Date: Friday, December 11, 2015

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (with 30-minute lunch break)
Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30 am
Pizza will be served at 12 noon.

Location: La Quinta Perimeter Medical, 6260 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Earn 10 PDUs! 

Description: 

Although many successful project management practitioners are "accidental project managers," successful projects should not be "accidental." Research studies have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success. By utilizing major contributors to project success and avoiding the leading causes of project failure, project success should be predictable and repeatable, instead of a hit-and-miss occurrence.
 
What are the most important project management skills for deliveringsuccessful projects every time? As a starting point, project management practitioners should focus on developing skills from the PMI Talent Triangle: technical project management skills, strategic and business management skills, and leadership skills. They should also emphasize and apply principles from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). However, not all processes can be applied to every project at every organization. The successful project manager recognizes the need to adapt practices from the PMBOK® Guide to individual initiatives within their own organization’s process and culture.
 

Research studies have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success.PMI’s Pulse Research identifies a number of key factors affecting project outcomes. For example, 47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management. To address this, it’s critical for organizations to implement standardized requirements management processes in collaboration with stakeholders. There is also the need to develop a formal project management methodology, implement standardized tools and infrastructure through a Program Management Office (PMO), and ensure executive management support for projects. PMI’s Pulse research also shows that having an actively engaged executive sponsors is the top driver of project success.

This workshop describes a recommended approach to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects by focusing on major contributors to project success, including requirements management processes, formal (agile and/or traditional) project management methodology and standardized tools and infrastructure, and executive management support.

Requirements management is an essential part of the standard for project management. Executive management support can make or break a project! While Agile Project Management processes are being introduced to replace many traditional project management processes resulting in great improvements in project success rates, formal project development/management methodology, and standardized tools and infrastructure continue to help make successful project delivery a repeatable process. These critical success factors, when implemented and achieved in collaboration with stakeholders, can lead to consistent delivery of successful projects.

This seminar has previously been offered by PMI SeminarsWorld and at PMI Global Congresses.

Earn 10 PDUs with 7 class hours and pre-seminar reading assignments. Take advantage of discounted rates for PMI members. Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30 and pizza will be served at 12 noon.

 
Course objectives:
1. Identify the major causes for project failures and understand the reasons for project success

2. Learn how Requirement Processes can be utilized to address project failures/problems and improve project success

3. Utilize Requirement Management processes in improving organizational performance

4. Utilize formal project development/management methodologies

5. Understand the benefits of Agile Project Management over traditional project management methodologies

6. Utilize the PMO to implement standard enterprise-level program/project management and standardized tools and infrastructure

7. Explore ways to gain executive management support and get sustained executive commitment

8. Learn an approach for consistent delivery of successful projects

Who should attend:
1. Project Managers, Project Coordinators and Business Analysts who have responsibility to run projects and/or develop project management processes, requirements management processes, formal enterprise-level project development/management methodologies.

2. Program Managers, Program Management Office (PMO) Managers/Directors, responsible for implementing projects, interested in establishing standard project/program management processes.

3. PM Consultants interested in understanding the benefits and challenges in delivering successful projects consistently, utilizing Requirements Management Processes in improving customer satisfaction, project performance and the organizational performance.

4. Project management practitioners interested in developing project management strategies and in utilizing project management process inputs, tools, techniques and outputs in a project environment.

Instructor: J.D. Haughwout, MA, CDP, PMP

Biography: 

J.D. Haughwout, MA, CDP, PMPbegan teaching in the US Air Force as a Technical Instructor where he earned the Master Instructor rating. His business-related training experience extends from his role as the Information Technology (IT) Training Manager at Minnesota Blue Cross and continues to this day. Training continued to be a part of his career as he progressed from Information Management to Program Management. He was an instructor at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University where he taught Project Management at the graduate level.

During his professional career, Mr. Haughwout successfully progressed through the information technology and project management career paths. He has worked in North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, India and the Middle East implementing IT solutions and consulting to start-up mobile telecommunications companies. He held the senior PMO management role with Hewlett-Packard Consulting for their global Communications Business Unit and he was the PMO Director for the US southeast area for Computer Associates (CA). His extensive project management experience, executing large ($30+M) global IT engagements, allows him to bring real world experiences into very interesting classroom discussions.

Mr. Haughwout earned his Master’s degree at Webster University. He is an active member of the PMI Atlanta Chapter. He earned his PMI PMP® certification in 1998. He has given this seminar (and other professional development seminars) for the PMI Atlanta Certification and Education Committee, for the PMI Atlanta PDD and for PMI SeminarsWorld at the PMI Global Congress-North America.

Date: Friday, December 11, 2015

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (with 30-minute lunch break) 
Continental breakfast will be served at 8:30 am
Pizza will be served at 12 noon.

Location: La Quinta Perimeter Medical, 6260 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30328

RSVP: Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Registration Fee:

$395 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (standard rate)
$530 --- Non-member (standard rate)

***10% Early Bird Discount Through November 23, 2015 ***

$356 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (standard rate)
$477 --- Non-member (standard rate)

 
Please note that walk-ins on the same day as class are not allowed. Registration must be completed on-line in advance of RSVP date provided in course description. 

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