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January PMI Meeting Announcement

Date: January 7, 2004
Location: Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, Redbud Room
1902 E. 71st Street
5:30 p.m.  – 8 p.m.
Cost: $15 members, $20 guests
Reservations: Contact: lkunkel@ix.netcom.com

Topic - ORGANIZATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY MODEL (OPM3TM)
Speaker: Claudia M. Baca, PMP, QuantumPM, LLC, VP Consulting Services
OPM3 Guidance Team (See Related Book Offer in PMI News below)

Organizational project management refers to the ability to accomplish
individual projects, as well as an overall organizational orientation
toward selecting and managing projects individually and collectively in
such a way as to support the organization’s strategic goals. Just as
individuals benefit from achieving personal maturity, so can
organizations.

The Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
provides a foundation of knowledge about organizational project
management and organizational project management maturity. It assists
organizations in assessing and understanding the state of their current
organizational project management maturity, and, if they choose, can
help them plan an improvement path to become more mature. OPM3 is
designed to be easy to understand and use, as well as to be scalable,
flexible, and customizable, in order to accommodate the wide range of
individual needs and objectives of organizations of varying types and
sizes.

Used on its own, OPM3 is a tool that can help to drive business
improvement. When executed in concert with the PMBOK® Guide and Project
Manager Competency Development Framework, it represents a cohesive,
encompassing approach to guiding individuals, managing projects, and
achieving organizational strategies.

 

Claudia M. Baca PMP, has been active in the project management industry
since 1984 and has experience in Information Technology,
Telecommunications, and E-commerce industries.  During her varied
career, Claudia has project managed many mission critical projects for
US West Communications.  In 1998, Claudia program directed the project
that is replacing the Canadian Postal system with an electronic mail,
web based system. In 1999, Claudia program directed the launch of an
Internet start up company that matches service providers to consumers.

Claudia now is the Vice President of Consulting Services for QuantumPM. 
In addition to her job at QPM, Claudia currently lectures and teaches at
the Project Management Institute chapter in Denver as well at Colorado
State University. She has just completed her first Project Management
book, “PMP Project Management Professional Workbook” from Sybex
Publishing.

Claudia co-founded the Colorado Front Range Software Maintenance
Association in 1988. She has a Masters Certificate in Program Management
from Denver University. She earned her PMP in 1995 and has re-certified
in 2001 and 2003.

Claudia joined OPM3 in 2001 and became the co-lead of the Integration
team in 2002.  The standard was published in December, 2003.
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Make plans now to attend our February 4th meeting:

Topic: 'Quality as it Impacts ROI'
Speaker: Chuck Gray, VP/COO - Frontier Electronic Systems Corp.
(www.fescorp.com)

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PMI NEWS

OPM3 now available at introductory savings!  Is your organization
interested in translating strategy into success?  Driving business
improvement?  Gaining a competitive advantage? Just as no project
management practitioner should be without A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), no organization can afford
to be without PMI's revolutionary Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3™).

Take advantage of the introductory rates for OPM3 - a substantial 50
PERCENT DISCOUNT off the regular price!  Place your order today! 
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3™),(Single User
Version); Project Management Institute, 2003; ISBN: 1930699433;
Introductory PMI Member Price: $295.00; Introductory Regular Price:
$345.00.

Czech President to deliver Global Congress keynote speech.  President
Václav Klaus of the Czech Republic has accepted an invitation to deliver
the keynote address at PMI Global Congress 2004–Europe.  The congress is
slated for 19-21 April 2004, in Praha (Prague), Czech Republic. 
President Klaus will share his experience and insight in international
affairs to motivate and inspire congress attendees on their path to
project management excellence!  Check the PMI Web site for more
information as it becomes available.  Registration is slated to open on
Monday, 2 February 2004. 

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