Complimentary Webinar: Proud's and Sorry's for Agile Project Management and Business Analysis

Date/Time: Wed, Sep 22, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/332931945

Get a preview of the new Agile Summit taking place at the Project World® & World Congress for Business Analysts® when some of our Agile Summit speakers share a taste of their journey to agile. In a matter-of-fact roundtable style, your Summit speakers-- representing a cross-industry managers and analysts on the front lines-- share their “prouds” and “sorrys” of transitioning to agile.

The roundtable discussion cover four unique themes:

• Delivering Value
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Technical Practices
• Communication and Change

Facilitated by agile coach and requirements expert Ellen Gottesdiener, join us to learn essential kudos and regrets from your industry peers who are in the midst of making agile work in their organization. Don’t miss this freewheeling yet frank exchange.

Roundtable Participants:

• Manoj Vadakkan, Agile Coach/ Release Manager, CGI Federal
• Susan Block, Lead Business Systems Analyst, The Vanguard Group
• Janet Bartz, Head of Section, Information Technology, Education Support Systems, Mayo Clinic
• David Grabel, Director, Applications Development, Monetrics

Moderated by Ellen Gottesdiner, Founder/Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc.

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Reminder: Free Webinar Next Week, Creating the Vision and Making it Real: How to Leverage Project Management for Results

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Want to enhance competency and performance in strategic thinking, strategic planning and project management? This program is specifically designed to promote the understanding and practice in the “Business Circle of Life”. Starting with strategic planning and concluding with plan execution, participants will learn how to take a step back, define their strategy, and make it real through successful execution. This program is ideal for business leaders who are responsible for creating and executing a business plan, but who are unsure how to do it.

What you will learn:

• Strategic Thinking: How to Assess the Environment
• Strategic Planning: How to Set the Direction
• Defining Targets: How to Set Goals and Establish Performance Measures
• Making the Plan Real: How to Leverage Project Management for Results

About the speaker: Lisa DiTullio

Lisa is principal of Lisa DiTullio & Associates, a practice dedicated to introducing project management as a business competency, enabling
organization to improve decision-making, instill accountability, and enhance communications.

She is the editor of ProjectBestPractices, a quarterly newsletter from ProjectWorld, a regular blogger for the Silicon ValleyPM and ProjectConnections sites, and a contributor to PM Network Magazine. She’s also the author of Simple Solutions: How "Enterprise Project Management" Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's Journey from Near Collapse to #1. Her second book, Project Team Dynamics: Increased Speed, Enhanced Performance is due out the end of this year.