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PMI Pune Seminar: “Trends in Disaster Management IT Solutions” & “Building effective distributed teams” – Apr 10

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What: Project Management Institute, Pune Chapter‘s monthly meeting, consisting of two sessions – 1. Current Trends in IT enabled solutions in disaster management services in a social environment, and 2. Building more effective cross-cultural distributed teams.
When: Saturday, April 10, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24534190
Registration: This event is free for all, and no registration is required

Topic 1: Current Trends in IT enabled solutions in disaster management services in social environment

About the speaker – Dr. Parag Mankeekar

Dr. Parag Mankeekar is a qualified medical doctor as well as a Medical anthropologist & Masters in International Health from Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland. He also did another Masters in Disaster Medicine from San Marino in Italy.

Parag is a recipient of the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship (www.ashoka.org/pmankeekar) a USA based Social Business Innovation organization for the year 2008-2011 for his innovative initiatives in reaching the concepts of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change to children and youth.

Parag is founder Director of “Neeti Solutions”, Director of the Global Challenge Award, a USA Non-Profit (NGO) and also Co-Director at Educational Simulation (ES) a social software gaming company based in California. Both ES and Neeti Solutions have developed a peace building and culture sensitive game called ‘Real Lives’. (www.educationalsimulations.com), popular in US schools.

Abstract of talk

There are many service groups working in social environment for disaster recovery like fire brigade etc. where in the technology based IT solutions are proving to be very useful. Along with this Parag would be covering the work done in innovative initiatives in reaching the concepts of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change to children and youth which has been acknowledged in the form of the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship (www.ashoka.org/pmankeekar) he has received from a USA based Social Business Innovation organization for the year 2008-2011. He would also cover social software gaming area where in Neeti Solutions have developed a peace building and culture sensitive game called âReal Livesâ. He would be discussing on the various trends and opportunities in IT enabled business in social environment which is untapped market. He would also be discussing the challenges he faced being non-technical entrepreneur from medical background and how he managed though them.

Topic 2: Building more effective cross-cultural distributed teams.

About the speaker – Dr.Urvashi Rathod

Dr.Urvashi Rathod is a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from BITS, Pilani. She has an overall 22 years of work experience including an entrepreneurial stint of seven years. She had been in academics for last ten years including a 5 year long teaching tenure with IIM Indore. She is internationally published in peer reviewed journals and has been a reviewer and a member of editorial board for national and international publications of repute.

Abstract of talk

Businesses deal significantly with interpersonal communication at the individual, group and organizational level. Employees of an organization assemble to work together as a work group, wherein the members share their experiences, best practices or take decisions to help an individual in enhancing his/her performance, or as a team whose members work together toward a common goal. Globalization leads to greater interdependence and mutual awareness among economic, political, and social units in the world. The very existence of businesses in a global environment enforces multi-cultural interactions within the organization or between the organizations. Culture, being the link between human beings and the means they have of interacting with others (Hall, 1973), plays an important role in interpersonal communication in organizations.

This study proposes that the cultural characteristics of team members are associated with the attributes of team communication, which has been found to be one of the key determinants of team productivity and performance. Proposed seminar aims to introduce the audience to the possibility of association between the cultural and team communication attributes that if studies scientifically, can help in building more effective cross-cultural distributed teams.

About PMI Pune

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5 Tech Events in Pune this weekend – Are you watching http://punetech.com/calendar?

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This post is just a reminder that you should check the PuneTech calendar on a regular basis. There are a number of events that happen in Pune every week and we try to list them all in our calendar. Basically, the PuneTech calendar is automatically populated from the common/open tech events calendar for Pune on upcoming.org. Anybody can add events there – and you’re encouraged to do that.

If you’re the kind of person who forgets about events and would like to be reminded, you can also subscribe to the SMS reminder service that PuneTech runs. It’s free.

Anyway, the events in Pune this Saturday (6th Feb) are:

Conference on Molecular Diagnostics – all day at Yashada. OnTarget 2010: The annual conference of the Project Management Institute – this is a multi-day, paid conference. There’s a Pune Open Coffee Club Meeting – for web startups at the usual place and time – 4pm, SICSR. And there is also a Pune Google Technologies User Group meeting where they will talk about Google Wave – this is at 5pm at the usual place Synerzip, Dnyanvatsal Commercial Complex. Finally there’s the Pune Linux Users Group monthly meeting at the usual place and time – 4pm-6pm on the 1st Saturday of every month, at SICSR.
You should attend at least one of these. Really.

PMI Pune Seminar: “Chanakya’s Project Mgmt Ideas” & “Setting expectations from Test Automation” – 10th Oct

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What: Project Management Institute, Pune Chapter’s monthly meeting, consisting of two sessions – 1. Chanakya‘s Project Management ideas by Anuraag Gupta. 2. Setting correct expectations around test automation by Shrikant Dhamal
When: Saturday, October 10th, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24534190
Registration: This event is free for all, and no registration is required

Chanakya’s Project Management ideas by Anuraag Gupta

Anuraag has a 1st class Bachelors of Commerce degree from Mumbai University. He currently works with Laymen Consultants – a Mumbai based Training Company as Financial Trainer & Speaker on Finance. He also works as Chief Investment Officer with Profound Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai – a Proprietary Trading and Investment company investing in various Asset Classes. He is a visiting faculty at Garware Institute of Career Education and Development, Mumbai University and a Speaker at Rotract club seminars for Wealth Building and Stock Picking. He is founder and chief convener of Mumbai Investors Group – a closed investor forum.

Chanakya is the world’s oldest management Guru. He lived in 3rd Century BC and his book Kautilya’s Arthashastra has guided generations on good governance. It is also a book of management and has various ideas and principles that can be applied in the field of modern project management. From planning of projects, to understanding a project in detail, execution of projects and successful completion of projects he has left nothing untouched. These ideas are simple to understand and practical in its application. The session will bring out the age of ideas of Chanakya in detail.

Setting correct expectations around test automation by Shrikant Dhamal PMP®

Shrikant has over 10 years of industry experience with last 7 years in Software testing domain. He currently heads the Test Automation Center of Excellence in SQS India, the offshore wing of SQS Group, world’s largest independent software testing & quality management services provider. He has been actively involved in all the aspects of functional and automated regression testing having delivered more than 30 business-critical projects to customer satisfaction. He comes from mechanical engineering industry and has specialized in test automation using open source tools like Auto IT, Selenium etc. He has rich experience in various domains spanning Network monitoring and management, IT Information Security, HealthCare Insurance, Telecom, PLM, Credit Cards, Airline, CAD tools, Storage Area Network, Service Management Systems, CRM, and Wireless Security. He is also conducted corporate training for many Industry houses in and around Pune

Test automation becoming the key for executing routine and repetitive tests to catch up with ever increasing tests release after release of product and ever shrinking schedule. Many organizations are initiating test automation projects also for saving on efforts / cost of testing. Setting right expectations of stakeholders around test automation (output, effort, time and resources required) is the key to the success of project. Shrikant will point out considerations to set correct expectation around test automation project with the help of selected questions, which you should ask to stakeholders. Shrikant will cover following topics in his presentation:

  • Quick introduction to regression test automation
  • Regression test automation methodology
  • Questions and considerations to set correct expectations around test automation.

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PMI Monthly Meet: “Work life balance” & “Best practices for MS Project” – 13 June

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PMI Pune LogoWhat: Monthly meeting of PMI Pune, featuring two talks: one on the importance of security in global delivery projects, and another an introduction to Banking and Financial Domain
When: Saturday, 13 June, 10am to 12:30pm
Where: Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Cummins Auditorium, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge
Registration and Fees: This talk is free for all to attend. No registration required

Session 1: Work Life Balance – How to enjoy life and keep your job by Shivakumar C S – PMP®

Work-life balance is a broad concept including proper prioritizing between career and ambition on one hand, compared with pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development on the other. As the separation between work and home life has diminished, this concept has become more relevant today than ever before. The interactive session aims at understanding between what is “work life balance” and what “work life balance is not” and tips to lead a healthy “Work Life Balance”

Session 1: About the Speaker Shivakumar C S

Shivakumar is a training professional with 19 years of hardcore training experience in setting up corporate universities. He has a Masters in Public Administration, a PGDPM&IR and an MBA with specialization in Personnel Management and Additional Specialization in Marketing Management. He is a Certified Project Management Professional and a Certified Cross Culture Trainer.

Shivakumar is currently the Global Head – Training at Syntel. Prior to Syntel Shivakumar worked as the head of Training at Persistent Systems Limited, (Pune).Prior to that he had a long stint of 14 years at WIPRO Technologies (Bangalore) and has worked across the spectrum of the Training function, He is an active member of the PMI-Pune Chapter and an inspirational speaker at various forums and colleges. He is an outbound team building expert and a renowned PMI-PMP Trainer.

Session 2: Best Practice Guidelines on Using Microsoft® Project by Ashish Dhoke – PMP®

Best Practice Guidelines on Using Microsoft® Project

  • The Scheduling Process [Key Steps]
  • Tracking & Monitoring
  • Best Practices for Dynamic Project Scheduling
  • Do’s and Don’ts [Checklist]

Session 2: About the Speaker Ashish Dhoke

Ashish Dhoke has over thirteen years of IT experience. Ashish has successfully delivered solutions to UK customers including Norwich Union, Experian, RAC plc, LEX, Surfcontrol and Barbour ABI amongst others.Ashish is a certified PMP® and a registered PRINCE2™ Practitioner. He is a Microsoft certified MS Project 2007 Technology Specialist and has extensively used Microsoft Project and Enterprise Project Server for project management and project scheduling. Ashish has participated in process improvement projects as a SEPG member in ISO 9001:2000 and CMMI implementation program. He was involved as a Six Sigma Green Belt in process improvement projects for RAC plc call center.

Ashish has delivered project management training programs on PMP Preparation, Microsoft Project, Software Project Management, Planning and Scheduling, Communication and Leadership and Risk Management. He has conducted various workshops on Cultural Familiarization in UK and India. Ashish has developed courseware on Microsoft Project 2007 for Microsoft.

For more about PMI, see the PuneTech wiki profile of PMI Pune. For other tech events in Pune this weekend, see the PuneTech calendar.

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PMI Monthly Meet: “Overview of Banking & Financial Domain” & “Importance of Security in Global Delivery Projects”

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PMI Pune LogoWhat: Monthly meeting of PMI Pune, featuring two talks: one on the importance of security in global delivery projects, and another an introduction to Banking and Financial Domain
When: Saturday, 9 May, 10am to 12:30pm
Where: Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Cummins Auditorium, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge
Registration and Fees: This talk is free for all to attend. No registration required

Session 1: Importance of Security in Global Delivery Project by Nina Godbole

The session will bring out the key role of information security in global delivery project. Data privacy is another aspect which will get discussed. Both these areas will be covered from organizational, project management and technical perspective.

Session 1: About the Speaker Nina Godbole

Nina Godbole, a postgraduate from IIT, Mumbai with MS in computer science from California, has more than 12 years experience in the area of ERP, Quality audits, Information security and data privacy in various capacities. She is a member of professional bodies like SPIN, PMA, CSI, ISACA and has several certifications to her credit. She has authored book on “Information Security Management” for Wiley India and on Quality Assurance. She was also one of the contributing team member for Maharashtra Government’s unique agro-IT project on IT-Enablement. She also carries with her rich experience of working in various countries. She has published several papers & participated in presentations. She was appointed by University of western Sydney as co-supervisor to guide a Ph.D. candidate in the areas of Software Testing.

Session 2: Overview of Banking & Financial domain by Amrish Sharma and Abhijit Bhate

Amrish Sharma, PMP has over 18 years of experience in various sectors with extensive exposure in Business and technology. He has played significant roles in Program Management, Project management, Account management, Business analysis (process mapping and process re-engineering), designing of architecture for various Microsoft based solutions, requirement analysis and design, proposal management and estimations. In his current role of Senior Project Manager in Cognizant Technology Solutions, he is managing complex application development project for a Bank in Europe. In the past he managed Consumer lending portfolio as an independent delivery unit with 400+ people spread across California in USA and three locations in India. In IBM Global Services as Program Manager, he was responsible for overall account management for multiple accounts in Energy and Utility sector.

Abhijit Bhate, BE (E & TC) from University of Pune with a PGDBA from University of Massachusetts has more than 11 years of experience in BFS. He has worked with Global banks such as CitiGroup and with Morgan Stanley. At Citigroup he has worked on the online banking implementations and was instrumental in delivering the global framework for their FX options platform. At Morgan Stanley he has worked on their trading systems for listed and OTC products. He has also worked with Arthur Andersen in their BFS consulting practice advising some of the largest banks on their IT strategy. He has extensive experience in investment banking with a good exposure to retail banking. Currently he works with Cognizant Business Consulting – BFS as a Senior Manager providing consultancy to Cognizant BFS clients and specializes in Investment Banking and Brokerage.

Together they will be covering BFS overview, basic concepts, Service offerings, best practices and challenges faced.

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PMI Pune Seminar: Introduction to the Telecom Software Domain

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PMI Pune LogoWhat: Monthly meeting of Project Management Institute’s Deccan Pune Chapter, featuring an introduction to the Telecom Software Domain, and an introduction to Six Sigma
When: Saturday, 11 April, 10am to 12:30pm
Where: Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Cummins Auditorium, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge
Registration and Fees: This talk is free for all to attend. No registration required

Session 1: Telecom Domain Overview by Utkarsh Kikani

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The session is based on understanding and knowledge that was developed from a vantage point of a software team member of an IT team of a typical Telco enterprise. It is meant to be an overview and introduction to Telecom as a domain or vertical. Telecom by its very nature can become quite a technological or technical subject. However, the current session is approached more from business angle. There will be a bit of technical Talk but that will be kept minimum and only when absolutely essential. A person who is barely familiar with the world of Telecom would have, at the end of an hour, developed a very high level understanding of the domain with some insights in to its evolution, current status and future trends.

Session 1: About the Speaker Utkarsh Kikani

Utkarsh Kikani MCA from Surat, started his career as a C++ programmer around 16 years ago. After first three years initial stint at a small start up in Gujarat moved to then Mahindra British Telecom which is now TechMahindra as Analyst Programmer. Utkarsh had 13 years long association with TechM with assignments with different Telcos – Singapore Telecom, British Telecom, U S West (now Qwest), Cingular Wireless, Rockwell First Point Contact and AT&T – in different roles of Team lead, Technical architect, Business Analyst, Onsite coordinator and Offshore Project manager and Program manager. Recently left TechM for a planned professional break, and currently teaching a course on Telecom Business Management to business management students as visiting faculty.

Session 2: Introduction to Six Sigma and Impact of Variation with Hemant Urdhwareshe

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Six Sigma Approach is implemented by many reputed world class companies. These companies have been benefited immensely in terms of improving their bottom-line, customer satisfaction and waste reduction. The purpose of this presentation is to create awareness about the approach and opportunities. The presentation also includes a simulation of typical manufacturing processes to appreciate impact of variation in various processes on productivity and waste. The simulation also helps understand a strong linkage between Lean and Six Sigma. The presentation will also attempt to illustrate impact of variation in the context of project management

Session 2: About the Speaker Hemant P. Urdhwareshe

Hemant Urdhwareshe is a mechanical engineer from VNIT, Nagpur with post graduate diploma in business management from IMDR, Pune. Hemant director of Institute of Quality & Reliability, comes with a rich experience of 28+ years in Cummins India Limited (CIL). He worked as Sr. General Manager Product Engineering. Hemant is a Master Black Belt (MBB) and has trained more than 300 Black/Green Belts. He has conducted Six Sigma Black Belt/Green Belt programs for several companies along with implementation support and project reviews as MBB. Hemant has also conducted Design for Six Sigma Green Belt Program for Satyam Computers. He has conducted many other workshops in Reliability Basics, Design FMEA, Quality Function Deployment, and Reliability Growth covering more than 500+ participants. Hemant was one of the eminent panelists for Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards organized by SCMHRD and Sakal. He has published series of articles on Six sigma & related topics in renowned journals & magazines. Recipient of several awards, Hemant is a member of several institutes like American Society for Quality (ASQ) etc.

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PMI Pune meeting – “Production Support” and “Earned Value Management”

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PMI Pune Deccan-India Chapter is pleased to invite you for interesting and thought provoking seminars on:

Production Support – a Value proposition to Organizations by Mr. Prabhu K.B.

Earned Value Management – Challenges in Implementing EVM in IT organizations by Mr. Alok Khandelwal

Venue: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24534190

Date/Time: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Topic 1: Production Support – A Value proposition to Organizations

Mr. Prabhu will present an overview of Production Support and its need. He would present different methodologies adopted in Production Support and detailed discussion of the process. The seminar would also cover benefits of Production support to Organizations and comparison between Project and Production Support.

Speaker 1: Prabhu K.B.

Mr. Prabhu comes with 17 years of rich experience in the business & operations of Banking & Investment Banking, and IT Project Management, IT Support and Service Management.

He has lead a large team of 24*7 Production Support, managing different countries & time zones and redefined the Support process. Rated as the Best “Support/Service Manager” in SCB.

He is currently heading the Global Production Support in Barclays (Barclays Technology Centre India Pvt Ltd) for its Core Baking, Treasury and Cards business is responsible for maintaining the Application Stability and Availability. He is a Management graduate from one of the reputed institutes in India is also accredited with professional certifications like PMP, ITIL and JAIIB.

Topic 2: Earned Value Management – Challenges in Implementing EVM in IT organizations

The primary objective of Project progress measurement is controlling cost, raising alarms, highlighting areas of concern and implementing corrective actions to achieve objectives of the project. For a given scope, Cost and Time are important attributes in measuring project success. Measurements should direct managers to the point that needs their attention. There are multiple challenges in implementing right measurement tools to get the information efficiently and effectively.

This seminar would provide an insight on how to implement EVM in IT organizations.

Speaker 2: Mr. Alok Khandelwal

Alok is a Mechanical Engineer from Government Engineering College Jagdalpur (CG). He is a PMI Certified Project Manager and has about 10 years of experience in IT industry. He started his career with Infosys Technologies Ltd in Pune and worked as Project Manager during his association of 8 years with them.

He is currently associated with Redknee India. Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. It provides real-time monetization and personalization products, solutions and services to over 30 mobile network operators globally. (www.redknee.com). His current responsibilities involve managing all deliveries from Pune R&D.

Note:

Monthly seminar is FREE FOR ALL / NO Entry FEE; one does not have to be Deccan Chapter member to attend this seminar.
Practicing PMPs can earn 1 to 2 PDUs (Professional Development Units) by attending this seminar.
Please share this information with other interested / your friends, they need not be Pune Deccan Chapter members.
Practicing PMPs can earn 1 to 2 PDUs by attending seminar.
Non paid members may subscribe to On Target Newsletter by paying marginal amount of Rs. 100/- Annually. All payments must be paid in advance. Checks payable to: “PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter”, Payable at: Pune, India. You may bring the check on seminar day and handover to Sangeeta Zaparde (Finance Director) OR Omkar Gurjar (Marketing & Communications Director). Please write your Name, eMail ID & Date of Subscription backside of the check.
To subscribe to PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter:

1) Visit http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmi-pune-chapter and click on – Join this group! button.

2) Send mail to pmi-pune-chapter-owner@yahoogroups.com with following information

Name, Personal Email, Home Phone, Mobile No, Company Name, Work Email, Work Phone, Designation, PMI Member (paid $119)? Deccan Chapter Member (paid $10)?

3) Chapter website: www.pmipunechapter.org

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PMI meet – “IPR” and “Project Portfolio Management” – 9 August

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What: Project Management Institute, Pune Chapter’s monthly meeting, consisting of three sessions – 1. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Copyright, Patent & Software and 2. Linking business strategy with product development by using Project & Portfolio management (PPM) solutions, and 3. OnTarget 2009 National Conference kickoff

When: Saturday, August 9th, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Where: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24534190

Registration: This event is free for all, and no registration is required

Details:

Topic 1: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Copyright, Patent & Software

Since last decade IPRs are in limelight. The industrial and service sectors need to handle various aspects related to IPRs and as such the project managers need to know the basic concepts and working of IPRs. Especially due to increasing use of computes in every field, patents and copyright related to software has assumed importance.

This seminar would provide an insight related to national and international legal scenario in these fields.

About the Speaker – Avinash S. Ganu, Advocate

  • Leads a law-firm `Avinash Ganu & Associates’, which deals with Corporate Law, national and international contracts, Intellectual Property issues, Property Law, Litigation etc.
  • Handles legal work in countries including U.S., U. K., Thailand, Singapore, China etc.
  • Has deposed in American Court as an expert witness on Indian Law.
  • Has done LL.M. from the University of Pune specializing in Corporate & Contract Law.
  • Has done LL.M. in `International Economic Law’ from the University of Warwick, U. K., with distinction, specializing in Corporate Laws, International Trade & Contracts, Computer & Internet Law and IPRs.
  • Teaches `Economic Analysis of Law’ to M. A. students at `Gokhale Institute’, Pune
  • Teaches `Intellectual Property Law‘ to fashion technology students at S. O. F. T.
  • Was interviewed on E.T.V. as an expert in IPRs and Computer Law.

Topic 2: Linking business strategy with product development by using Project & Portfolio management (PPM) solutions

To address the challenges in New Product Development, NPD companies started to link their business strategy with product development by using Project & Portfolio management (PPM) solutions. Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) is a term used by project managers and project management (PM) organizations to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group of current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics. The fundamental objective of the PPM process is to determine the optimal mix and sequencing of proposed projects to best achieve the organization’s overall goals.

For instance, at any point of time a project manager can identify the gap in demand and supply of resources in relation to the requirements of the project. For the higher management, PPM enables to identify mid and long tem viability of the projects and also helps in calculating ROI regarding investments. This seminar will provide more details about PPM market scenario and how “PPM Studio” product provides the required capabilities.

About the Speaker – SemanticSpace Technologies Limited

Founded in 1997, SemanticSpace is a leading software services company that caters to diverse verticals. Since its inception, SemanticSpace has carved a niche for itself in the space of Project and Portfolio solutions, based on its extensive product development expertise and committed focus. SemanticSpace started working on product development in the late 90’s, since then it has refined and matured its processes and systems in line with the specific requirements of Project and Portfolio Management Solutions market. SemanticSpace’s “PPM Studio” is a collaborative, end-to-end, scalable, enterprise solution that helps organizations in managing projects from inception to delivery. More details http://www.semanticspace.com/ & www.ppmstudio.com.

Topic 3: On-Target (Academic track – 11th Jan 2009) & On-Target (Professional track – 18th Jan 2009)

PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter is organizing “OnTarget 2009” National Conference on Project Management on 11th & 18th January 2009. Eminent speakers from various industries would present their views in this full day conference with the theme of “Infrastructure development”. The primary objective of this conference is to bring project managers in different industry, academia, NGO and government segments at one platform and share the best practices and lessons learned with each other. Project Management is a critical competency for all organizations, be it Government, Corporate, Academic or NGO – and indeed in all of life’s endeavors. This august gathering provides a unique platform for learning about the craft, knowledge sharing and networking with industry leaders, top executives and practicing project managers from all over the country. PMI Pune chapter’s National Congress Director Ashutosh Gulanikar will present the overall theme and program of the conference and the next plan of action. All the associates who are interested in supporting this mega conference are request to attend this orientation and the kickoff meeting following it.

For more information about PMI Pune, see it’s PuneTech wiki profile

PMI meet – Process Modeling; Using NLP – 12 July

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What: Project Management Institute, Pune Chapter‘s monthly meeting, consisting of two sessions – 1. Process Modeling, a key enabler and 2. Use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) for organizational effectiveness

When: Saturday, July 12, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Where: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24534190

Registration: This event is free for all, and no registration is required

Details:

Process Modeling – An approach and challenges in its successful adoption, as a key enabler

The use of off-line, steady-state Process Simulators has grown in the global Chemical and Hydrocarbon Processing Industry, particularly over the last decade or so. Many companies of different hue, in terms of size and type of business have derived significant benefits from the implementation of simulation technology.

Having witnessed this growth from both the angles – As a user and as a vendor, Mr. Pandit has also seen some myths, floating in the industry, about simulation technology. He believes that some of these misconceptions have thwarted the efforts of many a companies in adopting simulators as an in-house design and process-monitoring tool.

This presentation would cover some of these myths and/or challenges that industry has faced while adopting simulation technology. It will also present some examples of organizations that have done well in absorbing simulation technology in their organizations.

About the Speaker – Alok Pandit

Alok Pandit has over 20 year’s association with Process Simulation industry, in various capacities. Starting as a Technical Support Executive on Chemshare’s products, he has worked extensively with Aspen Tech and Hyprotech products in Training, Technical Support, Product customization and Business Development. He has conducted more than 100 training programs, on different simulation software, for leading companies in India, Abudhabi, Netherlands and UK.

Alok holds M.Tech (Chem) degree from I.I.T Kanpur (1986) and B.Sc. (Engg) degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh (1983). Alok also holds a PG Diploma in Advanced Computing from C-DAC, Pune.

Alok is presently the Director of Equinox Software & Services Private Limited, a company he has set-up to provide modeling based consulting services to the process industry. Alok was previously working as Country Manager – SAARC and Vice President – Sales, for Aspen Technology Inc. covering a wide territory from Pakistan to Australia. Prior to that, he has worked with Hyprotech, Onward Technologies Limited, Hinditron Computers and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (Mumbai Refinery).

Use of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) for organizational effectiveness

NLP® (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is the art and technology of achieving personal, professional and corporate excellence. NLP enables you to understand and change the way you think, feel and behave. It helps you to choose what to do, and be what you want to be. It is a Methodology based on the fact that behavior has a structure, and that structure can be modeled, learned, taught and changed i.e. re-programmed.

Special features of these techniques are that they

  • Align thinking and behavior patterns to meet goals and objectives in a seamless manner.
  • Help to achieve a wide variety of outcomes such as motivation, creativity, emotional management, new skill development, team synergy, health, belief change and more.
  • Acknowledge uniqueness of individuals and change behaviors in ways most appropriate to them.
  • Cause changes without stress. Within a relatively short period this person can start experiencing personal power and euphoria.

About the Speaker – Vikas Dikshit

Mr. Dikshit has done extensive research in the field of mind sciences, psychology and the behavior modification techniques. He has conducted many Workshops and Seminars on various topics to bring about holistic & significant improvements in professional and personal lives of people. He is B.E. (Mech.) from college of Engineering, Pune and after graduating, he had business interests in road transport, bore-well drilling and leather garment manufacturing and exports to North America and Europe. These businesses gave him a hands-on experience of managing a wide variety of people in various management environments, circumstances and cultures.

For more information about PMI Pune, see it’s PuneTech wiki profile

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PMI-Pune Seminar: “Learning from Diving Sports” and “Pune Transport System Case Study”

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PMI Pune Deccan-India Chapter is pleased to invite you for interesting and thought provoking seminars on:

Management tips: Learning from diving sports/projects by Mr. Michael Waldbrenner

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 Infrastructure Project Management: Case Study – Pune Public Transport System by Mr. Shirish Kanitkar

Venue: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) – +91(20) 24334190

Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008

Time: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Topic 1:  Management: Learning from diving sports/projects

Michael is going to talk about how the experiences from sports can be applied in management as well. He would present examples in context of scuba diving about how the principals applied in sports can be equally applied for Project management. Michael’s hobbies are sailing and scuba diving, especially scuba diving in water filled caves. This hobby might be considered dangerous but if planned and executed properly it would be equally interesting. There are a lot of similarities to current IT projects. Both are “mission critical”, you can plan them well but you can not cope with all risks attached. Michael will talk about how can we compare the planning and execution of international extreme cave diving projects with international software projects and what can we learn from that?

Speaker: Mr. Michael Waldbrenner

Mr. Michael Waldbrenner – Director, Global Sourcing Healthcare & Welfare India, TietoEnator Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Before Michael finished school (Germany) he already has started his own business together with his twin brother Andreas. They sold PC hardware at that time and installed computer networks in big companies. Also they both gave training in multiple programming languages. In 1993 the company was then converted into a GmbH (private limited) and Michael was one of the managing directors. The focus moved more and more to software development for Logistics companies, banks and travel agencies. 1994 there was a big change in the German healthcare system and therefore the idea to develop a hospital information system was established. In 1999 the Private Limited was converted into a stock based company. Michael was then made the CFO of that company. The revenue at that time was around 2,5Mio EUR supporting around 60 hospitals with the Hospital information system, which contained 84 Modules at that time. In 2005 the business got merged with TietoEnator – IT-Company with 17,000 people in 23 countries.

Topic 2:  Infrastructure Project Management: Case Study – Pune Public Transport System

Increasing traffic in a city leads to problems of congestion, pollution, and road safety and in general a decreasing quality of life through decreasing open spaces etc. However, just building more infrastructures such as roads, flyovers and tunnels to accommodate the increasing number of vehicles cannot solve this problem. In fact, this only makes the problem worse as even more vehicles try to occupy the same space making increasing congestion, pollution and accident rates. The only sustainable solution to addressing the problem – something recognized the world over now – is to have a strong public transport system that is attractive to all sections of society and to provide support for non-motorized transport such as walking and cycling. For Pune, this translates into drastically improving the services provided by PMT, planning and implementing city-wide footpath and cycle networks, planning and implementing a city-wide Bus Rapid Transit system, and undertaking a techno-economic feasibility study of options such as a metro.

Speakers: Mr. Shirish Kanitkar, Mr. Sujit Patwardhan & Mr. Ashok Sreenivas

Mr. Shirish Kanitkar, Mr. Sujit Patwardhan & Mr. Ashok Sreenivas are active members of PTTF (Pune Traffic & Transportation Forum http://www.pttf.net/). PTTF is a cross-platform NGO for sustainable transportation policy whose vision is “Sustainable, affordable, safe and eco-friendly mobility for all”. This group is working on Pune city’s alarmingly deteriorating traffic situation and the activists are trying to address this issue for about 4-5 years now. The group has spent a lot of time and energy in PTTF activities in trying to further the cause of sustainable traffic and transportation in Pune and made significant impact on local bodies.

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