Calendar

Sunday. 24 March, 2024 - Saturday. 30 March, 2024
WEEK 13
Monday. 25 March, 2024
7:30 am

Job Search Breakfast Meeting March 25, 2024

Virtual Event

When:  March 25, 2024  7:30 am - 9:00 am
Where:  Virtual Meeting (Registrants will receive joining details from Meeting Leader) 
 
 
Description:
This group is established to provide job search support for Silicon Valley project management professionals.  It is sponsored by the Silicon Valley chapter of the Project Management Institute - PMI (www.pmisv.org) to help our members in transition improve their probability of landing a future job.   In conjunction with the chapter's Career Management Seminars and Career Development Workshops, the Job Search Group focuses on providing:
6:00 pm

PMI Silicon Valley Leadership Program - Weekly Series (2/19/2024 - 4/08/2024)

Virtual Event

The purpose of the Leadership Program is to expand and deepen the leadership team by offering a training program for managers, or equivalent, whose performance and initiative has demonstrated leadership potential.  The event series is for PMISV Members Only.

Wednesday. 27 March, 2024
6:00 pm

PM Insight-Foster City Hybrid Meeting: Great User Stories

Foster City Community Center - Sail Room

PM Insight-Foster City Hybrid Meeting:

Great User Stories

 
When:   Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 6:00pm-8:00pm
Where:  Hybrid - Foster City Community Center - Sail Room & Virtual Meeting 
 
Last Date for On-line Registration is 3/26/2024 at 11 PM
Registrants will receive meeting joining details from Meeting Leader by afternoon on the event day.
 
Description: 
 

 

Unlocking the Power of Agile: Crafting User Stories that Deliver Value Do your user stories leave you feeling like a lost adventurer in a story-less land? Are they vague, uninspired, and failing to guide your agile journey? Fear not, fellow developers and product owners! This presentation will be your compass, leading you through the art of crafting user stories that ignite your projects and deliver real value.

We'll dive deep into the secrets of powerful user stories, uncovering the "who," "what," and "why" that make them tick. Learn how to speak the language of your users, define success with clarity, and break down epics into actionable adventures. Get ready to say goodbye to meandering epics and hello to focused sprints that deliver tangible results. Join us and unlock the full potential of agile, one user story at a time!

Thursday. 28 March, 2024
7:00 pm
Friday. 29 March, 2024
1:30 pm

PMI Silicon Valley Chapter joint event with Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley

We invite you to join us as volunteers for this wonderful and generous event. By participating, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by providing much-needed food to children, families, and seniors facing hunger in our local area.

Saturday. 30 March, 2024
9:00 am

Virtual Workshop: Scrappy Design Thinking - It's Not Just "Thinking About Design"!

Virtual Event

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: 

Scrappy Design Thinking - It's Not Just "Thinking About Design"!

 

When:   Sat March 30th, 2024 9:00am-5:00pm  

Agenda:  

  • 9:00am Sign In and Networking
  • Session 9:30am to 5:00pm                           

Where:  Virtual Event (Zoom) 

Price:

Early Bird: PMISV member: $150 Non-PMISV member: $220

Regular: PMISV member: $220 Non-PMISV member: $250

 Last date for early bird discount: 03/21/2024

Last date for On-line Registration: 03/28/2024

 Learning Outcomes:

  • Avoid the "Rush to Solution", the most tempting way to fail in any project!
  • Discover the Big WHY purpose for any project.
  • Focus on the key stakeholders who will evaluate your project's “success”.
  • Define "success", and the measures of that success, through the eyes of your key stakeholders.
  • Embrace necessary risk-taking, learning from mistakes, experimenting, prototyping and "failing forward". 
  • Learn to apply this powerful approach to any project, particularly those that seem “impossible”!