PMI Macedonia Event Impressions

Organizing an event is not an easy task, especially if it is organized and run by volunteers.

First we would like to thank our guests for visiting us, our presenters for accepting our call to share some of their knowledge with our colleagues, and finally the board team that made this happen: Dolores, Ana, Vangel, Neda, and Tomislav.

We finally managed to wrap up our impressions from the event. We had more than 60 guests at the event, and 8 presenters.

The opening

The event was opened by the vice-dean for education, Sonja Gegovska Zajkova. She stressed the effort FEIT has been giving in the field of project management since 2004, when the first two curricula were created; from 2008 FEIT had its own accredited study programme for project management.

Then we had a welcoming speech from our president, Tomislav Limbevski. He presented the mission, vision and strategic goals of our chapter.

Servant leadership

Our special guest, Catalin Dogaru, introduced us to Servant Leadership, historically and conceptually. Catalin told us the place of servant leadership in the field of leadership theories, and we learned about the 10 characteristics of servant leadership.

He instructed us how to use these characteristics to create a Circle of Safety in the project, protecting the team from outside pressure and bringing greater work performance, professional and personal development, and higher commitment to the project and its objectives and results.

The practitioners

Our colleague Vangel Fushtikj PhD introduced us to the efforts of the universities for practical knowledge in the project environment, today’s engineering workforce and the needs of this workforce. Vangel introduced us to the latest project management trends, and the achievements made by FEIT-UKIM in the field of project management education.

Neda Kaleshovska brought us an interesting presentation regarding the PMO. This was an opportunity for all of us to learn what a PMO is and the role of a PMO in an organization. She made a good comparison of the life of a project manager in an organization with and without a PMO. She pointed out the value of a PMO and made an introduction to PMO 2.0, as well as the status of the PMO in Macedonia.

Our partner Aleksandar Iloski from MQS showed us which ISO standards are applicable to project management. He presented two standards: ISO 21500:2012 Guidance on project management, and ISO 10006:2017 Quality management, guidelines for quality management in projects.

Marjan Gjorgjiev explained to us in detail what “killer” project management is, based on his personal experience, as well as which “killer” strategies can be used by project managers.

Aleksandar Stevkovski and Olga Pujaz showed us what a project management day looks like in a production environment.

Vasil Buraliev gave an interesting overview of what a day of a remote project manager means, and which obstacles he faces while managing remote projects in his company, and most importantly he showed the participants tips and tricks for successful remote project management.

Last but not least was Goran Chamurovski. He showed us what GDPR is, what GDPR means for a company, and some examples of risks while implementing GDPR with clients.

Thank you

Naturally, this event couldn’t have been done without the help of our student volunteers, Matej Dodevski and Stefan Ananiev, and the board members. Big thank you.

At the end of the conference we had a nice buffet and fruitful conversations with our members and visitors.

We hope to see you soon at our next session.

The presentations

The presentations were published as downloads with the original post. They were:

• PMI Macedonia Chapter, PMIMK
• Practical University Education in Project Management for a New Business and Economic Environment
• Project Management Office, a Necessity or a Luxury
• Application of ISO Management Standards in Project Management
• Killer Project Management
• Project Management in Production Environment
• Managing Projects Remotely
• GDPR Project Implementation Theory and Practice