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2010 December, p. 1 PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.

December 2010, Vol. 1, No. 1

Message from PMIH VP Communications, Pankaj Gupta. p. 2

PMI Houston 2010 Coverage, p. 5 PMIH Training, meetings and

events, p. 19 Your chapter Coverage

continues, p 23

PMIH - Newsletter TM

2010 December, p. 2

Happy Holidays Fellow members!!!

From your PMI Houston Board of Directors, we wish all our mem-bers and community the very best of the Holidays and success & growth throughout next year and beyond. I dedicate this edition of our newsletter to a retrospective to the year long dedication, relentless hours, and support that your elected rep-resentatives have put in, that culminated with the recognition by PMI Global, in the form of 2010 PMI global awards, to your very own chapter. We started the year with introduction to your Board of Directors and their plans for the office. I had shared the goals and plans of Com-munications committee with you as I took the officer role and am glad to report that communications team has achieved all of those objectives and will continue to execute them in 2011. PMI Houston Board of Directors and Advisory committee for 2010 are on page 3 and 4 respectively.

2010 year was a very successful year in the history of PMI Houston. Before I share various achievements, I am proud to announce another feather in your local chapter’s hat, as we are now the 8th largest chapter of PMI in the world, in the 4th largest city of USA. I’m confident that with support from our members, it is just a matter of time that PMI Houston will make the Top 5 list.

...Continued on page 5.

Project Landscape & Newsletter Archives:

• November 2010 • October 2010 • September 2010 • August 2010 • July 2010

In order to view the latest News for all categories, please visit http://www.pmihouston.org/p/do/sd/sid=274&fid=351&req=direct (require PMI Houston login which you can request for free).

PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.

Message from PMIH Pankaj Gupta, PMP, MBA, Engg. VP Communications

2010 December, p. 3

Robin Pankaj Gupta

Advisory Com-mittee

Public Relations VP

Communications VP

E-Business VP Programs VP

Senior VP Internal

Membership VP

Senior VP External

Finance VP

Professional Development VP

President

John Gorman

Kathy Ridley

Andy Stuart

Marlene King

Richard Freilich

Marketing VP

Giovanni Fanduiz

Marc DeCantillon

Philip Bob Masch

Meet your 2010 PMI Houston Board in Person


2010 December, p. 4

•Advises the current chap-ter leadership in past practices to retain the knowledge of past ad-ministrations.

•Consists of former Presi-dents of the Houston Chapter.

•Chaired by the most re-cent Past President.

Caroline GormleyCaroline GormleyCaroline GormleyCaroline Gormley Don GrosskreutzDon GrosskreutzDon GrosskreutzDon Grosskreutz Steve SchusterSteve SchusterSteve SchusterSteve Schuster Robert MillsRobert MillsRobert MillsRobert Mills Walter A. VialiWalter A. VialiWalter A. VialiWalter A. Viali

John GormanJohn GormanJohn GormanJohn Gorman

2010 Chapter Advisory Committee



I would like to extend my Thanks to the Communications team, who has been relentless and instrumental in collaborating and providing the com-munications in diverse form and fashion to the entire Houston commu-nity. Your 2010 communications committee organization chart is shown on next page 6. There are changes coming to your 2011 communications team volunteers. Please stay tuned for these changes in next year news-letter edition. 2010 President Kathy Ridley had chosen the theme “ Innovate with PMI” and introduced fun programs like “Ambassadors of Fun” by collaborating and involvement of our community members.

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Message from PMIH … continued from p. 2

We believe you have done something special and would like to hear about it.

So think about a project success that you would like to share or brag about.

Simply enter this project success by submitting the following in-formation to [email protected]:

1) Name and contact information

2) Short paragraph summarizing your Success that you want to share with others.

Please review the contest guidelines and respond now. Winners will receive a special award.

2010 PMI Ambassadors of Fun !!!

It's time to Toot your own horn!

Kathy Ridley

2010 December, p. 6

2010 Organizational Chart Communications Committee

Bill Shields

Director of Communications

Russell Ridley

Art Director

Danny Nguyen

Executive Photographer

Logan Wright

Mail Service Manager

Quang Ton VP - Communications

Pankaj Gupta

Shalbha Gupta

Director of Collaboration

Alexis King

Director of Communications North Area


2010 December, p. 7

I have always encouraged our community to leverage the PMI Houston chapter’s wealth of information that we are continually updating, improvis-ing and developing new content for the benefit of our members and commu-nity as a whole.

PMI® Houston is Houston's best kept secret for established project managers and those beginning their journey into the project management discipline. PMI Houston offers our members great return on investment through our award winning services and activities:

• Monthly meetings,

• Programs and Education at various meeting locations throughout Houston for the convenience and benefit of our members

• Award Winning Newsletters

• Event and subscription-based notifications to keep members informed on our programs and current events

• Member Discounts for local and regional training, workshops, and joint meetings with other PMI chapters and professional or-ganizations

• Job Fairs and Vendor Fairs

• Annual PMI® Houston Conference & Expo

• Seminars at Sea offered in collaboration with Clear Lake /Galveston PMI Chapter

• Discounted and Value-added Professional Development Units (PDUs) to maintain your PMP Credential

• Opportunities to volunteer and assume leadership positions within our chapter for your benefit, the benefit of our membership and our community

• Scholarships to high school and college students who wish to grow in the Project Management discipline.

Next page refers to the “Job postings” and “Volunteer opportunities” available to our mem-bers and Houston community.


PMI Houston Website(www.pmihouston.org)

2010 December, p. 8

As a service to our members, PMI® Houston works with local companies looking for Project Managers and lists those positions for our members.

Below is the current listing of positions open and the date the position was posted:

• Project Manager (New) • PMO consultant (New) • Project Controls Specialist (New) • Sr. Project Manager Please visit Job Postings Opportunities area to view the entire list at: http://www.pmihouston.org/index.php?mo=cm&op=ld&fid=14.


Job Posting Opportunities Pankaj Gupta, VP - Communications

Volunteer Opportunities Philip Lee, PMP VP - Memberships

We are a volunteer organization that cares and loves all our mem-bers. We invite you to Innovate with PMI by contacting [email protected] Volunteer opportunities.

As you will learn, PMI Houston succeeds through the volunteer efforts of our members. Our experience is that volunteers get as much as they give or more (and not just PDUs). We hope you will find time to con-tribute your time and talents to the Chapter. Visit our web site for more information on volunteer opportunities .

How do I volunteer to serve on a committee? Send an email to the VP of Membership. Present the area that interests you and the opportunities that are relevant to your skill sets and inter-ests. Our chapter is grateful for volunteers.

2010 December, p. 9

Your communications team worked very diligently to bring some of the best articles to you. We collaborated with some of the distin-guished authors and Senior executives/PM/leaders for the first time. Thanks to Director of collaboration “Shalbha”, for making it happen. Moreover, For the first time, we had introduced full page articles from your own local chapter members. I would like to encourage more in-volvement and participation in years to come.

Some of the Articles that you may want to either archive or read from time to time as a reference or refresher are listed below: • Showing PMO Value Through Reporting • Resume tips • 72 Project Management Tips

• IT Methodology • PMI Credentials and Steps to select ONLINE PMP Prep

course • Starting your PM Career • Board Governance • Another “Texan” at the Helm of PMI’s Region 6! • How to deal with Stresses and Anxieties, • Creating Productive Project Cultures


2010 December, p. 10

• Can I take the PMP® Exam even if my title is not “Project Manager”?

• Is Project Management A Core Skill and No Longer A Niche Capability? • Which Certification is Right for you • 3 Ways to prepare for your PMP Exam • Difference between Contact hours and PDUs • Alien Project Management • Quality Across All Boundaries


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• One of the quarterly winners selected as PMI Houston’s candidate for National Project of the Year.

For Upcoming Key Dates and Award Cutoff Date, - Please refer to the PMIH website How to Apply …Contact Information

Visit http://www.pmihouston.org/p/cm/ld/&fid=103 on the PMI Houston website to view the official guidelines on how to submit your project.

Or contact Gary Glasscock, Director of Professional Awards, 713-831-2575, [email protected] for more information

PMI Houston chapter has a unique Award for recognizing the Organizations contributing to the Project Management disci-pline . You can learn all about this award below:

What is “Project of the Quarter”

PMI Houston awards an outstanding project to recognize, honor, and publicize the accomplishments of the Project of the Quarter, and the Project Team.

Candidate projects exhibit superior performance and execution of exemplary project management.

Winners Will Receive…

• Recognition for their organization and the project team throughout the PMI Houston community.

• Feature article and interview in the monthly newsletter

• Identification of the winners in PMI-Houston website

• Recognition at the PMI monthly meeting at Hess

Project of the Quarter Award PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.



2010 PMI Houston conference & Expo was one of the mar-quee event in the history of our chapter. We had record presence for 2010 PMIH C&E, a banner year in member-ship growth, unprecedented participation and involvement from our members.

Thank you to all of you for making it such a huge success.




PMIH 2010 Conf & Expo Courtesy: Danny Nguyen


PMI 10 Largest Chapters: 1) Washington, D.C. - 8538 2) New Jersey - 4508 3) Southern Ontario - 4449 4) Atlanta - 4347

5) Chicago land - 4042 6) Dallas - 3931 7) Arabian Gulf - 3885 8) Houston Houston Houston --- 3292**3292**3292** 9) Mile-Hi -3198 10) Montreal Chapter—3059

** Other chapter numbers may be +/- 5%

PMI Houston Positioning As of November 2010



Some helpful links to contact an appropriate PMIH volunteer at your ser-vice by email: • Correspond with the chapter president: [email protected] • Meeting Information or to Register for a meeting: Monthly Meetings

• Training or Education information: Programs and Education

• Cancel Event or Meeting Registration: [email protected]

• Get Conference & Expo details: PMI Houston Conference and Expo

• Become a Member: http://www.pmi.org/GetInvolved/Pages/The-Benefits-and-Types-of-Membership.aspx

• Become a Volunteer: [email protected]

• Submit a News worthy article: [email protected]

• Become a Sponsor on this Website or PMI Houston Conference and Expo: [email protected]

• Become an Advertiser on the site: [email protected]

• Become a Speaker for a chapter meet-ing: [email protected]

• Present a training or seminar for the chapter: [email protected]

• Participate in the PMI Houston Scholarship Pro-gram:[email protected]

• All Public Relations inquiries: [email protected]

• Post a job on this website: [email protected]

• Uncatogorized inquiries, contact the Administrative Office: [email protected]

• Website questions or concerns: [email protected]

• Send mail correspondence to:

PMI® Houston, Inc.P.O. Box 32Bellaire,

TX 77402 Phone: 713.592.8909.

Best regards, Pankaj Gupta, PMP , [email protected] VP Communications PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.



To conclude the year, PMIH won 3 coveted awards at the Leadership Institute Meeting (LIM) 2010 that I had shared with you in earlier edition. Here they are again for your kind perusal. We are looking forward to add to this collection by continuing to represent you and the Houston community.

• Component Award for Component of the Year Recognition of Excellence. • Component Award for Leadership, Planning and Operations Recognition of Excellence • Component Award for Membership Services Recognition of Excellence




Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor

PMI® Houston Chapter, Inc. 2010 Sponsors, Vendors, and Recognition

Bronze Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Vendors

Vendors



The Project Management Institute - Houston Chapter, Inc. is offering the following trainings for your professional development cycle and you can register to the following trainings by visiting http://www.pmihouston.org/p/cm/ld/&fid=2: • PMO • Principles of Project Management • PMP® & CAPM® Prep - 4 day • Business Analysis etc

November Trainings

PMO Implementation

11/08/2010 - 11/09/2010 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Project Management Offices have become increasingly popular in the past few years, as companies are more than ever striving to optimize the execution of internal IT processes and projects and drive out unnec-essary cost wherever possible. ...More Info...

Business Analysis: Gather, Document and Manage IT Re-quirements

11/11/2010 - 11/12/2010 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Requirements form the foundation for all the software work that fol-lows. Arriving at a shared vision of the product to be developed is one of the greatest challenges facing the software project team, and cus-tomer involvement is among the most critical factors in software qual-ity. ...More Info...

PM Brilliance Workshop with Traci Duez

11/12/2010 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

PM Brilliance Leadership Workshop

• Discover Your Natural Talents & Strengths • Learn how Your Thinking Habits Impact Your Performance • Unleash 40% More Cooperation from Others • Add More Time to Your Day (by increasing productivity) ...More Info...

Training and Events Calendar November 2010 - December 2010



Introduction to Project Management 12/06/2010 - 12/08/2010 This course designed to align the student's project experiences with the framework of Project Management as defined in the Project Manage-ment Institute (PMI) ANSI standard "A Guide To the Project Manage-ment Body of Knowledge."

The alignment comprises a Case Study that is progressively elaborated through class exercises from Initiation through Closing, applying the nine Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK Guide. ...More Info...

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This two day course trains the student to use Microsoft Project 2007 in managing projects in compliance with the PMI PMBOK® Guide stan-dards.

Day 1 of the course introduces the operations required to create a Mi-crosoft Project plan file, determine scope and enter a work breakdown structure, identify project tasks and estimate their durations, assign and level resources, determine costs, and achieve an optimum schedule.

Project Management using MS Project 2007

12/09/2010 - 12/10/2010

Day 2 of the course introduces more advanced topics in MS Project, including importing and exporting data from or to other MS applica-tions, tracking progress during the project, managing project costs dur-ing execution, and reporting project information in graphic formats.

Additional topics include setting up templates to permit re-use of a good project plan, the use of customized views and tables, sharing re-sources between projects, and creating a master project to view multi-ple projects as a whole. ...More Info...

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PMP® & CAPM® Prep - 4 day 12/13/2010 - 12/16/2010 This course is the compressed 4-day version of the popular PMP® Re-view Course. It is a good alternative for those project managers wish-ing to attend the PMP® Review class in a condensed fashion over the course of one week. This course meets the PMI's 35-hour class re-quirements for PMP® certification. ...More Info...


December PMIH Trainings


Galleria Venue: • Galleria Pre-Meeting: Holiday Social Networking Wednesday December 8, 2010 | 5:30pm to 6:30pm • Galleria Meeting: The Power (& Value) of Nice Wednesday December 8, 2010 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Where: HESS Club - 5430 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056

North Venue:

• North Pre-Meeting: Holiday Social Networking Tuesday December 7, 2010 | 5:30 to 6:30 PM • North Meeting: The Power (& Value) of Nice Tuesday December 7, 2010 | 6:30 to 8:00 PM

“Where: Strack Farms Restaurant, 5707 Louetta, Spring, Texas 77379

University of Houston Venue: • UH Meeting: Canceled

Where: Univesity center, Caspian Room (Rm 87 - Underground) University of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-3038

PMIH Meetings Overview Venues Info for December 2010

Southwest meeting Venue: • Southwest Meeting: Scaling Up by Scaling Down, Successful Agile

Adoption by Focusing on the Individual Thursday December 9, 2010 | 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Where: Schlumberger Sugar Land Campus Forum Café, 210 Schlumberger Drive

Downtown meeting Venue: • Downtown Meeting: Canceled

Where: Main Houston Public Library Branch Concourse Level Meeting Room 500 McKinney Street, Houston, Texas 77002

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The following graph shows the number of members at the PMI Hous-ton Chapter, Inc.

Statistics for the PMI Houston Chapter meeting attendance by area are in final stages of compilation by the respective committee:

Statistics PMI - Houston Chapter, Inc.

North Galleria Southwest Westside Downtown UH

January 38 88 28 10 4

February 58 121 32 16 24

March 46 97 34 60 22 4

April 40 94 30 31 18

May 35 103 22 16 23

June Conf Conf Conf 41 Conf Conf

July 28 77 19 NA 12

August 45 115 20 20 13

September 49 92 18 54 5 21

October 40 95 35 20 21

November 36 68 34 11

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Changes are coming to your Board of Directors , communications team and PMI Houston website in the new year. Your chapter has also been active in local events and outreach activities such as Night At the Ballpark (ASTROS), “Change Happens!” etc as part of Outreach programs. My sincere gratitude goes out to everyone for supporting the Communica-tions team and am very proud to represent the PMI Houston chapter in the capacity of VP of communications. Once again Thank You for supporting your Chapter. We couldn’t be the 8th largest chapter of PMI in the world without your dedication and support. I’ll close the year by sharing some of the NICEST ways your chapter has supported our local community (courtesy of Traci Duez—CSAC from Break Free Consulting) Happy and Safe Holidays to all our members and community as a whole. Best regards, Pankaj Gupta, PMP [email protected] VP Communications PMI Houston Chapter, Inc.

You can watch your Houston chapter 2010 Annual Report in this collective video available at You tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKEsHFr_g0 Connect with your PMIH volunteers via the following so-cial medias:




PMI® Houston Chapter Inc. http://www.pmihouston.org

P.O. Box 32 Bellaire, TX 77402

Phone: 713.592.8909

If you are not already a member, please join today. Visit http://www.pmi.org for more information.

It’s Your Chapter... Join, Renew, Volunteer

…Make a Difference

2010 PMIH Board of Directors Chapter President Kathy Ridley, PMP [email protected] VP - Marketing Marlene King, PMP [email protected] VP - Communications Pankaj Gupta, MBA, PMP [email protected] VP - Membership Philip Lee, PMP [email protected] VP - Programs Giovanni Fanduiz, PMP [email protected] Advisor Stephen Schuster, PMP [email protected]

Sr. VP External Operations Marc DeCantillon, PMP [email protected] Sr. VP Internal Operations Andy Stuart, MBA, PMP [email protected] VP - E-Business Robert Masch, PMP [email protected] VP - Finance Richard Freilich, MBA, PMP [email protected] VP - Professional Development Robin Short, PMP [email protected] Advisor Robert Mills, PE, MCPM, PMP [email protected]

Director at Large Quang Ton, PMP [email protected] Advisor Walter A. Viali, PMP [email protected] Advisor Caroline Gormley, PMP [email protected]

Past President John S. Gorman, III, PMP [email protected] Advisor Don Grosskreutz, PMP [email protected]


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