Project Management at the End of Age of Silos

Presented by Dave McComb, PMP

Dave McComb, PMP is the President of Semantic Arts, Inc., a consulting company specializing in helping clients plan and implement modern software infrastructures and migrate to Service Oriented Architectures.  He has 30 years of experience in designing, building, and managing enterprise level applications.  He is the author of Semantics in Business Systems and a frequent lecturer and magazine contributor.

“We've come to an interesting inflection point for information systems.  For the last several decades we've managed software projects by managing their scope.  And we've mostly managed their scope by reducing their size.  The direct result of this has been that most large organizations have created hundreds of silos of information and functionality.

This trend has run to its logical conclusion.  In his presentation, Dave discussed why this trend has ended, what replaces it and focused on how Project Managers can update their skills and approaches to participate in this new world.

PDU # C331_021610

Pragmatic Project Management: Five Scalable Steps to Success

Presented by Dave Pratt, PMP

Hood Canal Bridge Replacement & Retrofit Project

Presented by: Dave Ziegler, PE and Jeffrey D. Cook, PE

Dave Ziegler, P.E. has worked for the Washington State Department of Transportation for over thirty years with the last eighteen years being involved in project management. His work has taken him through many different disciplines in WSDOT from design team leader, construction inspector and field engineer to Assistant Project Engineer in a Design Office and Project Engineer in a Construction Office. His most recent position as the Principal Engineer on the Hood Canal bridge replacement project was one of the most challenging projects he has faced in his career.

Everest – Extreme Project Management and Team Decision Making on the World’s Highest Mountain

Presented by: Steve Giesecke, PMP

Steve Giesecke, PMP, Olympia PMI chapter member, will describe his 2007 ascent of Mt Everest as one segment of his project to climb the world’s Seven Summits.  He will highlight the aspects of project planning, team organization and synchronization, identify risks and mitigation strategies, discuss contractor procurement criteria and performance measurement, present logistical challenges encountered and relate other “extreme project management characteristics” against a backdrop of pushing personal and team limits past previously set benchmarks.  

 

Special Meeting Celebration – PMI Olympia’s 5 Year Anniversary

Key Note Speaker:  Motivational Business Entertainment presented by Grammy Nominated Singer/Song Writer Karen Taylor-Good

Karen Taylor-Good, from Nashville, Tennessee, is an Author, Business Woman, Speaker, Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter with a powerful, life affirming presentation blending wisdom, humor and music.  As a professional speaker, she enhances her keynote presentations with a unique speaking style and powerful songs which never fail to inspire, motive and uplift her audiences.  

 As a Philanthropist, Karen donated her time and talent to ‘The Planet Earth Project.’ The song (which she recorded in seven different languages) was set to footage furnished by NASA, and won anInternational Video Award. This program will inspire, motivate and energize your conference attendees with Karen’s delightful blend of music, humor and story-telling.  

 As a songwriter, she has had numerous international radio hits, with songs recorded by such artists as Collin Raye, Melissa Manchester, Al Jarreau, Patty Loveless & Laura Branigan. She has garnered several ‘Songwriter of the Year’ awards. Karen writes powerful songs about issues that most writers would not even attempt to address.  As a vocal artist, she has recorded with such notable performers as Dolly Parton, Al Green, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & George Jones. As a solo artist, she has had nine nationally-charted singles.

Effective Project Sponsorship - A Collaborative Journey

 Presented by: Vicki James, PMP

Turnaround of the OMNI Project

Turnaround of the Omni Project: This presentation will focus on the “turnaround of the OMNI Project”.    The OMNI project   began in late 1999 with the charter to replace the Department of Corrections legacy offender management system. Over the subsequent 5 years it became one of the state’s seriously “troubled” IT development projects. The presentation will describe the steps the Department took from 2006 forward, to turn this troubled project into a successful one. We will also discuss what we believe were the critical strategies used to ensure a successful new system implementation.

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 The Project Mindset

We've always known we were different, but not really sure how. Our sponsors call on us when there's a challenge, but not necessarily because we know their business. Our functional peers look at us and ask why we like this work with all the stress surrounding it, and our answer seldom sways them. Our family asks us to explain our work, and our answer doesn't remove the glazed look in their eyes. And when we look in the mirror, we're not really sure ourselves what makes us gravitate to projects. It's just a mindset, and we can't shake it. The Project Mindset provides a light-hearted look at ourselves as project managers and helps us sort it all out.

Barry Otterholt, CMC, PMP has been meddling in project management for 25 years. His experience spans the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Mr. Otterholt is best known for his recovery of struggling projects. He teaches project management at Northwest University and does a bit of therapeutic writing on the subject which can be viewed at www.stoufferco.blogspot.com.

PDU # C331_111610