Project Management Center of Excellence Project Management Community Meeting November 12, 2008

Agenda Welcome EPLC Status Update What’s New: FAC-P/PM Presentation Future Meetings and Locations

EPLC Status Update EPLC Policy, Framework, and Artifacts available at PLC PLC

FAC-P/PM  Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Manager  Three levels – 1 (Entry), 2 (Mid), 3 (Senior)  Requirements: Experience, Training, and Continuous Learning  Required for P/PM assigned to major investment (as defined in OMB A-11, Part 7, Section 300)  HHS is in the process of developing HHS program, target implementation in early 2009  HHS OCIO provides input for specific requirements for IT project managers

FAC-P/PM Requirements RequirementsLevel 1 (Entry) Level 2 (Mid) Level 3 (Senior) Experience1 year in past 5 2 years in past 5 4 years in Federal Acquisition Training240 Program, Project Management Training 24 (PMP) 24 Leadership, Interpersonal Training 16 Government Training24 Earned Value Management Training 24 Total Training Hours Continuous Learning Hours every 2 years 80

FAC-P/PM Project Managers  Career development roadmap  Include certification time and cost in project estimates and budget requests under training!! More complete presentation in spring 2009 More information at the FAI website:

Program Presentation Presenters:  Lou Pack, PMP, OPM3, Vice President, ICF International  Stan Maoury, PMP, Project Manager, ICF International Topics:  Why Projects Fail?  Identifying Future Trends in US Public Sector Project/Program Management

Upcoming Program Presentations November 25, 2008, Fernwood, 3E02  EPLC Panel Discussion, by Jane Small and NIH project managers December 10, 2008, Fernwood, 3E02  Project Cost Estimation by Todd Carolin, Booz Allen Hamilton January 14, 2009, Natcher, Conference Room D  Requirements Management, by Jose Lopez, NIGMS January 28, 2009, Fernwood, 3E02 (Brownbag)  Integrating Information Security in Project Management, by Cheryl Seaman, OD/OCIO/ISAO

Topics From the Floor Quarterly Newsletter  Questions and Answers  Success Stories  PM Laughter PMCoE/PM Community  Thoughts/Comments/Suggestions/Ideas  To join the community LISTSERV: PMCOE-L Contact: Carmen Cheng, Ashley Stewart, Presentation Slides and Meeting Schedule: nity.html nity.html