Author: Geetanjali Bhat, PMP

Dear Members and Newsletter Subscribers!

It is that time of the year where we can see fresh flowers and greenery all around us, giving us  reasons to smile and cherish more. Today, sunshine and bright skies are giving us an important message about good days coming soon. Friends, I can see that good things are happening too bringing more positivity around us. I cannot think of any better example than we in PMI Switzerland about our continuous learning and inspiring each other. 

As I mentioned in my last editorial about the exciting events with latest subject’s expertise, this month, we bring in various Disciplined Agile Certification courses through sessions and online live workshops. PMI has also taken the initiative of providing Disciplined Agile courses specially for PMI Switzerland members too.

Friends, what are we waiting for! Let’s grab this opportunity to get ourselves agile certified.

While, we are in 21^st year in PMI Switzerland, today despite continued restricted access outside world, we from PMI community are continuously learning, innovating new ideas and sharing with the world. Friends, please remember there is always someone out there in our virtual coffee meets for a chat!  Let’s continue to discuss and network more in our virtual coffee meets, ensuring to turn this pandemic into a positive path of new innings of more growth in each one's learning journey.

I would like to thank PMI Switzerland community for creating innovative workshops and events and we continue to learn and inspire each of us in the community.

I wish every member of PMI community, Healthy and Safe days ahead. Let’s all think positive and keep learning and motivating each other in our PMI member journey!

Cheers!

Geetanjali

Author: Stefan Vesenmeier, PMP

I am very pleased to announce today a very special offer for all our chapter members. Recently we could win ALVISSON, the first PMI® DA Authorized Training Partner in Europe, as a new partner of PMI Switzerland.

To kick off this partnership, ALVISSION is offering to all our chapter members a very special one-time discount on two Disciplined Agile certificate courses:

- DASM - Disciplined Agile Scrum Master Certification (https://www.pmi.org/certifications/agile-certifications/disciplined-agile-scrum-master-dasm)
- DASSM - Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master Certification (https://www.pmi.org/certifications/agile-certifications/disciplined-agile-senior-scrum-master-dassm)

Each of the two courses is a two-day virtual training (Friday and Saturday) and includes the registration and fee for the certificate exam.

If you want to increase your knowledge, demonstrate your professionalism, and advance your career by attaining a DA certification, then this is your chance as a PMI Switzerland Member - get your DA certification for a 20% PMI Switzerland Discount!

Find more details about the special offer from ALVISSION for our chapter on our web-page: https://pmi-switzerland.ch/events/da-certification2021

With my best regards and the hope that this offer meets the interest of our members.
Stefan Vesenmeier
VP Events, PMI Switzerland

Author: Shalini Krishnan, PMP

Dear Members and Newsletter Subscribers!

“Spring is the time of plans and projects” – Leo Tolstoy 

Happy Easter!  Spring is in the air, with the last week of the ski season in full swing, and those not on the slopes enjoying sunshine with increasing temperatures.  Let’s hope that the renewed life that spring inevitably brings leads to a new celebration of life in Switzerland and around the world soon.  

It’s hard not to notice the negative impact of the pandemic everywhere, but let’s look at it with positivity and hope.  Anywhere you turn, you can see project management practices at work, in the development and testing of vaccines, in the logistics of vaccine delivery and in its administration to hundreds of millions of people. The project management practices are also at work in planning  the return to operations of all the institutions that had to shut down or curtail their services as part of the battle to “flatten the curve” which continues. While we can all agree that this past year has been challenging, there are lots of exciting innovations and positive outcomes if you look close enough, thanks to agile management of projects. 

I am excited to deliver my first ever editorial as one of your new copy editors. I received my PMP credentials in December 2020 and have joined the PMI Switzerland Chapter, hoping to interact with and meet like-minded project professionals such as yourself, in Switzerland. I encourage you to reach out with any ideas and suggestions you have for the newsletter, or if you’d just like to have a chat and meet someone new. I also invite your ideas for how we can further help our PMI members, and the larger community we live in. 

PM Master Class April: Building your personal brand

Most companies and individuals underestimate the power of social media. Personal branding is a key potential driver for today’s success in business. Establishing your professional brand and competence has never been this important. Beyond this, value in today’s economy is mostly about human relationships. Social networks are a key source of relevant information to get to know your prospects, customers and partners. To connect and engage with them. It has never been this efficient and even easy as it is today. If you do it right.

Learn “why, what and how” in an intense virtual training over 2 Saturday mornings lead by a pioneer and expert in the field. Yes, it will profoundly change how you see and operate your presence and activities on social media. You will see the impact right away, once you apply the
learnings.