The PMI Mid Missouri Chapter is hosting our first 2-day Professional Development Days event at the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks, Tan Tar A Resort in Osage Beach, MO on October 18-19, 2018!  We have an exciting agenda planned, including 3 keynote speakers, 12 breakout topics, a social event, and plenty of opportunity to network with other project managers.  Through the theme of “Explore the Universe of Project Management,” we will provide you with a wide range of topics to choose from that will enhance your knowledge and accumulate up to 13 PDUs.  Our agenda will be packed full of informative sessions, networking, and opportunities to make new contacts.  You won’t want to miss out on the program or the great prizes you’ll be eligible to win if you attend.  Details are available through this link on the chapter's website https://pmimidmo.org/index.php/pdd-2018.  Register now to save, and don't forget to reserve your room at Tan-Tar-A!

Do you work on projects where it seems like you’re missing the mark with your external customers? Do your internal stakeholders think you lack a true understanding of their needs?

Both scenarios are common within Software Development. Regardless of which SDLC framework you’re operating in (“waterfall”, “agile”, something in-between), getting to the real needs of the customer is never easy. Accurately predicting what customers want, need, and will pay for is tough. Even if you ask them, they often can’t explain what they want.

Innovation Games are a collection of collaboration frameworks that you can play online or in-person with your colleagues and customers. The goal is understanding the true needs of your customers and turning Idea into Action™.

The games themselves, while fun, are more than just play. Each game leverages deep principles of cognitive psychology and organizational behavior to uncover data that is difficult to uncover using traditional requirement elicitation or market research techniques. As you come to understand the power of these principles, your use of the games will improve, and you’ll find yourself able to discover even richer data.

It has been demonstrated that IQ, intelligence and talent are not the prime determination of outstanding achievement. Grit is the true secret to success. This program examines grit and provides the Project Manager with time tested methodologies to drive project teams to peak performance.

Project Managers are usually confronted with situations and events that have a negative effect on the established schedule and they are still expected to bring the project in on time. One proven method to improve schedule compliance is to employ select 6 SIGMA methodologies to selected processes. This analytical improvement technique provides project teams, who play to win, with an avenue to reduce the time required to complete a selected process without reducing quality.