From the President's Desk

Raymond C. Peeples Jr.

PMI-NH Chapter President

February, 2010

Greetings,

Funny all the ways that you can use your skills acquired as a project manager; the world is filled with projects large and small. This past couple weeks I helped as a mentor to a small project that my granddaughter asked me to help. She is a Girl Scout and the Cub Scouts invited the girls to design, build and race a Pinewood Derby car with them. This is the first year that this invitation had ever been extended to the girls in my town, different indeed. So, I guess by now you are probably wondering, what this has to do with project management and more to the point, the New Hampshire chapter.

Well here are the ways I applied what I have gathered at recent dinner meetings to help Kayla successfully manage her project. First we identified the charter and scope. It took us a little while as we read over it and in the end decided that the major deliverable was a demonstration of friction reduction and not just a model car. We followed that by looking at the risks. Risks you say, on a derby car project? Yep, and plenty of them, such as personal injury or property damage from using tools and paint, damage to the completed car by dropping, car not being able to pass "tech" inspection, one child not having fun. This is a short list, but only the last is almost impossible to plan for and mitigate.

If you were at the last chapter meeting you would have seen that the Board is exposed to a great deal of risk in running a successful dinner meeting each month. Risks you say, on a monthly dinner meeting project? Yep, and plenty of them such as , the room not being ready, equipment failure on a laptop or projector, bad or cold food due to long winded president, speaker not showing up due to illness or late due to a flat tire, our members not having fun. This is a short list, but only the last is almost impossible to plan for and mitigate.

If you had been there you would have seen that we, as a group are Agile in our management of the risks, and more important how we react and recover our simple projects from the jaws of destruction and total failure. To help try and mitigate the last risk, we ask that you, our members, provide feedback, attend the dinner meetings and contribute to the newsletter and journal. It is only with these things that we close the gap and minimize the risk of you not enjoying, or deriving value from the presentations and your local chapter.

I would like you to join me in welcoming our new Director of Communication, Nora Colliton. If you have a story to tell we would like to hear from you. We are always looking for content to add to the newsletter and journal. Nora can be reached at communications@pmi-nh.org; and Steve Lapinskas at newsletter@pmi-nh.org.

As always our continued mission this year will be to provide networking and education opportunities that deliver real value, to you our members. This is your chapter and we are always we are open to, comments, ideas and suggestion, please feel free to contact me or any of your chapter leadership.

See you at the next chapter meeting!

Sincerely,

Raymond C. Peeples Jr.

President

PMI New Hampshire Chapter

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at president@pmi-nh.org

Official Documents
	Chapter Bylaws (pdf, 61KB) Cancellation Policy (pdf, 28KB) Organization Chart (pdf, 20KB)

We are governed by a board of directors, consisting of elected and appointed volunteers from our chapter.

PMI-NH Chapter Vision
The PMI New Hampshire Chapter is the recognized leader in New Hampshire for the promotion and application of Project Management and its principles, serving as a Center of Excellence for the state’s commercial and educational communities.

PMI-NH Chapter Mission
The PMI New Hampshire Chapter creates a state-wide community of Project Managers that:

1. Provides our members education, a forum for shared information and experiences, and opportunities for individual contribution, fostering our principles and profession;
2. Advances a wider understanding of the value of Project Management, promoting its implementation in the business and education communities throughout New Hampshire;
3. Promotes the Project Management Institute and its workings, supporting its Certification Programs and sharing its resources with the community at large.