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Title	Improving Work-Breakdown-Structures Using Techniques Commonly Seen on Agile Software Teams
Begin	3/15/2010 6:00 PM
End	3/15/2010 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Improving Work-Breakdown-Structures Using Techniques Commonly Seen on Agile Software Teams Presented by James Goebel Many project management practices are only as effective as the project's underlying project work-breakdown-structure (WBS). Therefore, it is likely that improving the quality of your WBS will increase the effectiveness of many project management activities. Through hands-on learning exercises this session explores how some of the techniques used by Agile Software teams can be used to facilitate the construction of a more effective WBS, even for projects outside of information technology. This presentation will help you: Identify the project challenges created by having a poor work-breakdown-structure. Articulate the qualities that lead to an effective work-breakdown-structure. Identify several facilitation techniques to improve the quality of a project's work-breakdown-structure. James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor. His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Licensed Residential Builder.
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Title	PMI Strategic Plan
Begin	2/15/2010 6:00 PM
End	2/15/2010 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	PMI Strategic Plan Presented by William Moylan, PhD, PMP The future PMI envisions: Worldwide, organizations will embrace, value, and utilize project management and attribute their success to it. This presentation describes how that vision, through a Balanced Scorecard evaluation, informs all of PMI's programs, products, and services. It includes the planning process for the near term, midterm, and long term horizons, to keep PMI prepared for a variety of eventualities. William Moylan, PhD, PMP, is a tenured professor of construction management at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. Dr. Moylan has extensive professional experience in all aspects of program and project management, having worked throughout North America, the Middle East, and Asia. His project experiences include new product development, quality improvement, computer and information systems, facility engineering and construction projects. He has also led or managed projects within the oil and gas production, petroleum, chemical processing, energy, academic, government, public service, automotive and manufacturing industries.
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Title	A PMO Survival Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions
Begin	1/18/2010 6:00 PM
End	1/18/2010 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	A PMO Survival Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions Presented by Steve Starke Project Management Offices (PMOs) have become increasingly common in large and small organizations as a mechanism to coordinate, manage, and communicate regarding programs and projects. Providing value to the organization is a key success factor for the PMO. This presentation focuses on important elements of establishing and maintaining a successful PMO. Practical advice on addressing PMO challenges, the relationship to project successful management, and PMO implications from merger and acquisition activity will be discussed. You will learn what to consider in creating a PMO and project delivery methodology, how to introduce change and have that change endure, and that constant updates, reinvention, attractiveness, and success stories make a good PMO. Steve Starke is the Vice-President of Program Management at Thomson Reuters where he leads the PMO organization for the Healthcare and Sciences division. In addition to his background in program and project management, Steve has managed Business Analysis organizations and worked in system engineering roles. Steve has worked extensively in organizations in the healthcare field.
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Title	Holiday Break
Begin	12/21/2009 6:00 PM
End	12/21/2009 7:30 PM
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Program	Holiday Break The PMI Huron Valley Chapter WILL NOT be conducting a chapter meeting in December this year. We hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. We look forward to seeing you again for our January chapter meeting on 01/18/10.
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Title	The Web 2.0 Savvy Project Manager
Begin	11/16/2009 6:00 PM
End	11/16/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	The Web 2.0 Savvy Project Manager Presented by Robert Hoveland, Prayush Saraswat The second generation of the world-wide web (Web 2.0) is rapidly growing into so many different facets of our lives. Celebrities are texting their thoughts on Blogs & Twitter, our children spend hours on Myspace.com, and old friends are finding us through Facebook. Most companies have implemented different versions of these tools support internal and external communications. But how can we as Project Managers harness this incredible power without unexpectedly wasting time and resources? In this presentation we will describe how the various Web 2.0 tools can be utilized to support project management needs. Web 2.0 tools can significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your project teams in so many ways unimaginable. Come learn about it and share your discoveries! Prayush Saraswat PMP, has over 13 years of experience across management consulting, program management, business process improvement, information systems strategy and systems implementation. He has consulted with many leading software and manufacturing companies globally. He lives in Plymouth MI with his wife and two kids. Link to his profile on linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=699256&trk=tab_pro Robert Hoveland has been a professional in project management for 16 years, serving projects in Automotive Product Development and Co-generation Power Plant Development. His forte is in Product Development Program Management, Process Development and Business Graphic Design and Visual Communication. Robert and his wife, Connie, live in Plymouth MI where they pursue their passions in downhill skiing, gardening, gourmet cooking and hiking. Link to his profile on linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthoveland
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Title	Persuasion: The Physical Art of Getting Other's To Take Action
Begin	10/19/2009 6:00 PM
End	10/19/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Persuasion: The Physical Art of Getting Other's To Take Action Presented by Marlena Reigh Project Managers experience the need to initiate action in other project team members on a regular basis. Most often the actions are required of those who do not directly report to the project manager. Developing the skills to persuade others to successfully act is essential. This presentation focuses on techniques to successfully persuade others to action. From this presentation you will: Gain an understanding of elements of the physical act of verbal communication. Learn the case for the power of non-verbal language. Learn the actions needed for successful persuasion. Marlena Reigh, owner of Radiant Communications LLC in Ann Arbor since 1992, has worked with thousands of individuals in companies and organizations to enhance personal communication that builds relationships and improves the bottom line. Marlena has been a frequent and favorite presenter and keynoter at the PMI Great Lakes Symposium. Ms. Reigh has authored books and tapes on voice and presentation skills. Marlena Reigh remains one of the most popular speakers for PMI HVC chapter meetings, having presented on “Three Keys In How To Lead Through Motivation” and “Can Your Voice Impact the Success of Your Projects?” in past years.
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Title	Eight Dumb Project Management Beliefs
Begin	9/21/2009 6:00 PM
End	9/21/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Eight Dumb Project Management Beliefs Presented by Neal Whitten, PMP Please join us for this exceptional presentation at our 1st chapter meeting of the 2009-2010 season! There is much more to learn within the project management profession than meets the eye of the casual practitioner/observer. Many of the lessons are not obvious but become clearer once we have been exposed to them. Neal Whitten reveals eight commonly held beliefs that are thought to be true, but all are false. Examples include: If You Don’t Lead Project Members, They Will Lead Themselves Run the Project by Agreement Committed Dates Are Fixed Be prepared for some “Aha!” moments and your belief system to be challenged. Neal Whitten, PMP, is a popular speaker, trainer, consultant, mentor, and best-selling author in the areas of leadership, project management, and employee development. He has written over 80 articles for professional magazines and is the author of six books. With over 35 years of front-line project management experience, Neal has developed and instructed dozens of classes and presented to many thousands of people from across hundreds of companies, institutions and public organizations. He is a contributing editor—now over ten years—of PMI’s PM Network® magazine.
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Title	Is there a New Definition for “Change Control” in Project Management?
Begin	6/15/2009 6:00 PM
End	6/15/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Is there a New Definition for “Change Control” in Project Management? Presented by By Dr. Loran W. Walker, M.A., M.S. DMIT Change control in a project is a process that justifies or rejects a change request to the product, service or result that is being worked upon. This control is being applied to the project to limit spurious changes, add value-added changes, stop cost overruns or missed milestones. It is intended to keep the work on track, on time and at cost. However, another aspect of project “change control” is the change in environmental working conditions that employees experience when they join or are assigned to a project team. What impact do these changes have on the success or failure of the project? There is a need to understand the impact of this worker environmental change in order to mitigate various challenges the project manager may encounter during the life of the project. Is there a “Hawthorne Effect” embedded in the discipline of Project Management and how will a project manager use the effect to optimize the project? This presentation cites information from the original Hawthorne factory experiments and current articles to open the discussion of this possible phenomenon within the project management discipline. Dr. Walker has worked in the Computer Science and Information Systems fields for over 27 years. He has been a professor in information systems and the social sciences. He specializes in consulting and teaching High-Level Programming, Systems Analysis & Design, Project Management, Web Design, Programming Technologies and Enterprise Architecture. Currently he serves as a Core Faculty member for the Project Management Program in the School of Undergraduate Studies (SOUS) at Capella University. Professor Walker is a founder and current chairperson of the Students of Project Management Specific Interest Group (SoPM) chartered by The Project Management Institute (PMI) in September of 2000.
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Title	Titanic Lessons for Projects: Lessons in Risk Management
Begin	5/18/2009 6:00 PM
End	5/18/2009 8:00 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Titanic Lessons for Projects: Lessons in Risk Management Presented by Mark Kozak-Holland R.M.S. Titanic was considered by many, including its designers and builders to be an unsinkable ship. With redundant safety systems that used the latest emerging technologies of the day, the ship was considered so safe that it did not even need a full complement of lifeboats. So how were risks managed (and not) across the each stage of the construction project lifecycle, and into the operation? This presentation analyzes the project that designed, built, and launched the ship, showing how compromises made during early project stages led to serious flaws in this supposedly "perfect ship." It focuses on the risks associated with each stage of the project identifying these and then how these were mitigated. You will learn how the lessons learned from Titanic’s disaster can be applied to IT projects today. In modern IT projects, we often have situations where we believe that we have designed, built, or launched a "perfect" solution. The presentation juxtaposes the Titanic story and modern IT projects so that we can learn from the disaster how: • risks were identified at each project stage, • risk could have been better mitigated, • principal stakeholders could have been more carefully managed. Mark Kozak-Holland brings years of experience as a consultant who helps Fortune-500 companies formulate projects that leverage emerging technologies. Since 1985 he has been straddling the business and IT worlds making these projects happen. He is a certified business consultant, the author of several books, and a noted speaker. As a historian, Kozak-Holland seeks out the wisdom of the past to help others avoid repeating mistakes and to capture time-proven techniques. His lectures on Lessons from History projects have been very popular at gatherings of project managers and CIOs.
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Title	Agile Eureka in One Hour
Begin	4/20/2009 6:00 PM
End	4/20/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Agile Eureka in an Hour Presented by Helene Gidley and Michael Birdsall We will help you experience the virtues of Agile projects without the huge investment in time and project opportunities. In this workshop we will form small teams to complete a project using Agile techniques and to feel the benefits experientially. Each team will conduct a project carried out with several iterations, with plans for each iteration worked out for that iteration. Participants will feel how Agile changes the experience of the project, particularly as new requirements or constraints are discovered. Please join us for this unique opportunity to experience Agile project techniques first-hand.
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Title	Notice - No March PMI-HVC Meeting
Begin	3/16/2009 6:00 PM
End	3/16/2009 7:30 PM
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Program	Notice - No March PMI-HVC Meeting Please note there will NOT be a PMI-HVC chapter meeting for March. The meeting planned for March 16th is cancelled. Please join us on April 20th for the presentation on Agile Project Management. Details for this meeting will be posted soon.
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Title	Three Keys In How To Lead Through Motivation
Begin	2/16/2009 6:00 PM
End	2/16/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Three Keys In How To Lead Through Motivation Presented by Marlena Reigh How you lead and motivate your team members can significantly influence the success of your project and your goals. Real motivation is far more than a “feel good” moment. Motivation is about stimulating desire on an ongoing basis. This program reveals three keys in how to lead through motivation that connects you and your members and takes motivation to its highest level of influence, therefore making the greatest impact. The Three Keys are: * Be The Experience-create the desire and energy to keep people interested with persistent effort * Be Vulnerable-make it personal for you and for your team and gain powerful connections * Be Contagious-interact on a conscious and unconscious level and reap unexpected rewards Get ready to learn new tips and techniques and experience yourself on a new level of leading and motivating. Ways that will help to increase team cohesiveness, increase assignment enthusiasm, and drive project completion and satisfaction. Marlena Reigh , owner of Radiant Communications LLC in Ann Arbor since 1992, has worked with thousands of individuals in companies and organizations to enhance personal communication that builds relationships and improves the bottom line. Marlena has been a frequent and favorite presenter and keynoter at the PMI Great Lakes Symposium. Ms. Reigh has authored books and tapes on voice and presentation skills.
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Title	Eco-Technology: Using and Reusing Technology and Processes for Improved Business Results
Begin	1/19/2009 6:00 PM
End	1/19/2009 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Eco-Technology: Using and Reusing Technology and Processes for Improved Business Results Presented by Tim Cermak Green IT – and doing more with less – is becoming the mantra of the business world. Throwing technology and processes at problems introduces waste and dilutes adoption. The global resource pool is over allocated and world economies are scrambling to adopt innovative management solutions while still having the resources that can deliver. In this session, we will discuss the scalable and reusable Enterprise Project Management (EPM) systems, with collaboration built on Microsoft SharePoint®, to identify work force activity and alignment of tasks with resources. Attendees will see how collaboration, work flow and web interface technology can be integrated with project and program planning and execution. Tim Cermak is an accomplished consulting professional and Program Management executive with 16 years experience creating stakeholder value by identifying, developing and delivering mission critical solutions for the commercial, industrial, non-profit and government agency marketplace.
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Title	Holiday Break
Begin	12/15/2008 6:00 PM
End	12/15/2008 7:30 PM
Location
Program	Holiday Break The PMI Huron Valley Chapter WILL NOT be conducting a chapter meeting in December this year. We hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. We look forward to seeing you again for our January chapter meeting on 01/19/09.
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Title	Project Recovery: When to admit it’s time to get help!
Begin	11/17/2008 6:00 PM
End	11/17/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Project Recovery: When to admit it’s time to get help! Presented by Eugenia C. Schwalm As Project Managers we have either experienced it ourselves or heard of those projects in trouble. But often times we don’t see the smoke or we don’t react until it is too late. Admitting there is a problem and asking for help doesn’t have to be a career buster. This presentation will focus on several key project factors: - Recognizing the signs and knowing when to get help - Steps to getting back on track - Knowing when to terminate Eugenia is a consultant and trainer in both project management and business analysis. Eugenia has held management positions at Ameritech, PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently at Lighthouse Consulting Partners. As a Quality and Risk Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers she conducted audits and also coached project managers in the development of recovery plans for projects. Her past and current clients cross many industries and include service companies, automotives, retail, pharmaceutical, technology, insurance and entertainment.
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Title	Resource Leveling with Microsoft Project
Begin	10/20/2008 6:00 PM
End	10/20/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Resource Leveling with Microsoft Project Presented by Kevin O’Brien Developing a realistic and accurate project schedule is a critical skill for today’s successful project managers. Project schedules are critically dependent on accurate allocation of team members to perform the project work. Team members can often work on multiple projects limiting their availability for a particular project. Microsoft Project provides features to assist the project manager in establishing a viable schedule by utilizing resource leveling tools. While these features are very useful, they can be challenging to understand and use effectively. This presentation provides a step-by-step view of resource leveling options and valuable techniques to use when performing resource leveling with MicroSoft Project. Important considerations as to when is not appropriate to use resource leveling are also discussed as well. This presentation represents an excellent opportunity to increase your knowledge and skill with resource leveling. Kevin is a PMP, and an active member of the Huron Valley Chapter of PMI. He has recently worked at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital and the Wayne County Corporation Counsel. Currently, he is managing a project at the University of Michigan Hospitals.
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Title	The Craft of Collaboration—Near and Far
Begin	9/15/2008 6:00 PM
End	9/15/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	The Craft of Collaboration—Near and Far Presented by Katherine A. Lawrence Today’s collaborative teams may include members who work closely together at a single location as well as members who are dispersed at geographically distant locations. This presentation synthesizes some of the common issues faced by collaborative groups in both situations. The presentation will review recent research that has examined how collocated collaborators encourage each other to contribute to their joint work, and other research that has studied the organizational issues associated with multidisciplinary, multi-institution collaboration projects. Katherine Lawrence is an independent scholar, collaborating with individuals and groups as a researcher, writer, educator, and facilitator. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan School of Information where she investigated the design and deployment of cyberinfrastructure to support collaboration among scientists and engineers. Prior to her PhD, she worked as a case writer at Harvard Business School, an educational technology developer, and a wildlife documentary production manager. Please join us to learn ways that you can support and improve collaboration in your teams.
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Title	Resolving Conflict - Leading Teams on Purpose
Begin	6/16/2008 6:00 PM
End	6/16/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Resolving Conflict - Leading Teams on Purpose Presented by John Canfield The vast majority of decision making world wide is conducted through meetings which include with a wide variety of team members, personalities, and opinions. All too often these meetings are either slowed or derailed by what many call conflict. Sometimes this conflict is disabling, preventing future progress. Sometimes conflict is laughable upon discovering a misunderstanding. All too often teams push the conflict under the rug, confused about how to handle it, preferring to make an easy, politically correct decision. This program will help you learn to think about and deal with conflict as a group of options. We will consider approaches and practical tools to help you recognize, appreciate, and prioritize options. John Canfield is an experienced business executive and coach who has successfully implemented wide variety of planning, problem solving, creativity, and innovation processes in a wide variety of teams, organizations, industries, and cultures. John has spoken to more than one thousand audiences around the world. Prior to 1990 John was a Senior Engineering Manager for Intel Corporation and later Director of Corporate Quality and Design Research for Herman Miller. John is a popular business article columnist for Michigan Business News.
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Title	How the Business Analyst Role Impacts Project Success
Begin	5/19/2008 6:00 PM
End	5/19/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	How the Business Analyst Role Impacts Project Success Presented by Barbara Carkenord Business Analysts play an integral role in project success. Project Managers and business analysts possess similarities and differences that bring a complete perspective to a project. Many PMs and BAs are required to perform both roles and need an understanding of what each is required to do. The business analyst role has changed dramatically over the last few years and has become a vital role in an organization. This presentation gives an overview of both roles and helps PMs identify the appropriate level of understanding they should possess of the BA role. Attendees will be given an overview of the factors that have shaped and are changing the role, and where the profession is heading. Additionally, this presentation discusses the IIBA and its BABOK which is setting standards for the profession in the areas of knowledge, skills and certification. Barbara Carkenord, President, B2T Training, has over 20 years experience in business analysis. Barbara began her career in the Information Technology area as a programmer, systems analyst, business analyst, and project manager. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has authored many articles on business analysis.
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Title	CANCELLED: 3rd Annual PMI-HVC Job Fair for Project Managers
Begin	4/21/2008 6:00 PM
End	4/21/2008 9:00 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	This event has been cancelled. 3rd Annual PMI-HVC Job Fair for Project Managers PLEASE NOTE: We are conducting a workshop on MS Project instead of the Job Fair. If you are registered for the Job Fair, you are also registered for the MS Project workshop. Please see the MS Project Workshop meeting announcement to register for the workshop. Registration is $15 for PMI HVC members and $20 for non-members. People who have registered for the Job Fair will have their resumes forwarded to the employers listed above and their registration fee refunded. We apologize for the inconvienence. For questions, please contact Ed Pelic, Programs Vice-President at vpprograms@pmi-hvc.org
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Title	MS Project Workshop
Begin	4/21/2008 6:00 PM
End	4/21/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Bring your MS Project questions, issues, tips, and tricks to this workshop. Work with MS Project experts and others in the workshops to get your questions answered and issues resolved. Please contact Mark Hillegonds (vpcommunications@pmi-hvc.org) or Dale Inder (vptraining@pmi-hvc.org) with questions about the workshop
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Title	Delivering Visibility, Control, and Management to Projects
Begin	3/17/2008 6:00 PM
End	3/17/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Delivering Visibility, Control, and Management to Projects Applying Enterprise Project Management Technology- An Automotive OEM Success Presented by Ted Barth The visibility, control and management holistic approach will be presented that allows project managers to forecast results; assure schedule and resource controls to be put in place; and provide forecasts and actuals to line, middle, and executive management. A step by step project management maturity model that incorporates PMBOK principles and “ease of use” scheduling tool technology that can be the guide to schedule and budget performance success.. The process of developing multiple projects into programs will build an understanding of the principles of establishing the best practices use of the latest web based technology- enterprise project management. Standardization of templates and reporting structure allows project managers to reduce project variability, provide an ease of use and scalability, and simplify web based reports utilized by resource team members. Four report types- many of them web based- tracking Gantts, activity reports, work load reports, and budget reports will be discussed using an automotive OEM success story by example. The participant will come away from this program with an educated view of how projects and programs can be developed to be managed for results utilizing these tools and best practices in a complex environment. Ted Barth is considered one of the foremost subject matter experts in the Ohio – Michigan region in the development of project resource and capacity management. As Managing Partner of BNW Manufacturing Associates, Mr. Barth has served as President of PMI Great Lakes Chapter in year 2000 and the Founding Director of the Michigan Huron Valley Chapter in 2001. Mr. Barth’s company has an impressive record in improving schedule and budget performance of client automotive/truck OEM, Tier ones and Tier twos. Mr. Barth understands the needs of PMI members who seek to discover best practices that allow them to leverage their experience and PMBOK knowledge with their companies Product Development and Project Management processes.
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Title	Delivery Project Truth: Influencing Organizational Decision Makers
Begin	2/18/2008 6:00 PM
End	2/18/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Delivery Project Truth: Influencing Organizational Decision Makers Presented by Lee Lambert This presentation will discuss techniques for finding project truth and communicating that truth to the appropriate organizational decision makers. It will examine why this “truth” is not always welcomed with open arms and why the PM Professional is required to continue to deliver the truth under these unusual conditions. After this presentation the PM Professional will realize just how powerful his/her role is in the decision making process. It will become clear that in order to get to the truth that supports proactive decision making today’s PM Professional must become the Sodium Pentothal of the Organization. The simple tools that support this preparation of truth will be examined and hints for effective use given. This presentation is an introduction to a more in-depth study of this topic offered by Lee Lambert on 02/19. Information on the full-day course is available at: http://www.pmi-hvc.org/Lists/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=22 Lee R. Lambert, PMP, is a recipient of PMI’s coveted Distinguished Contribution Award for his stellar work as part of the original team that formulated and implemented the PMP Certification Program and for his sustained dedication and contribution to the growth of the project management profession. Most recently, he has been nominated for PMI's Professional Development Provider of the Year Award for his PDUs for Pennies programs. He takes the saying; "been there, done that, got the T-shirt" to new heights in project management training, by incorporating a pragmatic perspective and a unique use of personal analogies to help bring the subject matter to life. No other Project Management educator can contend with his uncanny technical knowledge, material content and refreshing delivery - not to mention his humorous, engaging, CommonSense™ style that has mesmerized more than 30,000 students in 21 countries. Lee has been an honored and distinguished member of the project management community since 1968 and is one of the best known and most effective project management educators in the world.
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Title	Using Agile Project Management to Increase Project Success Rates
Begin	1/21/2008 6:00 PM
End	1/21/2008 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Using Agile Project Management to Increase Project Success Rates Presented by Lisamarie Babik “Agile” is the new buzzword in Information Technology. Agile project management encourages project sponsors to regularly visit their project teams, not for unproductive finger pointing and blame games, but instead for choosing the direction of the project and reviewing actual work completed during the week. This enables the project manager to more effectively manage project risks as they arise, and to make adjustments to project scope, budget, or delivery time in conjunction with the project sponsor. Through a variety of processes, such as weekly client meetings, planning game, and show & tell you can achieve an optimal balance to increase success rates and sponsor satisfaction. In this session we will explore the origins of the Agile movement and how those philosophies apply to project management, beyond simply describing what you already do as Agile. On time, on spec, and on budget are no longer sufficient measures of project success. Unfortunately many of the project management practices that have been ingrained in practicing PMs only seeks to strengthen this belief. This presentation will demonstrate alternatives that PMs can apply immediately in their day-to-day operations. Lisamarie Babik, Factory Floor Manager of the Menlo Software Factory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has nearly 20 years of experience in the software industry. She has been working fulltime with Extreme Programming (XP) teams for more than six years. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
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Title	Work Packages as the Key Element of Risk Management Planning
Begin	11/19/2007 6:00 PM
End	11/19/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Work Packages as the Key Element of Risk Management Planning (or how to improve risk management without doing math) Presented by James Goebel Risk planning is an important element of successful project management, but unfortunately, for many teams risk planning is limited to an isolated meeting and document. Worse yet, teams that don't regularly practice risk planning find themselves focusing on unproductive risks. This session will explore how one team has improved its risk planning efforts by focusing on work package definitions and alternative options. Attendees will learn how these tools work through a hands-on simulation using the actual tools used every week by our teams. James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor. His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Licensed Residential Builder.
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Title	Riding the Rolling Wave – How EDS Deployed MSPS Internally to Manage a Large Automotive Account
Begin	10/29/2007 6:00 PM
End	10/29/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	NOTE: The October meeting is the FIFTH MONDAY! Riding the Rolling Wave – How EDS Deployed Microsoft Project Server (MSPS) Internally to Manage a Large Automotive Account The EDS Microsoft Project Server (MSPS) Deployment Team will discuss how they uncovered key enablers, addressed roadblocks (both anticipated and unanticipated) and outline lessons learned from their experience of deploying MSPS at EDS to manage a large automotive account. The approach and tools that made the deployment successful will be discussed. How the team used the organization’s defined metrics, covered roadblocks and gaps in the strategy during the implementation will be presented along with how these impacted the end result of the deployment initiative. This presentation will provide insight into what worked and what didn’t work from an EDS MSPS deployment case study perspective so that other organizations considering the deployment of MSPS can use this case study to help optimize their MSPS deployment strategy. The EDS MSPS Deployment team members conducting the presenting are: Denise Guptil (PMP), the Overall Project Manager and Integration Manager for the Global 2006 MSPS Deployment who has 10 Years of project Management experience within the automotive and IT industries. Kathy Tetreault, an MSPS SME leading a Horizontal Business Unit MSPS deployment team and supporting on going operations who has spent the last 12 years in project management. Joslyn Gomoll, (MSA, PMP, ITIL) a MSPS Central Support SME sustaining MSPS Deployment initiatives for the account’s Enterprise Program Global Office with over 13 years of consulting project management experience within the automotive and IT industries.
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Title	Project Lessons from the Great Escape
Begin	9/17/2007 6:00 PM
End	9/17/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Project Lessons from the Great Escape Presented by Mark Kozak-Holland The Great Escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft III is widely regarded as one of the most audacious and daring escape attempts of the 20th century. But as an event in March 1944, set in dire circumstances, what actually happened? How was the escape planned and executed as a project? How did it get around numerous obstacles in a habitat designed to be escape proof? How was the project tracked? In today’s world business people are grappling with numerous obstacles in planning and executing projects in a climate of rapid changes. What can be learned from this event and put into practice today? This presentation analyzes how the escape was planned and executed as a project. Everything in Stalag Luft III was set up to prevent escape. The project planning and preparation were hindered everyday by new obstacles. The environment was ripe for a project failure. Yet the escape committee (project team) was able to organize itself and remove each obstacle it faced. Throughout the project, no written project plan was ever produced yet planning was done extensively. The escape committee overcame continuous difficulties and ran the project in an agile fashion. You will learn how the lessons learned from the Great Escape can be applied to projects today. Many projects today are initiated with clear objectives, executive sponsorship, and a healthy budget but, still fail. Other projects have no budgets, many obstacles in their way, and succeed. This is the story of one of the perceived successes. The presentation juxtaposes the Great Escape story and modern projects so that we can learn how: · the escape committee, under tremendous pressure, inspired the inmates around them to continue a fight considered lost, · the camp PoWs were unified to work on this one project, maximizing the work effort, and matching their skill sets against project activities, · the escape committee understood the problems facing them and focused slender resources on critical tasks. Mark Kozak-Holland brings years of experience as a consultant who helps Fortune-500 companies formulate projects that leverage emerging technologies. Since 1985 he has been straddling the business and IT worlds making these projects happen. He is a certified business consultant, the author of several books, and a noted speaker. As a historian, Kozak-Holland seeks out the wisdom of the past to help others avoid repeating mistakes and to capture time-proven techniques. His lectures on Lessons from History projects have been very popular at gatherings of project managers and CIOs.
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Title	Project Estimating
Begin	6/18/2007 6:00 PM
End	6/18/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Project Estimating Presented by James Goebel Estimation in a minefield for most projects. When the project manager is asked for an estimate usually it is not clear what the requestor actually wants - a probabilistic mean, best guess, or a fixed bid. Is the estimate used to support a brainstorming evaluation, budget request, or ROI calculation? These are all very different, and the sponsors may want any of these, or even more. Unfortunately, estimates often lead to trouble. This is unfortunate because properly applied estimation techniques should be one of the Project Manager’s most powerful tools. In this workshop we will review tips, traps and techniques for turning the estimation process and estimation results into the Project Manager’s friend. Projects often need to be estimated many times throughout their lifecycles. The types and amount of information available at each phase in the project will differ, and so do the appropriate techniques for estimating. This presentation will lead attendees through several hands on exercises designed to help explore key estimation concepts and techniques. Also, it describes ways to at least end the ambiguity about what is being asked for as the Project Manager collects estimates from the team. James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor. His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Licensed Residential Builder.
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Title	It’s Not How You Do the Work, It’s How You Do the Work Together
Begin	5/21/2007 6:00 PM
End	5/21/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	It’s Not How You Do the Work, It’s How You Do the Work Together Presented by Sid B. Henkin This presentation focuses on how to achieve the critical balance between the two realms of a high performing team, the technical/operational realm and the behavioral realm. Historically, teams focus on the technical competencies of its members and leave the behavioral alignment to chance. We often hear comments like, “give it time” or “the team is starting to gel”. We often trust team development to an evolutionary process that’s problematic at best. Addressing Half the Problem is Not Enough For a majority of organizations trying to achieve exceptional team performance, the focus has been on each team member’s technical competence. The assumption is simple: if you get the right technical skill sets on the team, results will follow. If this were the case we would have a lot more successful teams than we do. This assumption addresses only half the challenge. Technical competence is something you can get your arms around. It can be defined and in most cases, observed objectively. The Other Half of the Problem: Just As You Suspected Recent research has supported what most of us have also observed: it’s how the team members interact that has most significant impact on team success. We have all observed teams that have very technically competent members, but fail to perform up to expectations. We understand the impact of behavioral compatibility, but how do we address it? The traditional forms of team building training do not provide an effective way, a measurable way, to uncover the behavioral gaps in team performance, much less prescribe specific methods for bridging those gaps. We have observed that many teams responsible for critical deliverables i.e. project teams and IT teams have a low tolerance for any activity that does not directly impact their ability to get work done. As one project leader put it ‘we don’t have the time to hold hands and sing ‘Kum Ba Yah’ The Missing Piece of the Team Performance Puzzle This presentation will focus on how team and individual behavior can be measured, analyzed and adapted to create high performance, quickly and effectively. Sid Henkin has more than 25 years of experience developing processes and tools to accelerate team development and improve team performance. He works extensively in helping organizations transition from directive to collaborative environments. He applies technology and an empirical approach to the issue of balancing technical competence and behavioral alignment for high performance teams. He has developed customer and team development programs for many of the world's largest transnational organizations, both in the private and public sectors.
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Title	Optimizing Risk Management
Begin	4/16/2007 6:00 PM
End	4/16/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Optimizing Risk Management Presented by Rick Bollinger, PMP You have made the transition to CMMI Level 3 Risk Management. You have a formalized risk management process. You implement mitigation plans for categorized and prioritized risks. You even allocate reserves using common industry methods. But, still too many projects are late or over-budget. Are people losing confidence in your organization’s risk management program? This presentation gives you actionable information so you can reconcile the gap between your business needs and your program’s CMMI capability. Projects succeed and fail on the quality and accuracy of risk management. The CMMI provides a process framework for higher level performance, but you have to supply the details. You need a system for risk management that is a vehicle for real process improvement. A system that maximizes chances for project success by ultimately reducing adverse effects on project objectives. Join us for practical implementation advice for such a system that can be used even by high maturity organizations. We will use the CMMI as a basis, propose goals and measures with which to first improve, then stabilize and optimize, risk management processes. Goals and measures which are also compatible with improvement methodologies like IDEAL(SM) and Six Sigma. We will discuss a method for calculating risk reserves that increases confidence in their coverage of risk exposure. You will take away from this presentation what you need to start your own risk management system. A system to support and improve risk management practices at CMMI Levels 1, 2 and 3. A system to help solve current problems, increase the accuracy of risk management, and carry you to Levels 4 and 5. Rick Bollinger is a Consultant with Natural SPI, Inc., an innovative process improvement and management consulting firm, and an SEI Partner. Mr. Bollinger has more than 20 years software development, management, and consulting experience in the automotive, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Mr. Bollinger is certified as a Project Management Professional and a Six Sigma Green Belt. He is a member of the Dr. W. Edwards Deming Institute. PMI-HVC Board Election We will be conducting the election of the PMI-HVC Board for the next term at this meeting. Please excercise this opportunity to elect the Board members to guide the future of our chapter!
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Title	Job Fair for Project Managers
Begin	3/19/2007 6:00 PM
End	3/19/2007 9:00 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Job Fair for Project Managers Looking for New Project Management Opportunities? We’ve brought together a number of top PM employers in one place. Talk directly to companies that are looking for your experience, expertise, and enthusiasm. If you are one of the following, this is a great chance for you to meet representatives from companies that are looking for your skills: PMP or actively working toward certification Experienced in managing projects with a specific scope, budget, or deadline Experienced in managing the balance between scope, budget, and schedule in a business environment Participating Companies EDS Menlo Innovations Compuware Campbell-Ewald Sogeti USA Resources (smartworkforce.com) IMSI Computer & Engineering Services, Inc. Jawood Management Associates Administrative Controls Management (Participation subject to change) Registration (use links at bottom) Advanced registration and payment is required to attend (Space is limited. Use links below) Registrants should bring resume copies to the meeting.
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Title	Absence of Trust, the First Dysfunction
Begin	2/19/2007 6:00 PM
End	2/19/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Absence of Trust, the First Dysfunction Presented by Helene Gidley, PMP Many projects encounter problems with overtime work, lack of commitment from the project and management team, surprises at project meetings, and unclear and creeping scope. A root cause of each of these issues is a failure of teamwork. Mature teams choose collaboration over short-term face-saving and power plays. True problem solving can only occur when all the issues are raised, when all concerned have the full story. This requires open and honest discussions of issues where ideas and issues can be voiced with trust and freedom from repercussions of blame and speaking the unpolitic truth. How would project managers foster mature and sustainable teamwork? This meeting will focus on trust, the underlying component on which the rest of the team dynamics depend. We will use pieces from Patrick Lencioni’s workbook on the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team and engage the attendees in some hands-on assessments followed by a discussion of why this is an issue and some ways to address this issue within our own organizations. Helene Gidley, PMP, has over twenty years of experience in the Information Systems industry. She has broad experience in leading project teams in telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and the health sciences industries, including working in FDA regulated and validated areas. Author of the August 2003 PMI Network article, Hand In Hand, Helene blends her experiences with global project teams with Agile methodologies. Helene has recently been applying Agile methodologies to project management and team building in a structured corporate environment.
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Title	Personal and Organizational Opportunities in Project Management Development
Begin	1/15/2007 6:00 PM
End	1/15/2007 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Personal and Organizational Opportunities in Project Management Development Sponsored by Eastern Michigan University College of Business Please join us at our first 2007 chapter meeting, for a program focused on enhancing project management capabilities for yourself and your organization. Our January 15th program will consist of three presentations: Lisa Renchik-Perkins will present information regarding Eastern Michigan’s Masters Certificate in Project Management. The certificate program is designed to allow you to: • Master all 9 knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide • Strengthen your leadership and effectiveness in managing projects • Equip yourself to sit for the PMP certification examination • Advance to a higher level in your career The presentation will provide an overview of the program, program modules, registration information, and program schedule. Tom Keuten and Peter Miller will deliver a presentation on “Increasing your OPM (Organizational Project Management) Maturity”. Organizational Project Management (OPM) is the systematic management of project, programs and portfolios in alignment with achievement of strategic goals. Their presentation will cover: • What is OPM3? • The Importance of OPM3 • Where you should use it • How you should use it • The Benefits of OPM3 to the Organization Bob Bodary will facilitate a report on the PMI Global Congress 2006 - North America held from October 21 - 24 2006 in Seattle, WA. Several members of the PMI-HVC chapter (including Bob Bodary, Brian Cassista, Dale Inder, and Sam Shipley) attended the event which included more than 80 educational sessions, 12 areas of focus, and PMI’s annual awards ceremony and reception. The presentation will provide experiences from the group and highlight the professional benefit of attendance.
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Title	December 2006 - No Chapter Meeting
Begin	12/18/2006 6:00 PM
End	12/18/2006 7:30 PM
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Program	The PMI-HVC Board has decided not to hold a December 2006 chapter meeting this year. Given that historically many members engage in holiday plans in late December no chapter meeting will be held. The PMI-HVC Board wishes you a safe and enjoyable holiday season. We look forward to seeing you again in 2007.
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Title	Wireless Washtenaw: A Community Coming Together to Provide Free and Low-Cost Internet Access for Everyone in Washtenaw County
Begin	11/20/2006 6:00 PM
End	11/20/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	The Wireless Washtenaw vision calls for the deployment of a high-speed wireless data network throughout Washtenaw County, covering all 721 square miles. The scope and size of the project, along with the project’s “prid pro quo” free service, works to reduce the Digital Divide within the community. This presentation discusses the origins of the project’s vision, as well as the community’s need for a wireless network. Significant attention is directed towards the project’s collaborative nature. From mobilizing the community’s expertise to the formation of a triumvirate between government, education and business, this collaborative nature is evident throughout the major milestones of the project. It is this collaborative foundation that has allowed the project to successfully move towards its vision of a wireless data network throughout Washtenaw County. Wireless Washtenaw offers an excellent case study of a community coming together to improve the quality of life for the entire population. The experiences of the project team transcend local government and can be utilized by various projects of all types and functions. Visit the Wireless Washtenaw website: http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/its/wireless/index_html
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Title	Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise: Lessons for Business Today in Agile Project Management presented by Mark Kozak-Holland
Begin	10/16/2006 6:00 PM
End	10/16/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	We will welcome Mark Kozak-Holland, author of “Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise: Lessons for Business Today.” Winston Churchill is widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. But as he became Prime Minister in May 1940, in a period of calamitous change, what did he actually do that we can learn from today? How did he transform his organization to turn his perilous situation around? Churchill was a Project Manager as well in the modern sense driving a project to completion. This presentation looks at Churchill as a PM managing the UK in the Summer of 1940. It describes the strategies he took to overcome incredible odds. Not only did he have to stave off an imminent enemy invasion but he had to move the peacetime economy to one that could support a war. This meant acting with incredible agility, understanding the military supply-chain, focusing slender resources on the immediate threat, unifying a disparate economy, and directing its output into immediate military use. With very little time Churchill had to transform his organization. Likewise business people today are grappling with an unprecedented level of change adversely impacting their organizations at different levels namely at the enterprise, business unit, or project. This historical analysis is done through a modern business and information technology lens, describing Churchill's actions and strategy using modern business tools and techniques You will learn how the lessons learned from Churchill’s administration can be applied to Project Management today. Entertaining and full of intriguing historical details, the presentation helps project managers see the impact of decisions in context to the ones that they make every day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sub-committee focusing on Project Leadership invites any interested members to join them for 1-hour following the October 16th chapter meeting to participate in a conversation about the book Descartes' Error, by Antonio Damasio. In his book, Damasio discusses the flaws of 16th century philosopher Rene Descartes, specifically his claim of mind and body separation. Descartes' claim that reasoning can only be pure without the clouding of emotion has had a profound effect on Western Society and the way we view work and leading others. Damasio, a neurologist, uses recent research in biology to ground his claim that the mind and body are one and that emotion is an essential component of all reasoning. This new way of thinking opens possibilities for us as leaders to increase our capacity to produce autonomous teams through more effective learning and communication.
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Title	PMI-HVC 5th Year Anniiversary
Begin	9/18/2006 6:00 PM
End	9/18/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	We'll be celebrating our 5th year as a PMI chapter. Come see the Chapter Timeline, here out the survey results from last year, and other fun and interesting things! A sub-committee focusing on Project Leadership has recently formed and invites any interested members to spend 20 minutes after the chapter meeting to offer their feedback on project leadership training through the chapter.
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Title	Critical Flow -- How to Operationalize Critical Chain and The Theory of Constraints with Ernst Meijer
Begin	6/19/2006 6:00 PM
End	6/19/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	In Project Management the Theory of Constraints (TOC), laid out in Goldratt's best-known books "The Goal" and "Critical Chain", has many readers but few practitioners. The main reason is that TOC literature makes a good read as theory, with intriguing promises like cutting the lead time of projects with 40%, but at the same time seems to depart so radically from "how business is normally done" that most readers' fascination stops on the moment the books get closed. Ernst Meijer continues to develop practical and operational translations of the main concepts of this theory for Project Management in an automotive environment. In "Critical Flow" he describes these concepts and resulting practical methods and will argue that they can be utilized as powerful Risk Management tools that radically refocus the way Project Management is done. Ernst Meijer received his Masters in Agricultural Sciences from the Agricultural University in The Netherlands and his EMBA degree from Michigan State University. He headed the Contracting and Project Management department of an engine development company in Ann Arbor until 1998 when he became consultant for Ford Motor Company. Since August 2004 he joined Ford as Engineering Throughput Management supervisor. Ernst lives with his wife, Lydia, son Marijn and 15 pets and farm animals on a hill near Saline. In his spare time he shuffles manure.
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Title	Do You Have What It Takes to Help a Non-Profit? with Marianne Clauw from NEW
Begin	5/15/2006 6:00 PM
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Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Take a look at the non-profit arena and offer your Project Management skills. Everything we choose to do does not come with a dollar sign in front. Many life-long connections are made outside of the for-profit world. PMI recognizes this and offers PDU's for volunteer work . . . here is an easy way to find a multitude of opportunities to help. Marianne Clauw is a long time friend of the PMI-HVC chapter and also Director of Board Programs for the Non-Profit Enterprise at Work (NEW). NEW's mission is to help other nonprofits succeed, through workshops, technology programs, a resource library, consulting, and board of trustees development programs. Join Marianne and discuss the value to you and the community of volunteering in the non-profit sector. We will also look at the possibility of PMI-HVC members joining non-profit boards to help manage their direction and growth through a matching program called BoardConnect. How many times have you seen a non-profit endeavor that was just missing some good project management? Come to the May 15th meeting and consider making a difference.
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Title	The Art of Project Leadership
Begin	4/17/2006 6:00 PM
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Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Kevin has a BSME, an MBA, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), and is a graduate of the elite Business Professionals Course.
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Title	Job Fair and Market Outlook for Project Managers
Begin	3/20/2006 7:00 PM
End	3/20/2006 8:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	We've brought together a number of top PM employers in one place. Talk directly to companies that are looking for your experience, expertise, and enthusiasm. If you are one of the following, this is a great chance for you to meet representatives from companies that are looking for your skills: PMP or actively working toward certification Experienced in managing projects with a specific scope, budget, or deadline Experienced in managing the balance between scope, budget, and schedule in a business environment Participating companies include: Pcubed, PlanTech,Inc., Compuware, EDS, Menlo Innovations, IMSI, Eprize, Jawood Management Associates, and Sogeti. Recruiters will be onsite AND we will have a presentation from different firms discussing their needs, where they see the market going for Project Managers, and what every PM should be doing to beef up their marketability. To forward your resume to participating employers in advance of the job fair, please forward your resume to jozgomoll@comcast.net
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Title	Can Your Voice Impact Project Success?
Begin	2/20/2006 6:00 PM
End	2/20/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Marlena Reigh Presents: Can Your Voice Impact the Success of Your Projects? Within seconds people decide whether to listen to you, trust you, and believe you based on the sound quality of your voice. Do you know where you stand? What does your speaking voice say about you? What do you need to know to make a great impression every time you speak? How you use your voice has a major impact not only on how you are perceived but the way others respond to you. You have a choice and that is what this program is about. Learn the keys to having a great speaking voice as well as powerful and easy techniques and exercises that can lead from ordinary to extraordinary communication. Vocal methods like using speaking volume, range and speed can emphasize and draw attention to important points and get others to take action. Enhance retention to the ideas and information youâ€™re conveying. Gain more credibility and confidence when speaking to a group or one-on-one. Walk away with new insights that help you become a master voice communicator when you are engaged in all speaking situations. Beware! This is a highly interactive program - so get ready for exercises, unique experiences, and lots of learning to help you get heard, put your point across and leave them wanting more. Three voice keys that grab your listener's attention Exercises that develop vocal muscle for a voice others want to listen to Ways to having a voice that lasts for hours Methods in utilizing voice energy for motivation and persuasion Creating the vocal image that gets you the professional results you desire About Marlena Reigh As a voice image specialist with over 20 years of coaching, speaking and seminar leading on voice improvement, Marlena Reigh has worked one-on-one with over 1,000 voices and is a published author with books and tapes on voice image and presentation skills. Ms. Reigh's diverse professional background of singing, acting, college teaching and a number of business ownerships, give her a unique perspective on voice quality and knowing how to sound our best and making the right impression. Marlena, owner of Radiant Communications in Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1993, focuses on personal communication skills. She teaches unique, effective and powerful voice techniques that are critical in getting results whether we are speaking one-on-one or to a group. Her experience includes programs and executive coaching in the areas of: presentations, sales, and telephone skills. A few of Marlena's clients include: General Motors, Met-life, Mead Paper Corporation, Key Bank, and Pfizer International. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, International Association of Communicators, and Chartering Past President of the Ann Arbor chapter of the National Association of Career Women.
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Title	Championship Dragon Slaying -- Teach Project Teams to Use Emotional Wisdom for Extraordinary Results
Begin	1/16/2006 6:00 PM
End	1/16/2006 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Please join Lee Peters and bring your swords! Delivering results in excruciatingly short times places project managers under tremendous stress. Abundant opportunity exists to harm yourself and others. Risk is rampant & every project day brings new ingenious traps for failure. Stress makes us stupid. Deadlines make us careless with people and to care less for people. Project managers cultivate lizards when people are ignored. Do you fail to perceive, fail to hear, or ignore small problems until they grow into grotesque dragons? Remember New Orleans - a city allowed to grow in the wrong place then ignored until too late. What did you put off yesterday that you are putting off today and will put off tomorrow? "It ain't what we don't know that bites us, it's what we know and don't do!" Skill with people is the singular talent differentiating leaders from managers. Do we not imply this talent when we say project leaders instill vision and values and managers deliver results with resources? An inability to connect with others becomes the root cause of failure by any endeavor. Dragons win in project people failures: Being unsuccessful at inspiring the team to achieve the vision Not listening or not hearing ideas to steer the project clear of danger Inability to articulate resource needs to the right people Demanding work schedules destructive to life Losing political support for the project leading to its demise Project management is about much more than estimating, scheduling, and controlling. People complete projects, for people, overseen by people. Our beloved PMBOK ignores knowledge, skill, and attitudes about people, teams, emotional skills, and leadership. All are crucial for a project master. Successful project masters are attentive to people. We throw care and concern overboard under stress to deliver on time. Our destructive behavior is summed up by the phrase, "We have to get to work; we just do not have time to plan." PM's who do not plan, do not have time for people. These are not project managers; they are project fire fighters who forgot the mission is fire prevention. With these attitudes, there is little wonder that people are even discussed. "We are rewarded for results, not for feeling good." People skills are not about "feeling good"; people skills are the grease that makes human endeavors work. The leading indicator of project failure is discounting people. Lose the team, lose support, lose the customer, and then lose the project. Be a Project Master, learn emotional wisdom & build project teams to care, feed, and nurture themselves and to influence others to support the team - the payoff lasts a lifetime. Project masters, who charge up teams, routinely, but magically, wrestle success from dragons of people failure. Lee A. Peters, PE, F.ASCE, began project management in 1963 building the freshman bonfire at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. Service with the Corps of Engineers in Thailand and Vietnam converted Lee from science to engineering. Attending Purdue University on the GI Bill, he earned an MSCE in construction engineering/management plus an MS from the Krannert School of Management. Lee's challenging management and engineering practice is more than thirty years old. Experience includes research and product development with four corporations; Tenth Pan American Games; International Special Olympics; construction, commissioning, turnarounds at seven paper mill and chemical plants; ten industrial maintenance process improvement; hundreds of construction projects; productivity and profit improvement for contractors and design professionals. Lee has facilitated partnering for more than forty state, national, and international construction teams. He developed and led more than one hundred international project planning and training workshops. Delivering required results is always the paramount goal. He employs change techniques from Lean, Organizational Learning and Development, TQM, and Strategic Planning. Lee developed ProjectMAN® simulations and ProjectLEADER® courses to teach project delivery and implementing change. He is the author of Plan to Plan® and Searchlight SchedulingSM rigorous approaches to dramatically improve project success. He also is an AAA mediator / arbitrator and a frequent speaker on national podiums. Lee is available at lpeters@projectLEADER.com, http://www.projectLEADER.com, by phone at 1-888-873-0086.
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Title	The Challenge of Change Management--It IS Inevitable, but is Resistance Futile?
Begin	12/19/2005 6:00 PM
End	12/19/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Change is inevitable, but the paradox is we have an inherent survival skill to resist, examine, and choose change that has the correct balance of risk and reward. Join Peter de Jager and learn about structured change processes. Meet the paradox of: how can we get people to embrace the change that is necessary? how can we create an environment that allows rational resistance? This presentation will examine tools and processes available to organizations to help them. And it will include real life examples and interactive discussion about change itself. Peter de Jager is a speaker/writer/consultant on the issues relating to the Rational Assimilation of the Future. He has published hundreds of articles on topics ranging from Problem Solving, Creativity and Change to the impact of technology on areas such as privacy, security and business. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Futurist and Scientific American.
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Title	Running on Empty: Stop Firefighting, and Start Planning . . . Keys to ProActive Project Management
Begin	11/14/2005 6:00 PM
End	11/14/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Are you running out of steam and feeling burned out on your projects? Do you feel like you can't catch up? Come join Jill Richards as we discuss ideas and concepts for being the most pro-active project manager you can be. Ms. Richards is the President of Inovacent Solutions, LLC. She has been a regular speaker at PMI chapter events and has also delivered Project Management training for RMC, Inc. She has over 17 years of experience in the field, and is currently a mentor for PMI's Women in Project Management.
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Title	PMI N. American Congress -- A Review of the Highlights
Begin	10/17/2005 6:00 PM
End	10/17/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Join us for a review and summary of the PMI N. American Congress held in Toronto Sept. 8 - 15. Board members who attended the conference will summarize the "best and brightest" from the week. What was new, what was interesting, and what can PMI-HVC members use immediately in their workday. We will also review some of the interesting and informative Project Mgt. websites designated at the last meeting. Kevin Suboski and Howard Renton, PMP will review, compare, and contrast two of the sites.
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Title	Earning Your PDUs the Easy Way! (And Other Things to Peak Your Interest. . .)
Begin	9/19/2005 6:00 PM
End	9/19/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Our first meeting of the year is always a fresh start with some fresh faces! Meet the new board members, meet the person next to you, and start the Fall with a fresh view of the PMP recertification process. We will show you the low-cost, low-impact way to earn PDUs and retain the PMP certification you have worked so hard to achieve. Also we will review how to register your PDUs on line. For those who see the PMP certification as a goal, we will show you the ins and outs of registering for the exam.
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Title	It's your bathroom - Manage the Risk with Suzann Turner
Begin	6/20/2005 6:00 PM
End	6/20/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Whether you're the project manager for a multi-million dollar capital project, or you're building an addition for your house, the challenges are similar. The effort will be a multi-disciplinary, team-driven effort. But in your house, you are the PM, the head of facilities, and a major stakeholder within the key user group. . . . Do you have control of budget, schedule, and scope (both planned and unforeseen)? This talk will cover some of the risks inherent in existing building projects (additions and renovations), and discuss the management of risk, both proactively and in hindsight, illustrated by an international range of historic building projects. Suzann Turner is a registered architect in the state of Michigan, and has practiced architecture for 15 years on three continents. Certified as a project manager in 2002, she focuses on historic preservation, and has experience in laboratory, national defense, and housing projects.
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Title	A Panel Discussion: The Job Market for Project Managers
Begin	5/16/2005 6:00 PM
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Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Join us for a panel discussion regarding the current job market for Project Managers. While there is no perfect formula to capture such a topic, we will offer opinions and perspective from three people who place, hire, and contract project managers on a regular basis. Look forward to answers and discussion around the following questions: 1. How valuable is the PMP Certification? Is it a mandatory, or just a, "nice to have?" 2. What are employers asking for the most? Contract, Contract-for-Hire, Permanent Placements? 3. Are there specific hiring trends by industry? 4. What kinds of additional training should I try to achieve (e.g., Microsoft Project, an advanced degree, etc.) 5. What is the one piece of advice you would give PMs looking for their next opportunity? Our speakers will include a hiring manager from a local employer with a 500+ IT staff, a partner in an information systems recruiting firm, and a hiring manager from an information systems consulting company with emphasis on outsourcing IT professionals. Please come with your questions and expect a fast-paced discussion that could help lead to your next opportunity.
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Title	Managing Political Risk - The Challenge of Alignment on Large Scale IS Projects with Carla Robelli
Begin	4/18/2005 6:00 PM
End	4/18/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Large-scale system changes require large-scale culture changes. Both require aligning the scope, vision, and attainment of goals. Project Managers can find themselves adrift with competing agendas, misunderstanding, lack of upper-management support, and a project with no clear direction if the politics of project alignment are not addressed. Trinity Information Services is implementing standard clinical and financial systems for 17 health care institutions across the country. This project, known as Project Genesis, will allow any patient to be treated at a Trinity hospital and have their data available at all Trinity Hospitals. This is more than a new system, but a new way of looking at how data is available in hospitals and how it can help change patient care processes. A key component of the risk management plan is ensuring the project milestones and goals stay aligned with the corporate strategies and goals. This presentation will examine the keys to project alignment and corporate alignment, how to identify the political "deep waters," and what to do if you find yourself in them. Plan on an interesting discussion of the hospital of the future, and some of the IS challenges in getting there. Carla Robelli, Director, Project Management Office, will be our speaker. Ms. Robelli is currently responsible for directing the activities of the Project Management Office for Trinity Information Services (TIS). She joined Mercy Health Services in 2002. She oversees Trinity's portfolio of application projects ranging from $20,000 to $200,000,000. Previously, Ms. Robelli spent 20 years in increasingly responsible roles with an academic medical center, large healthcare systems and the nation's largest healthcare accreditation organization.
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Title	Selling Yourself with Laurie Brown
Begin	3/21/2005 7:00 PM
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Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	We'd like to invite you for a fun, interactive, working session, where Laurie Brown will share with you the ABC's of Selling Yourself. If you are thinking, "I'm not in sales"...Think again. Every time you try to persuade anyone of anything, you're selling! Do you want to learn: <li>the one thing that can change how people view you</li> <li>the three words that should define all your actions</li> <li>how 15 minutes a day can make the difference? </li> <br><br> Then you will want to mark your calendar for March 21, 2005. You can't afford to miss it! With more than eighteen years of experience as a training facilitator and consultant, Laurie Brown has earned a reputation as a highly engaging and effective professional whose work gets results for clients. Laurie has a broad background in a variety of training methods, including workshops, satellite distance learning, video and film. She has conducted training for clients from Ford, General Motors, GMAC, BMW, Volkswagen to Visteon. She has provided facilitation and training on subjects as varied as marketing and sales, customer service and facilitation skills. Her training career has taken her across the United States and abroad, working with culturally diverse audiences at all corporate levels. One of her specialties is personal branding. She is passionate on the subject and has worked with both corporations and individuals helping them understand the power of a brand. Her excellent communication skills and supportive approach to learners have earned her the highest evaluations from trainees and clients alike. Laurie is a member of ASTD and the National Speakers Association
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Title	Estimating and Budgeting for Risk
Begin	2/21/2005 6:00 PM
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Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Peter A. Hasek, PMP, is currently employed by EDS. He has a Masters degree in Physics and over 25 years project management experience in aerospace, automotive, and IT. He is a highly respected specialist in project management and risk management. A Certified Business Manager (CBM), he has published articles in the Microsoft Project Users Group quarterly journal, and created and presented workshops and seminars on Risk Management and Earned Value Management Systems. He has a patent pending on a board game that teaches those concepts. He has also conducted MS Project 2002 classes. Recent projects include Project Server implementation and Program Office implementation. <br><br> Mr. Pete Hasek from EDS, who is also an active member of the Great Lakes Chapter will address the three big risks in any project, the definition of risk, and risk exposure. Mr. Hasek will compare â€œDeterministicâ€ to â€œProbabilisticâ€ processes. Using commuting as an example of a probabilistic process, the chapter attendees will estimate risk exposure. Depending on the tolerance for risk, a risk management budget will be established. A Commute-to-Work project will then be executed collectively to determine if sufficient budget was established to cover the risks encountered. Q and A to follow as time permits.
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Title	Risk Management = People Management
Begin	1/17/2005 6:00 PM
End	1/17/2005 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Project managers have the challenging task of organizing, motivating, and managing groups of people without having direct supervisory authority. The work performed by the team members is critical to the project's success, yet sometimes individuals demonstrate sub-standard performance. How can a project manager promote improved performance, without falling into legal or policy traps? Nancy Niemela, formerly a labor and employment attorney at Dykema Gossett, in house labor and employment counsel at Michigan Consolidated Gas Company and Detroit Edison, and currently Sr. Assistant City Attorney for the City of Ann Arbor, will provide savvy advice for project managers. Her philosophy is to handle personnel matters early to avoid later legal issues. Her presentation will provide practical advice for protecting yourself and managing your team members as you navigate the complicated landscape of organizations and projects.
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Title	Titanic and the Art of Implementing Internet Projects
Begin	11/15/2004 6:00 PM
End	11/15/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	We will welcome Mark Kozak-Holland, author of "On-Line, On-Time, On-Budget: Titanic Lessons for the E-Business Executive". Mark is a senior business consultant with IBM Global Systems, Canada. He uses vivid examples and lessons from the Titanic to clarify the business issues for designing, building, and implementing Internet projects.
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Title	Ann Arbor Public School Bond and Sinking Fund Projects - Risks and Opportunities
Begin	10/18/2004 6:00 PM
End	10/18/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Dr. George Fornero, Ann Arbor Schools Superintendent, Laura Hagan, Bond / Sinking Fund Program Director, and Jack Baker, Consultant, will join us to discuss the $240 million capital projects bond/sinking fund program. Lots of projects are on the horizon. We will have group breakout sessions to solicit our ideas for managing the risks and opportunities of this large, complex program.
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Title	PMI Networking Extravaganza
Begin	9/20/2004 6:00 PM
End	9/20/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	The Huron Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute will kick off the 2004-2005 year with a Networking Extravaganza on Monday, September 20. Featured at this meeting will be "elevator pitches" from representatives of local professional organizations, a raffle of several popular networking books, and three structured networking sessions with fellow PMI members and their guests. Think musical chairs, with everyone getting a seat! The sessions will allow you to meet new contacts, and discuss important questions for our chapter and your work, home, and community endeavors. More networking was a frequent request from the April, 2004 chapter brainstorming session, so we are going to start the new year with a bang! Our theme for the new chapter year is Beyond PMBOK - Risks, Opportunities, and Rewards of Real Projects. In response to the high level of interest in risk management expressed in the April, 2004 chapter meeting brainstorming, all speakers during the 2004 / 2005 year will be asked to include risk management in their presentations. So mark your calendars, and we will see you on September 20!
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Title	Effective Use of Resources - A Repeat Laser Tag Event
Begin	6/21/2004 6:00 PM
End	6/21/2004 8:00 PM
Location	Laser Tag
Program	Come out and play Laser Tag and take home a valuable lesson about managing Resources! Be sure to register early as this was a very popular event last year. Includes pizza and soda.
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Title	A Vision of Greatness (Is Not A Strategic Plan) by Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman's Co-Owner & Founding Partner
Begin	5/17/2004 6:00 PM
End	5/17/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	What's a vision? It's an answer to the simple yet radical question: "When we're really successful in our work at a particular point in the future, what will our organization look like?" Imagine going to a website where you could log on and, with the right password, view your company as it will be five years from now. Well, the website (as far as we know) doesn't exist yet. But you have the software you need right in your own head and the heads of others in your organization. Join Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman's founder and CEO, to learn how effective visioning has been an important part of Zingerman's success and how you can use this powerful tool to fuel your business, and personal, success.
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Title	PMI HVC Board Elections and "Managing Unpredictable Resources"
Begin	4/19/2004 6:00 PM
End	4/19/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Board Elections Come participate in selecting the Board Members for the 2004 - 2005 term. "Managing Unpredictable Resources" presented by Helene Gidley, PMP, Lisamarie Babik, PMP, and H Jean Lieverman, PMP Deadlines. Volunteers. Two incompatible terms, right? Wrong! Borrowing principles from eXtreme Programming, the Rational Unified Process, and that old project management standby, the PMBOK, a group of volunteer project managers have managed a group of volunteer software developers in creating a new PMI-HVC website. Come share their successes and learning experiences as they discuss the realities of managing a truly unpredictable group of resources.
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Title	Project Estimating presented by James Goebel
Begin	3/15/2004 7:00 PM
End	3/15/2004 8:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor. His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Licensed Residential Builder and is completing his MBA at Eastern Michigan University in the evenings. Contact Info: James Goebel, PMP Menlo Innovations LLC 212 North Fourth Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48197 jgoebel@menloinnovations.com Topic Overview: Estimation in a minefield for most projects. When the project manager is asked for an estimate usually it is not clear what the requestor actually wants - a probabilistic mean, best guess, or a fixed bid. Is the estimate used to support a brainstorming evaluation, budget request, or ROI calculation? These are all very different, and the sponsors may want any of these, or even more. Unfortunately, estimates often lead to trouble. This is unfortunate because properly applied estimation techniques should be one of the Project Manager’s most powerful tools. In this workshop we will review tips, traps and techniques for turning the estimation process and estimation results into the Project Manager’s friend. Projects often need to be estimated many times throughout their lifecycles. The types and amount of information available at each phase in the project will differ, and so do the appropriate techniques for estimating. This presentation will lead attendees through several hands on exercises designed to help explore key estimation concepts and techniques. Also, it describes ways to at least end the ambiguity about what is being asked for as the Project Manager collects estimates from the team.
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Title	Creativity at Work: What Project Managers Need to Know presented by Katherine A. Lawrence
Begin	2/16/2004 6:00 PM
End	2/16/2004 6:00 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Presenter Biography: Katherine A. Lawrence, co-author of Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen, is currently completing a Ph.D. in organizational behavior at the University of Michigan Business School. Her research interests include creativity, improvisation,and collaboration, inspired by past work experience in filmmaking (production management, design, and directing) and educational technology (software design and development). Katherine holds degrees from both Harvard and Yale. Company: University of Michigan Business School Address: http://www.creativity-at-work.com and http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Departments/obhrm/obhrm/phd/students/lawr Email: kathla@umich.edu Topic Overview: In a tight economy, businesses are desperately trying to make their products, services, and processes more valuable by making them better or new. Unfortunately, many businesses try a single strategy for creativity-and their attempts at value creation fail because most prescriptive approaches to creativity never look at the connection between creativity as an activity and the particular characteristics of the task at hand. In contrast, this presentation will offer an integrated theory of creative practices with accompanying strategies and methods for producing valuable results. Benefits of This Presentation: This approach will not tell you how you can be more like an artist or how you can find your inner child, but it will show you how creativity appears in many different forms-and how one or more strategies might fit your situation exactly. The goal is to help you tailor your project management approach to fit your specific needs for generating, developing, making, and selling new products, services, processes, and ideas.
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Title	Project Management and The Invisible Backdrop of the Law presented by Susan M. Kornfield, J.D., Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group, Bodman, Longley & Dahling LLP
Begin	1/19/2004 6:00 PM
End	1/19/2004 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	How many times have you said "If I don't have a written contract, I don't have an enforceable contract."? Or "I don't have any confidentiality obligations because I didn't sign a nondisclosure agreement." Or "Who owns the workproduct of my collaborators?" Or "I can re-use ideas that I have used with one client for a different client." Or "Text, sound, and images on the World Wide Web can be used more freely than materials not posted on the Web." There exists a legal framework that sets out rights and duties in the realm of ideas, inventions, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, and performance standards, even if that standard is never discussed with a client, and even if it does not appear in the written contract. Come and hear Susan M. Kornfield, J.D., an intellectual property attorney with over twenty years of transaction, counseling, litigation, and teaching in this fascinating and important field, give us some pointers on"The Invisible Backdrop of the Law" in the field of project management.
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Title	Corporate Culture, Change and Flawless Project Management
Begin	12/15/2003 6:00 PM
End	12/15/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	"Corporate Culture, Change and Flawless Project Management" is December's topic with Ed Sketch, the former Director of Organizational Effectiveness at Ford. Re-engineering projects always entail change. In order to effectively lead any substantial change effort, project managers must plan the tasks of changing culture along with the project tasks themselves. Ed will discuss why Ford, with its data-driven culture, chose the Denison Culture instrument as a diagnostic tool. His experience using it along with the Six Sigma process to identify root causes and develop a plan for change is a fascinating presentation you won't want to miss!
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Title	How project managers can lead when they do not have authority over the project participants
Begin	11/17/2003 6:00 PM
End	11/17/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	A lack of authority is often cited as a difficulty in managing project resources. Successful project managers must learn to lead through influence. This presentation will provide insights into this process, and is excerpted from a popular two day seminar offered at the global conference.
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Title	News from PMI Special Interest Groups, the North American Global Congress and the Leadership Conference
Begin	10/20/2003 6:00 PM
End	10/20/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	PMI Members and SIG Representatives who attended the PMI activities will let us know that Tropical Storm Isabel was not the only newsworthy event that took place in Baltimore during September. Speaker: Panel Discussion
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Title	Acting as a change agent to improve project management practice in your organization
Begin	9/15/2003 6:00 PM
End	9/15/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Improving project management in your organization often requires changing existing processes, practices, and patterns of behavior. But change is hard, both for individuals and organizations. Our panel of speakers will share tools that have helped them implement change. Being an agent for change in your own organization can be very challenging, learn about several tools and strategies that can help you succeed.
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Title	This highly interactive presentation will challenge our beliefs and provide concrete advice for enlivening and improving our project management practices
Begin	6/24/2003 6:00 PM
End	6/24/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Project managers have been labeled as the bureaucrats, the paper-pushers, the boring people, the drones of the status reports. How do project managers change the perception and the reality of their contributions? How do we facilitate creativity and collaboration and become dynamic leaders? How do we encourage our organizations to embrace sound project management practices without having peoples eyes glaze over? How do we balance the science and the art of project management? This highly interactive presentation will challenge our beliefs and provide concrete advice for enlivening and improving our project management practices. Benefits of This Presentation: Integrate creativity and collaboration in our common project management practices. Practice fast-track project facilitation. Review most effective project management practices and outcomesdo more with less. Consider ways to change the perception of project management within our organizations. Speaker's Bio: Marianne Clauw founded System Partners, Inc. in 1993 to provide project management education, consulting, and mentoring to customers in Virginia and Washington D.C. She moved to Ann Arbor in 2001. Marianne has an outstanding record of systems organization leadership and timely completion of complex projects, including the implementation of Express Mail tracking within the US Postal Service, the construction of systems for the United States Secret Service, the development of object-oriented customer management and billing systems for Worldcom, the redesign of blood banking processes for the American Red Cross, and the management of information quality programs for Freddie Mac. Marianne designed and taught project management programs for The Washington Post, American Management Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Capital One. Prior to founding System Partners, she was the Director of Systems for the Mid-Atlantic region of Systemhouse, and directed 150 professional staff in commercial and government projects. Marianne earned her Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Michigan, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute.
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Title	How the Competency Center is improving the project management practice at Ford Motor Company presented by Doug Bauer
Begin	5/20/2003 6:00 PM
End	5/20/2003 7:30 PM
Location	Holiday Inn - North Campus 3600 Plymouth Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Phone: (734)769-9800
Program	Guest speaker Doug Bauer will give a presentation on how the Competency Center is improving the project management practice at Ford Motor Company. This topic will cover a new approach toward building consistent levels of project management competency across a large organization. The days of sitting down with your boss,laying out objectives, putting them in a manila folder and forgetting about them for eleven months are over! The Competency Center at Ford Motor Company has established a comprehensive program that identifies core competencies for project managers and allows them to assess their skill levels against the competencies. The Competency Center then provides a development plan,learning resources and personal mentoring to aid project managers in achieving their personal objectives for personal growth. This presentation will help you understand how an HR department can create a program that aids allIT professionals in staying aligned with the best practices of their field and, consequently, raises the collective competency of the IT organization.
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