Once again this year, the SNEC-PMI Conference Committee is excited to offer two separate “Lunch and Learn” sessions hosted by two of our valued sponsors: Microsoft and BigVisible.

Project 2010: A sneak peek at the newest release of Microsoft Project

Everyone’s heard of the Msft Project and most Project Managers use it to plan and track their work. Did you know Microsoft is poised to release a new version of the software?

Please join Microsoft at the SNEC-PMI conference on April 30, 2010 as they provide a “first-look” demo of the new release and show how Project 2010 offers increased flexibility and choice for individuals, teams and the enterprise to effectively manage all types of work — from simple tasks to complex projects and programs.

Room 16 - 12:00PM to 1:00PM - 1.0 PDU

Why Training Alone Won’t Make you Agile

“We don’t need coaching, we’ll just send our people off to training.” Those words have been uttered by numerous doomed Agile transformations. This session is an exploration of changes in personal behavior as people learn news skills and how it impacts the results of teams and an organization. The key challenge being that training alone will not foster a long term change, and that organizations need coaching and a strategic effort to implement a profound organizational change. A focus on training but not coaching leads to marginal improvements at best and outright rejection of the desired changes at worst. Attendees will explore the different types of Agile coaching, how they can be used, and how they fit into a larger change initiative.

Room 17 - 12:00PM to 1:00PM - 1.0 PDU