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Introduction
asapm Directors of Education and Member Services are working together to bring you the now-available PMCoPs program; here is an overview of the asapm PM Community of Practice.
Here's what John McHugh, Former Director of Member Services, and originator of the PMCoPs program, has to say:
One key initiative in building an asapm grass roots organization is the formation of PMCoPs (Project Management Communities of Practice). This provides a mechanism for local groups to come together and invite others to become part of the asapm family. Essentially a PMCoP is a small group of people, with a common interest, that get together and discuss best practices about specific topics regarding Project Management in any of its guises.
These groups of 5 – 10 people would pick topics to discuss and share their experiences and thoughts on the topics. One of
the core reasons why asapm exists is to further the practice of competent and performing project management. Creating a forum for people to share their knowledge and experience seemed like a good place to start; an advantage for more-advanced practitioners is the ability to network and interact in many-to-many relationships, rather than a speaker-centric one-to-many relationship, as might be seen in a chapter meeting.
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Three PMCoPs sessions have been held in the Colorado Springs area, covering Early Estimating, Lessons Learned, and Benefit Realization. The intent is for the results of PMCoPs sessions to be captured and made available to other PMCoPs groups through the asapm Members Only area. Also, asapm co-founder Bob Youker instituted a virtual PMCoPs session, on Work Breakdown Structures.
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