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Sunday, August 12, 2007
PMForum Correspondents & Editor Deliver Papers at PM Symposium in Texas
Two international correspondents along with the managing editor for PMForum were featured speakers at the 1st UTD Project Management Symposium in Plano, Texas, USA on Monday, August 6. Larry Suda, correspondent for PMForum in New York City, and A Matt Piazza, correspondent for PMForum in north Texas, both made presentations and delivered professional papers, along with managing Editor David Pells.
Lawrence Suda, international correspondent for PMForum and the eJournal PM World Today in New York, was a featured speaker in Track 1, Program and Portfolio Management. His presentation was on the subject of “Linking Strategy, Leadership & Organization Culture for Project Success”, was a featured presentation on Monday afternoon. According to Larry’s presentation, “It is imperative for project managers to understand their internal organization’s strategy and culture, as well as that of their customers in order to lead successful projects. Powerful external and internal drivers such as vision, mission, beliefs and values shape an organization’s culture and impact its projects. During times of transformation, understanding culture is critical.” (Click here to see Larry’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.)
Based in New York City, New York, USA, Lawrence Suda is also CEO and Managing Partner of Palatine Group/Management Worlds, Inc. Larry has over 30 years of project management consulting and training experience and has designed and delivered world-class project and program leadership workshops using computer simulation, including a number of award-winning PM training courses and programs for NASA. A former assistant professor at the University of Maryland, he has also taught at the Universities of Iowa and Pittsburgh and is currently adjunct professor at Drexel University, where he teaches project leadership. Larry holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Wayne State University and a BA from Pennsylvania State University in the USA. More information about Larry Suda can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
A Matt Piazza, international correspondent for PMForum and the eJournal PM World Today in Texas, along with co-author Terry J. Brunenn, delivered a presentation and paper on the subject of “CPO: The Keystone to a Successful Portfolio Governance Culture.” Today’s corporations are driving even harder for more profits. Performance surveys show that projects are still failing at rates higher than 60%. Some companies have ‘tried’ PMOs and portfolio governance and abandoned their efforts after a year or two. Some companies have implemented Enterprise Project Management (EPM) systems and feel less than satisfied. Why are these failures occurring? (Click here to see Matt’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.)
A Matt Piazza is also principal consultant for Delta Solutions, a project management consultancy specializing in project management office (PMO) and enterprise project management (EPM) services. Matt has over 20 years experience in professional project management. He has a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University in the USA. He has been employed in various PM leadership and support positions by ADP, EDS, Rapp Collins, Raytheon, TI and several other major US technology firms. He is a former president of the PMI Dallas Chapter and the DFW chapter of the Microsoft Project Association. He has a PMP® certification from PMI®, and is a Microsoft Project Enterprise Black Belt expert and instructor. More information about Matt Piazza can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
David L. Pells, managing editor for PMForum and PM World Today, delivered a presentation and paper on the subject of “Expert Panels for Project Management Governance & Oversight.” According to his presentation, “With so much investment in programs and projects today, executive support for project management is no longer enough. Boards of Directors should be held responsible for governance and oversight of major projects, and of project management in most organizations. The dilemma is that few directors are experienced or qualified in PM. The use of panels of independent PM experts offers a solution.” (Click here to see David’s complete presentation. Click here to see his paper.)
Biographical information about Mr. Pells can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/team.htm#2.
Copies of their presentations and papers can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/index.htm, http://www.pmforum.org/library/paper/index.htm and http://som.utdallas.edu/project/project-symp-papers.htm.
The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held in Plano, Texas, USA on 6 August 2007. The 1 day symposium, attended by approximately 200 people, featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: (1) Program & Portfolio Management; (2) Project Management: Critical Organization Success Factor; (3) Software Development & Agile Project Management; (4) PM for Product Development, including small projects; (5) The Role of Project Management in Corporate Governance; and (6) Project Management in the Global Economy. A vendor exhibition was also featured.
The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event.
Based in New York City, New York, USA, Lawrence Suda is also CEO and Managing Partner of Palatine Group/Management Worlds, Inc. Larry has over 30 years of project management consulting and training experience and has designed and delivered world-class project and program leadership workshops using computer simulation, including a number of award-winning PM training courses and programs for NASA. A former assistant professor at the University of Maryland, he has also taught at the Universities of Iowa and Pittsburgh and is currently adjunct professor at Drexel University, where he teaches project leadership. Larry holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Wayne State University and a BA from Pennsylvania State University in the USA. More information about Larry Suda can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
A Matt Piazza is also principal consultant for Delta Solutions, a project management consultancy specializing in project management office (PMO) and enterprise project management (EPM) services. Matt has over 20 years experience in professional project management. He has a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University in the USA. He has been employed in various PM leadership and support positions by ADP, EDS, Rapp Collins, Raytheon, TI and several other major US technology firms. He is a former president of the PMI Dallas Chapter and the DFW chapter of the Microsoft Project Association. He has a PMP® certification from PMI®, and is a Microsoft Project Enterprise Black Belt expert and instructor. More information about Matt Piazza can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
Biographical information about Mr. Pells can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/team.htm#2.
Copies of their presentations and papers can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/library/presentations/index.htm, http://www.pmforum.org/library/paper/index.htm and http://som.utdallas.edu/project/project-symp-papers.htm.
The 1st UTD Project Management Symposium was held in Plano, Texas, USA on 6 August 2007. The 1 day symposium, attended by approximately 200 people, featured speeches, professional presentations and discussions in the following tracks: (1) Program & Portfolio Management; (2) Project Management: Critical Organization Success Factor; (3) Software Development & Agile Project Management; (4) PM for Product Development, including small projects; (5) The Role of Project Management in Corporate Governance; and (6) Project Management in the Global Economy. A vendor exhibition was also featured.
The conference was sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management in the School of Management’s Executive Education Center at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/); along with the PMI Dallas Chapter (http://www.pmidallas.org/index.phtml); and PMForum, Inc. (www.pmforum.org). A 2nd UTD Project Management Symposium has now been announced for August 2008 and is expected to be twice as large as this first year’s event.
