Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute PMI

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Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management
Institute (PMI)

• The Value of Project Management
• for Nonprofit Organizations

PMI is a federally registered trade and service
mark PMP and the PMP logo are federally
registered certification marks and the PMI logo,
PMBOK and Building professionalism in project
management. are trademarks of Project Management
Institute, Inc.
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Todays Questions

• What is project management?
• What are its benefits for nonprofit
  organizations?
• What is the Project Management Institute?
• What is the Community Project Coaching Program?
• How can we work collaboratively?

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What is a Project?

• A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a
  unique product or service.
• Source A Guide to the Project Management
  Body of Knowledge, 2000

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What is Project Management?

• The application of knowledge, skills, tools
  and techniques to project activities in order to
  meet or exceed stakeholders needs and
  expectations for the project.
• Source A Guide to the Project Management
• Body of Knowledge, 2000

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Why is project management important?

• Up to 80 of projects fail to deliver expected
  results!
• Impacts cost, schedule and service quality
• Delays resources for other initiatives
• Negatively affects employee morale

Source Knowing right from wrong What
research tells us about ways to increase project
success Marv Goldstein, Project Management
Institute, 2001 proceedings
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Project Management Gets Results
Planning Stage
Project Charter
Project Plan
Initiating
Planning
Support Plans
Proposal Stage
Executing
Controlling
Implementation Stage
Closing
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Benefits of Project Management

• Better utilize limited resources
• Focus efforts for greater impact
• Improve organizational communication
• Plan and execute more consistently
• Define what done really means

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• Q This is all great, but how can we leverage
  project management in the foundation setting?
• A You and your grant recipients are doing
  projects. The question is whether you are
  requiring, funding and applying the appropriate
  amount of discipline to projects to ensure
  successful outcomes.

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Project Management Institute (PMI)

• Nonprofit professional association
• Established in 1969
• Over 150,000 members world-wide
• Minnesota is one of the largest chapters with
  over 2,500 members

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What is the PMI vision?

• To be respected throughout the world for
  advancing project management excellence through
  professionalism.

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Community Project Coaching Program

• A program designed to provide PMI-MN members with
  opportunities to serve the community by using
  their project management skills to coach
  nonprofit project managers.

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Coaching, not Leading

• Volunteers assist the project manager(s) for the
  nonprofit community organization
• Project managers of the non-profit community
  organization lead and manage the project

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Key Roles on an Engagement
Community Organization(s)
PMI-MN Organization
Project Manager
Project Sponsor
Project Coach
Project Assistant Coach
Project Team
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Project Management Coaching
Coaching may mean assisting with...

• project plan development
• schedule development
• risk management
• budgeting
• project communication

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Community Organizations Served

• United Way Agencies
• Boy Scouts
• Childrens Home Society
• CommonBond Communities
• Family Pathways
• Interfaith Outreach Community Partners
• Minnesota Indian Womens Resource Center
• Saint Paul Area Council of Churches
• Southside Family Nurturing Center

• Pilot Agencies
• AppleTree Dental
• Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits
  (MAP)
• Model Cities
• Neighbors
• Riverton Community Housing
• Southeast Asian Ministry
• TSE, Inc.

• since program began in 2002 (partial list)

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Coaching Program Results

• Project management is a valuable tool for us to
  estimate staff time, equipment, material and
  project costs which enables us to more accurately
  forecast what it will take to expand our
  program.
• Jim Uden, Director of Development
• Apple Tree Dental

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Coaching Program Results

• The Community Project Coaching Program has been
  an invaluable resource to the projects United Way
  has funded through its Service Through Technology
  program. We have seen an increase in project
  success, thanks to the involvement and support of
  PMIs volunteer coaches.
• Kathy OConnor, Director
• Technology Capacity Building
• Greater Twin Cities United Way

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Discussion

• How can the coaching program help the foundation
  meets its objectives?
• How can this program assist foundation grantees
  accomplish their project objectives?

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To Contact PMI-MN

• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• Email coachcoordinator_at_pmi-mn.org
• Internet www.pmi-mn.org (Chapter That Cares)
• Office address
• 1821 University Ave W, Suite S256
• St. Paul, MN 55104

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Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management
Institute (PMI)

• Thanks for your time and interest!

PMI is a federally registered trade and service
mark PMP and the PMP logo are federally
registered certification marks and the PMI logo,
PMBOK and Building professionalism in project
management. are trademarks of Project Management
Institute, Inc.