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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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For questions, please contact Ed Pelic, Programs Vice-President at vpprograms@pmi-hvc.org

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Phone: (734)769-9800

 

 

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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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:

 

 

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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“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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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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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:

 

 

 

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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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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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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.

 

 

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’

 

 

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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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.

 

 

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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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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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.

 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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:

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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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 you’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.

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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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:

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.

Holiday Inn - North Campus

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48105

Phone: (734)769-9800

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:

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.

Holiday Inn - North Campus

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48105

Phone: (734)769-9800

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.

Holiday Inn - North Campus

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48105

Phone: (734)769-9800

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.

 

Holiday Inn - North Campus

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48105

Phone: (734)769-9800

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.

Holiday Inn - North Campus

3600 Plymouth Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48105

Phone: (734)769-9800