International Volunteer Day 2021
Today is International Volunteer Day!
Congratulations to all volunteers from all over the world!👋 We make this world a better place. 👍
I am volunteering for Project Management Institute and PMI Moscow since 2010. And I am sure that PMI is the best professional non-commercial organization in the world and it provides the best volunteering opportunities!
My main activities with PMI were:
- Work at PMI Moscow board - mostly IT-related stuff and helping colleagues
- Translation and translation validation of PMI standards, books and PMI exam questions
- PMI exam development (the most mind-blowing tasks) and validation.
During this time, I have met many wonderful people. Colleagues from my country and many colleagues from other countries. And, comparing with other professionals I met during my lifetime, I can say with confidence that the volunteers are the most professional and most active.
I always learn a lot from our meetings (from how to drink tequila to how to manage the construction of a nuclear reactor). And I am always happy to actively participate and work together. 🤝
I tried to write down a list of activities I have participated in:
PMI Moscow board member
Vice President of Membership
(Mar 2013 – Mar 2017)
Vice President of Communications
(Mar 2017 – Mar 2020)
Vice President of Governance and Policy
(Mar 2020 – Present)
Translations
Standard for Portfolio Management v2
PMI Moscow (Mar 2010 - Feb 2011: Virtual)
Russian translation of The Standard for Portfolio Management v2.
Published in 2011.
PMCDF v2
PMI Moscow (Jan 2012 - Dec 2012: Virtual)
Russian translation of Project Manager Competency Development Framework, PMCDF v2.
Published in 2013.
Translation Validations
PMBOK v5
Project Management Institute (Jul 2012 - Jan 2014: Marseille / France, Virtual)
Validating Russian translation of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 5th Edition.
Published in 2014.
PMBOK v6
Project Management Institute (Aug 2016 - Apr 2017: Frankfurt / Germany, Budapest / Hungary, Barcelona / Spain, Lisbon / Portugal)
Validating Russian translation of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 6th Edition.
Published in 2016.
Agile Practice Guide
Project Management Institute (Jun 2017 – Mar 2018, Dublin / Ireland)
Validating Russian translation of Agile Practice Guide.
Published in 2018.
Standard for Program Management v4
Project Management Institute (Feb 2018 – Mar 2018, Lisbon / Portugal, Athens / Greece)
Validating Russian translation of The Standard for Program Management 4th Edition.
Published in 2018.
Integrating PM and SE
PMI Moscow (Mar 2020 - May 2020: Virtual)
Validating Russian translation of “Integrating Program Management and Systems Engineering. Methods, Tools, and Organizational Systems for Improving Performance”, a book by Eric S. Rebentisch
Published in 2020.
Standard for Risk Management v2
Project Management Institute (Sep 2020, Oct 2021: Virtual)
Validating Russian translation of The Standard for Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects.
Unpublished, yet.
Exam Translation Validation Workshops
Validating translation to Russian:
- 19 - 20 Jul 2014 (London / UK)
- 18 - 19 Jul 2015 (Brussels / Belgium)
- 9 - 10 Dec 2017 (Zurich / Switzerland)
- 20 - 22 Sep 2019 (Cartagena / Colombia)
- 11 - 26 Jul 2020 (Virtual)
Exam Development
Writing and validating workshops:
- 9 - 11 Mar 2018 (Dubai / UAE)
- 21 - 23 Feb 2020 (Accra / Ghana)
- 12 - 14 Mar 2021 (Virtual)
- 14 - 16 May 2021 (Virtual)
- 11 - 13 Jun 2021 (Virtual)
- 16 - 23 Aug 2021 (Virtual)
- 7 - 14 Sep 2021 (Virtual)
