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2008 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
The Passion and Power of Project Management TM
Friday, May 2, 2008
Note: You can attend presentations from ANY of the
tracks below. Pick one presentation from each session when planning your day! |
| TIME |
Professional Development Day for Project Managers |
| 7:00 - 8:00 |
Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast - Ballroom |
| 8:00 - 8:15 |
Opening Remarks - Ballroom |
Exhibition Hall Opens |
| 8:15 - 9:25 |
Opening Keynote Address - Ballroom
The Perfect Storm: Seven Steps to Making the Right Decision Every Time
Captain Larry Brudnicki |
| 9:25 - 9:35 |
Break |
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Meeting Room 26-27 |
Meeting Room 21-23 |
Meeting Room 11-13 |
Meeting Room 24-25 |
Meeting Room 14-15 |
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SESSION A
9:35 - 10:35
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Effective Decision
Making Teams; Getting to "Yes" or "No"
Anneliese Dadras |
The Six Unspoken
Habits of Highly Effective Program Managers
Jim Foreman |
Keeping the Team
Whole:
The PM as Facilitator
Dr. Mallary Tytel |
Estimation: Why
aren’t we getting any better at this?!?!
David Burr |
You too, can do
Earned Value Management
Chance Reichel |
| 10:35 - 10:55 |
Break |
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SESSION B
10:55 - 11:55
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Successful Use of
Project Initiation
Mark Olivieri |
Delivering Project
Truth to Decision Makers
Lee Lambert |
Integrating the
Program Management Life Cycle and the Systems Development Life Cycle in
Accelerated Project Efforts
Tom Flynn |
Project Management
- The Pathway from Ideas to Results, In Any Industry
Michael Zambruski |
The Power and
Passion of Project Management requires strong Project Leadership Skill
Chance Reichel |
| 11:55 - 1:05 |
Room 16: Microsoft Lunch & Learn |
Lunch and Networking - Ballroom
Exhibits - Prefunction Area |
Room 17:
IBM Lunch & Learn |
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SESSION C
1:05 - 2:05
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Creating An
Effective WBS/Facilitated Teams
Charles Jones |
The Role of PM and
PMO in Aligning IT & Business
Dr. Gad Selig |
Powerful
Presentation Skills for PMs
Gilda Bonanno |
Case Studies of
Large Scale Project Failure, and the Essentials of Project Success
Barry Devitt |
ITIL What is it
and Why should I care?
Thorsten Manthey |
| 2:05 - 2:25 |
Break |
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SESSION D
2:25 - 3:25
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From Panic to
Power - Strategies to overcome fear of public speaking
Wayne Botha & Elizabeth Trendowski |
Critical Project
Team Assessment and Coaching for Successful Kickoff
Mark C. Hall |
Managing the Gray
Areas
Jerry Manas |
Introducing...The
Revolutionary Strategic Project Management Maturity Model (SPM3)
Gary R. Heerkens |
Six Sigma/Lean,
WIIFM?
Dr. Michael Okrent |
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Meeting Room 26-27 |
Meeting Room 21-23 |
Meeting Room 11-13 |
Meeting Room 24-25 |
Meeting Room 14-15 |
| 3:25 - 3:45 |
Break |
| 3:45 - 4:45 |
Closing Keynote Address - Ballroom
Comedy with a Byte
Greg Schwen |
| 4:45 - 5:00 |
Closing Remarks - Ballroom |
| 5:00 - 5:30 |
SNEC Annual Meeting - Room 14-15 |
| 5:00 - 7:00 |
Conference Reception- Pre-Function Area |
Sunday, 02 March 2008 19:00 | Written by the SNEC Conference Speakers Committee | 
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