PMI Madrid Spain Chapter Congress about Digital Transformation
REPORT
By Alfonso Bucero
International Correspondent
Madrid, Spain
The PMI Madrid Spain Chapter celebrated its annual PMI Congress last November 19th. This time the Congress was dedicated to Digital Transformation projects. This event was organized and coordinated by the Digital Transformation volunteers’ group from the PMI Madrid Spain Chapter and it was delivered virtually through a digital platform connected to “youtube”. The presentations happened during more than four hours, being very diverse and interesting. In spite of some technical problems at the beginning, that were solved soon, more than 80 professionals attended on-line that event.
In comparison with the previous virtual events done by this PMI Chapter, the attendees are improving their digital skills, asking more and more questions and sharing some comments, and interacting in some cases with the keynote speakers. The adaptability to our current situation and the need to communicate, learn and share is still alive. As a PMI Madrid Spain Chapter former president, it is an honour for me to observe how the Chapter activities never stop even with our pandemic difficulties. The passion and desire to move forward made a difference in this Congress where the volunteers’ work was clearly shown.
All the initiatives and projects are managed by a big group of volunteers. Because of the geographical dispersion and the collaboration with other Chapters, the PMI Madrid Spain Chapter communication and activities have been adapted more and more to the increased “virtual” demand.
The PMI Madrid Spain Chapter
PMI is organized by Chapters with its own identity in the assigned region and they are responsible of PMI activities in that geography. Currently PMI is counting on more than 200 Chapters in 125 countries, we have 5 Chapters in Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Andalucía and Galicia, being the Madrid Chapter the biggest in membership overpassing 1700 members…
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How to cite this report: Bucero, A. (2020). Project Management Update from Spain, report, PM World Journal, Vol. IX, Issue XII, December. Available online at: https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pmwj100-Dec2020-Bucero-spain-regional-report-English.pdf
About the Author
Alfonso Bucero
Madrid, Spain
Alfonso Bucero, MSc, CPS, ACE, PMP, PMI-RMP, PfMP, SFC, IPMO-E, PMI Fellow, is an International Correspondent and Contributing Editor for the PM World Journal in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Bucero is also founder and Managing Partner of BUCERO PM Consulting. Alfonso was the founder, sponsor and president of the PMI Barcelona Chapter until April 2005, and belongs to PMI’s LIAG (Leadership Institute Advisory Group). He was the past President of the PMI Madrid Spain Chapter, and then nominated as a PMI EMEA Region 8 Component Mentor. Now he is a member of the PMIEF Engagement Committee. Alfonso has a Computer Science Engineering degree from Universidad Politécnica in Madrid and is studying for his Ph.D. in Project Management. He has 32 years of practical experience and is actively engaged in advancing the PM profession in Spain and throughout Europe. He received the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award on October 9th, 2010, the PMI Fellow Award on October 22nd 2011 and the PMI Eric Jenett Excellence Award on October 28th, 2017.
Mr. Bucero can be contacted at alfonso.bucero@abucero.com
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