PMI Montgomery County
Monthly Dinner Meeting/ Presentation
October 3, 2007 

Hello Project Management Professionals,

We are proud to offer our next dinner meeting at Normandie Farm Restaurant
located at 10710 Falls Road, Potomac, MD (Phone: 301-983-8838, web site
http://www.popovers.com ) on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007.

Directions: Take Rt 270 to the Falls Road exit.  Proceed south towards Potomac. 
Normandie Farm is 3 1/2 miles on the right.

Alternate directions: take the beltway, RT 495 to exit 39.  Proceed west on
River Road 3 1/2 miles.  Turn right onto Falls Road and proceed 3/4 mile to
Normandie Farm on the left.

Our Meeting agenda is as follows:

5:00 to 6:30 PM  Informal Social/Networking - A cash bar will be available

6:30 to 7:45 PM  Dinner

7:45 to 8:00 PM  Announcements and Introductions

8:00 to 9:00 PM  Presentation

Note: Please plan to arrive by at least 6:15 PM so that we can process everyone
in and be able to start serving dinner by 6:30 PM as planned.

Speaker: Roger D. Beatty, Ph.D., PMP

Roger D. Beatty, Ph.D., PMP, is an expert on the subject of globalization in project management.  His “Going Global” lecture series has been presented to hundreds of PMI members from around the world.  He has over 25 years experience in information technology, program management, telecommunications and government.  Dr. Beatty is a lifetime alumnus of the PMI Leadership Institute Masters Program.  He serves PMI as a judge for the Project of the Year contest.  He is a frequent speaker to project managers, community groups and scientists.  As a demographer, field researcher and photographer, Dr. Beatty illustrates his lectures with rich details and captivating images from his extensive research and personal travel experiences.  He devotes his time and efforts to the worldwide development of project management as a profession and speaks at conferences on current project management trends. In 2006, he won the “Speaker Trip to Brazil” contest sponsored by the PMI Washington DC Chapter. In 2007, his presentation at the PMI Global Congress in Hong Kong, "The Global Project Manager Self-Assessment" is to be featured in the September edition of PM Network. In 2008, he will speak at the PMI Global Congress in Sydney.

Topic: Global Project Manager Self Assessment

In this era of globalization, you have the potential to be more than a resource in your local community.  Global projects are on the increase.  Your project management skills also need to increase.  The project management professional is an integral global resource in the current global economy.  As more and more projects are global in nature, project managers will be needed to lead global as well as international projects.  Some project managers around the world are acquiring the skills to manage global projects.  However, many project managers do not possess these new skills.  The “Global Project Manager Self-Assessment” is a tool to rapidly assess your aptitude to serve as a global project manager.

The global project manager self-assessment is a professional development tool.  This tool is designed to illuminate the knowledge, skills and experience that are necessary to effectively manage and deliver global projects.  The tool is designed to provide a step-by-step analysis of various aspects of global project management.

The self-assessment tool is not designed to test specific knowledge of project management methods or techniques.   It is assumed that the project manager is competent in the body of knowledge and the project management process groups.  Instead, the tool focuses on the detection of performance indicators that demonstrate aptitude and experience in global project management.