Board Member Spotlight | Manish Kalra, PMP

Discipline Agile Scrum Master Certification Prep Course

March 25 - 26 | 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM | Virtual | Credit Hours:16

Are you considering the Discipline Agile Scrum Master exam from PMI? Join us for a two-day boot camp where instructor Barbee Davis will walk you through Disciplined Agile and what to expect when taking the exam.

Disciplined Agile is not a framework, but rather a toolkit that focuses on the decisions you need to consider with these options. It shows you how to effectively combine strategies from Scrum, Agile Modeling, Extreme Programming, Kanban, Agile Data, SAFe and many other approaches in a tailorable and scalable manner. Organizations that adopt Disciplined Agile go to market sooner, deliver value faster and make their customers happier.

Barbee Davis has years of experience in teaching discipline agile and focuses on how to make the material “stick” for participants. She is a celebrated author, sought after speaker at national and international conferences and is a regular contributor on projectmanagement.com.

Your course material will be sent to you virtually several days before class starts so you can review. The cost of the course includes course materials, the two-day boot camp and your first attempt at the DASM exam.

• Participant Limit: 20
• Credit Hours: 16

Healthcare Executive Panel: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

April 19 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Virtual | Free | PDU:1 | Strategic&Business

Join us for our FREE Virtual April Chapter Dinner, a panel discussion on managing the COVID-19 pandemic.

This session will feature 5 experts from the medical and project management fields answering questions about what they learned and how they managed through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Panelists:

• Michael O Connor, Director Project Management at Medtronic
• Julie Flaschenriem, Chief Information Officer at HCMS
• Dr. Susan Pleasants, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer at Fairview
• Beth Heinly-Munk, Director, critical Nursing at HealthPartners
• Dr Amit Rana MD, Executive Partner Prime Health

PMP Certification Prep Course

April 19 - 23 | 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM | Virtual | Credit Hours:35

Are you considering the PMP certification this year? Join us for a five-day boot camp where instructor Barbee Davis will walk you through the updated PMP materials and what to expect when taking the exam.

The PMP continues to be the “gold star” certification for project managers. Currently about 6% of all project managers carry the PMP certification. Join the exclusive club and start prepping for your PMP.

This year PMI (Project Management Institute) introduced a new PMP exam that draws from both Agile and traditional waterfall. The exam is notoriously difficult and a PMP Exam prep class will help you feel more confident as you prepare.

Barbee Davis is a certified Approved Training Provider by PMI and has years of experience in teaching PMP exam prep and focuses on how to make the material “stick” for participants. She is a celebrated author, sought after speaker at national and international conferences and is a regular contributor on projectmanagement.com.

• Participant Limit: 20
• Credit Hours: 35

Spring Volunteer Fair

May 6 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Free |

Join us for this year's Spring Volunteer Fair.

PMI Minnesota welcomes new members and professionals interested in volunteering in various capacities. We look forward to having you attend this event to learn more about the chapter and operating committees.

On Demand Webinars

Leading Without Authority | PDU:1 | Strategic & Business

Behaving like a leader is important for everyone in the organization, no matter where they sit. Project Managers are perfectly positioned to do more than manage--you fill a critical leadership role in project success.

This session will take you through traits, intentions, characteristics, and look into methods to drive change that can make you a great leader.  You will learn tools of the trade that are critical to your professional success.  We will touch on topics like: communication, facilitation, trust, motivation, empathy, change and transformation, managing conflict and stakeholders, and building teams.

Persuading the Bear: How to Influence Without Authority  | PDU:1 | Leadership

In this practical and insightful presentation, the audience will learn best practices for leading and influencing without authority, giving them the skills they need to effectively persuade others, lead diverse teams, and get projects done on time.

How to Generate Happiness & Love Using Portfolio Management | PDU:1 | Leadership

Speaker Craig Kilford will share engaging stories from his experiences of creating successful enterprise project portfolio management ecosystems within various companies. Using real life examples, his interactive talk will discuss a rapid high-energy approach, the things that work great, the things to watch out for and how focusing on creativity and authenticity will help increase the overall happiness of leadership and portfolio teams by 48.8%.

Let's Really Talk Culture | PDU:1 | Leadership

The type of culture that any work team, department or company develops is not from the words that are framed on the wall, titled: Our Vision. A culture takes shape by the attitudes and behaviors of its everyday people.

In this session, you will build your skills to address tough issues, and learn the little things that make a big difference in keeping a healthy team culture.

New PMP® Certifications for the Month of February

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