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1211 - Summary/Objective
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121203 - A volunteer submits resignation as Deputy VP for Professional
121204 - Development and Director of Education and Training effective today,
121205 - ref DRT 1 line 27.  Reports that a course for PMP training failed due
121206 - to insufficient attendance.  This is an example of PMP training being
121207 - inadequate to accomplish a project to provide PMP training, possibly
121208 - due in part to lack of professionalism, most likely endemic to
121209 - volunteer endeavors, but also to an overheated economy that has
121210 - everybody stretched too thin.
121211 -
121212 - I submitted ref DIT 1 line 30 in response expressing appreciation for
121213 - the report on "lessons learned" and made some observations about
121214 - communication difficulties in an over-heated economy, ref DIT 1 line
121215 - 49.
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1215 - Progress
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121601 - Received via email ref DRT 1 line 30 which relates a failed attempt
121602 - by PMI NCC to provide a PMP training course.
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121605 - Key Problems
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121607 -
121608 -      •  Difficulty getting training materials, ref DRT 1re 1
121611 -         line 125.
121612 -
121613 -         Recommends PMI NCC developing a pool of qualified instructors,
121614 -         ref DRT 1 line 236.
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121616 -      •  Communication/leadership tensions between the volunteer
121617 -         manager of the effort and the responsible PMI VP.
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121619 -      •  Low enrollment forced cancellation of program, ref  line
121620 -         161.
121621 -
121622 -         Attributed to Pac Bell cutting back on paying for training
121623 -         expenses of employees, due to budgetary crisis, ref DRT 1 line
121624 -         188
121625 -
121626 -         Overestimated demand for course among chapter members, ref DRT
121627 -         1 line 193, reflected by drop in the number of members taking
121628 -         the examination nationally, ref DRT 1 line 196.
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121630 -      •  Planning insufficient lead time to publicize course between
121631 -         date of having course ready, and date of starting training,
121632 -         ref DRT 1 line 139.
121633 -
121634 -      •  Communication errors that result in unexpected shipping
121635 -         charges that impacted authorized budgets. ref DRT 1 line 201.
121636 -         ref DRT 1 line 229.
121637 -
121638 -      •  Course Planner and Administrator incurred unexpected expenses
121639 -         for communication and travel, and many hours of time, which
121640 -         were budgeted in the project plan, ref DRT 1 line 241
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121643 - This seems to indicate the importance of communication and early
121644 - planning, including advertising and adequate publicity to attract
121645 - attendees, which was a consideration for planning Asilomar in 1995,
121646 - ref SDS 2 line 439, ref SDS 8 line 162, ref SDS 9 line 6
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121649 - Complaints about communication/leadership
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121652 -     1.  Lack of timely decisions by PMI board, ref DRT 1 line 177.
121653 -
121654 -     2.  Micromanagement ref DRT 1 line 188.
121655 -
121656 -         This is described as being "second-guessed." ref DRT 1 line
121657 -         185.
121658 -
121659 -     3.  Lack of support/help, ref DRT 1 line 188
121660 -
121661 -     4.  Miss-understandings on shipping charges, ref DRT 1 line 201
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121664 - Positive Aspects of Project
121665 -
121666 - Pacific Bell was timely and cost effective in providing facilities for
121667 - the training course, ref DRT 1 line 208.
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121671 - PMP Certifications Decline
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121673 - The report says the number of PMI members nationally who took the PMP
121674 - certification test has dropped by 75% in the past year.  ref DRT 1
121675 - line 196
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