TAP-a-PM adds Project Management MOOC to Public Meeting Series

SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 23, 2013 - PRLog -- TAP-a-PM, the Silicon Valley project and program management co-operative, announced today that a webinar entitled A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Accidental Project Managers will be presented August 20 http://project-management-on-tap.ning.com/events/a-massive-open-online-course-mooc-for-accidental-project-managers

This webinar is the third of the 2013 TAP-a-PM events and the first available on-line. Two earlier face-to-face events were Lean Project Management in February and An Introduction to Big Data for Project Managers in May. Both were held in Milpitas, CA.

The August webinar will provide highlights of the MOOC that will run from October 13 to November 22. The title of the course is Project Management for All Careers. It will be accompanied by the open-licensed textbook with the same name. MOOCs are a disruptive and controversial education tool that allow thousands of people to participate simultaneously in an online learning experience.

Anil Inamdar wowed the audience at the May event with detailed accounts of Big Data projects and their importance to industry.  Mr. Inamdar is an expert in big data analytics, data warehousing, and business intelligence. The presentation included the history of big data and introductions to visualization and the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).  

Ron Green managed the event. His team included TAP-a-PM members Jane Yee, Laura Klemme, Madhurika Dev, and Pat Furagganan.

Ms. Dev, an experienced project manager in healthcare, electronics and airlines, began the session with an overview of TAP-a-PM. This co-op provides highly skilled and experienced project and program managers and project coordinators as consultants, contractors, and employees at no fee to clients and employers.

Attendee comments included "good introduction to big data", "good topic", "overall great event", "very good overview", and many similar remarks.

The Lean Project Management event featured Ed McGavin, PhD, PMP, APICS, Managing Director of Fountainhead Consulting and an expert on lean manufacturing, process improvement, and other business disciplines.

Mr. Green noted "TAP-a-PM is pleased to organize events for clients, employers, recruiters, and potential TAP-a-PM members. The presenters are world-class experts on the topics and outstanding speakers. In 2012, events included project management for mobile applications, clinical trials, online conferences, construction, and non-profits. TAP-a-PM welcomes topic suggestions."

TAP-a-PM is a source of accomplished program and project managers and project coordinators with full project life-cycle skills across a set of disciplines and industries. It is not an agency so there are no fees and no markups. The co-op team supports its members with a wealth of domain expertise. TAP-a-PM's extended reach into the project and program community means that it can quickly identify the resources needed by firms of many types. The co-op's network includes dozens of highly-qualified project and program managers in many disciplines.