This year's Seminar at Sea will include
six different speakers. Biographies and abstracts will be posted
as speakers are confirmed
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Andy Crowe, PMP, PgMP |
Topic: Managing You: Developing
the right balance of hard and soft skills
Abstract:
This presentation explores the enormous
range project managers have to span between technical project management
and soft skills and looks at the areas where most project managers get
into trouble.
Using individual assessments to help attendees
identify and understand their patters of management and relating to others,
this interactive time unpacks skills to help project managers become more
effective in their managerial substance and style.
Additionally, unpublished research from
the Alpha study will be explored as it relates to hard and soft skills
and the effect they have on project managers, senior managers, and teams.
Bio:
Andy Crowe is the CEO and founder of Velociteach,
as well as the author of Alpha Project Managers: What the Top 2% Know that
Everyone Else Does Not, The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, and
The CAPM Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try. He is one of a handful of
project management authors whose titles have sold over 100,000 copies.
He served as project manager for several high-profile international projects,
including the creation of Europe's largest e-commerce site and was a member
of Microsoft's DNA and .NET Advisory Committees. He is a PMP, a PgMP, and
a Six Sigma Black Belt.
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Donald Gardner, PMP |
Topic: Project Management on
the Head of a Pin
Abstract:
This seminar explores disciplines of project
leadership to: a) build a stronger individual leadership foundation; b)
enhance project communication; and c) raise the productivity and efficiency
of your team. A value that often goes understated in delivering successful
projects is leadership. We get stuff done. And yet, teams are
dysfunctional, sponsors do not know their roles and scope can go out of
control. Is there something missing in the way we communicate, work
with the team and manage expectations? Sustainable project leadership
is about leading others… sponsors, team members, stakeholders… and leading
ourselves. It is about asking the right questions, pushing back when
required and, certainly, leading our team / stakeholders. We can
get our PMP and take all the right courses. However, only when we
apply strong leadership and lean practices and principles, do we begin
to step into the possibility of truly successful projects and project discipline.
Bio:
Donald Gardner has 35 years’ experience
in financial services and IT. He is Past Chair for the Financial
Services SIG and has served on the Nominating Committee for the PMI Board
of Directors. He has worked as an Affiliate Professor for the Stevens
Institute of Technology Graduate School, Assistant Adjunct Professor at
Long Island University Graduate School and the Continuing Studies faculty
at Villanova University. He has spoken at PMI Leadership meetings,
PMI Congresses and Chapter forums in the US and Russia. He currently
advises corporations in the financial services sector in the US, Europe
and Asia through Gardner Project Integration Group, Ltd.
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Lee R. Lambert, PMP |
Topic: How to Determine and Deliver
Bad News—In a GOOD Way!
Abstract:
This program goes far beyond understanding
the tools and techniques we use to convert mountains of project management
data. This program emphasizes the preparation and delivery of the
vital decision support information. Methods for developing and presenting
the KEY outputs generated by using sound project management concepts to
the organizational decision maker will be focus. Attendees will learn
approaches and techniques for developing and presenting information in
a way that the decision maker thoroughly understands what is being communicated
and comprehends why it is important that the decisions are based upon the
truth being provided by the PM process and the PM professional. After
all, it is what it is!
The information coming out of the PM process
is clearly valuable. The ability to determine what it says and to
communicate it in an easy to understand, yet comprehensive, way to the
decision maker is PRICELESS!
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion
of this program attendees will be able to:
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Cut through the “crap” and get to the facts
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Separate Data from Decision Support Information
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Create Graphical and Column Reports that are
easy to use
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Extrapolate history to articulate the reality
of the future—EARLY
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Deliver All News (Good or Bad) in a Good Way
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Have a positive influence on decisions/outcomes
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Enhance their value to the organization
Bio:
PMI Professional Development Provider
of the Year 2007
PMI Distinguished Contribution Award 1995,
New Orleans
In the profession of Project Management,
Lee R. Lambert, PMP has established the standard against which others in
the field are measured. Throughout a fast-paced 18 year corporate
career with Chicago Bridge & Iron, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
General Electric (Nuclear Reactor Division) and Battelle Memorial Institute--where
he worked almost exclusively with engineers and scientists--he quickly
ascended to senior management positions and was responsible for the development
and implementation of ground-breaking, sophisticated Enterprise project
management processes for Engineering, Medical Diagnostics and Research
& Development.
As a result of his pragmatic application
of the PM methodologies, in 1981, he was invited to be an integral part
of the creation of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management
Professional (PMP) Certification Program. He is a recipient of the
PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award and was a member of the PMNetwork/PM
Journal Editorial Review team for over a decade. He also contributed
as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the PMI’s Earned Value Management
System (EVMS) Practice Standard. Educated as a Mechanical Engineer,
he is a holder of a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George
Washington University. He most recently has been awarded one of the
PMI’s highest honors for his ground breaking applied learning programs:
The Professional Development Provider of the Year 2007.
Lee is also an author of two books and
32 professional papers, no other project management educator/speaker can
contend with his uncanny technical knowledge, material content and refreshing
and entertaining delivery—his hard-hitting, but humorous style, has mesmerized
more than 40,000 students in 22 countries. In May, Wiley Publishing
retained Lee as author of PMP Prep A-All-In-One Desk Reference Guide.
Lee takes the saying; “Been there, done that, got the T-shirt” to a new
level.
Lambert Consulting Group
Lee can be reached at Lee@LambertConsultingGroup.com
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Beth Ouellette, PMP, PgMP |
Topic: Cruising through
the Challenge of Change
Abstract:
This is a two-part session in which we
will take an analytical look at changes people had to deal with – from
ancient times to modern day. We will have the opportunity to learn
from and use these lessons captured through the ages to apply to our modern
day challenges.
We live in a tough environment, in which
change is truly one of our few constants. We will revisit the psychology
of change, take time to understand our personal change character, and learn
some new techniques and skills to be more effective in dealing with change.
We will identify change variables such as reactions versus actions, expectations,
planning for possibilities, critical communications, and more.
The examples, discussions, shared experiences
and interactive workshop format will encourage collaboration and dynamic
learning that will be valuable not only on your projects at work, but will
be valuable in “life” projects too!
We will also share early findings of how
global managers perceive and manage changes.
Bio:
Beth, President of The Ouellette Group,
is a results-oriented senior IT and business executive with a unique blend
of executive-management and technology skills. She travels the globe
teaching, speaking, coaching and presenting best practices in program,
portfolio and project management; as a result she has become a sought-after
mentor, facilitating and guiding clients’ teams toward more effective program,
portfolio and project management. November 2008, she was a key note
presenter and moderator at the Nordic Portfolio Management Forum in Stockholm,
and was Conference Chair for the Project Zone Conference in Vienna, Austria
March 2009. In December 2008, Beth completed the role of Content
Integration Analyst for the simultaneous production of PMBOK, Program,
Portfolio and OPM3 Standards.
She has over 20 years of IT and business
experience, focusing the past 10 years on establishing and leading a corporate-wide/global
program management offices (PMO). Previously Beth established and
ran the Corporate Program Office at Prudential Financial. She has
been a speaker and author on Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio
Management, productivity and quality improvement at the CIO Forum, Project
Leadership Conference, Enterprise Application Strategy Conference, IT World
Congress, and Women in Technology. She has been published in the
US and Canada, as well as Brazil and India.
Beth served as the Content Integration
Analyst for the PMBOK, Program, Portfolio and OPM3 standards published
in December 2008. She has served in leadership roles on various PMI
Standards’ Teams since 2005.
She is the 2009 President of the PMINYC
Chapter,
and an active member in the PMI. She holds both the PMP and PgMP designations.
She obtained a Finance MBA from NYU’s Stern School, a BA in Education from
Eastern Michigan University, and an AA in Computer Programming from Geenville
Technical College.
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Dr. Michael Poli |
Topic: Project Strategy
- Cruise to Project Success
Abstract:
This tutorial is about the evolution of
Project Strategy a theory initially based on a practitioner’s belief that
there had to be a better approach to successful project management.
As a project team member and later as a project manager I was frustrated
at seeing projects fail or achieve less than full success. Even today,
making projects more successful is an important issue. I decided on the
topic “Project Strategy” for my Ph.D. research. Real life project case
studies were collected, analyzed and resulted in a number of research papers.
I completed my Ph.D. and have now collected over 650 cases.
Join me as I relate the theory and practice
of Project Strategy: how it started, evolved and where it is heading.
Bio:
Dr. Michael Poli is Distinguished Associate
Professor, Associate Director, Project Management, Stevens Institute of
Technology. He helped Stevens attain Project Management Institute accreditation
in 2004. His PhD dissertation “Project Strategy” was based on real world
project case studies. He has taught in Paris, Beijing, Dominican
Republic, Serbia and Sweden. Michael was with AT&T Bell Labs where
he managed software development; taught the premier Project Management
Workshop; jump started projects; and developed the Best Current Practice
in Project Management. He was in product, operations and project
management in IBM, EDS, Olivetti and Exxon Systems.
For additional information on Dr. Michael
Poli visit http://howe.stevens.edu/people/full-time-faculty/?no_cache=1&faculty=674
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Walter Viali CSQA, PMP |
Topic: Why Gen. G.A. Custer
Should Have Been a PMP - Revisiting the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Abstract:
George Armstrong Custer is one of American
history’s most mythical and controversial characters. His short, illustrious
and tempestuous career is part of American legend. From his early
successes in the Civil War, which made him the youngest general in American
history, to his death at the Little Big Horn River, George A. Custer’s
flamboyant personal style and forceful personality garnered the attention
of his era. How did Custer manage time, scope, resources, risk at
the Little Bighorn? What did he do wrong? Was he a magnetic,
fearless leader or a shameless glory seeker? Even today the debate
continues. This presentation will revisit the battle of the Little
Bighorn from a Project Management perspective (the PMI PMBOK® Guide
Knowledge Areas).
Bio:
Principal Consultant PMO TO GO, LLC
Walter Viali is Principal Consultant and
co-founder of PMO To Go LLC, which focuses on Project Management Office
(PMO) consulting (assessment, establishment, portfolio management, training
and staffing). Responsible for business development, Project Management
and PMO consulting, as well as delivering Project Management and Microsoft
Project training aligned with the Project Management Institute’s Guide
to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Also responsible for
conducting Process and Project Management assessments based on the Software
Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Models. Provided Strategic
Planning, PMO consulting, JAD facilitation (over 4,500 hours), and Project
Management training with MS Project and other PM Software tool support
to major companies in the U.S. and in Europe. Frequent lecturer on
Project Management topics at conferences, seminars and universities, as
well as a member of the team responsible for the development of PMI’s OPM3
- Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (for Portfolio, Program
and Project Management). Quoted in several trade journals and books
and published articles on Business Reengineering and Information Technology
issues. A member of the Board of the PMI Houston Chapter since 2002
and its President in 2007.
Updated: 12Jul09 |
