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Let’s Blow the Roof Off!
Chris Hanks, PMP

To me, Member Value is not a buzzword and Strategic Alignment is not a catchphrase. To me, the only reason that the PMI Central Indiana Chapter exists as an organization is to provide real, meaningful, value to its members. And I interpret Strategic Alignment as a reality check that helps us to ensure that we are orienting our resources, limited as they are, on the activities that will provide the most value to our members.

Resume Tips
Deborah Walker, CCMC

With today's level of competition for good jobs your resume has got only one chance to make a great first impression. To be considered for interviews your resume must have that special something that grabs the reader's attention and motivates them to call you. Here are five strategies for transforming a blah document into a WOW resume that will get employers calling you.

Editor's Vantage Point
David Mark Thomas

It may be said that an organization's newsletter is a visible gauge of the group's vitality, effectiveness and leadership. Looking only forward, there are certain assumptions that seem reasonable for measuring the strength of a publication such as this, and thus, the chapter in general. Outlined below is a set of criteria that may be helpful to you, the reader, to evaluate the degree as to which each issue helps support the PMI Central Indiana Chapter.

Generational Diversity-A Tool for Change: The Impact of Generational Differences on Projects
Sandy Beck, MBA, PMP

As the Bob Dylan song goes, "the times they are a changin'". The impact that those changing times have on the people who make up project teams offer some unique challenges and opportunities for project managers today...Each generation's characteristics will influence the interpersonal success of a project team. While it is important not to stereotype everyone of a certain age group, it is useful to examine some of the areas where there may be tension or synergy between the generations.

Don't Change: Doing more of what you do well by scrapping the unnecessary
Garth Smitman, PMP, CMQ/OE

Ah, great! Another article about Change. I know, right? When is it all going to end? We get it already, "the only constant is change.". Now if you would just tell us how to do something about that change,...

Should you learn ITTOs by heart?: Clearing up some myths about the current PMP exam.
Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

Do you feel that in order to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® exam you should memorize the PMBOK® Guide's ITTOs (Inputs, Tools, Techniques and Outputs)? Do you think that the PMP exam is full of ITTO type of questions? Many people still believe this myth. Well, let me clear some misconceptions...

Training for Change: Building effective training into your projects
David Mark Thomas, BS, Ed.

Change is a familiar theme these days, a concept attached to every act of persuasion behind every new project. At our own February meeting, change was featured as "your competitive advantage," as speaker Karl Schoemer illustrated how moving rapidly through each change cycle can incrementally produce net gains in both productivity and quality. How, though, do you, as project manager, effect that change?