Misc

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The PMAC Board of Directors has set the date for the latest PMAC AGM. The annual event will be held on 4 May 2013 as an online "virtual" meeting. Directors will present their portfolio reports via webinar and votes will be solicited via the Internet. More details and a signup form will be forthcoming closer to the date. Please hold some time open on that day, beginning at noon Eastern time.

The PMAC Board of Directors is proud to announce it has awarded its first two fellowships to two former PMAC Presidents: Kevin Aguanno and Beverly Pasian. As Fellows of the Project Management Association of Canada, these two individuals have been recognized with the highest honour in the association for their service to the association and the project management community.

When asking people why they want to use agile delivery methods, one of the most common reasons I hear is that they want to “deliver faster.” It seems that there is a widespread frustration with the way administrative bureaucracy, inefficient development processes, and overburdening governance processes impede project performance. In many cases, an apparently simple, short development project cannot be delivered quickly because of the process and governance overheads that stretch the project out across the calendar and act as a multiplier on the estimated project budget.

Morley Selver, Director of Certification, would like to congratulate 4 more individuals who successfully passed the Certified Agile Project Manager exam during the month of January 2013. Their names are now listed on the Directory of Certified Agile Project Managers.

Special congratulations go to Daniel Mair who is now one of only a handful of individuals who have been able to score a perfect 100% on the exam.

[Directory of Certified Agile Project Managers]

Hello PMAC Members,

To start of this new year, we have our pleased to have our first guest speaker, Joe Varnell, who is the Senior Methodology Consultant at CIBC.

The PMAC-AGPC Certification Board has just announced the new set of Certified Project Management Associate (CPMA) / IPMA Level-D certification exam prep. courses for 2013.

These courses have been accredited by the Project Management Association of Canada as meeting its standards for quality, accuracy, substantiveness, and professionalism.

For the full list of available courses please check our "Upcoming Events" page.

Hello PMAC Members,

Announcing PMAC Members Special Pricing for ProjectWorld Toronto June 3-6, 2013 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre

First of all, thank you very much to all who supported our ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld Toronto this past year. In all, we saw a little over 1500 people touch this event in some way – an amazing year! It is our hope that 2013 will see another great success.

The new program for 2013 is now available at www.projectworldcanada.com/toronto.

• Program Overview: We have 8 different tracks for you to choose from, with over 35 sessions on BA and PM topics, Stakeholder and Governance Topics.