Editor’s Note
In line with our mission to provide relevant development and certification to project, program and portfolio management professionals, starting from this month PMI Netherlands is presenting 2 new alternatives.
On the one hand, we are proud to introduce our PMI Netherlands Chapter YouTube channel, where you’ll find different kinds of media content such as the last PMI Netherlands Summit 2017. We will focus on posting videos from our conferences, seminars and others events. 

On the other hand, in an effort to provide more value from our chapter events, our members will be able to obtain certificates for those events they attended. For more information regarding this matter refer to the article at bottom of this page.

If you have any suggestions on how to improve our offerings and if you are interested in being part of our community of PMI volunteers, we invite you to contact us.

Early in the year PMI Netherlands Chapter provided an overview of attended Chapter Events in the previous year. Since we now request you to login to before you register for an event, we are also able to generate automatic certificates for the events you have attended.

Next week the certificates for the 2017-10-11 Chapter Event at Valid will be made available on the website. The certificates for the previous events of this year will be made available in the coming weeks. It is the intention that all certificates of events this year will be available by the end of November.

You can access your certificates in the following way:

1. login using your PMI userid/password by clicking on the Login choiche in upper right hand corner of our website
2. click on My Certificates in the menu that will appear at the top of the screen
3. click on the PDF-icon of the certificate of your choice
4. download/print the certificate
5. click on the back button of your browser to return to the overview

Please note that only certificates can be generated for events for which the PMI Netehrlands Chapter has a signed Attendance List available.

The Board of PMI Netherlands Chapter congratulates the following members with achieving their credential:

In a continuous search to provide valuable information and knowledge for our members to grow and excel in their profession, we are very pleased to exchange our regular 2 presentation evening chapter meeting for a FULL day event! We are welcomed at Mikrocentrum’s yearly HighTech Project Manager event, which this year has the theme ‘De Wendare Project Manager’.

This full day program with three parallel tracks is normally offered for 295,= Euro (excl VAT), but due to the fact that Mikrocentrum will become Silver sponsor of the PMI Netherlands Chapter they have offered a special introduction / welcome discount for the PMI members to attend the event for only 50,= Euro (excl VAT). Please note this is a one-time introduction discount exclusive for PMI members for this year only!

So although there will not be a free Chapter Meeting in November, we believe that this event, even though it is in Dutch, is a more than fitting alternative. This event will also allow you to network with the HighTech Platform project managers and thus enables both parties to exchange more idea’s knowledge and lessons learned.

Since the event is in Dutch, we are sharing the announcement in Dutch below.

(English’s only speakers, don’t worry: the December event will be in English again and will be in Amsterdam  -to be announced soon-)

***** Dutch announcement *****

Hoe wendbaar bent u als projectmanager?

Hoe springt u in op uw snel veranderende projectomgeving? Hoe kunt u situaties meer naar uw hand zetten? Neem jaarlijks één dag de tijd om kritisch naar uzelf als projectmanager te kijken en kom op 7 november naar Efteling Golfpark, De Moer.

Agile, of niet?
Steeds meer organisaties kiezen voor de theorieën van wendbaarheid (agile). Hoe doet u dat?

Deze dag laat u kennismaken met het projectmanagementvakgebied en welke vaardigheden u hierin tegenkomt. Daarbij komen de drie volgende invalshoeken op een praktische manier aan bod:

• Projectmanager
• Projectteam
• Projectmanagementproces.

De verschillen en overeenkomsten tussen de traditionele projectmanagementmethodiek en de agile methode worden onder de loep genomen. Moeten we allemaal agile gaan werken; de nieuwe manier van projecten trekken? Ontdek wat voor u het beste past.

Tevens wordt u deelgenoot van misschien wel het leukste project van Nederland waarbij fantasie en techniek gecombineerd worden. Kom luisteren hoe deze projectmanager het heeft aangepakt.

For the complete agenda with all topics and speaker please find the link to the registration here:

Program and Registration

In order to be eligible for the great discount and pay only 50 Euro (excl VAT) for this event you have to submit your valid PMI membership number in the [Ordernummer / - referentie] field!

We are very pleased with our new Silver Sponsor Mikrocentrum and we hope to see you the 7^th of November at  Efteling Golfpark!

Location:

Efteling Golfpark
Veldstraat 6
5176 NB De Moer

Since this event is organised by Mikrocentrum there is no PDU-ID available. You can claim your PDUs, based on the program you follow, in the same way as for any other non-PMI event.

Claiming PDUs for the PMI Netherlands Summit 2017 (and other PMI Netherlands Chapter Events) should be done using the next steps:

1. Log in to CCRS.
2. Click on Search Activities (left column)
3. Enter the Acitivity number of the PMI Netherlands Summit 2017 in the Search field behind Activities. The number is: c266-2017-summit 
4. Click on search
5. You will see information on the event and the distribution over the PMI Triangle for the various certifications
6. Click on Report PDU for this activity (located on the top-right corner above the distribution).
7. Fill in the dates of the activity and tick the box that the claim is accurate and click on the SUBMIT button
8. A thank you window will appear and after a while you will receive two mails (one that you have submitted the claim and one it is approved)