Lean Project Management Can Make Or Break Project Success

Though lean project management isn't new, it can make or break the success of your projects. Canadian Blood Services has recently launched a series of Lean strategies into their day-to-day operations resulting in new process efficiencies, improved service for consumers and $125 million in savings.

Hear firsthand how Canadian Blood Services executes large-scale, complex projects, completing them both on-time and within budget. Later this month, join Canadian Blood Services' Todd Campbell, PMP, Project Manager, National Public Cord Blood Bank at ProjectWorld & World Congress for Business Analysts as he presents:

Complex Projects: Our Gated Marathon to Save Lives
When the project team at Canadian Blood Services set out to establish a national, public cord blood bank, they knew it would be a long, complex project involving many stakeholders. And, as the marathon progressed, it became clear that any challenge could be overcome, even a mountain.

Learn how the project team collaborated with stakeholders and managed change/expectations, using the phase-gate project model, and yes, even climbed a mountain. The key motivation for building a national, public cord blood bank is to provide stem cell transplant opportunities for both Canadian and international patients, to help save more lives.

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PW&WCBA East

March 23-24, 2015

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In addition to Todd's session, hear from PM & BA leaders from PMI, Verizon, Starbucks, Farm Credit Mid-America, Daimler Trucks NA, Associated Bank, Boeing and more.

It's the can't miss event for your project management and business analysis needs. Don’t forget, PW&WCBA EAST delivers 24PDU/CDUs.

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The PW&WCBA Team

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Heartbleed is About to Get Worse - How Do Companies Handle the Internet Disruptions?

ProjectNews - April Edition: Heartbleed is About to Get Worse - How do companies handle the Internet disruptions?

We would like to invite our ProjectNews members to connect, collaborate and knowledge share in the real-time. If you are interested, please join in the conversation via our
LinkedIn group here.

Challenge:
How do we tackle the major Internet disruptions as companies scramble to repair encryption systems on hundreds of thousands of websites?

Stakeholders:
500,000 affected sites - from mom-and-pop retailers to big conglomerates

Overview:
Efforts to fix the evil Heartbleed bug threaten to cause major disruptions to the Internet over the next several weeks as companies scramble to repair encryption systems on hundreds of thousands of websites at the same time.

In fact, estimates of the severity of the bug's damage have drastically increased almost daily since researchers unveiled the discovery of Heartbleed. What first seemed like an inconvenient matter of changing passwords for protection now appears more serious. New findings suggest that hackers can use the bug to create fake websites that mimic legitimate ones to trick consumers into handing over valuable information. The scale of the work required to fix this aspect of the bug, which makes it possible to steal the "security certificates" that verify that a website is authentic could overwhelm the systems designed to keep the Internet trustworthy.

Heartbleed has put many consumers' user names and passwords at risk as it was undetected for two years. The bug quietly undermined the basic security of the Internet by leaving a gap in OpenSSL, an encryption technology used widely by businesses to protect sensitive data. Reportedly, it has affected as much as two-thirds of the Internet; the flaw prompted Web users to change their passwords on Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other major services.

Finding an effective way to manage cybersecurity chaos is daunting; however, the effects of not properly managing this can be more so.

Join the Conversation!
Share your thoughts on how companies can manage the disruptions Heartbleed is causing.

What do you think companies can do to retroactively handle this disruption?

How can companies implement a solid plan of protection for future attacks?  

Have you been affected by Heartbleed? What have you done to protect yourself or plan for future cybersecurity attacks?

Conclusions based on the April 14 article, "Heartbleed is about to get worse, and it will slow the Internet to a crawl" on Washingtonpost.com.

Want to have discussions about topics like this that affect the project management and business analysis industries today? Join us at ProjectWorld & World Congress for Business Analysts 2014 in Seattle this fall! Learn more about the event here: http://bit.ly/1nVF08l

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