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PMI Keystone Chapter - Educational & Networking Event - Virtual - Hosted by York Community

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PMI Keystone Chapter

Educational and Networking Event

Virtual Event

Hosted by York Community

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025

Time: 6:00-7:30pm EST

AGENDA:

  • 5:20 - 6:00 PM - Login
  • 6:00 - 6:05 PM - Welcome and Guest Speaker Introduction
  • 6:05 - 7:05 PM - Educational Event
  • 7:05 - 7:30 PM - Networking, Chapter Book of Business and Closure

TOPIC: Certifications. Are they helping. Comparing Lean, Agile and PMI Certifications

SUMMARY: Agile introduced new roles, like Scrum Master and Agile Coach, that in turn led to a myriad of certifications, specific to a certain role or Agile framework. The webinar is a comparative analysis of PMI's Project Management Professional some Agile related certifications like Scrum Master, Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP) and the SIx Sigma Black Belt from the American Society for Quality, the world most prestigious Lean certification. 

The webinar is trying to answer some of the questions that every applicant should ask before starting the journey towards a certification: Why do I need a certification? What will be the impact on my professional career? Which certification will help me to achieve my professional goals? How easy/hard is to get the certification?

 

PRESENTER: Dan Stelian Roman PMP, ACP, PSM, CSSBB   

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Dan is an experienced Senior Project Manager with over 35 years of commercial experience in a broad range of business areas, organization structures, and cultural environments. He started his career in the early 1980s in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) following his involvement in research during university studies. During a successful career in research, he developed process improvement strategies, Finite Analysis Method software, form recognition algorithms for robots, and computer-assisted design software for the manufacturing industry. 
 
In the mid-1990s, Dan became an IT consultant working in Romania, Bahrain, France, and other countries, managing the first wave of Digital Transformations when paper-based processes were replaced by computer systems. For the past 15 years, he has been an independent Project Management consultant, specializing in Business transformation projects.
 
In addition to his Master of Science in Production Management, with a major in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, he studied Risk Management (Master by Research) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is also a holder of various certifications, like Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ASQ), Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Professional (ACP) from PMI, Professional ScrumMaster from scrum.org, and other professional certifications. 
 
Dan is an active volunteer for the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as a Subject Matter Expert in Risk Management, Agile, Traditional, and Hybrid Agile project delivery. He was awarded the 2021 Volunteer of the Year for his contribution to the development of PMP, ACP, DASSM certifications, and Hybrid and Risk Management micro-credentials. He is a reviewer of most PMI standards, the author of “The Agile Enterprise” series of webinars on www.projectmanagement.com, and has published books on Bookboon.com.

TALENT TRIANGLE:  Ways of Working - 1 PDU 

LOCATION: Online - Zoom Meeting Instructions will be sent automatically at registration

REGISTRATION: click on Learn More below, then login if you are a PMI Keystone Member, then register

  • MEMBERS: No fee is charged at registration, if logged on with their PMI Keystone Chapter ID and Password.
  • NON-MEMBERS: A nominal fee of $5.00 at registration is charged.

 

 

 

 

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Information

Type of category: Online Event

Type of activity: Ways of Working

Date: November 6th, 2025

Hour: 6:00PM to 7:30PM

# of PDUs: 1

Price

Students: Free

Members: Free

Non members and Guests: $5.00

Location