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Portions of this page powered by Blogger. Socrates Boyajian: Deeply missed It was with great sorrow that we learned of the passing on August 28th of our dear friend and colleague, Socrates Boyajian, who served as one of our instructors on the last PMP Prep Course. This was a great loss. In addition to being an expert practitioner of project management, Socrates was also a man of deep faith, serving as choir director with the Association of Armenian Church Choirs of America. Posted on September 3, 2008 by Rusty Richards (rusty@pmi-ssc.org)   READ MORE! about the presentation by Gary C. Humphreys and Paul W. Martin Carl’s Corner Can we do "Do-Overs" in Project Management? Read on... The LIG Log Wednesday 25 June - Nicole Close, PhD Leveraging your Biostatistician for Project Success Buca di Beppo, The Kentlands, Gaithersburg Read on... Lee’s Latest You're a PMP, But...Are You a Project Management Professional? PMPs must lead the way in transforming great training into even greater action on their projects. Find out how! Read on... September 10, 2008 Managing Risk in a Very Risky Environment Gary C. Humphreys and Paul W. Martin Gary Humphreys: CEO of Humphreys & Associates, Inc. Paul Martin: President of Humphreys & Associates, Inc. PDUs: 1.5 Please join us on Wednesday evening, September 10, 2008, at the Blair Mansion Inn in Silver Spring, Maryland, to welcome Gary Humphreys, CEO of Humphreys & Associates, Inc., and Paul Martin, newly-appointed President of Humphreys & Associates and former Senior Vice President of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Gary and Paul will be tackling the issue of “Managing Risk in a Very Risky Environment.” The very exciting advancement of technology in the 60s through the 70s, and into the 80s, has slowed dramatically. Has it slowed because there are no new technological advances? Or are we just making the consequences of failure too severe? Gary Humphreys and Paul Martin are convinced that there is yet much to be done, in all industries, to advance the state of the art of technology, but people will need to be fully equipped with the right tools for recognizing and managing risk, if they are to preserve their careers through the risky application of technology. This is where Earned Value (EV) comes in. It provides a clear window into immediate program performance, and it provides a view to what it will take to finish the complex program. Most importantly, however, it provides program managers and their bosses (military, industry, congress) the visibility they need early on into potential problems and their impact. So EV is about managing risk, and enabling risk to be taken without ending careers. We’re Looking forward to seeing you. This should be an exciting evening: Register NOW!! Don’t wait to the last minute! Read more... Mark your calendars NOW! and plan to come! Event details: Event:   September 10, 2008 PMI-SSC Meeting Date:   Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Time:   6:00 pm: Sign-in and Networking; 7:00 pm: Dinner; 8:00 pm: Presentation Location:   Blair Mansion Inn, Silver Spring, MD (7711 Eastern Avenue - Silver Spring, MD 20912 - Tel. 301-588-6646 - Metro: Silver Spring or Takoma on the Red Line) Cost:   $35 if you pay in advance, $40 if you pay at the door. Speaker:   Gary C. Humphreys and Paul W. Martin Topic:   Managing Risk in a Very Risky Environment PDUs:   Yes! Of course! Attendance at the event is worth 1.5 PDUs. Event URL:   http://www.pmi-ssc.org/humphreys2.shtml Click here for directions and links to online maps to the meeting location. The Silver Spring Chapter of Project Management Institute (http://www.pmi-ssc.org) normally meets at the Blair Mansion Inn in Silver Spring, Maryland, on the second Wednesday evening of the month (unless otherwise indicated). Cost of an evening event is $35, which includes dinner and the presentation by our guest speaker. Plan to arrive for sign-in and networking around 6:00 PM. Dinner is at 7:00 PM, and the presentation begins at 8:00 PM. Free parking is available on the premises of the Blair Mansion Inn, which is located at 7711 Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring, around eight-tenths of a mile from either the Silver Spring or Takoma metro stops on the Red Line. Note: For more information about future PMI-SSC meetings and events, or for comments/questions about this website, please contact Rusty Richards (rusty@pmi-ssc.org).