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Pete Oliver is an PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate (SCPM) holder with over 30 years of IT industry experience including 25 years managing both domestic and international projects. He has led the PM efforts in many successful Information Technology projects. These projects included areas of software vendor portfolio and Information Management Database Tools migrations, Financial Markets (Capital Markets) Solutions Development and Marketing, installation planning and upgrade for high-end servers, zOS software upgrades, version to version migration and porting of Independent Software Vendor solutions, and design verification testing of networking subsystems.

Topic: My personal SCRUM/KANBAN board, an agile journey 

If you are like me you have been hearing all about agile methodology across the PM field including the adoption of agile, lean, SCRUM and completing agile training. I realized that I had to practice this theory in my everyday work life and I kickstarted my own agile transformation. I was seeking to gain practical experience in the use of Agile methodology. I established a personal SCRUM/ KANBAN board to manage my daily activity, set priorities, and direct my funnel of work with the goal of improving my productivity. 

As I continue implementing the agile methodology into my daily tasks, I am focusing on improving the integration of my personal Kanban board with email, calendar, and for team collaboration. Through this process, I have found the most impactful aspect of this stage of my journey is getting into the agile mindset. This transformation took my knowledge of agile and put it into practice creating meaningful change in my professional life.

POC: university@pmi-metrolina.com

Community Chapter Meeting 

As a means of helping chapter and local community members who are certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) satisfy the continuing education requirements for re-certification, PMI Metrolina Chapter arranges its monthly meeting schedule to allow a 1 hour PDU training session to be incorporated into its normal meeting.

Topics presented during these sessions are designed to not only satisfy the PDU requirement for re-certifying as a PMP, but to also provide wide appeal to people involved in project management regardless of whether or not they are certified PMPs. The 1-hour sessions meet the educational requirements to qualify for 1 PDU credits for maintaining PMP® certification or to meet the requirement for attending 35 hours of formal project management education prior to applying to sit for the PMP® exam.

The sessions are open to all.