24-May-2021 Yerevan, Armenia

On 21-May-2021 PMI Armenia has organized annual members meeting at the Holiday Inn hotel.

The meeting started with the opening speech of Mr. Thomas Mazejian, PMI Armenia founder and president, who introduced the PMI Armenia vision, mission, member benefits and the recent major transformation of PMI. PMI has adopted important directions which are project economy and agile practices.

After the opening speech Mrs. Armine Mkrtchyan, PMI Armenia DA Champion, presented an overview of Disciplined Agile and its certifications.

During the event special PMI Armenia badges were launched which will be used in social media by PMI Armenia members, volunteers, and speakers.

Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, PMI Armenia will continue organizing in-person and virtual events.

02-July-2020 Yerevan, Armenia

On 01-July-2020 PMI Armenia has organized a webinar with the title “99+1 Questions and Answers: PMP and PMI-ACP” by Sona Matinyan, PMP and Arpine Manukyan, PMP, PMI-ACP

The webinar started with the opening speech of Mr. Thomas Mazejian, PMI Armenia founder and president, who introduced the PMI Armenia vision, mission, member benefits and the recent major transformation of PMI. PMI has adopted important directions which are project economy and agile practices.

After the opening speech, Mrs. Sona Matinyan presented the pathways and knowledge required for the PMP exam. Afterwards Mrs. Aprine Manukyan presented the PMI-ACP (Agile Certification Practitioner) pathways and its importance in software development lifelcycle. 

Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, PMI Armenia will continue organizing webinars with special focus on agile project management.

Check out the webinar presentation and recordings

23-April-2020 Yerevan, Armenia

On 22-April-2020 PMI Armenia has organized a webinar with the title "10 + 1 Magic Tricks for Jira Users" by Lusine Terteryan, PMP.

The webinar started with the opening speech of Mr. Thomas Mazejian, PMI Armenia founder and president, who introduced the PMI Armenia vision, mission, member benefits and the recent major transformation of PMI. PMI has adopted important directions which are project economy and agile practices.

After the opening speech, Mrs. Lusine Terteryan presented “10 + 1 Magic Tricks for Jira Users” presented interesting tips in Jira that can be used to facilitate daily routine work and minimize the time waste, one of the most valuable asset, which is so crucial for each project.

Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, PMI Armenia will continue organizing webinars with special focus on agile project management.

31-January-2020 Yerevan, Armenia

On 30-January-2020 PMI Armenia has organized a seminar at 256 HUB. The title of the seminar was "An Overview of PMI Disciplined Agile and Certification Paths".

The seminar started with the opening speech of Mr. Thomas Mazejian, PMI Armenia founder and president, who introduced the PMI Armenia vision, mission, member benefits and the recent major transformation of PMI. PMI has adopted important directions which are project economy and agile practices. In August 2019, PMI has acquired Disciplined Agile and there are major plans for improvement and expanding it globally.

After the opening speech, Mrs. Armine Mkrtchyan presented “What it means to Choose your WoW: An overview of Disciplined Agile”, which introduced how management approaches changed over the years and how agile first started. More importantly Mrs. Mkrtchyan presented Disciplined Agile (DA) approach and its advantages over other tools. 

The last part of the seminar was the presentation of Mr. Scott Ambler, Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile, who presented the DA certification paths.

PMI Armenia will continue to organize more seminar on project management and DA.

19-Nov-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On 15-Nov-2019 PMI Armenia Chapter organized a unique event which was the 2nd Project Management Annual Conference 2019 at the Best Western Plus Congress Hotel.

The opening ceremony kicked off with speech of PMI Armenia Chapter founder and president, Mr. Thomas Mazejian, who introduced the last 50 years of PMI's achievement and the current transformation of PMI. 

The event was attended by more than 300 professionals from different domains who were excited and eager to improve their knowledge and skills in project management. The second part of the conference included workshops with speakers from United Kingdom and Lithuania. The workshop topics were related to projects in project management in the public sector, agile project management and the importance of PMO.

Check out the event photo album on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PMIArmeniaChapter/

PMI Armenia Chapter in the media:

https://azat.tv/kayacel-e-nakhagceri-karavarman-2-rd-amenamya-gitajoghovy/

16-October-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On 15-October-2019 PMI Armenia  Chapter has organized a seminar at Deworkacy AOKS. The title of the seminar was "Starting New PMO - Challenges & Success" presented by Mesrop Avetisyan, PMP.

The aim of the monthly seminar program is to share project management experiences between different domains and companies. Moreover it provides a great opportunity for the Armenian professionals to network and interact with each other. 

Mr. Avetisyan shared his experience of how he was able to establish a Project Management Office (PMO) in his organization, what were the challenges faced and what were the lessons learned. 

At the end of the presentation there was a mini reception during which cakes and coffee offered by the host Deworkacy.

This event was sponsored by Ericsson.

This event was organized by Creo.

27-September-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On 26-September-2019 PMI Armenia  Chapter has organized a seminar at Deworkacy AOKS. The title of the seminar was "Major Reasons Why Projects Fail" presented by Greg Der Grigorian.

The aim of the monthly seminar program is to share project management experiences between different domains and companies. Moreover it provides a great opportunity for the Armenian professionals to network and interact with each other. 

Mr. Grigorian shared his 25+ experience of project management in the petroleum industry and proposed ways to prevent or mitigate those reasons. It was a very interesting to know statistically  many projects do fail and it costs organizations hundreds of millions of dollars.

At the end of the presentation there was a mini reception during which cakes and coffee offered by the host Deworkacy.

This event was sponsored by Ericsson.

This event was organized by Creo.

14-August-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On 13-August-2019 PMI Armenia  Chapter has organized a seminar at Deworkacy AOKS. The title of the seminar was "Reinventing HR by leveraging the power of AI" presented by Liana Ohanyan.

The aim of the monthly seminar program is to share project management experiences between different domains and companies. Moreover it provides a great opportunity for the Armenian professionals to network and interact with each other. 

In the first part of the presentation, Liana shared pan-Canadian experience, as one of the AI leading countries in the world, present the challenges and trends the Canadian enterprises meet in the process of adoption and transformation of AI. In the second part more specific examples will provided of how AI is currently being used in HR such as recruitment, performance management and other functions.

At the end of the presentation there was a mini reception during which cakes and juices were offered by the host Deworkacy.

This event was sponsored by Ericsson.

This event was organized by Creo.

15-July-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On 12-July-2019 PMI Armenia Chapter has organized a 3rd poolside networking event at the Congress Hotel. More than 70 project management professionals from different domains networked, while enjoying cheese and wine near the swimming pool.

" Good things happen when you get involved with PMI ! "

20-June-2019 Yerevan, Armenia

On June 19, ASUE and the Project Management Institute Armenia Chapter signed Memorandum of Understanding.

Ruben Hayrapetyan, the acting Rector of the Armenian State University of Economics, and Thomas Mazejian, the President of Project Management Institute Armenia Chapter, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the University, upon which they will engage in cooperation on the fulfillment of common objectives directed to the education and science development.

Among the participants in the event held at the ASUE Center of International Programs there were Diana Galoyan, Vice-Rector of ASUE Academic Affairs, Tigran Mnatsakanyan, Vice Rector of Science and International Relations, Aram Hovhannisyan, the Director of Administrative and Organizational Department, Aghavni Hakobyan, Vard Ghukasyan, Lilit Gyulgyulyan, heads of divisions of Foreign Relations Department, employees, representatives of organizations. 
Aghavni Hakobyan, the Head of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning Division, had a welcoming speech, highlighting that ASUE entered a phase of reforms focused on the events directed to the internationalization of the University, development of scientific-research component, as well as training programs.
 

“The signing of this Memorandum is directed to the reforms of the University, as currently we cooperate with various organizations in different spheres to have significant progress”, stated the acting Rector. Pointing out the cooperation with the Project Management Institute Armenia Chapter, he mentioned that project management was one of the trendy professions, so this cooperation would be of high importance for the ASUE. “Our University, together with its management and personnel, is ready to implement your ideas, which, I think, will be mutually beneficial”, highlighted Ruben Hayrapetyan. Thomas Mazejian, the President of Project Management Institute Armenia Chapter, spoke about the foundation of the organization, as well as its mission and success obtained during its activity. 
 

“One of the directions in our work is the cooperation with the educational sector”, noted Thomas Mazejian, highlighting the importance of signing the Memorandum with ASUE. “We have a big community of project managers, professionals. Our objective is to transfer the knowledge, experience and skills of these people to the students”, mentioned Thomas Mazejian during his interview with the Media and Public Relations Division. 
Memorandum aims to have constructive cooperation, which will promote the improvement of students’ professional skills, the qualification of the personnel, as well as the development of the scientific-research direction of the University. 
 

The parties promised, the tasks provided by the Memorandum would not remain unmet, they would soon initiate their fulfillment.