Mumbai Chapter

On 19 July, the Ahmedabad branch of Mumbai Chapter held its 15th PMP Club Meet. Saurabh Parikh, BE, MBA, PMP, an IT industry professional for the past 14 years, was the speaker on ‘Program, Project and Portfolio & Management in Corporate Environments’. Parikh highlighted the key differences between projects, programs, and portfolios and focused on stakeholder management, one of the most important aspects of program management. On 8 August, at the 73rd Club Meet, Jacob Z., BSc, MBA, PMP, spoke on ‘Effective Communications with Stakeholders’. Jacob works with State Bank of India and has around 20 years of experience in IT. His discussion revolved around the practical approach in communicating with the stakeholders. At the 74th Club Meet on 16 August, Vaijayantee Kamat, PMP, with over 20 years of IT experience in managing large-scale projects gave a talk on ‘Time Management in ERP Projects’.

The Mumbai Chapter has also been very active in organizing interactive sessions for members and non-members. On 26 July, Rajesh Patel, CEO and Co-founder, Powerweave Software Services Pvt Ltd, led a session on ‘The Four Keys to Project Management Success in Today’s Global Scenario’. Patel spoke about managing projects in today’s recessionary, competitive, and uncertain environment and discussed workable and practical methods to tide over the downturn. On 9 August, PMI held a leadership workshop conducted by Kaizad Hateria, MS (Psychotherapy and Human Behavior). The goal of the workshop was to enable and empower the participants with techniques and tools to tread on the path of ‘inspired leadership’.