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Day One of 2nd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium in Texas Features Big Names and Local Leaders
The 2nd UT Dallas Project Management Symposium was opened in Richardson, Texas on Monday, 18 August, by James Joiner, Director of the Graduate Program in Project Management at UT Dallas. Jim welcomed attendees to the second annual conference and the first one held on the UT Dallas Campus. Approximately 200 executives, project management professionals, speakers, volunteers and university staff attended the event’s first day.
Mr. Joiner was followed by Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Dean of the School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas, who provided a warm welcome to delegates. Dr. Pirkul was immediately following by Dr. David E. Daniel (pictured at right), president of UT Dallas who delivered a keynote speech on the topic of "Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and Implications for Managing Critical Infrastructure Systems".(see news article previously published on pmforum.org at http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2008/08/university-executives-open-2-nd-ut.html.)
The second keynote speaker on Monday morning was George Consolver, Director of Strategy Process at Texas Instruments (TI), who spoke on the topic of "Strategy and Project Management Connections." Mr. Consolver discussed processes at TI that have evolved over the last 15 years for ensuring that programs and projects support strategic initiatives, markets and customers. The balance of day one was spent in presentations spread over five streams on global PM, project governance, project management methods, information systems and Agile Project Management.
Several well known executives and internationally-known project management figures presented papers during the day, including Robert Prieto, senior vice president of Fluor Corporation ("Program Management: Getting on the Right Path"); J. Kent Crawford (pictured left), Author, consultant, CEO of PM Solutions and former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI)("State of the PMO"); David Anderson, author of Agile Management for Software Engineering – Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results ("Kanban – Creating a Kaizan Culture and Evolving a High Maturity Software Engineering Organization"); Harry Rever, Director of Six Sigma for International Institute for Learning (IIL) ("Five Key Elements to Process Improvement"); Tresia Eaves, Vice President for SENTEL corporation in Virginia, Chair of the PMI Information Systems SIG, and 2007 recipient of the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award winner ("A Journey from CMM Level 0 to CMM Level 3 – A Software Project Improves with PM Leadership"); Mark Marlin, Sr. Vice President with the Westney Consulting Group in Houston (Implementing an Effective Lessons Learned Process in a Global Project Environment"); and Andrew Filev, founder and CEO of Wrike, a leading online PM solutions company ("Project Management 2.0 - Ultimate Benefits of the New Approach to Project Management").
Others presentations on Monday by prominent local project management authorities and professional leaders included the following:
"International Kick-off Meetings: How to Make them Work", by Lothar Katz, adjunct professor of project management at UT Dallas and author of Negotiating International Business and Principles of Negotiating International Business.
"Delivering Multiple Sites and Time Zone Projects - A Case Study in the Telecom Industry", by Ram Garg, program manager for Alcatel Lucent and member of the PMI Services & Outsourcing SIG’s board of directors.
"Project Management Through Email for Global Teams – Lessons Learned", by Anwar Ali, Team Lead at Atos Origin, a global information technology company with revenues of EUR 5.4 Billion and a worldwide IT partner for the 2008 Olympic Games.
"What Does Portfolio Management Really Provide?", by Nayan Patel (in photo at right), corporate manager of Portfolio Management for Baylor Health Care System, Information Services in Dallas.
"Managing Rogue Systems", by Jim Smelley, IT strategy and energy industry advisor for Pariveda Solutions.
"A Quantative Framework for Value, Risk and Opportunity Management in Projects", by Tyson R. Browning, PhD, Assistant Professor fo Enterprise Operations in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas.
"Risk Project Management Methodology", by Dwight Davis, Principal Program Manager for EDS in Plano and well known former director and vice president of the PMI Dallas Chapter.
"Knocking Down Barriers to Become a Championship Project Team", by Tom Sheives, PhD (in photo at left), president, project consultant and coach for Better Project Results of Arlington, Texas.
"Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome," by Eric D. Brown, author, consultant, current doctoral student at Dakota State University, and an alumni of the masters in project management at the UT Dallas.
"Three Steps to Building Solid Project Management Maturity," by Timothy MacFadyen, certified OPM3® consultant and member of the OPM3 2008 update team for PMI.
"Project Planning for Emergency Response after 9/11," by Ronda Hayes, IT faculty member at Northlake College in Irving, Texas and Jim Buchanan. Dallas area PM consultant and former operations planner for US military special forces.
"Reducing the Document and Process Load in Project Management," by Darrel A. Raynor, senior technology executive, consultant and turnaround specialist.
"Techniques for Driving Project Execution Accountability Beyond the PM", by Sarah McCrary, a telecommunications and information technology project manager who lives and works in Dallas.
"Improving Project Management Optics through Architecture Methods," by Gurvinder Ahulwalia, an embedded systems, wireless devices and information technology expert and consultant.
The 2 Day Project Management Symposium was held in the School of Management on the UT Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas during 18-19 August 2008. In addition to the Opening Ceremony with Keynote Speakers, day one included 23 presentations, a networking lunch, a Monday evening reception and many interesting discussions about project and program management. This annual event is intended to contribute to the productivity and success of organizations and industries in North Texas, and to local economic development.
The symposium was organized by the Graduate Program in Project Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), in cooperation with the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and PMForum, Inc. The corporate sponsor was Global Knowledge, a leading project management training and education provider. Papers and presentations from this year’s symposium will be posted soon on http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu, where additional information about the conference can be found. Individuals or organizations interested in participating in next year’s symposium should contact Debbie@utdallas.edu.
For more information about the Graduate Program in Project Management at UT Dallas, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/. For information about the PMI Dallas Chapter, visit www.pmidallas.org. For information about PMForum, visit www.pmforum.org.
The second keynote speaker on Monday morning was George Consolver, Director of Strategy Process at Texas Instruments (TI), who spoke on the topic of "Strategy and Project Management Connections." Mr. Consolver discussed processes at TI that have evolved over the last 15 years for ensuring that programs and projects support strategic initiatives, markets and customers. The balance of day one was spent in presentations spread over five streams on global PM, project governance, project management methods, information systems and Agile Project Management.
Others presentations on Monday by prominent local project management authorities and professional leaders included the following:
"International Kick-off Meetings: How to Make them Work", by Lothar Katz, adjunct professor of project management at UT Dallas and author of Negotiating International Business and Principles of Negotiating International Business.
"Delivering Multiple Sites and Time Zone Projects - A Case Study in the Telecom Industry", by Ram Garg, program manager for Alcatel Lucent and member of the PMI Services & Outsourcing SIG’s board of directors.
"Project Management Through Email for Global Teams – Lessons Learned", by Anwar Ali, Team Lead at Atos Origin, a global information technology company with revenues of EUR 5.4 Billion and a worldwide IT partner for the 2008 Olympic Games.
"Managing Rogue Systems", by Jim Smelley, IT strategy and energy industry advisor for Pariveda Solutions.
"A Quantative Framework for Value, Risk and Opportunity Management in Projects", by Tyson R. Browning, PhD, Assistant Professor fo Enterprise Operations in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas.
"Risk Project Management Methodology", by Dwight Davis, Principal Program Manager for EDS in Plano and well known former director and vice president of the PMI Dallas Chapter.
"Project Management and the Stockholm Syndrome," by Eric D. Brown, author, consultant, current doctoral student at Dakota State University, and an alumni of the masters in project management at the UT Dallas.
"Three Steps to Building Solid Project Management Maturity," by Timothy MacFadyen, certified OPM3® consultant and member of the OPM3 2008 update team for PMI.
"Project Planning for Emergency Response after 9/11," by Ronda Hayes, IT faculty member at Northlake College in Irving, Texas and Jim Buchanan. Dallas area PM consultant and former operations planner for US military special forces.
"Reducing the Document and Process Load in Project Management," by Darrel A. Raynor, senior technology executive, consultant and turnaround specialist.
"Techniques for Driving Project Execution Accountability Beyond the PM", by Sarah McCrary, a telecommunications and information technology project manager who lives and works in Dallas.
"Improving Project Management Optics through Architecture Methods," by Gurvinder Ahulwalia, an embedded systems, wireless devices and information technology expert and consultant.
The 2 Day Project Management Symposium was held in the School of Management on the UT Dallas campus in Richardson, Texas during 18-19 August 2008. In addition to the Opening Ceremony with Keynote Speakers, day one included 23 presentations, a networking lunch, a Monday evening reception and many interesting discussions about project and program management. This annual event is intended to contribute to the productivity and success of organizations and industries in North Texas, and to local economic development.
The symposium was organized by the Graduate Program in Project Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), in cooperation with the Dallas Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and PMForum, Inc. The corporate sponsor was Global Knowledge, a leading project management training and education provider. Papers and presentations from this year’s symposium will be posted soon on http://pmsymposium.utdallas.edu, where additional information about the conference can be found. Individuals or organizations interested in participating in next year’s symposium should contact Debbie@utdallas.edu.
For more information about the Graduate Program in Project Management at UT Dallas, visit http://som.utdallas.edu/project/. For information about the PMI Dallas Chapter, visit www.pmidallas.org. For information about PMForum, visit www.pmforum.org.
