Past Meetings
December Chapter Meeting and Dinner Keynote
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Red Lion Hotel Bellevue
11211 Main St.
BELLEVUE, WA 98004
https://www.redlion.com/bellevue
Lean Weekend
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
Lean and Kanban are superb techniques for delivering projects, eliminating waste in existing processes, adding visibility and transparency to project management
PMO Roundtable
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
Facilitating Portfolio Management is a common service provided by most PMOs. However, like an investment manager for hire, if your portfolio fails to perform, your customer may find someone else!
Agile Sprint Series Part 4 - User Story Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
Successful projects require an effective method for defining and understanding requirements
Mix and Learn - November 9th - The Fundamentals of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Red Lion Hotel Bellevue
11211 Main St.
BELLEVUE, WA 98004
https://www.redlion.com/bellevue
Join us for Puget Sound PMI's signature networking event, which enables managers to share ideas and form relationships in their community and with hiring companies. This months topic is: The Fundamentals of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) presented by G
Agile Sprint Series Part 3 - The Ultimate Sprint Planning Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
Planning Workshop The sprint is at the heart of an effective Agile lifecycle yet many teams struggle to deliver a sprint successfully
Agile Sprint Series Part 2 - Agile Release Project Planning Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
Agile Sprint Series Part 1 - Envisioning and Foundation Design Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
Envisioning and Foundation Design is the most critical phase of an Agile Project. All projects, whether Agile or traditional, needs to ensure a great foundation at the start of the project before proceeding to the Scrum and sprints.
Agile Sprint Series: Full Package (all 4 Series)
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
PMO Roundtable
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
Mix and Learn | Self Leadership - An Agile Leaders Secret to Leading Others well
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Hotel 116 - Coast Bellevue
625 116th Ave NE,
Bellevue, WA 98004
https://www.coasthotels.com/
Join us for our signature networking event, meet hiring managers, prospects and learn about Agile Leadership Secrets from Vibhu Srinivasan, Co-Founder and Director, Solutions IQ (Now Accenture)
The Agile PMO (Project Management Office)
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
With the new paradigm brought by Agile and Lean, how is a Project Management Office, PMO, still relevant?
PMO Roundtable
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
In our first meeting of the season, we’ll start with the basics and the heart of the matter – A broad-ranging review and discussion on everything PMO. Why start one, and how do you do it?
PMP & CAPM Exam Review September - October 2017
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Providence Health & Services Conference Room: Vancouver Rooms B & C
1801 Lind Ave SW
Renton, WA
This instructor led interactive hands-on exam review enables practitioner’s to sit for the PMP or CAPM exam.
Leading with Cultural Intelligence: How culture shapes the brain and implications for leading across borders and cultures
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
As globalization continues to gain speed and strength, the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to leadership is no longer sufficient to effectively engage increasingly diverse, multicultural, and international project stakeholders.
September 12th - (Q3) 2017 Chapter Dinner Meeting - 2 PDUs
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Seattle Hilton
1301 6th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/washington/hilton-seattle-SEASHHF/index.html
Rattlesnake Lake Ledge Hike and Potluck Picnic
8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Rattlesnake Lake Ledge
17905 Cedar Falls Rd SE
North Bend, WA 98045
Join us for a slow-moderate paced hike followed by a potluck picnic. Get to know your peer management professionals, outside of the walls!
PSPMI Mix and Learn – Leading with Brain in Mind: What science reveals about leading across cultures
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Red Lion Hotel Bellevue
11211 Main St.
BELLEVUE, WA 98004
https://www.redlion.com/bellevue
As globalization continues to gain speed and strength, the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to leadership is no longer sufficient to effectively engage an increasingly diverse, multicultural, and international array of project stakeholders.
PMO Roundtable
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
At the end of every PMO Roundtable Season, we leave the June topic TBD until we can gauge the needs and the interests of our participants
Risk Management Strategies and Tactics
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
This course provides an overview of project risk management techniques. Participants identify project risks and manage those risks throughout the project life cycle.
SOLD OUT! - June (Q2) 2017 Chapter Dinner & Annual Business Meeting
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Hotel 116 - Coast Bellevue
625 116th Ave NE,
Bellevue, WA 98004
https://www.coasthotels.com/
PSPMI Mix and Learn - Bellevue – The Secrets of Collaboration - The Art of Working With Others
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steak
700 Bellevue Way NE #115
Bellevue, WA 98004
http://mccormickandschmicks.com/locations/seattle-washington/bellevue-washington/bellevuewayne.aspx
Project Managers know that even the perfect project, product or system won’t succeed unless it is accepted and implemented by the people. Achieving that can make the technical stuff seem easy!
PMO Roundtable - Establishing and maintaining a PMO culture
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
What makes your PMO tick? The personality of each PMO and its PMs reflects its people, the company and its culture
PMO Roundtable - Preferred PMO Methodologies – Lean? Six Sigma? Agile? Critical Chain? Waterfall?
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
PSPMI Mix and Learn - Bellevue – Test Automation in Agile: A Project Manager View
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steak
700 Bellevue Way NE #115
Bellevue, WA 98004
http://mccormickandschmicks.com/locations/seattle-washington/bellevue-washington/bellevuewayne.aspx
With the advent of Cloud services, previously prohibitive automated testing capabilities are now available on demand and with easy to use interfaces resulting in a faster Time-To-Automate (TTA).
PMO Roundtable - PMO Standard Tools and Templates – Best Practices
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
Is your PMO using some great in-house or vendor software tools to help you manage your projects, programs and portfolios?
2017 Agile Sprint Series 4 - User Story Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
User stories allow us to gather and define requirements in a language that the business and project team can both comprehend
2017 Agile Sprint Series 3 - The Ultimate Sprint Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
The sprint is at the heart of an effective Agile lifecycle but many team struggle with delivering a sprint successfully
March 14 - (Q1) 2017 Chapter Dinner Meeting - 2 PDUs
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Seattle Hilton
1301 6th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/washington/hilton-seattle-SEASHHF/index.html
FREE Scaled Agile Framework Overview Webinar
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Online via GoToMeeting
Learn all about the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) from certified SAFe Consultant and Agile Coach, Greg Smith
2017 Agile Sprint Series 2 - Agile Project Release Planning Workshop
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
PMP & CAPM Exam Review
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
T-Mobile Headquarters
3625 132nd Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
This instructor led interactive hands-on exam review enables practitioner’s to sit for the PMP or CAPM exam. Get the essential preparation required to pass PMIs certification exams
PMO Roundtable - PMO Resource Management Best Practices
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
2017 Agile Sprint Complete Series 1 to 4
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
This four-part series will train you on all the major phases of an Agile Project Lifecycle, from project concept to delivery into your production environment
PSPMI Agile Sprint Series 1 - Envisioning and Foundation Design
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA
PSPMI Mix and Learn - Bellevue
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steak
700 Bellevue Way NE #115
Bellevue, WA 98004
http://mccormickandschmicks.com/locations/seattle-washington/bellevue-washington/bellevuewayne.aspx
“Why, What and How of being a Non-Profit Organizations’ Board of Director at PMI-Puget Sound”
Leading with Cultural Intelligence: How culture shapes the brain and implications for leading across cultures
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA 98040
As globalization continues to gain speed and strength, the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to leadership is no longer sufficient to effectively engage an increasingly diverse, multicultural, and international project stakeholders
Business Continuity Planning: A Project Management Approach
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Mercer Island Community Center
8236 SE 24th St.
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Is your organization new to business continuity? If a significant incident occurs, is it resilient enough to recover?
PMO Roundtable - Annual Dashboard & Metrics Meeting
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Russell Investments Center
1301 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101
How do you keep track of your project's status? How do you present the health of your portfolio to leadership?
Mix and Learn January 17th, 2017
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
McCormick & Schmick's Harbourside on Lake Union
1200 Westlake Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
