Info From the PM/DPM Standards Meeting, January 09
We the PMs/DPMs of standards development got together at the Sofitel in Philly. Lots of PMi folks were there too, Greg Balistreros, MArk Langley, (PMI big shots), Larry Bull, Brian Weiss and John Zlockie (Directors of Organizational products), and a host of standards specialists.
The whole Organization Markets Business Team was there too: Ralph Zingh, Larry Bull, Cindy Anderson, Jason Dolfi and Lisa McCann. They presented their strategic initiatives:
- Position PM as a strategic business driver
- Position PMI as global resource and authority for implementation and improvement
- Integrate within PMI
- Be customer centric, responsive to organizations
- Demonstrate product leadership
- Provide operational excellence
- Being the source for ‘The Business of OPM’
Craig Killough, DIrector of Practitioner Products also spoke. He seems to be a forward looking guy. We talked about the need for a PM video game, and he was receptive to that.
We talked about how the OPM3 credential and the standard relate, shedding some light on what should be on the exam and in the standard.
We met a lot of volunteers working on other standards, MAG and the Virtual Communities that SIGs andColleges are being converted to. I had thought that the chapters were also being converted, but that was wrong. Chapters stay independent as ‘Incs.’
Tim and Dennis were there too, I hope that they will blog about the meeting too.
Jim SLoane, OPM3-CC, PMP
Tags: OPM3, OPM3 users, PMI Standards Meeting