jill richards - keynote politics, today and tomorrow what to expect; what to look for; and, most...

Jill Richards - KeynotePolitics, Today and Tomorrow

What to expect; What to look for; and, most importantly, WHAT TO DO !

Monday September 10 at 8:45 to 10:00 AM

Jill, President of Inovacent Solutions, has extensive experience as a Project Manager and as a Project Management trainer. Jill was one of the popular presenters at the 2006 KC-PMI Professional Development Days. Now she has agreed to return to offer new insights from her work and new views that we can all use to help us cut through the politics. A speaker directly from the PMI Global Congress and Seminars World, coming to us in Overland Park.

David Maxfield - KeynoteSilence Fails Director of research for VitalSmarts, David has recently completed studies where the acts of omission and ignoring poor performance cause projects to fail. But he offers hope that solutions can be found in breaking the code of silence and achieving better communications. David has delivered his message to industries and government all around the country. His results are even posted on the PMI Global Website. Now he is bringing it to the Project Managers in the Midwest.

Tuesday September 11 at 2:45 to 4:00 PM

Scott Ferber – Special Guest

Major Trends in IT Vice President - IBM

Coming Soon

Monday September 10 at 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM

Sheri Blauwiekel – Special GuestB&V Going Global on Project Management

Sheri A. Blauwiekel has traveled the world as a project manager for Black & Veatch. Her extensive experience demonstrates her ability to deliver successful projects including engineering, procurement, construction of coal fired, gas-fired combustion turbine, wind turbine and fossil retrofit power projects. Sheri will overview how Black and Veatch begins projects in countries outside the US including legal, political, logistical, and financial issues of starting projects in China and other Asian countries. Did you know that you can't even approach the Chinese government to do a project unless you are first licensed to do work as a foreigner in China (similar to U.S. green cards)? Sheri will give a view of project management that few of us get to experience.

Tuesday September 11 at 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM

Linda Landon

Don't Take Anything Personally

This lively and interactive talk introduces New York Times bestseller, The Four Agreements and focuses on the enigmatic second agreement, Don’t Take Anything Personally. Linda invites the audience to examine the stress caused by taking something personally. Then she guides them through an exercise to shift into a totally new perspective that eliminates stress, clears up communication and brings peace. They leave with a simple and powerful tool they can use on their own to shift any challenging moment into a great one.

Monday September 10 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM – and -

Monday September 10 at 1:45 to 3:00 PM

Caroline Gormley Total Work Management in

Microsoft EPM There is a growing trend toward management of all work within EPM systems, not just project work. In some companies, this can be easily accomplished because separate individuals work on projects versus support, and support work is only tracked at a high level, e.g., in buckets by application. In other organizations, the same individual may work on both projects and support, and there is a need to track support down to a ticket level, relating to an incident management system such as Remedy. The presentation will discuss the benefits and challenges of total work management within Microsoft EPM, with lessons learned from actual implementations.

Monday September 10 at 10:15 to 11:30 AM

Paul SapenaroUpdate on Sprint Nextel PMO

Paul’s plans were covered at the 2006 Professional Development Days. Now see how well they have progressed and what he sees coming down the road.


Twyla Southall, PMPBetter Than Good Enough: Par Excellence In

Project/Program Management


This presentation motivates attendees through a discussion on the importance of executing Project and Program Management with Excellence. We will discuss the difference between, Good, Better and Best and show attendees why Good isn’t acceptable if you can do better and why better will never do if it is not your best. Attendees will leave with an understanding of why ‘Good Enough’ is simply not good enough when you picture the Future of Project Management. They will receive practical tips to improve their performance as they are challenged to achieve Excellence in Program Management.

Bob Galen Software Endgames: Learning to

Finish What You've Started Each of us has experienced more than one software project that ended badly. Either the requirements were misunderstood or implemented poorly. Many projects fail in their Endgame during testing. Not because of the testing per se, but because of the massive discovery of defects and functional gaps that indicate the true viability of the project. This presentation focuses on a set of 5 high level practices and techniques that will help improve your management and steering within the endgame. Providing experienced guidance that will increase the odds of your successfully delivering a project.


Jack Ferraro, PMP Project Manager as Generalist: Project Manager

as Obsolete! –What You Need to Know

Find out why the development of project management global industry standards, the availability of highly-educated low-cost labor, disruption of basic supply and demand laws and information overload is driving specialization of project management functions –and what you must do to prevent becoming an obsolete generalist.Attendees will learn and practice the five steps to specialization in project management, recognize driving forces behind specialization and its impact on your career and how to adapt to the new emerging roles. Specialization increases competition and some skills will be more valuable than others depending on customer needs and project characteristics.

Tuesday September 11 at 8:45 to 10:00 AM

Herman Gaines, Jr.

Great Projects in History On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark along with a diverse team set out “to explore the Missouri river and across the continent for the purpose of commerce.” This daunting task completed on September 23, 1806 with a map of the territory, stories of its peoples, science enhanced beyond comprehension and only one life lost all conducted by a culturally diverse team who could barely communicate with each other and their hosts.By analyzing this project using the nine knowledge areas defined by PMI, we will conclude for ourselves the project successes and failures. Our results will lead us to better understand planning, communications and risk through this great project. Exposure to Great Projects in History is both fun and informative.


Coming Soon

Rex Johnson, CISA, CISSP, PMP Audit and Enterprise Risk Services

This presentation is focused on the rise of privacy concerns in business. As businesses find themselves having to manage more risk in today’s environment, the subject of data privacy has become a growing concern. Businesses are needing to take the appropriate steps in protecting their client and employee data and information. This data, called personal identifiable information (PII), have laws and guidelines that should be considered. This concern increases as businesses look to do business internationally. As project managers, we need to consider privacy matters in our engagements.


Lois Zells Pitfalls of RAD, Agile/XP and Other Forms of Iterative Development; and How They Lead To Project Failure

In our never-ending search for faster, as well foolproof, ways of doing development, we continue to chase after promises that often fall short of expectations. Come hear Lois Zells give a brand new presentation about the project management pros and cons of RAD (Rapid Application Development,) Agile/XP, Evolutionary Development, Iterative Development, and Prototyping. Hear the latest on why these types of projects are still failing and how to avoid the pitfalls. Have a common sense discussion of how to manage realistic expectations before projects go awry. This session is apropos for all levels of the IS organization from analyst/programmer to CIO, from business unit user to business unit project participant, from project lead to program manager, albeit technical or non-technical.


Kevin Green Extreme Makeover Home Edition

As president of Kevin Green Homes, Kevin has been clearly recognized as a leader in the marketplace. Kevin was contacted for the 2nd time by ABC television to participate in the wildly successful hit television show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Again without hesitation, with his vision, passion and leadership, he built the largest house ever attempted on the show - 5600sf of luxury in 92 hours! As seen on national television (1 billion view audience in 69 countries) and covered on local TV, radio, and print, Kansas City felt pride in knowing that Kevin Green’s build was again was one of the most successful and well-organized builds. Kevin Green Home’s commitment to accept the challenge and precisely execute with such attention to detail in such a short time, is a testimony to the professionalism, creativity and solid reputation his company emulates.


Tony Johnson, MBA, PMP

PMP Exam Prep


The presentation will provide an opportunity for those at the beginning or final stages of PMP Exam Review. Focus will be on how to get ready for the exam environment, how to minimize surprises and how to take your PMI theory pills for PMP Exam Success!

jill richards - keynote politics, today and tomorrow what to expect; what to look for; and, most...

Documents