PMI Today - December 2018

From the Board Continued from page 3

Statistics through 31 October 2018

PMI has 296 chartered and

11 potential chapters
…in 208 countries
and territories

TOTAL MEMBERS CERTIFICATIONS

Total Active Holders of: PUBLISHING 553,150

6,157,273

Total copies of
all editions* of the

PMBOK® Guide
in circulation
*includes PMI-published
translations

More Than 6 Million PMBOK® Guide Editions Now in Circulation!

Certified Associate in Project Management 36,751

Project Management Professional 887,937

Portfolio Management Professional 614

Program Management Professional 2,497

PMI Risk Management Professional 4,973

PMI Scheduling Professional 1,905

PMI Professional in Business Analysis 3,008

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner 24,497

volunteer to help you in your career or life, consider attending a PMI chapter event or a PMI conference and ask any one of PMI’s more than 10,000 volunteers you will meet, and they will likely respond favorably to your request.

My peer volunteers answered these six questions:

Do you remember why and
when you started volunteering
and what your expectations were
back then?

Some remember the time very well, like starting as early as 1968 or 1969.

A few started volunteering outside project management, like for a fishing club, a youth group in school, the boy scouts, in college, during military service and for a business association.

The majority, though, started volunteering with project management, for example, as a PMI chapter leader/volunteer. Many had a reason, such as giving back, helping others and being part of something bigger. Others, like me, just accidentally became a volunteer without a reason per se, but stayed a volunteer nevertheless.

In 1998, I attended a chapter meeting as a regular member and was surprised when the sitting president asked who wanted to succeed him.

Three attendees raised their hands, and we divided the work among us. I stayed president until 2005, and I learned that I should develop potential successors early.

Some respondents’ quotes:

n It was a way for me to have access to other people who did work similar to mine and to learn from them.

n It was immediately rewarding for the firm’s work, our clients and my personal consulting growth.

n I was very impressed the first time I attended a PMI global congress.

n Doing voluntary work was fascinating and challenging at the same time.

n Thrown into the role of vice president–finance/treasurer with no idea what I was getting into, and have never looked back.

n To get knowledge and to network.

When did volunteering
become addictive for you,
and do you know why?

Four respondents said they would not say it is addictive, but most agreed that it was. Volunteering is rewarding and creates passion for all.

Personally, I met excellent professionals and made friends.

Volunteering is an opportunity I would not have elsewhere (I tried). And the opportunities at PMI are great to extend your network, responsibilities and achievements: from local chapters, to regional projects, global groups and so on. Besides chapter work, I started to attend item-writing sessions for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam questions, review registered education provider (R.E.P.) applications, provide input to standards development and assess PMI Project of the Year Award applications.