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TOPIC: Leadership Strategies that work

PDU: 7.5 - Technical

SPEAKER:  Ed Hendricks, President & CEO of Developments Education & Training

ABSTRACT:

We will be spending the day learning core High Performance Practices that apply to all projects, Agile or Traditional and participating in an interactive High Performance Game with extensive crowd participation. We will also be doing a group Case Study discussion (Case Study is the primary story in his book "Flow") and a cascading VSPT (Vision, Strategy, Projects, Tasks) Workshop. As well as a meeting new people and eating good food.

TOPIC: Creating Project Leadership Culture Based on PMP Best Practices

PDU: 1 - Leadership

SPEAKER:  Richard Broo, President of True North PMP Consulting, Inc.

ABSTRACT:

This will highlight issues caused by leadership that hinders a project managers performace, how to avoid them, and best practices a PM can use to educate leadership about effective project management.

TOPIC:  Project Performance with Kanban and BOUNS PMI 50th Anniversary Program

PDU: 1 -Technical & .5 Strategic

SPEAKER:  Karen Strichartz, DXC (formerly HP Enterprise)

ABSTRACT:

Kanban has its roots several decades back in the manufacturing industry. Over the years Kanban has become a universally recognized performance improvement method across all business types. What does Kanban offer to project management? Plenty! Our projects often bog down due to scope volatility, resource bottlenecks, unfeasible deadlines, and quality issues. This presentation starts with an overview of Kanban concepts and principles and then relates the use of Kanban to these project challenges. A case study highlighting performance improvement is included in the presentation.

SPECIAL! $5 for the 50th PMI Anniversary!!