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OSPMI has monthly dinner meetings at the Marriott hotel at One Orms Street in Providence, RI. Members and non-members are welcome to attend. Registration is recommended to guarantee your attendance and meal selection. Please review the Meeting FAQs for directions, cancellation policies, etc.

To find codes from reporting PDU's from past meetings or to download meeting presentations and attendance lists, visit the Past Meetings & PDU section of the web site.

If you are a PMP with questions about how to report your PDU's - we have instructions listed here. Feel free to email us with any other questions you may have.

The table below includes our monthly dinner meetings. Board of Directors meetings are also open to the membership. Email the VP of Administration for more information about the date and location of the next board meeting.

Dinner Meetings

Date	Speaker & Topic Summary
Feb 8, 2007	Anthony LaPreste CMS Consulting Milford, MA 01880-1307 This meeting was a joint meeting with the RI IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) chapter. It was held at Fidelity Investments in Smithfield, RI. Why Does a Project Need a Project Manager and a Business Analyst? The presentation will discuss the role and goals of the Business Analyst vs the Project manager. The similarities and differences of the two roles will be detailed as well as when and how they work together. The two different bodies of knowledge (PMBOK and IIBA) were discussed and the main touch points where they interact was clarified. Past Meetings Download the PowerPoint presentation
Mar 8, 2007	Ross McKenrick C. Ross McKenrick, PMP, Project Manager Microsoft Enterprise Services, East Region Agile Project Management using Scrum The presentation will discuss the role and goals of the Business Analyst vs the Project manager. The similarities and differences of the two roles will be detailed as well as when and how they work together. The two different bodies of knowledge (PMBOK and IIBA)will be discussed and the main touch points where they interact will be clarified. [More information] [Registration]
April 12, 2007	Mark Kozak-Holland Titanic Lessons for IT Projects The R.M.S. Titanic was considered by many, including its designers and builders, to be an unsinkable ship. This presentation analyzes the project that designed, built, and launched the ship, showing how compromises made during early project stages led to serious flaws in this supposedly "perfect ship." In addition, the presentation explains how major mistakes during the early days of the ship's operations led to the disaster. [More information to come]
May 10, 2007	Gina Wescott Boston University Corporate Education Center (PM Network - Power 50 and Nominee to PMI Board) Project Management and Leadership [More information to come]
June 8, 2007	Open [More information to come]
Summer Recess
Sept. 13, 2007	Open [More information to come]
Oct. 11, 2007	Open [More information to come]
Nov. 8, 2007	Open [More information to come]