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2013 PHOENIXCHAPTER

BOARD MEMBERS

Lenora HolmstenPresident

Awais MirzaPresident Elect

Glenn WilliamsonVP Operations

Karen MeyerVP Membership

Susan M. GarveyVP ProfessionalDevelopment

Patrick FullerVP External Relations

David CasebereVP Finance

Stephen TalbertVP Programs

Darima FotheringhamVP Communications

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President's CornerLenora Holmsten, PMP

President, PMI Phoenix Chapter

While the summer is scorching, we have our eyes on the month of November. Weare planning for our AZ PM Week celebration. We will be offering a golf event, freewebinars, exciting events each night of the week (Career Resources session,networking, Thunderbird evening), as well as our Grand Finale on Saturday. Theentire week will be worth more than 10 PDU's (Professional Development Units), ifyou want to participate in all the events. Plus, we will be talking about the PMIcredentials and how to take that next step in your career.I am also excited to mention that we will soon be adding our second remote, orsatellite, location. Thunderbird School of Global Management was our pilot remotetest. Now, we are adding APS. The satellite locations are being set up at variouslocations and linked into our South Valley Evening meeting session. This helps us toconnect with and reach project managers who are unable to make our monthlymeetings in person.And please remember that when you attend a monthly meeting, the chapter will beauto-claiming the PDU on your behalf. Plus, you get to meet other project managersto network and share your experiences.I hope to see you at a future chapter event.Keep cool,Lenora Holmsten, PMPPMI Phoenix Chapter2013 President

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Paula ShoupinternalGPSOur amazing speaker for the July Chapter events was Paula Shoup, Ownerand Executive/Team Coach at internalGPS. The topic of discussion wasInfluencing Your Stakeholders Using Your internalGPS.Paula shared her experiences with influencing stakeholders for more success withless stress. Her goal was to teach us, as Project Managers, to influence ourstakeholders so that they love their projects.In her interactive speech we learned how to:

Communicate strongly to influence your stakeholders. Position changes and decisions so that they will be supported and moved forward. Navigate through challenges for more results and less stress on your projects.Among the many questions the audience was asked to reflect on were: Where are you now? Where do you want to go? How will you get there?All good questions when mapping out our destination to success.

JULY 2013 CHAPTER EVENT

VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH

Congratulations to Ted Simpson!Ted Simpson is our newest Volunteer of the Month. Ted answers the PMI Phoenix voicemails and does anamazing job at getting the messages to the right person to respond to eachcallers request. He is a dependable and wonderful volunteer.Thank you, Ted, for all you do for the Phoenix Chapter!Image courtesy of jscreationzs / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Coming Soon!2013 PMI Phoenix Chapter Elections for 2014 Chapter BoardElections will open August 14, 2013.Go to the Ballot Announcement for information on open positions and candidates.

2013 PMI PHOENIX CHAPTER ELECTIONS

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If you studied to take your Project Management Professional (PMP) exam using A Guide to the ProjectManagement Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) fourth edition and had to reschedule your exam date toon/after July 31, 2013, then you now have to take the PMP Exam based on the new PMBOK Guide fifthedition. The Project Management Institute (PMI) will not make any exceptions to this rule.There are notable changes between version four and version five of the PMBOK Guide. For instance thenumber of Knowledge Areas has been increased from 9 to 10 and the number of processes has beenincreased from 42 to 47. But this change is only simple if you look at it numerically. It is much more complexunder the hood. Heres an example:The new Knowledge Area is called Project Stakeholder Management and was added to emphasize theimportance of good stakeholder management on all projects. It contains four processes. Two of theseprocesses were renamed and moved here from Project Communications Management. Two are newprocesses. That leaves three new processes that were added in other Knowledge Areas throughout theguide. In addition many more processes were renamed.Appendix X1 in the PMBOK Guide fifth edition describes the bulk of the changes. A number of authors havealso described these changes and made their analysis available on the web. A quick search for PMBOK 5changes will find them. It is, however, important to note that these articles don't list all the detailedchanges. For instance, the inputs, tools & techniques and outputs of almost every single process havechanged. Some ITTOs have been removed and new ones have been added. You will therefore not find acomplete description of all the changes.Because of the large amount of changes throughout the PMBOK Guide it is impossible to simply "study thedifference". The changes are sometimes conceptual, sometimes dramatic and sometimes minor. But they arehere and your PMP Exam may require you to know them. "Upgrading" your knowledge from the fourth tothe fifth edition can therefore not be done "change-by-change". You have to apply a holistic approach.However, it must also be said that just because the PMBOK Guide has changed, project management itselfhasn't changed. The fundamental way in which projects are managed is still the same. The PMBOK Guide issimply our general framework describing the activities & techniques that are commonly accepted to be goodpractices on most projects most of the time. And just because the PMBOK Guide has changed its ProjectCost Management Knowledge Area from three to four processes doesn't mean that Earned Value systemsneed to be changed as well.But in order to pass your PMP exam you will need to be aware of the new definitions in the PMBOK Guide.Studying them takes effort, dedication and time. Here is a possible study approach to "upgrade" yourself tothe PMBOK Guide fifth edition:1) Study Appendix X1 and familiarize yourself with the changes. In particular: Familiarize yourself with theprocesses that have been added, moved or renamed and learn the new process names.2) Study Appendix X3 and familiarize yourself with the Interpersonal Skills a project manager should have.

HOW TO UPGRADE YOURSELF TO THE GUIDE 5TH EDITIONBy Cornelius Fichtner

3) Study Annex A1 - The Standard for Project Management of a Project. Here you want to Study the shortdescriptions for each of the five process groups and for each of the 47 processes.4) Study table 3-1 on page 61 and know which process belongs to which process group. (You will find thatit contains the same information as Table A1-1 in Annex A1). For the exam it is a good idea to be able tostart with a blank piece of paper and draw this table from memory.5) Study table 4-1 on page 78 and know which documents are part of the project management plan andwhich ones are "just" other project documents.6) And finally (and unfortunately): Study the complete PMBOK Guide 5th edition twice.When studying the new PMBOK Guide familiarize yourself with the new inputs, tools & techniques andoutputs of all the processes. A good approach is to study the Data Flow Diagram for each of the 47processes. These diagrams illustrate the flow of the inputs and outputs and will strengthen yourunderstanding of how they move between the many processes. It will also help you understand theintegrated nature of all the processes in the PMBOK Guide.You should also get to know the new processes that have been added and make special note of the newEarned Value Calculations Summary Table 7-1 on page 224, which looks suspiciously close to a table that Ideveloped and have published since 2009 for our PMP Exam Formula GuideAs you might have guessed by now, "upgrading" your knowledge to this new version of the PMBOK Guideis not something that you can do in just a day. While your PM experience is the main focus of the PMPExam, it will also be necessary for you to have an in-depth understanding of the PMBOK Guide fifthEdition to be able to correctly answer many of the questions the test.I therefore recommend that you plan a minimum of two weeks of intense study.

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Cornelius Fichtner, PMP is a noted PMP expert. He has helped over25,000 students prepare for the PMP Exam with The Project ManagementPrepCast at http://www.pm-prepcast.com and offers one of the best PMPexam simulators (http://www.pm-exam-simulator.com) on the market.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER!

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Peter ZaleskiPeter is the winner of the Agile PrepCast giveaway.Thank you to all who entered the contest.

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On November 2, 2013, PMI Phoenix Chapter will be hosting a golfouting to help kick-off Arizona Project Management Week.The outing will take place at Silverado Golf Course in Scottsdale at8:00 a.m. and is open to PMI and non-PMI members. Included is lunch,contests, prizes, raffle, goodie bags and lots of fun. All golf skill levelsare encouraged to participate and the golfing format will be a scramble. Sponshorship and volunteer opportunities are available. The registration page will be available soonon the PMI Phoenix Chapter website. Please contact Tim Tidmarsh at 602-487-8834 or

timtidmarsh@hotmail.com for more information.

AZ PROJECT MANAGEMENT WEEK - GOLF OUTING

PHOENIX CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS WORK HARDAND HAVE FUN!Volunteers for the PMI Phoenix Chapter enjoyed a day of bowling andpizza at Christown Lanes on Saturday, July 27.

No work on this day! It was all about having fun and getting to know eachother better.

We are always looking for new volunteers. If you would like to join in onthe fun, check out our volunteer opportunities at the PMI Phoenix Chapterwebsite (phx-pmi.org).

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CAREER RESOURCES WORKSHOPPMI Phoenix Chapter and SMCI presented a well-received CareerResources Workshop for PMI member and non-members looking toimprove their LinkedIn profiles.

Using LinkedIn to Make You More Productive was held on Monday,July 22nd and was presented by Gregory DePaco from LinkedIn. Theworkshop was free to PMI Phoenix Chapter members and seats filled upfast!

This interactive workshop included both instruction and "hands-on"opportunities for participants to learn about LinkedIn and gain insightinto creating or improving their personal profiles.

Stay tuned for future workshops and remember to sign up early. You dont want to miss out on the next greatopportunity!

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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