May 2024 Newsletter

PMI Memphis Chapter

May 2024 Newsletter

It’s Memphis in May!

PMI Memphis Chapter Meetings

May 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Monthly Chapter Meeting

Focus On Agile:
Let’s Talk About Scrum – “All you wanted to know about agile…but were afraid to ask”

Join us May 8th for an insightful exploration into Scrum and Agile.

Presenters: Lloyd Martin & John Williams With a robust partnership spanning over 10 years, Lloyd and John bring a wealth of knowledge and practical experience in Agile. Their dynamic presentation will illuminate many aspects of Scrum, offering attendees actionable insights.

🔷 Let’s Talk About Scrum Presentation Objectives:Deep Dive into Scrum: Understand the mechanics, benefits, and implementation strategies of Scrum in project management.
Interactive Q&A: Have your specific questions answered in an open and engaging format.

🧙‍♂️ What You Will Learn:
Agile Methodology Insights: Discover the key aspects of Agile methodologies with a focus on Scrum, learning how they differ from traditional project management approaches and how they can be tailored to fit various project needs.
Practical Application: Learn from real-world experience presented by Lloyd Martin and John Williams, illustrating how Scrum practices can be applied to enhance project delivery and team dynamics.
Interactive Engagement: Participate in an interactive Q&A session where you can ask specific questions related to your projects or theoretical scenarios, ensuring you leave the session with practical knowledge applicable to your work environment.
Join us to deepen your understanding of Agile and take your project management skills to the next level!

PDUs: Attendees Receive 2 Ways of Working PDUs (all credentials): 2.00

Tickets

$30.00 Member Registration
$35.00 after 06:00 pm

$35.00 Non-Member Registration
$40.00 after 06:00 pm

Lloyd Martin PMI-ACP, MBA, SPC
Lloyd Martin is a seasoned project manager with over 20 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale software solutions. He possesses a deep expertise in Enterprise Agile Transformation, Business Agility, and software development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Waterfall, Lean). He has a proven track record of driving successful program execution through strategic planning, people-first team management, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

John Williams, PMP, SPC
John Williams is an accomplished technology leader with over 15 years of experience in Fortune 500 enterprises leading large-scale programs and significant culture shifts through the advocacy and adoption of Lean Agile. Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum, program/project management, continuous improvement, and change management. Recognized for relentless perseverance to solve business challenges, build high-performing global and cross-functional teams, and lead programs within scope and timeframes. Strong communicator effective at aligning the vision, mobilizing teams, capturing consensus, and communicating across senior leadership, stakeholder, business, and IT teams.
John recently launched his company, After Hours Agility (AHA), that provides flexible agile coaching and training to enterprises.

May 16, 2024, Lunch & Learn

Virtual Meeting with Joy Toney

About the Speaker

Joy Toney serves as a Senior Program Consultant for AIM for Change, LLC. Joy’s career successes are mapped over 20+ years professional experience, both people leader and individual contributor roles, in non-profit, consumer services, government contracting, and transportation. Joy enjoys utilizing her skills in process and performance improvement, software development, information security, quality assurance, project management, talent management, organizational change management, and justice/equity/diversity/inclusion awareness. She’s an Associate C|CISO, CISSP, CCA, CBAP, CTFL, CSM, CSPO, ITIL4, GCDL, Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, Security Awareness and Culture Professional, and SHRM Inclusive Workplace Culture credential holder. Joy has served as an advisor to local non-profit boards including Project Management Institute Memphis chapter and the Greater Memphis International Institute of Business Analysis Chapter. Joy holds a MBA with a concentration in Management Information Systems from the University of Memphis and completing her Masters in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governor’s University.

Topic: The Art of Servant Leadership in Leading Agile Teams

When trying to accomplish work through others, it is usually less effective to take a ‘do-it-or-else’ or ‘because-I-say-so’ approach. This online event will cover the art of servant leadership in leading agile teams towards producing desired outcomes. It will explore how to influence through trust, confidence, motivation, inspiration, enthusiasm, appreciation, and more while abiding by the 12 Principles of the Agile Manifesto. Attendees will engage in interactive exercises throughout the session.

Registrants will be sent:

A ZOOM meeting link and password
Attendees will earn 1 PDU for Power Skills

This Lunch & Learn is free to all PMI Memphis members. Non-members will pay a nominal $5 fee.

Special Events:

Snapshots from our AI in April Chapter Meeting

Guest speakers: Audrey P. Willis

April 10th

Book giveaway winner; Donna Franklin West.

PMI Memphis Spring Social Snap Shots

Board of Directors

Photoshoot

Behind the Scenes

Professional Development

PMI Project Management Scholarship

Do you know someone currently enrolled in a Project Management degree program? Maybe you know a senior graduating who might not know their future path?

Project Management might be the path for them AND we are putting our money where our mouth is!!

If you know a student pursuing a degree in project management or a related field, please share this with them. They may be eligible for a scholarship of up to $7,500 from Project Management Institute.

APPLY

PMP Exam Prep

PMI Memphis and RefineM partner to Present PMP Prep series in 2024

Are you seeking your PMP certification and want a focused, hard-hitting prep course? Are you preparing for your Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam and looking for a proven resource that will help you get ready to take the test? If YES, then this class is for you! Look no further. Sharpen your knowledge and be completely prepared for your upcoming test by taking advantage of our course offering. PMI Memphis in collaboration with RefineM, a PMI-Global Authorized Training Partner (ATP) offer the PMP Exam Prep course in a virtual, instructor-led environment. Our goal is to help those looking to pass their PMP Test succeed with flying colors. Contact PMI-Memphis (cherlync@pmi.org) today, or view our website (pmi.memphis.org) for more information.

How Much Does It Cost?

PMP® Exam Prep 2024 Pricing:

Member Price Early Bird (2 weeks out): $1,000

Member Price Regular: $1,200

Non-Member Early Bird: $1,250

Member Early Bird: $1,450

Location: Online/Virtual – Instructor-Led

Saturdays 8:00 AM-noon Central,

Tuesdays and 4 Thursdays 6:00-8:00 PM.

PMP® Exam Prep 2024 Dates:

May 4 – May 30

August 3 – August 29

November 2 – December 5

PMI Construction Professional

(PMI-CP)

Ready in 2024

PMI Memphis is posturing to launch a PMI CP Program Initiative, in partnership with local government, construction industry and military professionals. This multi-faceted initiative will include PMI Global CP and PMI Government Business sponsored informational sessions beginning with an in-person roundtable discussion in March 2024. Planned follow-on in-depth professional development (PD) will prepare PMI Memphis to facilitate and grow the CP Program with our local area partners.

PMI-CP Certification covers the domains of contracts management, stakeholder management, strategy and scope management, and project governance, certifies professionals in the construction and built environment industry.

Value Earners of the PMI-CP have demonstrated skills and knowledge they need to transform the global construction industry and bring large, complex projects to life.

Education Requirements None

Experience Requirements 3+ years of experience in the construction/built environment field is required

Certification Maintenance Requirements

3-year cycle; 30 PDUs per cycle