Upcoming Ithaca Chapter Meeting
Local meeting of the Ithaca branch of PMI-Rochester, (Formerly Ithaca PM-SIG)
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green St, Ithaca NY 14850
Borg Warner Room
Presentation Title: SPOTTING THE ICEBERG
How to stop hidden decision traps from sinking your project
By Stacy Munechika
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Ithaca Membership News
New PMP’s
- Hugh Bahar, Cornell University
- Michele Reynolds, Cornell University
- Jolene Simmons, Cornell University
Renewals
- Jill Henery, Cornell University
- Greg Menzenski, Cornell University
- Shannon Osburn, Cornell University
- John Parker, Cornell University
Ithaca Officers and Branch Information
E- mail contact: ithaca@pmirochester.org
- VP of the Ithaca branch - Lisa Stensland, PMP
- Director for Programming - Chris Lyons, PMP
- Director for Membership - Jill Henery, PMP
- Director for Finance Shannon Osburn, PMP
About the Ithaca Branch
The Ithaca branch grew from a group of project managers from Cornell University that started meeting two years ago. The organization was called the Project Management Special Interest Group and brought project managers from across the campus together to learn and collaborate. As the group matured, they decided a formal relationship with PMI would be beneficial.
To date, opportunities to get directly involved with PMI-related activities have been geographically challenged, with the closest Chapter being a minimum of an hour away for most of our members. With regular attendance of 15-20 people, the group began to express interest in aligning more closely with one of the local PMI chapters so that we could expand the possibilities for bringing in valuable programs as well as providing our members more opportunities for involvement in PMI activities (thereby also helping our PMPs receive PDUs).
In the Ithaca-based group, we currently have approximately 15-20 PMI members, 10-15 PMI-Rochester Chapter members, and 16 PMPs. We welcome anyone from around the Ithaca region that is interested in project management to get involved!
Recap of 2011 Meetings
Chapter Meeting Code for PDUs – C034 – 2011I
April 20, 2011
Thirty one project managers from the Ithaca area attended the second Rochester PMI – Ithaca Branch meeting. We were fortunate to welcome folks from SUNY – Oneonta, CBORD, and Cayuga Medical Center. The group enjoyed a lunch and a presentation by featured author and speaker Mark Kozak-Holland, known for his “Lessons from History” series where he uses historical events to correlate to today’s project challenges.
Topic: "The History of Project Management -What can we learn from the ancient Project Managers?"
Summary: The Pyramid of Giza, the Parthenon, and the Coliseum are all great historical projects from the past 4 millennia. When we look back we tend to look at these as great architectural or engineering works. Project management tends to be overlooked, and yet the core principles were used extensively in these projects.
This presentation took a look at the history of project management, how it evolved, and presents some quite remarkable results; namely, that project management did not just appear in the last 100 years but has been a steady evolution for at least 4,500 years. We walked away with new insights and an interest to look at these projects more closely for lessons that are applicable as much today as when the project was initiated. Paying attention to how historical projects and emerging technologies of the past solved complex problems of the day provides some very valuable insights into how to solve today's more challenging business problems.