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1818 Library St.
Suite 500
Reston, VA 20190

Why Off Peak Training?

As a Reston, VA based company, Off Peak Training serves the Washington, DC area with excellence in education and community building. By delivering, training solutions at accessible times and locations for busy professional, our goal is to help you reach yours. We are actively involved in our local chapters of the PMI® and other organizations that benefit our community. Learn more on our About Us page or check out our upcoming course schedule.

Keys to Procurement with Northrop Grumman

Please join Cynthia Hyland, Vice President Contracts, Pricing & Supply Chain of Northrop Grumman; Chuck Harris of Pyramid Systems; and a panel of Northrop Grumman procurement personnel on Thursday, January 12th. This event is for emerging government contractors who do business now or want to do business with the Federal Government. Representatives of Northrop Grumman will be on hand to network with participants and discuss procurement opportunities.

Certified PMP’s receive 1 PDU for attending this event.

Date/Time:

1/12/2012 – 7:30 AM to 9:45 AM

Schedule of Events

7:30-8:00 a.m. Networking & Registration
8:00-8:30 a.m. Compliance Update and Panel Introductions
8:30-9:15 a.m. Panel Discussion
9:15-9:45 a.m. Network with panelists and other leading entrepreneurs

Location

Northrop Grumman
2340 Dulles Corner Blvd
Herndon, VA 20171

Registration

$25 (includes light breakfast)
Certified PMP’s receive 1 PDU for attending this event.
Please call Ashley Owen at the Reston Chamber of Commerce, 703-707-9045, to register.

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Despite the continuous evolution of the project management discipline, projects repeatedly fail due to common project management mistakes. In a time when project managers are expected to do much more with much less, understanding these common mistakes and proactively preventing them is critical to project success. This luncheon presentation will identify the most common and most impactful project management mistakes; will address the root causes, indicators, and risks associated with these mistakes; and will describe multiple strategies for avoiding them.

Featuring

Yvette Rivers, PMP
Director, Cirdan Group, Inc.

Registration

Date and time:
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
11:30 pm: Networking
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch & Speaker
1 PDU Credit will be available for Certified PMPs

Location and Cost:
$30 *Lunch will be served
M&S Grill – 11901 Democracy Drive. Reston VA, 20190

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Yvette Rivers

Yvette Rivers is Director of the IV&V and Project Management Practice at Cirdan Group, Inc., a Maryland-based management consulting firm that specializes in project management consulting, independent verification and validation (IV&V), and PMO services. She is a PMI-certified PMP with over 13 years of experience in project management, IV&V, program management, quality assurance, and risk management.

She has provided consulting services for federal, state, and local governments such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Department of the Interior, and the State of Maryland, as well as Fortune 500 companies such as ExxonMobil and DuPont. Since starting at Cirdan Group in 2007, she has primarily worked on performing IV&V assessments for State of Maryland major information technology development projects.

Ms. Rivers holds a B.A. in Sociology with Psychology from Yale University and an M.B.A from George Washington University.

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Reston Luncheon Series Resources

Every month, the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon series strives to bring you interesting and informative speakers from a wide range of professions. We present these speakers to you in a casual setting that allows you to network with other professionals of the PMI. Thank you for your continued interest and support in the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon series. If you are interested in attending one of these Luncheon’s, you can visit the Reston Luncheon Resources page

Each year Off Peak Training chooses a local non-profit to give back. We are proud to sponsor this year’s Reston Challenge Fall Festival to benefit the 4Paws Rescue Team. The Off Peak Training Team is looking forward to volunteering at and sponsoring such a worthy cause.

This free-to-enter festival along beautiful Lake Anne features local craft breweries (Lost Rhino brewery and more), local restaurants, a corn hole tournament with top prize valued at $500, and local music. There is also a costume contest for all ages and scavenger hunt for the families/kids.

This year’s event will be held at the Lake Anne Plaza on October 29th 11am – 4pm. Net proceeds benefit the 4Paws Rescue Team, the community nonprofit chosen by Northern Virginia residents.

Event Details

11402 Washington Plaza West, Reston, VA 20190
8:00AM – 12:00PM – FARMERS MARKET
11:00AM – 4:00PM – FALL FESTIVAL

Food and Beverages tickets $1
Beer tastings $2, Pints $6
*The first 999 people to purchase 10 tasting tickets get a free souvenir tasting glass.

To learn more about the festival, visit: RestonChallenge.org

Location and Date:

Friday, October 7, 2011
All day program beginning at 8:00am

Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VA
3111 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
Metro/Bus Accessible (2 miles from Dunn Loring station)
Free Shuttle service will be available during the day between the Dunn Loring metro stop and the hotel.

Register at http://www.pmiwdc.org/CareerDay

Career Day Program Agenda

Career Day 2010 features a diverse selection of career development programs, which be held concurrently with the job fair and networking activities. Up to 6 PDUs are possible and all attendees are encouraged to attend these educational sessions at no additional charge.

8:00am
- Career Day Begins
- Exhibit Area Opens

9:00am – 5:00pm
- A selection of career-building educational programs. Speakers and topics will be posted as details are made available.
- You may earn up to 6 PDUs, or visit the employer and vendor booths in the Exhibit area
- Lunch will be provided in the afternoon

5:00pm
- Exhibit area closes and Career Day ends.

Register at http://www.pmiwdc.org/CareerDay

In many institutions, big and small, public and private, the role of a project manager has typically been flanked by bookends; they have a cameo appearance during the final days of proposal development (well…. maybe), have a debut after a contract has been awarded and then seem to fade away after the customer has accepted delivery.

Even today with so many published articles and quantitative references that speak to how we can manage the end-to-end project cycle more effectively, the myriad of stovepipes and administrative bureaucracies within organizations often continue to intercede on behalf on added risk and inefficiency. Why? Well, there’s a fair distribution of gotcha to go around the organizational chart, but for the most part it’s really a lack of true project management experience within matrixed support entities and hesitation by senior management to invest the time and resources for project managers to have expanded visibility.

It seems simple enough to fix but if you’re like me, as a program manager or line of business manager, during the rush of the day there are distractions and competing priorities that pop up like squished bugs on a windshield. PM’s tend to fall victim to being a high valued commodity that simply can’t be in more than two or three places at the same time. Fortunately, there’s a remedy: People make the difference -They always do. This presentation will investigate how.

Featuring

Hampton Dowling
Managing Partner, The HCB Group LLC

Registration

Date and time:
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
11:30 pm: Networking
12:00- 1:00 pm: Lunch & Speaker
1 PDU Credit will be available for Certified PMPs

Location and Cost:
$30 *Lunch will be served
McCormick & Schmicks – 11920 Democracy Dr. Reston, VA 20190

Follow link to register with PMIWDC

Hampton Dowling

Mr. Dowling is the Managing Partner of The HCB Group LLC, in Northern Virginia, a professional advisory and services company that shapes and satisfies international opportunities primarily through partnerships focused on secure commerce & logistics, defense & homeland security, and client development. Services include design and implementation of business strategies and value propositions that help the public sector achieve policy and operational objectives, as well as, increasing private sector market exposure, revenue potentials and brand visibility within the framework of transparent business practices, lower risk and Web/ICT optimization.

Mr. Dowling recently served as a vice president for Aria International, and formerly as a director in companies such as L3 Communications and DRS Technical Services, and senior program management positions within Lockheed Martin Corporation and SAIC; each with responsibility for strategy design, contract value delivery and planned business growth across a broad domestic & international customer base. He has provided client advisory services within the private sector regarding risk management, leadership & protégé programs, mergers & acquisitions, and program management.

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Reston Luncheon Series Resources

Every month, the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon series strives to bring you interesting and informative speakers from a wide range of professions. We present these speakers to you in a casual setting that allows you to network with other professionals of the PMI. Thank you for your continued interest and support in the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon series. If you are interested in attending one of these Luncheon’s, you can visit the Reston Luncheon Resources page

“I wanted to let you know that I found Off Peak Training’s two-day seminar on Earned Value Management to be an exceptional learning opportunity. My initial interest in the course was to brush up on the skills learned in studying for the PMP and various DoD training courses, but what Off Peak delivered was an end-to-end class that was suited for any level from seasoned program management veteran to someone taking their first steps in program analytics.

The instructor, Nik DeBenedetto, having clearly spent his career in the field of earned value and EVM consulting from both the commercial and federal sectors (civilian as well as DoD), put together a very logical and easy to understand progression of why and how EVM has become such an important tool to program managers today. His understanding of the real-life practices and pitfalls of putting the methodologies into action was invaluable, and his upbeat and easy demeanor really seemed to open up the classroom to free discussion. Each subject was delivered in plain language and easily relatable for all expereince levels and the interactive exercises did a great job of keeping everyone engaged and applying the topics in real-world scenarios. I was most impressed when Nik took a quick poll of the class’ backgrounds and then tailored the discussions and examples to be more directly applicable for the rest of the course.

Having taken similar courses on EVM in the past as recommended by the Washington DC chapter of PMI, Off Peak’s course did far more than providing the standard definitions and formulas and stands out as an outstanding return on investment. I highly recommend your program to anyone interested in EVM training for either themselves or their staff.

Nathan Sanders
Project Manager
The Tauri Group”

Why is ITIL important?

In the ever increasing competitive market place, IT service providers must understand and partner with the business in order to deliver quality services that support the business outcomes and add strategic value. The processes in the ITIL framework allow service providers, of all types, guidance for delivering quality services in a cost effective and efficient manner.

About an ITILv3 Expert

To be certified as an ITILv3 Expert one must demonstrate a superior level of knowledge of ITIL Version 3 in its entirety. Off Peak Training’s ITILv3 instructor, Roberto Rivera, is a certified ITILv3 Expert.

Roberto is a consultant and trainer with extensive subject matter expertise in Applications Development, IT Service Management (ITSM) and the ITIL Framework. Roberto has over 25 years experience spanning industries including Oil, Insurance, Utility, International Development Banking and Financial Markets. He uses his practical experience in his delivery of ITIL courses to drive home the concepts.

Listen to him explain the fundamentals of ITILv3 in his upcoming webinar or prepare you for the ITILv3 Foundation certification in an upcoming 3 day bootcamp & exam.

As a Reston, VA based company, Off Peak Training serves the Washington, DC area with excellence in education and community building.  By delivering, training solutions at accessible times and locations for busy professional, our goal is to help you reach yours.  We are actively involved in our local chapters of the PMI® and other organizations that benefit our community.  Learn more on our About Us page.

Project management professionals must understand the business case of the projects they are managing and may be required to report performance metrics indicating how the project is contributing to overall organizational strategy.  To help ensure proper portfolio management and alignment, it is important for project managers to understand how their projects map to overall organizational strategy.  Attendees will learn how to map project performance measures to the organization’s mission and vision and see how this can be automated.  This presentation will use a balanced scorecard approach to investigate how strategic planning merges with project management, the role that quality assurance plays in the overall infrastructure, and how critical this intersection is to the organization, especially in today economy and budget shortfalls.

Featuring

Timothy Ciampaglio
President, Pharos Group Inc.

Registration

Date and time:
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
11:30 pm: Networking
12:00- 1:00 pm: Lunch & Speaker
1 PDU Credit will be available for Certified PMPs

Location and Cost:
$30 *Lunch will be served
PassionFish – 11960 Democracy Dr. Reston, VA 20190

Follow link to register with PMIWDC

Timothy J. Ciampaglio

Timothy J. Ciampaglio is currently an Associate with The Institute and is a 23 year veteran of the United States Coast Guard where he focused on Maritime Operations, Training and Education, and Balanced Scorecard Strategic Planning.  Prior to retiring from the United States Coast Guard, Mr. Ciampaglio completed successful tours of duty totaling nearly 10 years at sea on six ships.  He commanded his last ship, the Coast Guard Cutter WASHINGTON in Honolulu, HI.  His last tour in operations was in the Coast Guard’s most visible and demanding area of responsibility as the Sector Response Chief (Operation’s Officer), in Key West, FL.  He managed the operations center, and 12 subordinate units (ships, stations and aircraft) in all Coast Guard missions, including Search and Rescue, Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations, Counter Narcotics, Living Marine Resources and Homeland Security.

Mr Ciampaglio’s final year of service was at Coast Guard Headquarters where he was the Chief of the External Coordination Division on the Commandant’s staff.  There he conducted high level Coast Guard briefs and prepared witnesses from O-6 thru O-10 (Commandant of Coast Guard) for 25 Congressional hearings. He also served as a Coast Guard spokesman on substantive issues relating to sensitive Coast Guard issues to congressional staffers.  He coordinated GAO/DHS Inspector General interactions related to 40+ audits, including document delivery and coordination of CGHQ meetings, field visits by audit teams.

Mr. Ciampaglio currently holds a Master Professional Certification from The Balanced Scorecard Institute and has a broad background of experience which includes Balanced Scorecard Consulting for the Army’s Surgeon General, the Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Coast Guard and other commercial entities.  He is Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences where he taught Strategic Human Resources (HR) Planning and Management, and The Art of Negotiations. He was also an Associate Professor at the Coast Guard Academy where he taught Macroeconomics and Organizational Behavior and Leadership.

He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Towson University and a Masters of Public Policy and Management, concentrating in Human Resource Management, from Carnegie Mellon University.

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]]> https://www.offpeaktraining.com/2011/07/where-balanced-scorecard-strategic-planning-and-project-management-merge-august-17-2011-reston-luncheon-series/feed/ 0 https://www.offpeaktraining.com/2011/07/i-passed-the-pmp-exam-on-the-first-try/ https://www.offpeaktraining.com/2011/07/i-passed-the-pmp-exam-on-the-first-try/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:38:00 +0000 Nicholas Hartigan http://www.offpeaktraining.com/?p=1739 Off Peak Training has, over the past couple of years offered many project managers powerful training classes in order for them to prepare for their PMP exams. Hear what one customer in-particular has to say about our class…

“I passed the PMP exam on the first try thanks to your 5 day PMP Exam Prep course. The course was exactly what I needed in order to prepare for, and ultimately pass, the exam. The course was comprehensive and well organized and the material and mock exam really helped reinforce everything taught in the class. The instructor, Chris Talmont, was excellent. Not only is Chris extremely knowledgeable, but his teaching style and approach really made the class an enjoyable experience.

I will be sure to recommend the class to anyone I know looking to take the exam. Hope to see you around at the PM community events.”

Chris Frescholtz, PMP
K12
Director, High School Program
Product Development

Thank you very much to Chris for the testimonial, and a big congratulations for passing the exam! If you, or anyone you know is interested in extending project management education, please feel free to view some of our upcoming classes.

Thank You,
Off Peak Training

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