Break-out Sessions
Project Management in A Complex Environment: Thinking Like An Air Traffic Controller
With the multitude and size of projects growing in organizations today - and continuously growing "non-project" work required to support their products and services - contentions between projects, shared systems, resources, and environments has become inevitable. Project managers must now look outside of their own "runway", and consider all the work and changes "circling overhead" internal and external to their project, to deliver successful project landings. Both project managers and ATCs are responsible for expediting and delivering safe and orderly landings for our clients.
This session will look at the project contention challenges firms are facing today, and uncover best practices for transforming organizations from a project management culture, to one of true project leadership and collaboration, while ensuring full integration of the system with operational readiness.
Training Executives/Sponsors/Owners
Please Get In the Boat and Help Us Row in the Same Direction
In a world where you either maintain the status quo or you change to make things better… everything that changes is a project. How do we make sure everyone is working in the same direction and that your senior leadership, project sponsors and owners are going in the same direction?
Attend this session and learn about the benefits to all concerned when project managers/leaders take the initiative to educate senior leadership and project sponsors/owners on their role in the project. Session panelists have been successful in establishing training programs for project executives in their organizations, and will share their experiences and strategies for success.
Are You A Survivor?
Project management skills gets you on the island - leadership skills allow you to survive.
This session will examine attributes that make project managers and leaders successful, challenge the audience to identify which of these they do or do not demonstrate, then give them specific techniques for developing and applying those attributes.
The Art and Science of Negotiations for the Project Manager
Join this session for an insightful and practical discussion on the power of effective negotiation. This critical skill is needed by all project/program managers and sponsors to meet challenging situations where resources (such as people, dollars, and schedule days), levels of quality, and risk mitigation must be negotiated to ensure project success.
Panelists will explore some of the gray areas around negotiating, honing related soft skills, negotiating strategies and processes, as well as specific negotiation situations with vendors and executives.
Be a PM Rock Star: Excel at Managing the Triple Constraints
Project Managers who excel at managing the triple constraint are the modern equivalent to a triple threat entertainer or a five-tool baseball player. These PMs know how to manage each dimension with precision and perform at the highest levels, while managing with balance across all three dimensions.
This session will look at the project management triple constraint of scope, schedule and budget with the goal of motivating you to excel at managing equally across all three. The presenters will share their collective experience as they cover the fundamentals, best practices and rock star characteristics in each of the triple constraint disciplines. You will hear about real world examples of project managers who excelled at managing the triple constraint on their projects. Then you will be challenged to do an inventory of your triple constraint PM skills that are being brought to bear on your projects while allowing you to build a personal development plan for 2012.
