3. Speaker Biography—Jay Hicks
• IT PMO Director at USSOCOM
• 10+ Years Delivering Innovative Solutions
• LTC USA………retired
• Active Community PMI Volunteer
– PMP® Certified– dd mm yyyy (#xxxxxx)
– PMI Military Liaison Tampa Bay Chapter
Email: Dir-strategicservices@pmi.org

4. Hooah/ˈhuːɑː/
Military slang
"referring to or meaning anything and everything except no".
2. What to say when at a loss for words. 3.a. Good copy. b. Roger. c. Solid copy. d. Good.
e. Great. f. Message received. g. Understood. h. Acknowledged. 4.a. Glad to meet you.
b. Welcome. 5. "All right!" 6.a. I don't know the answer, but I'll check on it. b. I haven't
the foggiest idea. 7. I am not listening. 8. "That is enough of your drivel; sit down!" 9.
Yes. 10. "You've got to be kidding me!" 11. Thank you. 12. Go to the next slide. 13.
You've taken the correct action. 14. I don't know what that means, but I'm too
embarrassed to ask for clarification. 15. Squared away (He's pretty hooah.) 16. Amen!

5. Offers a standardized set of frequently
used project, program, and portfolio
management terms with clear and concise
definitions.
Included are 145 terms that have a
in the profession and
to its vocabulary.
MILITARY

6. Force Reduction 2012 - 2017
Army (120,000)
Marines (30,000)
Air Force (25,000)
Navy (6,200)
5 Year Total (181,200)
1.2 Million over the 5 year period will exit service

7. 451,871 25,404
615,443
1,034
2,696
1,167
5,511
Statistics through April 30, 2014, PMI Connection & PMI Today, January 2014

8. Project Management Talent Gap Report, March 2013
2010-2020
Economic
Footprint:
Project
Management
Profession growth
USD$6.61 trillion
By 2020,
double-digit
growth
results in
demand for
PM jobs
Salary
Increase
with PMP®
16%

9. , spoke
directly to the project management opportunity for military personnel by
stating that “…manyveteranshaveprojectmanagementexperience–justundera
differentname.” Your skill sets need to be translated and repackaged so that
hiring managers spot your skills. Terms like “mission-related” often translate
to “projectized”.
According to Mr. Langley, both the government and military are “highly
projectized environments, which makes many veteransanaturalfitin the project
management world.”
Why Veterans Make Good Project Managers, January 30, 2012, Fox Business.
Http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/01/30/why-veterans-make-good-project-managers/
A mission is to a military
professional, as a project is
to a civilian project manager

10. • Grass roots establishment of a PMI Military
Transition Liaison Volunteer Position at each
chapter that has a co-located military base.
– Inform, Translate, Mentor, Network, Assist in
certification
– Discounts to events (dinners, conferences)
• Offer certification discounts [goal]
• Gain acceptance at National level for PMI

11. Military PMI
mission — The task, together with the purpose,
that clearly indicates the action to be taken and
the reason therefore. A duty assigned to an
individual or unit; a task.
project-- A project is temporary in that it has a
defined beginning and end in time, and therefore
defined scope and resources. A specific set of
operations designed to accomplish a singular goal.
Troop leading procedures - A dynamic process
used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission,
develop a plan, and prepare for an operation.
Project Management Process - The management
process of planning and controlling the
performance or execution of a project.
OPORD, Paragraph 5 – Operations Order,
Command and Signal (formerly Command and
Control)
Communications Management Plan - A
component of the project management plan that
describes how, when and by whom information
about the project will be administered and
disseminated.
Commander’s intent - A clear and concise
expression of the purpose of the operation and
the desired military end state that supports
mission command
Strategic Plan - Document used to communicate
with the organization the organizations goals, the
actions needed to achieve those goals and all of
the other critical elements developed during the
planning exercise.

12. Top Project Managers Military
Foresight Ability to Read the situation “Good Read”
Know how to lead Leadership “Lead, follow or get out of the way”
Good communications Briefing and addressing unit “silver tongue” “golden
pen”
Pragmatic “Can-Do Attitude” “All the way”
Empathic Understand how to motivate others
Quick sifting abilities Getting to the facts, quick learner
Set, observe, and re-evaluate project priorities Make a decision, even if it’s wrong “adjust fire if
necessary”
Ask good questions and listen to stakeholders Quick learner, education and tech savvy
Predictable communications schedules Training schedules, briefing schedules
Consensus-building skills Team work, “Do or Die” “Get it done”
Informal networks Team Building “buddy system”
Look forward to going to work Devotion to Duty “Gets the job done”
Organized Professional – “Got his shit together”
Source: CIO magazine

13. Leadership
Diversity
Team Players
Educated and Tech Savvy
Quick Learners
Security Clearances / Drug-free
Performance Under Pressure
Willing to Relocate
Discipline
Global Perspective
Adaptability

14. • PMO talent needs the
same attributes
• Seek military service
members
• Seek out these
attributes in your
candidates
Hiring Panel
Hiring
Manager
Project
Manager
Career SME
(Technology)
Ask the
personal
and
insightful
questions
Ask for
justifiable
team, skills
and
experience
through value
statement
Vet career
based
knowledge
through
experiential
vignettes

15. • Discover skills,
knowledge points and
attributes within
yourself
• Plan your value
statement for each
• Highlight your
capabilities specifically
during interviews
through experiential
examples
• Pre-Interview
• Understand Marketplace, Company
• Know yourself (skills)
• Skills
• Environmental characteristics
• Personal characteristics
• Understand job description
• Timing – be ready
Interview
• Prepare questions about position,
company, advancement
• Inquire to project management
methodologies, toolsets, maturity
• Be prepared for the good, the bad, the
ugly (about yourself)!

17. Sandy@Gr8MilitaryPM.com
Jay@Gr8MilitaryPM.com