The 14th. PMI-AGC International Confrance in Bahrain 30 Jan 2013

I delivered our case study "Young Project Managers Camp" in the PMI-AGC 14 International Conferance in Bahrain

Yesterday I completed my last PMP class for 2012

My Last PMP Class in 2012

Yesterday I completed my last PMP training class in Kuwait for year 2012 and now I'm ready for the next PMP Class in Kuwait in 2nd January 2013

Bill Clinton Says Project Managers Help Tackle Global Challenges

Unfortunately I couldn't attend the PMI Global Congress 2010 North America but I like this article so much it is written By Cyndee Miller, senior editor, PM Network on October 11, 2010

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton sent out a powerful message: Project managers will play a significant role in taking on the toughest global challenges.

"If you're a project manager and you're a professional, there's always going to be something you can do for the next 50 years in the 21st century," Mr. Clinton told the audience Sunday night at PMI Global Congress 2010 -- North America.

Saying he was "fascinated" by project management, Mr. Clinton saw how the profession played a role in his own career.

"The more I thought about coming here, the more I thought about how much my life [in politics] and my work now revolves around good, or not-so-good, project management -- how to allocate money, time and people in a way that achieves the desired objective," he said.

Read more :http://blogs.pmi.org/blog/voices_on_project_management/2010/10/bill-clinton-says-project-mana.html

The Project Management Global Sustainability Community of Practice has been established

The Project Management Global Sustainability Community of Practice has been established to advance the understanding about the importance of global sustainability throughout the project management community and to provide the project management community with the knowledge, practices, tools, and techniques to integrate global sustainability into all types of projects, programs and portfolios. This community has been established also to educate the global sustainability community about the value of utilizing project, program and portfolio management to achieve global sustainability.

We want to acknowledge and introduce you to new PMI Global Sustainability Community Council leaders. The PMI Global Sustainability Community Council is a motivated and diverse volunteer group of individuals from across the country that will be focused on developing a multi-year business plan and engaging in thoughtful and lively discussions within the community.

Meet The New Community Council Leaders!
■Mohamed Khalifa, Community Council Manager
■Stephan Ernst, Community Involvement Lead
■Paola Morgese, Ph.D., Knowledge Management Lead
■Kwadwo Bediako, Service Delivery Lead
■Mónica Gonzalez, Marketing Service Lead

http://sustainability.vc.pmi.org/Community/Spotlight/tabid/961/vw/1/ItemID/264/Default.aspx

Ready .... Steady ... GO Microsoft Lunched Project 2010

Microsoft Lunched Project 2010 (Project Standard/Professional and Project Server 2010) along with Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Visio 2010 in New York City : http://www.the2010event.com (by the way I’ll be monitoring questions throughout the event along with other colleagues (Project 2010 Virtual Launch Event – May 12th), so looking forward to giving you plenty of answers!).

In the meantime ignition has started and key Microsoft Project 2010 assets has started to be released, expect a lot more in the coming days.

Microsoft Project 2010 Downloads as of May 11th, please note that none of the main three key portals have been updated yet (Microsoft.com/Project; TechNet and MSDN):

• Microsoft Project Professional 2010 Evaluation
  • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee404758.aspx
• Microsoft Project Server 2010 Evaluation
  • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee410540.aspx
• Microsoft SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 Trial
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=230ecdfb-89ec-4d4a-8a85-89fd98329f7b
• 2010 Server Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010, and Office Web Apps 2010
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=046f16a9-4bce-4149-8679-223755560d54&displaylang=en
• Project 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=46007f25-b44e-4aa6-80ff-9c0e75835ad9
• Microsoft Project 2010 Demonstration and Evaluation Installation Pack
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f48eacb9-6ea7-4aca-bc10-d3677ef81a9d
• Databases That Support SharePoint 2010 Products
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=990041e5-0a73-4d2f-895d-2232d1a229f5

PMI Kuwait Yahoo Group

Five years back when I started the coaching and training business I was trying always to contact my trainees before, during and after the course in order to give them a real value and also to trace what is the course impact in their professional and personnel life and I consider this as important as the course itself. My Aim is to move the training industry one step ahead and focus more on the trainees himself more than the material or the class or anything else.
The Real value of Project Management Training coming from the best practice and sharing knowledge between practitioners.

For all my Project management courses I initiate a group for only my trainees called PMIkuwait@yahoogroups.com, I'm trying to make a small and closed community in order to help my trainees to master the Project Management knowledge and also give a chance to all of them to know and help each other to become a project management gurus , learn from others, announce my new free workshops and seminars, share templates and Q&A, try to help our friends to solve their problems and so on .
I'm thinking now to open the group for others in order to increase the contribution under one condition which is we will be very selective in adding a new member.

Invitation : Site Visit to the Crude Export Facilities Project at NTF, STF & MAA of Kuwait Oil C‏ompany

Dear Colleagues,

The Project Management Institute – Arabian Gulf Chapter (PMI-AGC) Kuwait Region will hold a Site Visit on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at the Kuwait Oil Company (Kuwait) to visit the Crude Export Facilities Project at NTF, STF & MAA. This will be a valuable opportunity for you to learn about the leading edge professional project management practices adopted by KOC in managing very large, complex, high value projects such as the Crude Export Facilities Project.

Tentative Program :

Visitors Assemble at Hubara Centre (Ahmadi City) 10:00 am
Welcome and Introduction 10:00 – 10:15 am
Project Presentation (Crude Export Facilities Project) By Export Facilities Project Team 10:15 – 11:00 am
Questions & Answers (Q&A) 11:00 – 11:10 am
Project Site Tour on KOC side only – By Export Facilities Project Team 11:00 – 12:00 noon
Return by Bus to Hubara Centre 12:00 – 12:15 pm
Prayer and Lunch 12:15 – 13:30 pm

Note : Please wear western clothes for your convenience at site tour


Admission is free for interested members and other professionals; however, registration is necessary since the seating is limited. You may send your reservation for attendance by email to Mr. Mohammad Al-Ajmi Director for Public Relations (PMI-AGC Kuwait Region) at mrajmi@kockw.com - Tel: (+965) 3984968 / 7070571 before February 6, 2008.

Name
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Title
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Company
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Contact No.
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E-mail Address
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ID No (PMI Member)
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REGISTRATION
Note: Only registered guests will be able to claim the PDU/Contact Hour:
PMP - 2 PDUs
Non PMP - Contact Hours
R.E.P. No. - C057-080401


Best regards,

Hashim El-Rifaai
Vice President, Kuwait Region
PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter


Ashraf Arafeh, PMP Eng. Ahmed Samir Khalil, PMP
Director Admin & SIG Director for Training & Cert. & Membership
PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter

Eng. Mohammad. Al-Ajmi, PMP Mohammad Khalifa, PMP
Director – Public Relations Director – Technical Presentation & Site Visits
PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter PMI-Arabian Gulf Chapter
Website : www.pmi-agc.com