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2010 Jun Chapter Presentation |
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Is Your Schedule Correct? Common Scheduling Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Presented by Richard F. Clare, OCP, PMP, CBAP
June 2010
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Project Managers typically know how to use a scheduling tool such as Microsoft Project, either from a training course, mentoring from colleagues or self-learning. Unfortunately, many people do not understand basic scheduling concepts and therefore utilize incorrect techniques in preparing and maintaining their schedules. The presenter has served as a project management consultant to many companies over the years, and in this role has reviewed and critiqued many project schedules. Most of the schedules reviewed contained problems and errors that greatly reduced the schedule accuracy and value. Based on these reviews, this talk will present the 'Dave Letterman' top ten list of mistakes people make when preparing and maintaining project schedules. The presenter will show how these mistakes can make a schedule very misleading and incorrect. This presentation will also discuss the correct techniques that should be utilized to avoid these scheduling mistakes. This talk will also present a recommended procedure to follow for preparing and updating any project schedule to help ensure your project schedule is both accurate and complete. This talk should be of interest to people just learning how to schedule, and for people who currently prepare schedules and want pointers on how to create more effective schedules. If you think you're a skilled scheduler, come to this session to see if you are making any of these common errors. You may be surprised!
Biography: Rick Clare is the Business Analysis Practice Director and a Senior Instructor for PMCentersUSA, with over 20 years of experience as a Developer, Business Analyst, Trainer and Project Manager. Rick is responsible for maintaining the company’s BA courseware, providing expert consulting services to companies moving into the Business Analysis world for the first time, and constructing customized training material targeted at an individual company’s methodologies. Rick’s early career experience was as an Oracle Database Developer, performing analysis, design, development and documentation on numerous database systems using Oracle and its complete set of development tools. He has managed an Oracle training school. In addition to performing general management, Rick has worked on many projects as a Business Analyst, and his Project Management experience includes projects in Retail, Healthcare and Banking. He has presented papers, seminars and workshops at numerous conferences such as the IIBA’s own BBC, Oracle’s IOUG, the Oracle Developer Tools User Group (ODTUG) conference, and the Project Summit/Business Analysis World conference series. Rick is heavily involved with the IIBA. He is currently employed on the IIBA HQ’s Senior Leadership Team in the position of VP of Chapters, and at the same time is leading the effort to produce an IIBA book concerned with the management of Business Analysts. Rick is originally from Canada, but now lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.
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2010 May Chapter Presentation |
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Sixth Sense Executive Communication
Presented by Christine Zust, MA
May 2010
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Learn the most effective communication techniques to use with business executives and senior project sponsors. Leverage specific communications skills to forge and manage executive relationships, while building
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2010 Apr Chapter Presentation |
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Project Portfolio Management (PPM)--A Pragmatic Approach for Deployment and Sustainment
Presented by Prasoon Shrivastava
April 2010
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Prasoon Shrivastava, head of Del Monte Foods Project Management Office, will share highlights, best practices, and benefits derived from maturing their Project and Portfolio Management practice. Del Monte
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2010 Mar Chapter Presentation |
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Business Architecture
Presented by Robert Sheesley, CBA
March 2010
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Business Architecture in the simplest terms, is the coordination of connectivity, causality and relationships (linkages), and an understanding of those relationships to internal and external factors that lead to the enablement
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2010 Jan Chapter Presentation |
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Establishing & Maintaining a Project Management Office (PMO)
Presented by Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP, MBA, MS
January 2010
If you’re like most managers, you must juggle resources, time, scope, quality, and customer satisfaction in order to contribute to your company’s strategic plan. Unfortunately, you’re asked to drive
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