The Chattanooga PMI Chapter is composed of a group of professionals from diverse industries who share the common goal to practice Project Management based on standards set forth by the Project Management Institute.
We provide support to our members through Training, Conferences, Chapter Meetings, Networking, and Community Volunteer Work.
Welcome to the Chattanooga PMI Chapter
February 2012 Message
February Chapter Meeting- Speaker Roger Lowe
2/21/2012, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM in the Foundry Room at the Chattanoogan Hotel
Biographical Info:
Roger Lowe is from the Chattanooga area, lives with his wife, Cynde Lowe in the North Shore area, and has worked in technical project management with Unum for 9 years. He has a BS in Psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has been a PMP since 2005. Roger also holds the ITIL v3 Foundations, MSP and A+ certifications.
Roger is active in the community thru membership on the Chattanooga Cystic Fibrosis Foundation board, various Chattanooga United Way initiative, and helped develop and produce Unum’s ongoing Tech Night events in Tennessee, South Carolina, Maine and Massachusetts that are designed to ignite an interest in technical careers among area high school and college students.
His primary work with Unum today is with Wintel and virtualization technologies and his latest projects include global enterprise OS upgrades/migrations, virtual platform development and hosting as a service.
Presentation Topic:
Leading Process Transformation and Overcoming Organizational, Cultural and Technical Entrenchment
Presentation Summary:
With the core objective of moving application hosting to an “internal cloud” model for efficiency and agility, the project’s real challenge was not with mastering futuristic technologies but with conquering legacy processes and culture. The presentation will share some of our project team’s efforts around identifying and redesigning process challenges to change decades of legacy culture with partnerships, communication, and education.
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Upcoming Events
The PMI Chattanooga Chapter is hard at work planning events for 2012.
In order to provide the most opportunities to our membership, we will continue to host events in both the Chattanooga metro area and in the Middle Tennessee (Manchester/Tullahoma) area in 2012.
Events currently being planned for 2012 are:
- February 28, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Middle TN Area
- March 20, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Downtown Chattanooga
- March 2012 - May 2012 - Spring Project Management Training, Thursday nights from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- April 17, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Downtown Chattanooga
- May 15, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Downtown Chattanooga
- June 20, 2012 - Chapter Meeting and One Day Seminar
- August 21, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Downtown Chattanooga
- September 18 & 19, 2012 - Chapter Meeting and One Day Seminar (TBD)
- October 16, 2012 - Open Board Meeting: Elections Vote on Nominees and Present Strategic Plan
- November 20, 2012 - Chapter Meeting, Downtown Chattanooga
Additional Middle Tennessee events will also be added to this list soon!
As always, click on the links in the "Upcoming Events" section of the PMI Chattanooga Chapter website to see the latest tentative information or final details (when available) on upcoming events!
The 2012 Spring Project Management Seminar will be held at Chattanooga State March 22nd thru May 24th.
The class will meet on Thursday nights from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Project management knowledge sets an individual apart from the crowd and offers many benefits such as:
- Flexibility and enhanced time managment
- Greater standing and competitive edge
- Better effectiveness in delivering services
- Improved Customer Service
- Enhanced Risk Assessment skills
- Increase in Quality on projects
Who Should Attend?
- Individuals who are interested in Project Management
- People who manage projects of any type
- Industry specialists who need a core project management approach
- Individuals who work in project management
Good things happen when you get involved
Need PDUs or just interested in a behind the scenes look at the Chattanooga PMI Board of Directors? Here is your chance to get involved and make a difference. The following volunteer opportunities are still available. Click here to contact us regarding one of these positions:
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Corporate Contacts:
Corporate Contacts help provide a communications link between Chattanooga PMI and local companies. Volunteers from these companies enable PMI to better support them in developing their project management maturity. Corporate Contacts are welcome to attend Board meetings as non-voting participants. They also earn PDUs for their participation.
Directorships:
- Development and Training: Director of Certifications
- Development and Training: Director of Instructor Credentialing & Class Scheduling
- Publicity: Director of Advertising and Media Relations
- Publicity: Director of Community Projects
- Communications: Director of Records/Librarian
- Membership: Director of Succession Planning
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