"NJDOT Personnel Advance the State of Professionalism in Project Management
Thirteen DOT employees recently received their PMP (Project Management Professional) certifications from the Project Management Institute. Award of the PMP credential demonstrates their ability to apply project management knowledge in the following project domains: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, closing and, professional and social responsibility. To earn the PMP designation, they had to meet specific educational and project management experience requirements, plus pass a lengthy and rigorous exam. Through training, coaching and process improvement the Project Management Improvement Initiative continues to enhance the department嚙編 reliance upon project management methodologies, a trend that was started in 1995.

Congratulations to the following employees on their most recent professional accomplishment!


Nina Chivulescu, Luciana Costa Toller, Nicole Einthoven, John Fam, Baher Girgis, Tony Jen, Polina Knaster, Steve Lavelle, Steve Manera, Nirmin Nasef, Kiran Patel, Pankesh Patel and Atul Shah.


History and Future of the Initiative
In 1995 the NJDOT Commissioner authorized an 嚙瘟ngineering Analysis to Enhance Project Delivery嚙� study for the purpose of ascertaining the Department嚙編 capability to meet its mission. Some of the findings included:
The NJDOT organizational structure was not suited for its current mission with respect to the identification and delivery of capital projects.
There was no single point of contact (SPOC), responsibility or accountability for a project嚙編 planning and execution. There were multiple hand-offs of project responsibility during the life of a project.
The Department focused on the process and not the 嚙緘roduct嚙�.