Cyndi Snyder, PMP, MBA, is a professional project management consultant, instructor, and author. Her consulting focus is on project management maturity, PMO startups, and positioning project management as a core competency for organizations. She has taught online and in the classroom for UC Irvine, CalTech, and USC. Ms. Snyder is an active volunteer with the Project Management Institute. She is the project manager for the 2008 editions of the PMBOKĀ® Guide and the Standard for Program Management. In the past she has served on the Standards Member Advisory Group and was Chair of the Chapter Leadership Development and Excellence Committee for 2003-2005. Ms. Snyder is a certified Project Management Professional (PMPĀ®) and earned her Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.