CHAPTER UPDATE

January 2021

Coming in 2021...PMBOK 7th Edition! 

The PMBOK^® Guide – Seventh Edition, which includes a revised The Standard for Project Management, will support the need for flexibility by adopting a principle-based structure for the standard and performance domains for the guide, in place of Process Groups and Knowledge Areas.

The new PMP® Exam that launched on January 2, 2021 will continue to be based on the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition until the Seventh Edition is formally adopted later this year.

Click here to view a summary of the notable changes in the Seventh Edition.  Also, PMI will hold a live webinar on January 20th, 2021 to discuss the changes.  Click here for details.

Annual Transition Meeting - January 23rd

The PMIWV Chapter will be holding its annual Transition Meeting on January 23, 2021 to officially pass the baton to new volunteers providing training on new technology and procedures and to initiate our projects for the year.  If you'd like to be involved, please email Cheri at vptechnology@pmiwv.org.

You can find information and register for our chapter and branch events on the chapter website.  Here's a list of upcoming events:  

Lunch Meeting: 2020 Hindsight: A Retrospective on Surviving, Striving, and Thriving This session will be an open forum format to share out how we made it through maybe the craziest year of our lives.  Together we will explore the impacts on our projects, organizations, and how we collaborate going forward. Event Date: 01-22-2021 12:00 pm (click here for details)

Morning Virtual Coffee Talk - January Take a morning break with your peers in the project management community. Join us for a virtual coffee discussion, hosted by Chapter President, Jay Arrera.  Bring your war stories, project challenges, and successes to share with the group. Event Date: 01-18-2021 9:00 am (click here for details)

Central Oregon Project Managers Virtual Meeting - February “It takes Two..….PM/CM for project success” presented by our Bend member, Gail Sorensen, Organizational Change Management Consultant and former project manager.  She will provide an overview of the change/transition management discipline and explain why projects are six times more likely to meet their objectives when project managers partner with change managers. Event Date: 02-09-2021 5:00 pm (click here for details)

PMI President and CEO, Sunil Prashara discusses becoming a "Project Gymnast" for 2021

In reference to PMI's Virtual Experience Series event Going the Distance: Forging Our Path Forward, Sunil discusses how Olympic gold medalists Nadia Comaneci and Laurie Hernandez suggest how Project Managers can have nimbleness with structure, agility with form, and flexibility with governance.  Click on the picture below to hear Sunil's preview from his Unplugged series.

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About PMI Willamette Valley Chapter

The PMI Willamette Valley Chapter serves over 400 members in the Central, Western, and Southern regions of the State of Oregon. We have active branches in the Salem, Eugene, and Corvallis areas, and support growing project management communities in the Bend and Klamath Falls areas. Our Mission is to Encourage and Facilitate education, certification, and professional growth in Project Management.

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