty of funny as

all of sudden I realize that we are about to enter June What happened to

the past month Somebody must have stolen days or even weekshellip

After challenging project times success was finally there After spending

awfully more time and money and de-scoping we finally delivered the first

part of a new service that is considered to be of strategic importance for

the customer I am working for What a great pleasure to see the first customers picking up

the service without having started promotion yet Looking at it from our profession we broke

every traditional rule known as the golden triangle We deliver month late spent much more

money than was planned for and had to de-scope re-scope and whatever xx-scope to make

it happen When demonstrating the new service to peers I mentioned there it is no more

my principal clearly expressed but it is also no less It looks like that we in this project as

happens in so many projects have crossed the thin line between failure and success This

time we ended at the success site of this line mainly because it was an important step for

my customer hence time and budget constraints were flexible as the customer wanted this

achievement

Every project is by definition unique therefore what defines failure or success is unique as

well Besides project success and failure are very close So that is how we decided to have

this as our Summit 2014 theme (see wwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom) We compiled a

program worthwhile at least considering of attending Seats are still available

Next to the Summit exciting news is that the Dutch translation of the companion to the

PMBOKreg 5th edition is now available It is called PMIrsquos PMBOKreg Guide in een notendop

Volunteers worked together with Van Haren Publishing and there it is yet another

successful project We will officially launch the ldquolittlerdquo book at our Summit so another reason

to participate I would say And then I didnrsquot mention the Spanish translation of this ldquolittle

bookrdquo and the German translation on its way It clearly shows what volunteers within the

PMI community are able to achieve and what I fancy most is that it as little as it is

underlines the global reach of PMI One of the many reason to join this community of

450000+ members worldwide and about 900 members in the Netherlands

Looking forward meeting you at the Summit or one of the other events we are preparing

Cees Pijs President

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

3

Welcome to the May Edition

I have the pleasure to welcome you to the May PMI Netherlands Chapter

Newsletter If you are looking for volunteer opportunities please pay your

attention in our 2 calls for volunteers In this issue again you can enjoy Focus

on PM Research article ndash this time about stress Our Agile Local Interest

working group has prepared for you 4th chapter of the White paper ndash

Leadership in Agile projects We have also few invitations to upcoming events

and of course approaching PMI Netherlands Summit You will also find this

time a short article I wrote about learning through playing games and as

always are waiting for you some news from PMIorg and PM Humor

Call for Volunteers Newsletters preparation

Cover Tulipfield in Holland by BKP

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

Editorial Office

Małgorzata Krakowian

Karen Obi

Contact communicationpmi-netherlands-chapterorg

I would like to announce that Im looking for volunteer(s) who would like to help

me with newsletter preparation

I hope you are happy with current quality but I feel there is always a room for

improvement So if you wish to help with putting together next newsletter releases

and enjoy publishing work please contact communicationpmi-netherlands-

chapterorg

In return I promise fun satisfaction my gratitude and some PDUs )

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communication

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

4

Our Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support

GOLDEN SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

PARTNERS

FACILITY SPONSORS

Want to become our sponsor Please check our website for more information

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info

29 PMP Exam Coaching Class 44 More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

30 Winning Project Team workshops More info September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

13-14 Risk Zone Summit 2014 (Munich DE) More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 2: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

2

Presidentrsquos Column

Time flies when you are having fun So I must have had plenty of funny as

all of sudden I realize that we are about to enter June What happened to

the past month Somebody must have stolen days or even weekshellip

After challenging project times success was finally there After spending

awfully more time and money and de-scoping we finally delivered the first

part of a new service that is considered to be of strategic importance for

the customer I am working for What a great pleasure to see the first customers picking up

the service without having started promotion yet Looking at it from our profession we broke

every traditional rule known as the golden triangle We deliver month late spent much more

money than was planned for and had to de-scope re-scope and whatever xx-scope to make

it happen When demonstrating the new service to peers I mentioned there it is no more

my principal clearly expressed but it is also no less It looks like that we in this project as

happens in so many projects have crossed the thin line between failure and success This

time we ended at the success site of this line mainly because it was an important step for

my customer hence time and budget constraints were flexible as the customer wanted this

achievement

Every project is by definition unique therefore what defines failure or success is unique as

well Besides project success and failure are very close So that is how we decided to have

this as our Summit 2014 theme (see wwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom) We compiled a

program worthwhile at least considering of attending Seats are still available

Next to the Summit exciting news is that the Dutch translation of the companion to the

PMBOKreg 5th edition is now available It is called PMIrsquos PMBOKreg Guide in een notendop

Volunteers worked together with Van Haren Publishing and there it is yet another

successful project We will officially launch the ldquolittlerdquo book at our Summit so another reason

to participate I would say And then I didnrsquot mention the Spanish translation of this ldquolittle

bookrdquo and the German translation on its way It clearly shows what volunteers within the

PMI community are able to achieve and what I fancy most is that it as little as it is

underlines the global reach of PMI One of the many reason to join this community of

450000+ members worldwide and about 900 members in the Netherlands

Looking forward meeting you at the Summit or one of the other events we are preparing

Cees Pijs President

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

3

Welcome to the May Edition

I have the pleasure to welcome you to the May PMI Netherlands Chapter

Newsletter If you are looking for volunteer opportunities please pay your

attention in our 2 calls for volunteers In this issue again you can enjoy Focus

on PM Research article ndash this time about stress Our Agile Local Interest

working group has prepared for you 4th chapter of the White paper ndash

Leadership in Agile projects We have also few invitations to upcoming events

and of course approaching PMI Netherlands Summit You will also find this

time a short article I wrote about learning through playing games and as

always are waiting for you some news from PMIorg and PM Humor

Call for Volunteers Newsletters preparation

Cover Tulipfield in Holland by BKP

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

Editorial Office

Małgorzata Krakowian

Karen Obi

Contact communicationpmi-netherlands-chapterorg

I would like to announce that Im looking for volunteer(s) who would like to help

me with newsletter preparation

I hope you are happy with current quality but I feel there is always a room for

improvement So if you wish to help with putting together next newsletter releases

and enjoy publishing work please contact communicationpmi-netherlands-

chapterorg

In return I promise fun satisfaction my gratitude and some PDUs )

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communication

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

4

Our Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support

GOLDEN SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

PARTNERS

FACILITY SPONSORS

Want to become our sponsor Please check our website for more information

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info

29 PMP Exam Coaching Class 44 More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

30 Winning Project Team workshops More info September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

13-14 Risk Zone Summit 2014 (Munich DE) More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 3: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

3

Welcome to the May Edition

I have the pleasure to welcome you to the May PMI Netherlands Chapter

Newsletter If you are looking for volunteer opportunities please pay your

attention in our 2 calls for volunteers In this issue again you can enjoy Focus

on PM Research article ndash this time about stress Our Agile Local Interest

working group has prepared for you 4th chapter of the White paper ndash

Leadership in Agile projects We have also few invitations to upcoming events

and of course approaching PMI Netherlands Summit You will also find this

time a short article I wrote about learning through playing games and as

always are waiting for you some news from PMIorg and PM Humor

Call for Volunteers Newsletters preparation

Cover Tulipfield in Holland by BKP

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

Editorial Office

Małgorzata Krakowian

Karen Obi

Contact communicationpmi-netherlands-chapterorg

I would like to announce that Im looking for volunteer(s) who would like to help

me with newsletter preparation

I hope you are happy with current quality but I feel there is always a room for

improvement So if you wish to help with putting together next newsletter releases

and enjoy publishing work please contact communicationpmi-netherlands-

chapterorg

In return I promise fun satisfaction my gratitude and some PDUs )

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communication

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

4

Our Sponsors

Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support

GOLDEN SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

PARTNERS

FACILITY SPONSORS

Want to become our sponsor Please check our website for more information

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wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info

29 PMP Exam Coaching Class 44 More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

30 Winning Project Team workshops More info September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

13-14 Risk Zone Summit 2014 (Munich DE) More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 4: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

4

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Thank you to all our sponsors for their generous support

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Want to become our sponsor Please check our website for more information

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5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info

29 PMP Exam Coaching Class 44 More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

30 Winning Project Team workshops More info September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

13-14 Risk Zone Summit 2014 (Munich DE) More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 5: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

5

Events Calendar

Take our PMP Exam Coaching Class

Autumn 2014 edition We are happy to announce that next PMP Exam Coaching Class will take place on

11 October 1 November 15 November 29 November

Registration for the next PMP Exam Coaching Class is now open

Deadline for registration 24th September 1400

Already certified

Please forward this information to your colleagues

PMI Netherlands Chapter Other

June 2014

12 PMI Netherlands Summit More info

October 2014 11 PMP Exam Coaching Class 14 More info

November 2014 1 PMP Exam Coaching Class 24 More info

15 PMP Exam Coaching Class 34 More info

29 PMP Exam Coaching Class 44 More info

June 2014

10 Northern Star Consulting - Certified ScrumMaster class at Zeist

More info

30 Winning Project Team workshops More info September 2014

10 Threon - CAPM Certification Prep More info

13-14 Risk Zone Summit 2014 (Munich DE) More info

November 2014

13 Synergy 2014 ndash PMI UK Conference (London UK)

More info

26 Threon - Project Portfolio Management More info

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 6: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

6

PMI Netherlands Summit 3rd Edition

After the very successful and highly rewarded first two Editions PMI Netherlands Chapter

and CKC Seminars organize the 3rd Edition of PMI Netherlands Summit on June 12th 2014 at

FIGI in Zeist

The program provides high quality content to the project management community

presented by national and international thought leaders and experts with this yearrsquos central

theme

The thin line between project success amp failure

During last month three new sponsors joined us in making the 12th of June an

unforgettable event WIN Project Support AMI-consultancy and Valid

Bernard Roduit (our EMEA chapter mentor) wrote

ldquoOn that date for business reason I would not be available and therefore I

must unfortunately decline your kind invitation I know several keynote

speakers and it will be for sure a great event I wish you the best event possible

and thank you again for the opportunityrdquo

Block this day in your agenda and be part of a great experience for only euro 195 There

are still some tickets available

There is even a possibility to get free ticket FOR EVERY euro 1000 (one thousand Euro)

SPONSOR INCOME YOU RAISED (for example via your employer) YOU WILL BECOME A

FREE ENTRANCE TICKET

So push your organization and be an ambassador for our great Project Management

community

PMI Netherlands Chapter amp CKC Seminars

httpwwwpmi-netherlands-summitcom

Check PMI Netherlands Summit webpage for more information

Visitors of PMI Netherlands Summit

2014 receive a free copy of ldquoTaming Tigers Do things you

never thought you couldrdquo by Jim Lawless

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 7: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

7

PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner training coming

up soon

In todays businesses managing change has become part of the daily routine Change is evoked by lots of factors like the economic crisis increased competition need to diminish costs changing preferences of customers increasing regulations on social amp safety amp environmental aspects internationalisation impact of new (social) media This dynamic environment and increased complexity makes delivery of successful projects more and more difficult

Failure is often caused by the inability of traditional waterfall based project management methodologies to deal with dynamics The management principle of being in control evokes more and more control mechanisms instead of creating more flexibility The traditional project management approach is too much time-consuming Businesses need to be able to change quickly in order stay competitive Agile project management offers a way out when you are confronted with a highly dynamic project environment

The PMI ndash Agile Certified Practitioner qualification aims to enable project management professionals practicing Agile project management in such a way that it evokes benefits for the business like satisfied customers reduced time to market higher productivity lower wastecosts more involved specialists

Lagant management consultants specialized in project- program- and portfolio management now offers interested project managers and Agile consultants a PMI-ACP training in the Netherlands The training will make participants more familiar with the backgrounds principles methods framework (ao SCRUM XP DSDM) and Agile project life cycle We aim to increase Agile project management skills regarding to delivering business value getting stakeholder commitment active participation of users managing risks structuring an Agile project boosting Agile team performances adaptive planning and control continuous improvement We expect participants to become more aware of the personal leadership and organizational consequences when practicing Agile project management Combining the training experiences with self-study based on our ACP e- learning environment you will be able to participate in the PMI- ACP exam successfully The 3 day ACP training will start in September 2014

See PMI-ACP training details

For more information see wwwlaganteu

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 8: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

8

Winning Project Teams workshops

The Winning Project Teams is a highly practical workshop which enables you to use the latest developments in business psychology to create winning working relationships within the project teams and with all project stakeholders During this workshop you will learn about feedback communication and motivation as the key factors of successful collaboration Join the training in Amsterdam on June 30-July 1

For more details visit httpwptstamfordglobalcom

As a PMI Netherlands chapter member you can

save 10 on the tickets if membership is indicated on sign-up

Focus on PM Research

Welcome to the Focus on PM Research column of this Newsletter The idea is to brief you about thought provoking results from investigations about Project Management around the world Sometimes the news item will be brand new sometimes not The purpose is to give you a bench mark to compare your own insights with May 2014 Is working in projects stressful And if it is what are the consequences and what can we do about it Jeffrey Pinto Shariffak Dawood and Mary Beth Pinto investigated these questions through a survey among 353 project managers project engineers project executives project team members and other persons involved in projects Their survey is based on the so-called Demand-Control-Support model The model says in brief when you experience your job as very demanding and when you have little control over when and how you should do the tasks of your job and when you do not get support from your colleagues then it is likely that you feel stressed and that if this situation continues you run the risk of getting a burn out To answer the first question yes the results of this study show that project-based work is stressful The consequences are somewhat different for men and women Men tend to become cynical as a result of job stress Woman tends to become emotionally exhausted Recognize this from your own experience What can we do about it Well the results show that the underlying Demand-Control-Support model operates as expected If job demands increase during the course of a project and you donrsquot want your people to become cynical or emotionally exhausted then take care that their level of control over their work increases and that they support each other in their work How to do that Some of my earlier research suggests one way of increasing levels of control and mutual support And that is by stimulating joint team learning Specific team learning behaviors are for instance exploring the future of the project together reviewing work processes and looking for improvements asking for feedback from stakeholders and

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo AMI consultancy

Dr Peter M Storm KennisampCo Ami Consultancy

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 9: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

9

experimenting with new solutions Of course it takes time to implement team learning practices in your project and that may increase the job demand level a bit But if you do yoursquoll see that both job control and mutual support will increase much more Pinto Dawood and Pinto ldquoProject management and burnoutrdquo International Journal of Project Management 2014 issue 4 p 578-589

Storm P Savelsbergh C amp Kuipers BS Learning For Success How Team Learning Behaviors Can Help Project Teams To Increase The Performance Of Their Projects Newton Square Project Management Institute 2010

Regards and hellip keep those stress levels down

Peter Storm

peterkennisenconl wwwami-consultancynl

Agile LIWg White paper Chapter 4 Agile Project

Management Leadership

When answering previous questions on when and how to apply Agile as a successful project management method we have asserted that leadership is important in projects that have to be run in a highly dynamic environment This is not so much about ldquodoing things rightrdquo but more about ldquodoing the right thingsrdquo that add value for stakeholders Leadership of project managers refers both to internal (team related) relations and external (stakeholder related) relations Creating a shared vision and getting commitment from important stakeholders has been defined as a critical success factor in projects with high dynamics In this part 4 of our white paper series on Agile project management we try to find the answer to the question what personal consequences will Agile project management have for the project manager

Answering this question we first defined the differences between management and leadership From the perspective of a project manager this does not mean that he or she should change the personal management style completely it is more about integrating two important leadership style elements servant leadership and connective leadership

Next we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for servant leadership when helping and enabling the Agile development team to do their job Then we defined important domains and competences that are relevant for connective leadership when connecting with relevant stakeholders and their values even though these values and related interests seem to conflict When looking for answers on how to integrate these leadership aspects in onersquos personal project management style we found D Golemanrsquos concept of emotional intelligence very helpful

Finishing this paper on leadership aspects of Agile project management we will give our view on the question what the organizational (- cultural) consequences will be when applying Agile project management methods becomes a routine for the business Definitely for

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 10: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

10

traditional hierarchical organizations that are confronted with the challenge to become Agile at a business level a profound change is necessary

Finally we will summarize what makes Agile projects successful seen from the project managerrsquos perspective

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Leadership 3 Servant leadership 4 Connective leadership 5 Personal growth towards emotional intelligence 6 Organizational consequences 7 Making your Agile projects successful

Read more (pdf)

Massawa ndash play and learn

Last month I finely had opportunity to visit my home town Krakoacutew in

Poland Of course as I always do I checked if local PMI chapter is

organizing an event that time I was lucky and I had great opportunity

to take part in Massawa game shortened version of training given by

Octigo Massawa simulates the realization of a complex construction

and its purpose is to not teach us PM theory but it is focused on soft

skills and increases of awareness of the role of projects For me it was

a great opportunity to check myself in roles Irsquove never worked At the

beginning of the training every small group was supposed to assign

roles to the members and I volunteered to be in Steering committee

The definition of what do each role was not given and we had to work it out within the

group I saw my role as giving directions and support for PM if needed Unfortunately other

2 members of the committee wanted to control everything ndash micromanagement in purest

version I was completely

shocked and I saw how

everyone (including PM) was

threatened For first few

minutes no one dare to speak ndash

even PM Since I hate

micromanagement Irsquove decided

to do something and I gave an

advice to my colleagues in

committee that maybe this is

not what they should do I took

Małgorzata Krakowian Director Marketing and Communications

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 11: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

11

them on the side and we discussed what

we want to achieve They told me that

they are acting that way because no one

was working and they felt responsible to

take an action For me it was clear that

people were confused since it was a new

project new roles new rules and instead

of hurry them we should help them

understand all those aspects and only this

will drive us to actions We did so and we asked our PM to start the project with one thing in

mindhellip ldquoWe are always there for her if neededrdquo Our project members started to work and

since we saw first results and their engagement two of us decided to join work and become

good ghosts for team members (where needed) Personally I wanted to take advantage of

this opportunity and watch people working and communicating It was a great pleasure to

see them building making decisions and collaborating I really enjoyed this training I was

always wondering how I would behave if I

had to be in such role ndash now more or less I

know Irsquom happy that I didnrsquot jump into

micromanagement style and was able to

trust the project team

With this article I would like to encourage

you to not only focus on learning theory but

let yourself to explore soft skills trainings

Such simulations will give you safe

opportunity to try different behaviours in

practice

Finally I would like to great my wonderful project team PMI Krakoacutew and training organizers -

Octigo It was a pleasure to spend few hours of my holidays with you

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 12: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

12

Call for Volunteers Assistance in development of a

Serious Game on Project Management Will you participate in creating a cutting edge serious game for training soft skills for project managers We are

looking for project managers junior and senior to assist in putting PMIrsquos project management knowledge into

the game Together with you we will design ways to implement project management knowledge into the game

in line with PMIrsquos PMBOK Guidereg

PMI Netherlands Chapter has partnered with Grendel Games

(wwwgrendel-gamescom) and M-engaged (wwwm-

engagedcom) to create a serious game for (project) managers

The purpose is to train soft skills like leadership communication

conflict handling negotiations etc The project goal is to deliver

a working demo version before the end of this year

The game is aimed at (junior) project managers To create a

successful game from PMIrsquos perspective project management

knowledge from the PMBOK Guidereg and experience based upon

this knowledge is needed

The project includes the use of cutting edge motion capture techniques and facial expressions in a space

laboratory setting The study work has been done The first studio activities have taken place and game design

is underway Now it is time to include project management knowledge in

the scripts and the gameplay Yoursquore help is needed We want to discuss with you create scripts and game

situations and finally like you to test the prototype

The research on this project has taken quite some time but it

has now come to the final stage where development and

project management knowledge needs to be combined

Look at the images to get an impression where your project

colleagues can train soft skills in the future

In the project we (and maybe you) work together with

experienced game designers and developers Also part of the

project is a skilled psychologist

If yoursquore interested or have additional questions please contact Reneacute Vielvoije (operationspmi-netherlands-

chapterorg)

Bertrand Weegenaar Reneacute Vielvoije

M-engaged PMI Netherlands Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 13: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

13

PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch

We are proud to let you know that PMBOK Guide Pocket companion in Dutch is ready and you can buy it

Please visit PMI book shop

Recently certified PMI Netherlands members The PMI Netherlands Chapter Board congratulates the following members with achieving their

credential in AprilMay

Name Credential

Mr Claudio Gaiaschi PMP

Mr Fred Ritsman PMP

Mr Michael Todaro CAPM

MrRonald Aalders PMP

Mr Richard Houben PMP

Mr Jacques Verspeek CAPM

Mr Herman Chrisstoffer PMP

Mrs Karin Flanderijn PMP

Mr Steven van der Kooye PMP

Mr Meinte Wildschut PMP

Great job

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 14: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

14

PMI Journals

PMIs Communities of Practice Webinars

June PMI Community of Practice webinars are available exclusively to PMI members and at no additional

cost

Participants may claim 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) per one hour webinar

12 Use of mobile devices in construction projects

13 Lessons from Evaluation of World Financed Projects

13 The Journey To The South Pole

16 Workforce Analytics - Applied to Project Management in Govt

17 Develop Your Change Intelligence

17 Idea Mapping

17 Embedding Quality

24 Contemporary issues in PM maturity

26 Utilizing EVM to Combat Corruption in ID Organizations

26 Five Practical Strategies for Big Data Projects

26 Integrating Value Engineering and Project Management

30 Benchmarking Your HR Technology Roadmap A Govt Case Study

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

15

Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

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On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

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we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

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PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

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Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

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PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

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Letrsquos stay in touch

Our webpage is the main source of information about the PMI Netherlands Chapter

httppmi-netherlands-chapterorg

You can also sign up here to get Chapter news on your email

Join our LinkedIn group

httpwwwlinkedincomgroupsPMI-Netherlands-Chapter-130083

share your thoughts and join discussions We will also inform you about Chapter events Newletters issues

and other PMI news

You can also follow our company page

httpwwwlinkedincomcompanypmi-netherlands-chapter

Check out our Facebook Fan page

httpswwwfacebookcomPMINetherlandsChapter

which was set up to inform you about recent news and for community building purposes We will let you

know about Chapter events Newletters issues and share with you our meetingsrsquo impressions

Besides the website LinkedIn and Facebook you can follow us on Twitter httpstwittercompminlch

On a regular basis we send tweets to inform you about Chapter events news from PMI etc Have a look

and give it a go and join other followers Looking forward to tweet-connect

If you miss our Chapter meeting or want to hear it again now you can check our YouTube channel where

we publish recordings from our events httpwwwyoutubecomuserPMINetherlands

To make reading our newsletters more convenient for you wersquove created an Issue account where you can

find all our newsletters httpissuucompmi_netherlands_Chapter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed

Page 16: 2014.05 - PMI Netherlands Newsletter

PMI Netherlands Chapter | Postbus 90261 | 1006 BG Amsterdam - Vakvereniging voor Project- Programma- en Portfoliomanagers

wwwPMI-Netherlands-Chapterorg

16

Project Management Humor

Get inspired

You lead people

And manage things

Get it right and it will be easy

Confuse them and it will be hard

You cannot lead things

And people donrsquot want to be managed