Happy Holidays

On behalf of the Board of Directors of NY SPIN,
wishing everyone happy holidays and a happy new year.

Richard Kuper
President
NY SPIN

1/10 NY SPIN: Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF (Andrew Kallman)

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Andrew Kallman. Andrew's topic is: "Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF."


Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)


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Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)

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Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


January 2012 NY SPIN Event Announcement

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Date: January 10, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic: Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF
Presenter(s): Andrew Kallman
Location: Microsoft
*********************************************************************

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsors

  BigVisible

BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.

Microsoft


The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite of solutions allows all stakeholder to collaborate more effectively to deliver quality software on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.

Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

**Learn more about our sponsors or how to become a sponsor by clicking here.**

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Registration ends January 9th at 5pm (or when all seats are filled)

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.
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Synopsis:

Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF

The art of making business agile is having a flexible enough governance framework that is project management methodology agnostic (i.e. can handle Traditional, Theories of Constraints, Agile, Scrum, XP, etc.) instead of old fashioned command-and-control ruts in which most organizations find themselves. Many organizations want to make the leap but just don't have the road map to get there. The Unified Vision Framework (UVF) is a road map that can help organizations navigate past ambiguity as it unleashes the power of teams to achieve more, with less, faster and with the quality needed to meet and/or exceed client expectations.

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 

Biography - Andrew Kallman

Andrew Kallman MBA, PMP, CSP is the co-author of the UVF and has been successfully using, training and mentoring others to implement this business agile leadership framework in North America, Europe and Asia for the past 16 years with the same, consistent results.  He is currently Portfolio Manager at NPG since January, 2011.  Previously he has held similar project and program management roles for edgecom (a management consulting division of Ericsson in Sweden), DNA Finland, Nokia, NSN (Nokia-Siemens Networks) and Fruugo (Finland/UK) as well as consulting with and training project and program management professionals for Tesco (Welwyn Garden City/London), Boston Consulting Group (Munich), Deutsche Bank (Moscow), Citibank (Singapore), AIG (Dubai), and Volvo (Sweden), and IIL Finland, etc.

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


Directions

 Microsoft
1290 Avenue of the Americas
(between 51st and 52nd Streets)

*Click here for a map* (will launch new window)

By Train/Subway

Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby subway stops:

B,D,F,M to 47th-50th St./Rockefeller Center
N,R,Q to 49th St. (at 7th Avenue)
1,A,C,E to 50th St. (at 8th Ave)
E to 7th Ave  (at 53rd St)




Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


==============================================================
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================

1/10 NY SPIN: Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF (Andrew Kallman)

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Andrew Kallman. Andrew's topic is: "Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF."


Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)


======================================================================
To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com


*Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.*
 

Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.
======================================================================

*** Follow us on: LinkedIn and  Twitter (@NY_SPIN) ***
        Get updates via SMS by texting follow NY_SPIN to 40404 

==============================================================

All donations are tax deductible.

==============================================================

Other Events:

***Click here for more events posted on our website***

 

==============================================================

Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)

==============================================================

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


January 2012 NY SPIN Event Announcement

********************************************************************** 
Date: January 10, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic: Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF
Presenter(s): Andrew Kallman
Location: Microsoft
*********************************************************************

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsors

  BigVisible

BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.

Microsoft


The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite of solutions allows all stakeholder to collaborate more effectively to deliver quality software on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.

Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

**Learn more about our sponsors or how to become a sponsor by clicking here.**

==============================================================

Registration ends January 9th at 5pm (or when all seats are filled)

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.
==============================================================  
Synopsis:

Making Business Agile: Governing Ambiguity with the UVF

The art of making business agile is having a flexible enough governance framework that is project management methodology agnostic (i.e. can handle Traditional, Theories of Constraints, Agile, Scrum, XP, etc.) instead of old fashioned command-and-control ruts in which most organizations find themselves. Many organizations want to make the leap but just don't have the road map to get there. The Unified Vision Framework (UVF) is a road map that can help organizations navigate past ambiguity as it unleashes the power of teams to achieve more, with less, faster and with the quality needed to meet and/or exceed client expectations.

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 

Biography - Andrew Kallman

Andrew Kallman MBA, PMP, CSP is the co-author of the UVF and has been successfully using, training and mentoring others to implement this business agile leadership framework in North America, Europe and Asia for the past 16 years with the same, consistent results.  He is currently Portfolio Manager at NPG since January, 2011.  Previously he has held similar project and program management roles for edgecom (a management consulting division of Ericsson in Sweden), DNA Finland, Nokia, NSN (Nokia-Siemens Networks) and Fruugo (Finland/UK) as well as consulting with and training project and program management professionals for Tesco (Welwyn Garden City/London), Boston Consulting Group (Munich), Deutsche Bank (Moscow), Citibank (Singapore), AIG (Dubai), and Volvo (Sweden), and IIL Finland, etc.

Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


Directions

 Microsoft
1290 Avenue of the Americas
(between 51st and 52nd Streets)

*Click here for a map* (will launch new window)

By Train/Subway

Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby subway stops:

B,D,F,M to 47th-50th St./Rockefeller Center
N,R,Q to 49th St. (at 7th Avenue)
1,A,C,E to 50th St. (at 8th Ave)
E to 7th Ave  (at 53rd St)




Click here to RSVP for theJanuary Meeting 


==============================================================
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================

Last Chance: 12/8 NY SPIN: Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner (Gene Gendel)

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Gene Gendel. Gene's topic is: "Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner."


Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)


======================================================================
To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com


*Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.*
 

Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.
======================================================================

*** Follow us on: LinkedIn and  Twitter (@NY_SPIN) ***
        Get updates via SMS by texting follow NY_SPIN to 40404 

==============================================================

All donations are tax deductible.

==============================================================

Other Events:

***Click here for more events posted on our website***

 

==============================================================

Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)

==============================================================

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


December 2011 NY SPIN Event Announcement

********************************************************************** 
Date: December 8, 2011
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic: Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner
Presenter(s): Gene Gendel
Location: Microsoft
*********************************************************************

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsors

  BigVisible

BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.

Microsoft


The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite of solutions allows all stakeholder to collaborate more effectively to deliver quality software on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.

Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

**Learn more about our sponsors or how to become a sponsor by clicking here.**

==============================================================

Registration ends December 7th at 5pm (or when all seats are filled)

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.
==============================================================  
Synopsis:

Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner

Many companies strive to incorporate agile methodology in their existing conventional methodologies. Having well-defined  product ownership, small and mid-size companies have, historically, been  much more successful in cultivating good product ownership. Larger companies, with multiple hierarchical layers, independent business verticals, and wide global distribution have faced numerous challenges in providing the necessary support to product owners.

The role of a business analyst at large companies has always been well defined. The skill set, subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of what the business needs make a seasoned business analyst a great candidate for the role of product owner.The biggest challenge that business analysts are presented with to effectively fulfill the role of product owner is lack of empowerment.

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 

Biography - Gene Gendel

Gene Gendel is the Chapter Meeting Program Manager for the PMI NYC Chapter. He is also actively engaged with the Chapter in facilitating its collaboration with Global PMI Agile Community of Practice (CoP) as well as other Agile groups and communities.

Gene is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and holds BA degree from NYU.

Gene is a highly experienced IT professional who has an outstanding professional ethic, strong personal skills and numerous professional credentials and assets. He is highly motivated, self-organized, detail oriented, reliable, dedicated and a great team player. Throughout his 14 year career Gene had performed various types of work that includes business analysis, project and process management, internal coaching and organizational transformation.

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


Directions

 Microsoft
1290 Avenue of the Americas
(between 51st and 52nd Streets)

*Click here for a map* (will launch new window)

By Train/Subway

Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby subway stops:

B,D,F,M to 47th-50th St./Rockefeller Center
N,R,Q to 49th St. (at 7th Avenue)
1,A,C,E to 50th St. (at 8th Ave)
E to 7th Ave  (at 53rd St)




Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


==============================================================
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================

12/8 NY SPIN: Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner (Gene Gendel)

NY SPIN is pleased to welcome Gene Gendel. Gene's topic is: "Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner."


Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


(Need to cancel? Use our event contact form to let us know.)


======================================================================
To become a NY SPIN general member, please use the "registration" option at the link below:

http://nyspinmembership.eventbrite.com


*Membership gets you special discounts and sometimes notices of extra events.*
 

Once you have joined in this manner, you can manage your membership by going to http://eventbrite.com/ and logging in and updating your information, should it change.
======================================================================

*** Follow us on: LinkedIn and  Twitter (@NY_SPIN) ***
        Get updates via SMS by texting follow NY_SPIN to 40404 

==============================================================

All donations are tax deductible.

==============================================================

Other Events:

***Click here for more events posted on our website***

 

==============================================================

Project Management Professionals (PMPs) earn 1 PDU credit for attending an NY SPIN event. (PMI considers NY SPIN to be a "Category B Continuing Education Provider".)

==============================================================

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


December 2011 NY SPIN Event Announcement

********************************************************************** 
Date: December 8, 2011
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Topic: Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner
Presenter(s): Gene Gendel
Location: Microsoft
*********************************************************************

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsors

  BigVisible

BigVisible Solutions - Leading Providers of Agile Coaching, Training, and Consulting.

Microsoft


The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite of solutions allows all stakeholder to collaborate more effectively to deliver quality software on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.

Other Sponsors

KuperPresents.com (managing our website)

Pearson Education/InformIT (providing books we raffle off at NY SPIN events)

**Learn more about our sponsors or how to become a sponsor by clicking here.**

==============================================================

Registration ends December 7th at 5pm (or when all seats are filled)

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 



 **PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top of this message.
==============================================================  
Synopsis:

Agile Business Analyst as Product Owner

Many companies strive to incorporate agile methodology in their existing conventional methodologies. Having well-defined  product ownership, small and mid-size companies have, historically, been  much more successful in cultivating good product ownership. Larger companies, with multiple hierarchical layers, independent business verticals, and wide global distribution have faced numerous challenges in providing the necessary support to product owners.

The role of a business analyst at large companies has always been well defined. The skill set, subject matter expertise and in-depth understanding of what the business needs make a seasoned business analyst a great candidate for the role of product owner.The biggest challenge that business analysts are presented with to effectively fulfill the role of product owner is lack of empowerment.

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 

Biography - Gene Gendel

Gene Gendel is the Chapter Meeting Program Manager for the PMI NYC Chapter. He is also actively engaged with the Chapter in facilitating its collaboration with Global PMI Agile Community of Practice (CoP) as well as other Agile groups and communities.

Gene is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and holds BA degree from NYU.

Gene is a highly experienced IT professional who has an outstanding professional ethic, strong personal skills and numerous professional credentials and assets. He is highly motivated, self-organized, detail oriented, reliable, dedicated and a great team player. Throughout his 14 year career Gene had performed various types of work that includes business analysis, project and process management, internal coaching and organizational transformation.

Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


Directions

 Microsoft
1290 Avenue of the Americas
(between 51st and 52nd Streets)

*Click here for a map* (will launch new window)

By Train/Subway

Not all trains run at all times and subway schedules are subject to change. For current schedules, weekly service advisories and maps, contact the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) at (718) 330-1234 or visit the subway section of the MTA Web Site.

The following are nearby subway stops:

B,D,F,M to 47th-50th St./Rockefeller Center
N,R,Q to 49th St. (at 7th Avenue)
1,A,C,E to 50th St. (at 8th Ave)
E to 7th Ave  (at 53rd St)




Click here to RSVP for theDecember Meeting 


==============================================================
**PLEASE ONLY REGISTER ONCE**
To manage your registration and/or membership, follow the instructions
at the top this message.
==============================================================