The Lakeshore Chapter of the Project Management Institute is a non-profit body of volunteers established in 1998 to promote the effective use of proven methodologies for structured project management in organizations in the Regions of Peel, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara.
The Chapter has over 1800 members and over 60% of these members have achieved their Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
The Chapter provides its members with a number of networking and professional development opportunities each year, including dinner meetings and courses.
The PMI Lakeshore Chapter's chapter number is C193.
ElectionsElection Results - 2010 Chapter Board of Directors
The 2010 Board of Director elections are over - congratulations to Joseph Zielinski (229 votes), Sonja Slijepcevic (209), Rishi Kumar (205), Alison
Copoc (191), and Swaroop Dogra (187). We thank Ali Shahidi (149 votes) for participating in the election. Members attending the March 8 Annual General
Meeting will be introduced to the new board. Upcoming Professional Development EventsSpring ITILv3 Foundations Certification Prep Course and Exam The course will be held over three Saturdays on April 17th, April, 24th and May 1st 2010. This course is being offered to our members and non members at a significant discount by CTE Solutions. Registration is now open Winter 2010 PMP Preparatory Course The course will be held over five Saturdays from February 6 to March 6, 2010. This course is being offered to our members at a significant discount by Bay3000 Corporate Education. This course is based on the fourth edition (2008) of the PMBOK guide. Registration is closed for this event - Next course running in May Welcome to the PMI Lakeshore Mentoring Program once again Beginning in March, 2010, PMI Lakeshore embarked on a new session of the Mentoring Program! If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee fill out an application and along with your resume, send it to the mentoring coordinator via email to mentoring@pmi-lakeshore.org. Saturday Seminar: Using Social Media Tools to Enhance Your Management of Global, Virtual Project Teams A PMI Lakeshore Chapter Professional Development Event on Saturday, March 27th, 2010 In a world in which project resources can reside anywhere, using social media tools as a way of accelerating both team engagement and productivity is essential. Join Dr. James Norrie as he takes you through a “social media primer” for business and then challenges you to think about new and innovative ways of using social media for your project teams. Saturday Seminar: Strategy Deployment for Value Driven Project Management A PMI Lakeshore Chapter Professional Development Event on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Angelo Baratta will present a framework for connecting strategic intent to functional execution. Understanding how, what you are asked to do fits into the organization’s strategy and whether a project is likely to contribute to your personal success is the goal for this training session. Even if achieving strategic success is not your direct responsibility, it is better to know where a particular project stands, than not to know. Upcoming Dinner EventsDinner Presentation: Using Project Management Techniques to Gain Inventory Accuracy A PMI Lakeshore Chapter Dinner Presentation on Monday, March 8th, 2010 Inventory Accuracy is the base foundation of any ERP system. Without accurate inventory, the rest of the system is uncertain. Presenter Marg Pearson will review a case study of an inventory accuracy project developed for a plastics extrusion factory. Registration is closed for this event Dinner Presentation: Poke Your Head Outside the Box – The V Triple C™ A PMI Lakeshore Chapter Dinner Presentation on Monday, April 12th, 2010 How important is it for you to measure the business effectiveness of every project, remove projects which will never deliver a benefit and quantitatively develop project portfolios? Angelo Baratta presents the Value Triple Constraint™ (VTC) - a simple, yet powerful model for ensuring high value projects and project portfolios linked to your strategy. AnnouncementsNew Initiative - Outreach Project
We have partnered with the Robert Land Community Association (RLCA) who require
project management, strategic planning and organizational skills to develop
an updated business plan to ensure long-term sustainability and future
success. Focus Group Report The PMI Lakeshore Chapter followed up the 2008 survey with a very successful focus group session which enabled our membership to actively contribute and provide ideas as input for the 2009 Strategic Planning initiative! Please click here for more details about the Focus Group Session and Report. Partnerships Policy The PMI Lakeshore Chapter is committed to supporting the development of healthy relationships with like-minded organizations. The Partnerships Policy establishes the general terms and conditions by which Partnerships with organizations will be established to support business and organizational development. Please click here for more details about the Partnerships Policy. |
