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Jill Richards - Keynote
Politics, Today and Tomorrow
What to expect; What to look for;
and, most importantly, WHAT TO DO !
Jill, President of Inovacent Solutions, has extensive
experience as a Project Manager and as a Project
Management trainer. Jill was one of the popular
presenters at the 2006 KC-PMI Professional
Development Days. Now she has agreed to return to
offer new insights from her work and new views that we
can all use to help us cut through the politics. A speaker
directly from the PMI Global Congress and Seminars
World, coming to us in Overland Park.
Monday September 10 at 8:45 to 10:00 AM
David Maxfield - Keynote
Silence Fails
Director of research for VitalSmarts, David has recently
completed studies where the acts of omission and
ignoring poor performance cause projects to fail. But he
offers hope that solutions can be found in breaking the
code of silence and achieving better communications.
David has delivered his message to industries and
government all around the country. His results are even
posted on the PMI Global Website. Now he is bringing it
to the Project Managers in the Midwest.
Tuesday September 11 at 2:45 to 4:00 PM
Scott Ferber – Special Guest
Major Trends in IT
Vice President - IBM
Coming
Soon
Monday September 10 at 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Sheri Blauwiekel – Special Guest
B&V Going Global on Project Management
Sheri A. Blauwiekel has traveled the world as a project
manager for Black & Veatch. Her extensive experience
demonstrates her ability to deliver successful projects
including engineering, procurement, construction of coal
fired, gas-fired combustion turbine, wind turbine and fossil
retrofit power projects.
Sheri will overview how Black and Veatch begins projects
in countries outside the US including legal, political,
logistical, and financial issues of starting projects in China
and other Asian countries. Did you know that you can't
even approach the Chinese government to do a project
unless you are first licensed to do work as a foreigner in
China (similar to U.S. green cards)? Sheri will give a view
of project management that few of us get to experience.
Tuesday September 11 at 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Linda Landon
Don't Take Anything Personally
This lively and interactive talk introduces New York
Times bestseller, The Four Agreements and focuses on
the enigmatic second agreement, Don’t Take Anything
Personally. Linda invites the audience to examine the
stress caused by taking something personally. Then she
guides them through an exercise to shift into a totally
new perspective that eliminates stress, clears up
communication and brings peace. They leave with a
simple and powerful tool they can use on their own to
shift any challenging moment into a great one.
Monday September 10 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM – and Monday September 10 at 1:45 to 3:00 PM
Caroline Gormley
Total Work Management in
Microsoft EPM
There is a growing trend toward management of all work within
EPM systems, not just project work. In some companies, this can
be easily accomplished because separate individuals work on
projects versus support, and support work is only tracked at a
high level, e.g., in buckets by application. In other organizations,
the same individual may work on both projects and support, and
there is a need to track support down to a ticket level, relating to
an incident management system such as Remedy. The
presentation will discuss the benefits and challenges of total work
management within Microsoft EPM, with lessons learned from
actual implementations.
Monday September 10 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM
Paul Sapenaro
Update on Sprint Nextel PMO
Paul’s plans were covered at the 2006 Professional
Development Days. Now see how well they have
progressed and what he sees coming down the road.
Monday September 10 at 1:45 to 3:00 PM
Twyla Southall, PMP
Better Than Good Enough: Par Excellence In
Project/Program Management
This presentation motivates attendees through a discussion on
the importance of executing Project and Program Management
with Excellence. We will discuss the difference between,
Good, Better and Best and show attendees why Good isn’t
acceptable if you can do better and why better will never do if it
is not your best. Attendees will leave with an understanding of
why ‘Good Enough’ is simply not good enough when you
picture the Future of Project Management. They will receive
practical tips to improve their performance as they are
challenged to achieve Excellence in Program Management.
Monday September 10 at 3:15 to 4:30 PM
Bob Galen
Software Endgames: Learning to
Finish What You've Started
Each of us has experienced more than one software
project that ended badly. Either the requirements were
misunderstood or implemented poorly. Many projects fail in
their Endgame during testing. Not because of the testing
per se, but because of the massive discovery of defects
and functional gaps that indicate the true viability of the
project. This presentation focuses on a set of 5 high level
practices and techniques that will help improve your
management and steering within the endgame. Providing
experienced guidance that will increase the odds of your
successfully delivering a project.
Monday September 10 at 3:15 to 4:30 PM
Jack Ferraro, PMP
Project Manager as Generalist: Project Manager
as Obsolete! –What You Need to Know
Find out why the development of project management global
industry standards, the availability of highly-educated low-cost labor,
disruption of basic supply and demand laws and information
overload is driving specialization of project management functions –
and what you must do to prevent becoming an obsolete generalist.
Attendees will learn and practice the five steps to specialization in
project management, recognize driving forces behind specialization
and its impact on your career and how to adapt to the new emerging
roles.
Specialization increases competition and some skills will be more
valuable than others depending on customer needs and project
characteristics.
Tuesday September 11 at 8:45 to 10:00 AM
Herman Gaines, Jr.
Great Projects in History
Coming
Soon
On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark along with
a diverse team set out “to explore the Missouri river and across
the continent for the purpose of commerce.” This daunting task
completed on September 23, 1806 with a map of the territory,
stories of its peoples, science enhanced beyond comprehension
and only one life lost all conducted by a culturally diverse team
who could barely communicate with each other and their hosts.
By analyzing this project using the nine knowledge areas defined
by PMI, we will conclude for ourselves the project successes and
failures. Our results will lead us to better understand planning,
communications and risk through this great project. Exposure to
Great Projects in History is both fun and informative.
Tuesday September 11 at 8:45 to 10:00 AM
Rex Johnson, CISA, CISSP, PMP
Audit and Enterprise Risk Services
This presentation is focused on the rise of privacy
concerns in business. As businesses find themselves
having to manage more risk in today’s environment, the
subject of data privacy has become a growing concern.
Businesses are needing to take the appropriate steps in
protecting their client and employee data and information.
This data, called personal identifiable information (PII),
have laws and guidelines that should be considered. This
concern increases as businesses look to do business
internationally. As project managers, we need to consider
privacy matters in our engagements.
Tuesday September 11 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM
Lois Zells
Pitfalls of RAD, Agile/XP and Other Forms of Iterative
Development; and How They Lead To Project Failure
In our never-ending search for faster, as well foolproof, ways of
doing development, we continue to chase after promises that
often fall short of expectations. Come hear Lois Zells give a
brand new presentation about the project management pros and
cons of RAD (Rapid Application Development,) Agile/XP,
Evolutionary Development, Iterative Development, and
Prototyping. Hear the latest on why these types of projects are
still failing and how to avoid the pitfalls. Have a common sense
discussion of how to manage realistic expectations before
projects go awry. This session is apropos for all levels of the IS
organization from analyst/programmer to CIO, from business unit
user to business unit project participant, from project lead to
program manager, albeit technical or non-technical.
Tuesday September 11 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM
Kevin Green
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
As president of Kevin Green Homes, Kevin has been clearly
recognized as a leader in the marketplace. Kevin was
contacted for the 2nd time by ABC television to participate in
the wildly successful hit television show Extreme Makeover
Home Edition. Again without hesitation, with his vision,
passion and leadership, he built the largest house ever
attempted on the show - 5600sf of luxury in 92 hours! As seen
on national television (1 billion view audience in 69 countries)
and covered on local TV, radio, and print, Kansas City felt
pride in knowing that Kevin Green’s build was again was one
of the most successful and well-organized builds. Kevin Green
Home’s commitment to accept the challenge and precisely
execute with such attention to detail in such a short time, is a
testimony to the professionalism, creativity and solid
reputation his company emulates.
Tuesday September 11 at 1:15 to 2:30 PM
Tony Johnson, MBA, PMP
PMP Exam Prep
The presentation will provide an opportunity for those at
the beginning or final stages of PMP Exam Review. Focus
will be on how to get ready for the exam environment, how
to minimize surprises and how to take your PMI theory pills
for PMP Exam Success!
Tuesday September 11 at 1:15 to 2:30 PM