The PMI Washington, DC Chapter is pleased to announce that Ms. Nancy Summers is the winner of the UMT-PMIWDC 2008 Academic Scholarship. Ms. Summers is currently a Team Leader for IIF Data Solutions, Inc and has held positions as a project manager and information center consultant.  She is continuing her project management education at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Arlington, Virginia. Ms. Summers is a PMI member and holds the PMP certification.

The UMT-PMIWDC Academic Scholarship was created to promote and further academic and professional development education in project management. It enables recipients to take up to $2,000 worth of UMT courses to support their needs in academic and professional development education in project management.

The University of Management and Technology is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) and by the PMI© Global Accreditation Center (GAC). It also is a PMI Global Registered Education Provider (REP) and a global leader in higher education in project management.

Missed the Coming Attractions slide deck at the October Dinner Meeting? Download the archived copy (PDF, 2M).

Planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives while effectively trading off the triple constraint more often than not requires effective collaboration and teamwork. This month we recognize and applaud such a team for their selfless contributions to the chapter, Meet Your Volunteers – Wendi Kirkham and Chitra Dhayalan.

Wendi is currently serving PMIWDC as the Chair of the 2008 Project Manager of the Year (PMOTY) Award Committee, a part of the 2008 International Project Management Day events. Chitra serves PMIWDC as a key member of the PMOTY committee, responsible for administering data gathering and communications efforts.

Wendi began her career in Chicago, in the banking industry, as a management intern. After successfully completing that program she was promoted to operations manager, where she spent the next five years developing a love for project management via her participation in various projects. As a result she opted to pursue a career in project management and has never regretted her decision.

Chitra began her career in IT in a Telecommunications manufacturing company as a management trainee. In 2005, after almost 15 years of managing systems, teams and projects; Chitra recognized a need to access additional project management information and resources to further her capabilities in the application of project management discipline and thus became interested in PMI. She ultimately earned her PMP credential the same year and has since then emulated the focus and principles of PMI.

The October 19-21 2008 PMI Global Congress in Denver, Colorado inlcuded a presentation on SharePoint by Innovative-e, Inc. See the full article on www.MarketWatch.com.

QIT-Fer et Titane and Hatch receive prestigious 2008 PMI International Project of the Year Award. See the full article on www.MarketWatch.com.

A brief overview of PMI's new "Risk Management Professional" (RMP) certification. (PDF)

Congratulations to these 97 new PMPs in September 2008!