I was invited to participate in the PMI sponsored Focus Group on Sep. 10, along with 9 other users in Philadelphia. PMI reiterated their support of the user community there. (They verbalized their committtment to users at the OPM3 Core Team earlier in the year at a face to face in Miami.)
All that remains is their published plan. (more…)
The problem is: How to obtain interested clients? I actively pursued this as I wanted to recover my financial investment associated with becoming certified and also I wanted to do this type of work. It was impossible, though, to find clients. While a register of certified assessors and consultants is maintained, it is not set up similar to that of PMI’s Registered Educational Providers in which OPM3 assessors and consultants can learn of Requests for Proposal for such services. The only way to learn about possible opportunities is through word of mouth and networking.
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