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the board game was good practice—
and “a lot of fun.”
How project and program managers can
identify, manage and conquer disruption
was a common congress theme. Through
immersive workshops, behind-the-scenes
tours of Berlin’s megaprojects, keynote
presentations and learning sessions,
more than 700 attendees from more
than 445 organizations and 73 countries
discovered what it takes to deliver
transformative change.
nnette Schwinn, PMP, soaked
up plenty of useful sessions on
buzz-worthy topics like change
and innovation at this year’s PMI® EMEA
Congress in Berlin, Germany. But it
wasn’t just talk. In one of the event’s new
immersive sessions, she and her fellow
attendees used project management in a
quest to save humanity from the edge of
extinction. Okay, it was a board game, but
she still picked up plenty of practical tips.
“The workshop required us to take an
agile approach, which was very interesting
for me because I’ve never worked on
an agile team,” said Ms. Schwinn, IT
project manager at Deutsche Telekom IT,
Darmstadt, Germany. And since her
company looks to use agile more often,
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PMOs Evolving to Maximize 3
Their Value
Transformation Is Among 8
LIM Topics
R.E.P. Kickoff Meeting Held 14
in Shenzhen
SAGE Publishing to Take Over 15
Project Management Journal®
Foundation’s Grants Equip PM 16
Ready Workforce Worldwide
Events Calendar 18
Chapter Links 20
PMI® EMEA Congress 2018
The Real Deal
on Innovation
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