NEWSLETTER MARCH 2012 Pocket companion to the PMBOK® Guide Join PMI NL Chapter in serious gaming adventure Updated ‘Pocket companion to the PMBOK® Guide’ now available worldwide through PMI Bookstore! Also a good introduction to the new ISO 21500 standard (Guidance on project management). PMI Netherlands Chapter has issued an updated version of this handy pocketbook. This pocket book serves as a quick introduction to the PMBOK® Guide and its good practices. It follows the same structure as the PMBOK® Guide (project management knowledge area’s and processes). The update reflects the latest changes of the PMI organization and services (eg. the new Agile certification is added) as well as containing minor corrections and improvements. From now on it will also be sold through the PMI Bookstore, thus enabling worldwide availability and delivery. Because of its size, compared to the full PMBOK® Guide, it is easier to have at hand all times when explaining the logic and the value of the project management processes to other stakeholders of your project. When needing more details about the knowledge area or a process, you simply refer to the same chapter and paragraph in the PMBOK® Guide (chapter 4-12). It may also serve as a very good introduction for the upcoming ISO 21500 standard (Guidance on project management), which is expected in October 2012, because thishigh level new standard will use the same principles as the PMBOK® Guide applies.
The best way to learn something is when you're having fun at it. Serious gaming is fun as well. It's hot and now it's also expanding towards the project management environment. In Netherlands the company M-Engage is developing a game in which they want to enable the individual to learn the soft skills and the hard skills that are needed in a project management environment. To be able to provide create a game that is based on the experience of real project managers, they have asked PMI NL Chapter to participate in the development of this game. We have entered an agreement with M-engage to contribute to this game by providing them real live scripts. Of course we can't do it without your support. A few individuals have already indicated that they would like to volunteer to participate in this gaming adventure. However, we need more of you. Please contact me if you are interested. It's new, it's exciting and it's fun and we need your support and your experience on hard skills and soft skills. The game is on, :-). Diepak Kasi Director Inovation
An excellent and quick introduction to the project management practice for every stakeholder in a project (sponsor, customer, project team member, PMO officer, etc.).
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