PMI Germany Chapter e.V.

Starting with this newsletter, we would like to present a "Member Benefit" every month.

Promoting and advancing the application of professional project management in all areas of society is PMI's major overarching goal. With almost 700,000 members, PMI is the world's largest organization in this field. For many, simply being a member of this great family is a benefit in itself. However, being a member of PMI and the PMI Germany Chapter brings many additional benefits. These are often not even known. For this reason we are going on a search for you and from now on we will present a "Benefit of the Month" every month.

We want to start with a work, which should be known to most readers. The basic work of project management par excellence, the PMBOK^® Guide. Due to its great importance for project management as a topic, the work deserves to be mentioned as the first benefit. "Honour to whom honour is due!".

The Special Olympics World Games are the largest inclusive sports event in the world. They are held every two years, alternating between summer and winter games.

This year, the Special Olympic World Games took place in Berlin from June 17 to June 25. The Games were opened with "the flame of hope" in Berlin's Olympic Stadium in front of more than 50,000 spectators.

In September last year, Pierre La Manh became PMI's new CEO. Over the last few months, he has been transforming PMI, creating new organizational structures and gradually filling the leadership positions.

This process is now complete. If you want to know more about PMI's leadership team, you can find an overview here. https://www.pmi.org/about/leadership-governance/pmi-leadership-team.

From a German perspective, two names deserve special mention: Johannes Heinlein and Lysan Drabon.

Project managers play a critical role in realizing an organization's ESG ambitions.

The linked report explores how project managers can drive ESG projects and achieve meaningful results by setting the right goals, measuring impact, leveraging data-driven results, using new technologies, and fostering open communication while ensuring ongoing stakeholder support.

Here is the link to the report:  https://www.pmi.org/learning/thought-leadership/esg/measuring-the-impact-of-esg-initiatives

230709 ChapterMagazin After the publication of the Chapter Magazine in May (those who have not yet downloaded the issue can do so HERE) , we are moving directly into the design of the next issue, which is scheduled for August.

In it, we will introduce the Region South and a Board member of the PMI Germany Chapter, report on the result of the board elections, upcoming and past events as well as various topics from the world of PMI.

On June 14th, the kickoff of the first round of the nationwide mentoring program for members of the PMI Germany Chapter will take place - giving the starting signal for the mentees and mentors.

230409 Mentoring Following a pilot project last year in the North, West and East regions, the chapter-wide rollout began in March and April with a total of 1,628 members nationwide and of the PMI Ukraine Chapter who met the criteria for a mentee or mentor communicated transparently in the invitation (here are more details for the criteria).

From the 75 applications received, 68 members have now been "matched" and formed into mentoring pairs, who will be briefed and familiarized with the rules at the "kick-off" on June 14th.

3,285 members were asked to participate in our member survey. Many thanks to the 282 members, or 8.6 percent who participated.

PMI conducts a satisfaction survey of our chapter members each fall. In addition, in the spring we invited our members to participate in our chapter's own member survey. While the PMI survey asks more general satisfaction questions, we wanted to find out how the specific chapter offerings are viewed.

On May 10th the Kickoff of the first round of the “Youth Empowerment Program” – YEP has taken place and gave the start to the program itself.

What is YEP?

The YEP is an activity of the PMI Germany Chapter to promote young talents in project management.

Actually, the PMI Germany Chapter has one industry specific and five theme focused Communities of Practice (CoPs), which main goal is to exchange knowledge and best practices within a team of volunteers and contribute it externally to different channels like Chapter Magazine, Newsletter, Social Media, etc. CoPs also play a significant role in inspiring and motivating the new members and Volunteers, because it should ensure room for team collaboration, collective learning and sharing of ideas.

The Variety of topics, experience, characters, and vibes across the CoPs is a huge source of potential, that can enormously develop not only the Germany chapter, but also the whole PMI Community.

In order to canalize this potential and energy on more effective and productive way we started developing a new Concept for CoPs’ management.

Diversity and Inclusion are key factors for project success. A diverse team provides delivers better outcomes and more creative solutions, better collaboration and more innovation. Diversity is integral to any organization and so it is to our PMI Germany Chapter!

230512 VirtualExperienceSeries 1 With more than 60,000 registrations! the Virtual Experience Series 2023 PMXPO held on March 23 was a huge success!

There were many excellent contributions in different session formats. Discussions were held on the role of PMOs in the success of projects, bringing sustainability concerns into projects, aspects of resilience in projects and organizations, and much more.