Topic: Does Your Organization Support, Ignore or Obstruct Project Management?

Primary Speaker: Dennis H. Carignan, PMP

Meeting Sign Up Link - http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=102015

Agenda: Networking period 5:30 - 6:30 / Dinner 6:30 - 7:30 / Speaker 7:30 - 9:00

Presentation Summary:

Projects do not appear or exist in isolation, they are developed in an organization by a perceived need from senior management that a change in process or product is required. Planning, resourcing, implementing and controlling these projects cause changes in that organization.

The projects in turn, are impacted and changed by that organization. In some organizations the pattern of these decisions and choices is consistent and known; in others they vary and may come to light months later. The net effect is that every organization; whether they intend to or not - supports, ignores or obstructs projects. How about yours?

This presentation is an overview of initial findings from a 2 year on-going study of Project Management practices conducted by PCI Global, an international Project Management training and consulting company.

Speaker Bios:

Dennis H. Carignan, PMP

Thirty years of Project Management. Manager of several program control offices (PMO's) at the Electronic Systems Division of Hanscom Air Force Base. Manager of estimating projects at the Analytical Sciences Corporation in Reading.Created estimates for the replacement of several major defense systems (late 80"s). Project Manager for a new Project Management Training Program at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works. Due to the success of the simulation's integration of project management, it was implemented at 3 other Divisions of General Dynamics (90's). Dennis now runs his own company, New England Systems Optimization(NESO) as an independent trainer and consultant and subcontracts to PCI Global,  delivering Project Management Training.
 
Bob Hill, Regional Vice President of PCI Global

Twelve years as Regional Vice President of the training organization PCI Global. In this
capacity,he has brought Project Management Computer Simulation Seminars to several Fortune 500 organizations. Bob is also a certified trainer of PCI's Project Management Foundations and Supervisory
Team Leadership courses.