Agile Forum - 180918

The Agile Forum meetings offer an opportunity for professional networking and knowledge sharing with other agile practitioners as well as provide a learning environment for professionals interested in learning about agile techniques. Everyone is welcome to participate.                                                      

Presentation

"Predicting the Future: Let’s Stop Living in Fear of It"

Presented by: Ebenezer Ikonne, AVP Software Engineering / Cox Automotive

How much will it cost? How long will it take? When will you be done? These questions (and others) come flying hard and fast at individuals in software development shops. In fact, it seems that we spend most of our time estimating how long work will take and then spending even more time talking about what went wrong with our estimates. All this talk has led to movements such #NoEstimates and the like.

Software development involves complexity and uncertainty and yet we want to get our work done in time and under budget. Is this even possible? This presentation will explore the role of estimation and forecasting in software development and how teams can stop living in fear of predicting the future.

Healthcare Forum - 180919

"Population Health and U.S. Healthcare System: Opportunities for Project Management Applications" Presented by Dr. Imoh Okon, Georgia State University Assistant Professor,  Clinical Research, PhD. MSc, MPH (c), PMP

The PMI Atlanta Healthcare Forum has 9 planned sessions throughout 2018. Proposed topics include IT & IT PMO in Healthcare, Healthcare SME/Domain Forums such as Clinical, Laboratory, Research, Tomorrow's Healthcare & Government practices/law, Thought Leadership in Healthcare, and Innovation in Healthcare Technology.

Presentation

Traditional project management (PM) applications predominantly focused within certain industries, including construction, engineering and telecommunications. Tangible benefits of PM resulted in wide acceptance across  several non-traditional sectors, especially within the last three decades. The U.S. health system comprises various stakeholders (providers, patients, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, etc.), and offers enormous opportunities of PM applications that directly impact on quality, affordability (timeliness and costs) and efficiency.

Dr. Okon presents a system-lens perspective of population health at the intersection of PM applications.

Summary:

1. Overview of my research, technological advances and PM in research
2. U.S. Healthcare system: What has PM got to do with it?
3. Determinants of health: Any roles for PM applications?
4. Health-in-all-policies: Implications and opportunities for PM
5. Future of U.S. healthcare: Opportunities for leveraging PM to advance population health

Entertainment Forum - 180920

The PMI Atlanta Entertainment Forum launched in 2017! Our focus is expanding knowledge and appreciation of Project Management and its benefits in unconventional fields by providing informational, educational, and networking events for individuals in various roles in the entertainment industry. 

Entertainment Industry = those businesses involved in providing entertainment
• Media – film, television, radio, theater
• Music
• Sports
• Fine arts
• Digital - Gaming

Presentation

"From Project Manager to Producer: Is There a Difference?"

Presented by: Lisa Ferrell, Executive Producer

Producer and Project Manager – the job descriptions for these titles can vary from company to company or industry to industry, but more often than not, they are used interchangeably.  However, there is a difference in what is actually required from each role and understanding that difference is vital to your project – and career. It's more than vernacular—it's about mindset.