PMI Southern Nevada Chapter

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Location: PALACE STATION - 2411 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102

Speaker: Gregory Brink, CVS, PMI-RMP, PMP, CCE/A

Topic: Value Methodology for Enhancing Project Management and Delivery Effectiveness and Efficiency

Mr. Brink will engage in discussion of the application of Value Methodology for enhancing project management and delivery effectiveness and efficiency. Central to the discussion will be elements focused on performance measurement and analysis, coupled with the balancing and management of capital costs, project schedule, and risk. Mr. Brink will discuss his experiences in optimizing project value and managing risk by demonstrating applications of Value Metrics, which focuses on means and measures to enhance the functionality of a project while controlling capital costs and maintaining the planned project duration. The discussion will be framed by drawing upon examples of Mr. Brink’s experience in working on a range of projects such as transportation infrastructure improvements, military base development, and vertical construction of buildings such as United States Embassies around the globe.

BIO:

Gregory Brink is the Director of Risk Management and Decision Economics for Value Management Strategies, Inc. (VMS), a Value Engineering and Management Consulting firm based in Escondido, CA. Mr. Brink is a Certified Value Specialist, Risk Management Professional, Project Management Professional, and Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst with extensive experience performing risk analysis, risk management, financial and life-cycle costing analysis, value analysis, economic impact analysis, project and program management.   Mr. Brink’s specializations through the use of Value Methodology include quantitative/qualitative risk and uncertainty modeling and analysis, risk management, and program/project management for both private sector and government organizations. Mr. Brink’s experience includes working on infrastructure and vertical construction projects of varying scale and scope, ranging from a million dollars to multibillion dollar engagements.

In our continuing efforts to provide our members and the Las Vegas community networking, training, and educational materials, we will be posting some of the monthly chapter meeting presentations for those who were unable to attend or attendees wanting a refresher. Below is our first webinar. Download it and enjoy!

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'Challenges of Project Management at Hoover Dam' by Becky Wong, PMP (the January chapter meeting presentation)

Select "Play slide show" after download to hear Becky's presentation along with the slides.

*must have Microsoft PowerPoint installed.

"How to hire excellent Project Managers. Interview questions and selection process."

Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Location: Clark County Government Center

The ultimate Social Media - face-to-face. 

Join us to talk about anything project management.  Where else can you earn I PDU (Cat. 1, Component: C073) and talk about your favorite subject?  Invite your friends.

No charge to attend and non-PMI members are welcome.

Please email Ricki Henry at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Location:
Clark County Government Center
500 S. Grand Central Parkway
Sandstone Room, 4th floor, IT Dept.
Las Vegas, NV 89155

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Intro to Agile - June 22, 9AM - 5PM

DeVry University, Keller School of Management 2490 Paseo Verde Pkwy, Henderson, NV 89074

The purpose of this class is to teach participants more about basic agile concepts.   This course will present the principles, practices, terminology, tools and techniques associated with major agile methodologies

What is Agile?
Just what is agile software development?
In 2001, a group of methodologists got together to agree on a common set of guiding principles around effective software development to combat many of the problems that caused software projects to fail.  From those principles have come a number of “agile” methodologies that are being implemented to some degree in many organizations today.

From a pure definition standpoint, agile is a conceptual framework generally centered on iterative and incremental delivery of working software, driven by the customer. The iterative part suggests that we are repeating, or iterating, a complete lifecycle of development over a short, fixed span of time. With each of these iterations, we ship some working subset, or increment, of features.

Learning objectives:
  1. History of agile movement
  2. Agile Principles
  3. Agile Practices
  4. Agile Expectations

Course Outline
    • Foundations of Agile 
   • Agile Principles
   • Agile Practices
         XP
         Scrum
         Lean
   • Agile Tools and Techniques
   • Agile Pros and Cons

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