2014's PMI congress was rich in learning opportunities and I did miss those great opportunities to meet and learn from fellow project practitioners. . My top 10 lessons learned from congress were...

1. 10 Lessons for
PMs, from PMI
North America
Congress 2014
by Conrado Morlan
From the Voices on
Project
Management Blog

2. 1
Giving back to the community was the best way to
Revitalization of
John F. Long Elementary
School in Phoenix
start the congress.

3. 2
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM — BUT AS
PROJECT MANAGERS, WE ALSO HAVE THE
SOLUTION
800 guests (most of them congress attendees) evacuated
due to hotel fire. Yet by early evening, with the help of
PMI Phoenix Chapter and Congress organizers, all guests
were relocated to other hotels in the area.

4. 3
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To improve our game as project
managers, we need to acquire and
master new skills as well — and
nowadays, strategic and leadership
skills are required to better execute
projects and make our
organization successful.

5. 4“think sideways”
Exit from the vicious cycle
of addressing issues by
providing a lot of answers
based on hypothesis, and
enter a virtuous cycle by
starting asking questions
that will give you hints on
how to resolve issues.

6. 5
Learn from everyone
Everyone can be my
teacher.
Alfonso Bucero, PMI-RMP, PMP, PMI Fellow

7. 6Multitasking is not the silver bullet
Multitasking isn’t the silver bullet. Focusing on one task
at a time and partitioning your day into several
productivity periods will make you efficient.

8. 7 Organizational
Project Management
(OPM) trends
upward.
Presenters pointed out
the importance of
building technical,
leadership and
strategic skills to
deliver excellence
today and in the future
to emerge as a
new breed of
project executives.

9. 8
PfMP® credential ribbon was available for the first
time at congress. On hand were a few of the first 150
PfMPs® from around the world.

10. Do what your
is not willing
compe-tition
to do
9
Vince
Poscente

11. 10 , ,
Having the chance to interact with 2,000-plus delegates
from over 50 countries was a great opportunity to find
the next challenge in my professional career.

12. For full details about lessons learned from
PMI Global Congress 2014—North
America, please go here:
http://www.projectmanagement.com/blog/Voices-on-Project-Management/11177/

13. Conrado Morlan, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, CSM
• Led Global Portfolio, Program and Projects
in the Americas, Europe and Asia
• One of the first 150 individuals to achieve
the PfMP credential in the world
• Core Team Member for the development
of PMI’s “Implementing Organizational
Project Management (OPM): A Practice
Guide”
conrado@thesmartpm.com