Flashback Friday: Michael Menke, Ph.D. – YOUR SPACE 2010

In the weeks leading up to the 2011 ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® Conference, we're looking back at some of our top content from 2010. One recurring Project World favorite is the Your Space exercise.

This activity focuses on the collective knowledge and expertise of all attendees and speakers and allows you to channel the brilliance of a roomful of PM and BA professionals. During this activity all attendees and speakers gather in roundtables. Bring along your specific questions and get the answers you need to take action as soon as you get back to the office. After this session, we will compile the key deliverables gathered at each roundtable and provide you with a report following the conference. This report will serve as your tool for turning ideas into action.


This content was originally posted on Agilescout.com read the full post there.

Michael Menke, Ph.D. moderating topic discussions:

1. Accountability of leadership at all levels
2. Managing the tension between projects and operations
3. Achieving common disciplined resource management
4. Managing stakeholder expectations
5. Communication between all groups
6. How to deploy PPPM best practices?
7. Software development process design
8. Reducing ambiguity on business requirements
9. How to create an executive summary of a large portfolio?
10. Selecting PPM tools

Some great discussion going on here!







One of the discussions were around BEST TOOLS to use for PPM.
Well guess what? We have you covered here at Agile Scout.
Check out our growing list of almost 70 tools for Project and Agile Management.

You have less than a month left to register for PWWCBA and join us at Your Space 2011! Don't forget that readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register today.

See Who’s Attending PW&WCBA 2011

ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® is only 3 weeks away. The industry's leading companies will be attending - don't get left behind - gain the skills, insights and techniques you need to be more valuable to yourself and your organization.

Take a look at the companies who've already signed on to attend:
280 Group, AARP, Adobe, ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, American Chemical Society, American Water, Aseco Integrated Systems, Atlas Copco, Atmos Energy, Bank of Canada, Bayfront Health Systems, BECU, BMC Software, Boeing, Bright House Networks, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland, Caterpillar, Cisco, Citibank, City of Charlotte, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Covidien, Cubic Corporation, Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc, Cultural Mixology, Cushman & Wakefield, Defense Contract Management Agency, Doreen Evans, EBG Consulting, Inc., Education Credit Management Corp, Enbridge Pipeline, Erie Insurance, Farm Bureau Insurance, FLVS, Follett Software, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Humana, Inc., General Dynamics IT, Golden Rule Insurance Company, Honda R&D, Honeywell FM&T, IBM, IMF, Innovative Management Solutions, International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), IRS, Kaiser Permanente, Landsbankinn, Leadership CoP, Liberty Mutual, Lisa DiTullio & Associates, LLC, Mandalay Entertainment, Marathon Oil Company, Meta Payment Systems, Miami Date College, Microsoft, National Insurance Product Registry (NIPR), New York Life Insurance Company, Newfield Exploration, Nis Cia MI6 Mossad Pis Sss Nsa, North Dakota State Government, North Highland, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, NYSTEC, Oracle America, PetSmart, Pfizer, Physicians Mutual, Plains All American Pipeline, PNC Bank, Project Management Institute (PMI), Prudential, Raymond James, SAS Institute, Scripps Networks, The Smart PMs, Inc., State of Wisconsin, Steward Enterprises, Inc., Sunlife Financial, Synovus Bank, TG, Thinqube Network, TMG Health, Towers Watson, Travelers Insurance, TriZetto Group, TVA, United Parcel Service, UIHNA, Ultimate Software, United States Olympic Committee, University of Cincinnati, U.S. Cellular Corporation, Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Walt Disney World, WEA Trust, Wells Fargo Insurance, World Vision, and Yankee Candle Company

Hear from a speaking roster filled with project management and business analysis practitioners, as well as industry leading executives sharing stories from the trenches.

Keynotes include:
• Dr. Terry Barnhart, Senior Director, Global R&D, Pfizer
• Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
• Peter Guber, Founder & CEO, Mandalay Entertainment, Author, Tell to Win - Connect, Persuade and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
• Chuck Millhollan, MBA, MPM, PMP, PgMP, Innovative Management Solutions, LLC
• Disney Institute
• Plus more than 40 additional world-class speakers. Download the conference brochure for the full speaker line-up and session descriptions.

Join us November 14-16 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando for Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts. Register now to secure your spot and receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.

We hope to see you next month in Orlando!
The ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts Team

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Flashback Friday Flicks: on Agile Retrospectives

In the weeks leading up to the 2011 ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® Conference, we're looking back at some of our top content from 2010.

One of the top sessions in 2010 was by Ellen Gottesdiener of EGB Consulting, entitled "Improving Your Product and Process with Retrospectives." Read coverage of this session by our guest blogger Agile Scout here.

Below, enjoy a video interview with Agile Scout's Peter Saddington and Ellen recorded just after her session at Project World 2010.




For more great content from Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder, Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc., view our recent webinar "Reduce Rampant Requirements Risks with Agile Practices." You can access the free recording here. Or, join us this November for the new Agile Summit. Learn more here.

You have less than a month left to save on PWWCBA! Don't forget that readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register today.

An #ASK_PMIACP recap

Last week, Project World webinar presenter Joseph Flahiff was part of the first group of Agile professionals to take the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Exam.

Joined by co-host Rory McCorkle, the PMI Product Owner of the exam, Joseph discussed some of his experiences in a post-exam teleconference.

Some of my main takeaways from listening in included the following:

• 140 people have now taken the exam, and over 1,100 applications have been submitted for PMI ACP certification. There are currently 600 people out of those applications who are eligible for the exam.
• The exam will have 120 questions, and may cover the following topics: scrum and XP, Understanding Risk Management, Meetings and Roles, Tools and Techniques and Skills and Knowledge
• Answer the question asked, not what's in your mind: PMPs may get tripped up when approaching Agile-specific questions.

You can listen to the full recording here. Plus, find Joseph on twitter @joseph_flahiff.

If you're interesting in learning more about Agile certification, join us on Monday, November 14th, 2011 for our full day summit on "Adopting & Implementing Agile Practices." To learn more, download the agenda.

How to earn a complimentary pass to PWWCBA (Call for Guest Bloggers)

Earn a complimentary All-Access pass to ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® by serving as a guest-blogger. As a guest blogger, you’ll have access to PWWCBA's comprehensive agenda attracting the best in insights from around the world.

Unprecedented in size, scope, breadth, depth and participation, this is truly the best event the industry has ever seen. PW&WCBA tackles your mission-critical topics such as leadership, communication, collaboration, change management, social media, retaining top talent, virtual teams, managing next generation and more.

You'll get a pass to the annual PW&WCBA November event plus exclusive access to a networking community and on-demand webinars, to help you grow and learn throughout the year.

By participating as a guest blogger leading up to and at the event, you’ll receive an all access pass for the entire event, taking place November 14-16, 2011 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, FL. Responsibilities will include attending specifically assigned sessions and blogging live or same day.

In exchange for guest blogging, you will receive an all-access pass to the event – a $3,000+ value. Guest bloggers are responsible for their travel and lodging.

Apply today by sending your name, company, short biography and links to your blog or writing samples if applicable to Michelle LeBlanc at mleblanc@iirusa.com.

Plus, don't forget that readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.

ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® is one month away!

ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® is almost here! You have one month left to register for the premiere project management and business analysis conference in the world. So what are you waiting for? Register today and secure your spot!

Why Attend PW&WCBA?
ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® is vastly different from any other project management and business analysis event because it is designed to be truly transformational. This is the place where leading project management and business analysis professionals come together to share their challenges and stories of success. Join them this year and take advantage of this unique opportunity to collaborate and learn with your peers, and return to the office ready to implement your learnings.

For one investment fee, you'll receive:
• Pass to the Annual November Conference
• Up to 36 PDUs/CDUs plus earn your way toward the new Agile Certification (PMI's PMI-ACP)
• A continuous education series of on-demand web seminars offering you up to 12 more PDUs/CDUs
• Connect with peers before and after the event through an exclusive networking site
Plus, you don't want to miss our impressive keynote line-up:
• Dr. Terry Barnhart, Senior Director, Global R&D, Pfizer
• Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
• Peter Guber, Founder & CEO, Mandalay Entertainment, Author, Tell to Win - Connect, Persuade and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
• Chuck Millhollan, MBA, MPM, PMP, PgMP, Innovative Management Solutions, LLC
• Disney Institute
Download the conference brochure for the full speaker line-up.

The industry's leading companies will be attending - don't get left behind - gain the skills, insights and techniques you need to be more valuable to yourself and your organization.

Join us November 14-16 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando for Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG.

Register here.

We hope to see you next month in Orlando!
The ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts Team

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Do you have questions about the Certified Agile Practitioner Exam?

Project World webinar presenter Joseph Flahiff will be taking the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner Exam this Wednesday, October 12th and then sharing his insights about the exam live on a teleconference. You can also expect an update on the Beta Progam by Rory McCorkle during this teleconference.

For details on the call, click here. Feel free to invite your local PMI chapters or Local Agile User Groups!

You can also submit your questions before and during the teleconference to Hashtag #ASK_PMIACP @joseph_flahiff. And if you're not already, follow us @Project_World for coverage.

UPS, Disney, Costco, Cisco & More to Share PM & BA Best Practices

To create the 2011 ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® event, we talked to hundreds of executives in project management and business analysis to find out what challenges they face - then set out to provide solutions. The results are in and the program speaks for itself. Once again, we have successfully brought you the TOP gathering of project management and business analysis executives in the business. Don't be confused by the competition.

Attendees will hear from the most inspiring / most educational / most sought after minds in the business...

• Hollywood Mogul, Mandalay Entertainment - Peter Guber, Founder & CEO
• Cisco - Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO
• Costco Wholesale Corporation - Tim Washington, IT Portfolio Analyst
• The Disney Institute
• United Parcel Service - Pedro Alvarez, Lead Business System Analysis Practice
...Sharing Practical Stories & Best Practices:
• Congratulations, You're Certified! Now What?
• The Agile PMO: A Different Approach to Project Governance
• Ensuring "Vendor Project Management" Success
• Lean Product Management: When Phase Gate is the Wrong Choice
• The Foundations of Leadership Excellence (Disney Style)
• The Value of Social Networks in Your Organization
• Leading High Performing Teams in a Global and Virtual World
• Tried and True Practices for Improving Collaboration
• Establishing Enterprise Requirements Development and Management Standards
• Stop Guessing and Start Measuring your Requirement Practices
• Beyond The BACK & PMBOK, Soft Skills for Success
Download the brochure to see session descriptions and full speaker line up.

Unlike any other event, within one conference pass, you'll get a pass to the annual PW&WCBA November event plus exclusive access to a networking community and on-demand webinars, to help you grow and learn throughout the year. It's the educational investment that keeps on giving.

Start now with our COMPLIMENTARY WEB SEMINAR: Reduce Rampant Requirements Risks with Agile Practices, featuring Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder, Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc. on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 12:00 - 1:00 EST, Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/ffca7qg7nw5r

Join us November 14-16 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando for Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts. Register now to secure your spot. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG.

All the best,
The ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts Team
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Complimentary Web Seminar: Reduce Rampant Requirements Risks with Agile Practices

Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts invites you to join us for the following complimentary web seminar: Reduce Rampant Requirements Risks with Agile Practices featuring Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder, Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 12:00 - 1:00 EST
Reserve your Webinar seat now here.
Please use priority code M2320W11Blog when registering

Because requirements-related problems are often cited as one of highest risks for any type of software project, more and more project leaders and business analysts are turning to agile methods of relief. Learn from requirements expert and agile coach Ellen Gottesdiener how agile teams successfully address and resolve key requirements risks.

You will learn how to:
• Identify the most common requirements-related to risks on any project
• Describe agile requirements practices that mitigate requirement risks
• Name key agile practices that facilitate the ability to for project managers and business analysts to requirement reduce risks

Participants will also receive a subscription to EBG's eNewsletter, Success with Requirements.


About Ellen Gottesdiener
Ellen Gottesdiener is founder and principal of EBG Consulting, experts helping you deliver high-value products your customers want and need. Ellen is an internationally recognized facilitator, coach, trainer, speaker and expert in agile product management practices, product envisioning and roadmapping, business analysis and requirements, retrospectives, and collaboration. She works with global clients and speaks at numerous numerous industry conferences.

Author of two acclaimed books - Requirements by Collaboration and The Software Requirements Memory Jogger- Ellen is co-authoring (with Mary Gorman) a book on practical agile planning and analysis practices. View articles, Ellen's tweets and blog, free eNewsletter, and find a variety of useful practitioner resources on EBG's website, ebgconsulting.com.

About EBG Consulting
EBG Consulting experts help you deliver high-value products your customers want and need. Based on many years of experience in a variety of domains, EBG helps you calibrate your practices to produce timely, quality products. EBG is a leader in helping business and technical teams collaborate to deliver valued, useful and usable products using the agile practice. EBG helps you incorporate appropriate business and requirements analysis practices to ensure a shared understanding of product needs.

Speaker Spotlight: Terri Dickson, PMP

Leading up to the Project World and World Congress for Business Analysts conference, we're featuring the outstanding bios of some of our speakers. Today let's take a look at Terri Dickson, PMP, Program Manager, External Mandates & Compliance Implementation, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Owings Mills, MD.

A Project Management Professional since 2005, Terri has over 10 years of project management experience combined with 20+ years of experience in Information Technology, Health Care Insurance and Government contracts. In 2009, she accepted a position that took her from managing large scale projects with daily face-to-face team contact to a totally virtual team environment – literally overnight.

Terri will be presenting "Soft Skills in a Virtual Team Environment" on Wednesday November 16th 2011 in the From Project Manager to Project Leader track at Project World. You’ve mastered the art of soft skills with your team. You’re able to recognize every nuance of body language and team interaction and now your next assignment is managing a totally virtual team. What now?

Transitioning your soft skills to an environment without face-to-face contact can be daunting. Learn how to leverage your soft skills and communication skills to become an effective virtual team leader.

In this session you will explore:
• Transitioning soft skills from a face-to-face to a virtual team environment
• How to be an effective virtual Team Leader
• Tips and Tools for effective (and clear) communications and how to avoid the pitfalls that occur in a virtual environment

Learn more about Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts by downloading the brochure here. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.

Speaker Spotlight: Paul A. Capello, P.M.P.

Leading up to the Project World and World Congress for Business Analysts conference, we're featuring the outstanding bios of some of our speakers. Today let's take a look at Paul A. Capello, PMP, Project Office Manager, Bayfront Health Systems. Paul will be presenting "Managing the Increase in ARRA-Focused Projects: A Real Success Story with the Bayfront PMO Workbook" on Monday, November 14, 2011 in the Annual PMO Summit.

Bayfront Medical Center has established a Project Management Office to facilitate, educate and demonstrate Project Management principles and methodologies. Bayfront Medical has realized the benefits of putting work into projects within the organization; however the large number of projects and the complexity of the projects have resulted in difficulties around collaboration and communication. As the organization tries to transform itself from a reactive organization to a proactive organization and realize efficiencies and cost savings to meet the needs of an evolving marketplace certain tools are created. Thus, the project workbook was born.

In this session you'll learn:
• How to effectively communicate across project teams using a project workbook
• How to have Project Milestones documented
• How to introduce team members to Project Management methodologies

Paul Capello has extensive experience in a wide range of project management duties involving high technology systems development and integration projects, with particular expertise in project leadership and cost and schedule management. Paul is conversant with state-of-the-art technologies and complex technical subjects.

Paul’s recent activities include project management training and mentoring, project management presentations to large groups, leading a 35 person software development team to achieve client acceptance of a client/server budgeting system, writing a complete project management methodology for a health system, developing and delivering a 5 day project management training course, writing a software development methodology, managing a software engineering department and project teams delivering real-time embedded machine control systems, developing recommendations to strengthen a company's software development methodology, using MS-Project to provide planning and performance tracking for a large healthcare clinical implementation project, developing a scalable methodology to tailor project management disciplines to projects of different size and complexity, and conducting training courses in project management.

Prior to that, Paul was an IT manager and financial manager providing project management support to a multi-million dollar integrated software and hardware development project for Avco Financial.

In 2000, Paul was certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. Paul also sat on the Board of Directors for PMI South Florida from 1999-2003. Paul has recently been lauded in the Metropolitan Who's Who for Project Management.

To hear from Paul join us this November PW&WCBA! Learn more about Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts by downloading the brochure here. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.

Filling the "Air Sandwich"

I recently had the pleasure of moderating another one of our Project World and The World Congress for Business Analysts year-round webinar series. Our featured speaker was Mark Morgan, founder of StratEx Advisors. Mark has a 30 year history of work with individuals, teams and organizations helping them clarify what they want and focus on getting it. His belief is that solutions to organizational challenges are best constructed to match the unique DNA of the organization. His career has covered engineering, line management, leadership development, business start-up, project management, program management, portfolio management, strategic planning, workshop facilitation and public speaking. Mark has worked with individuals and companies in the high-tech, bio-tech, construction, consumer goods, high volume manufacturing, software, healthcare and internet industries.

Mark raised one point during the webinar that I found particularly applicable to a lot of situations.
How can we fill the void or avoid the disconnect between strategy and individual projects? Or as Mark put it, how can we put content in the "air sandwich"? He identified several key characteristics that can help an organization with this goal: Traceability, Sufficiency, and Capacity.


Is this a challenge you have faced in your company? How did you address the issue? Share with us in the comments.

To enjoy year-round learning benefits such as the webinar series throughout 2012, register for the event today. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG.

Michelle LeBlanc is a Social Media Strategist at IIR USA with a specialization in marketing. She may be reached at mleblanc@iirusa.com.

See Who’s Attending PW&WCBA 2011

We hope that you're planning to join us for ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts® this November. The industry's leading companies will be attending - don't get left behind - gain the skills, insights and techniques you need to be more valuable to yourself and your organization.

Take a look at the companies who've already signed on to attend:
280 Group
Adobe
ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
American Chemical Society
American Water
Aseco Integrated Systems
Atmos Energy
Bank of Canada
Bayfront Health Systems
BECU
BMC Software
Boeing
Bright House Networks
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland
Caterpillar
Cisco
Citibank
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Covidien
Cubic Corporation
Cultural Mixology
Cushman & Wakefield
Defense Contract Management Agency
EBG Consulting, Inc.
Education Credit Management Corp
Erie Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance
Follett Software
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Humana, Inc.
General Dynamics IT
IBM
IMF
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Innovative Management Solutions
IRS
Kaiser Permanente
Landsbankinn
Leadership CoP
Liberty Mutual
Lisa DiTullio & Associates, LLC
Mandalay Entertainment
Marathon Oil Company
Meta Payment Systems
Microsoft
National Insurance Product Registry (NIPR)
Newfield Exploration
North Highland
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NYSTEC
Oracle America PetSmart
Pfizer
Physicians Mutual
Plains All American Pipeline
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Prudential
Raymond James
SAS Institute
Scripps Networks
The Smart PMs, Inc.
Sunlife Financial
Synovus Bank
TG
Thinqube Network
TMG Health
Travelers Insurance
TriZetto Group
TVA
United Parcel Service
United States Olympic Committee
U.S. Cellular Corporation
Vermont Information Technology Leaders
Walt Disney World
WEA Trust
Wells Fargo Insurance
Yankee Candle Company

Hear from a speaking roster filled with project management and business analysis practitioners, as well as industry leading CIO's and IT executives sharing stories from the trenches.

Keynotes include:
• Dr. Terry Barnhart, Senior Director Global R&D, Pfizer
• Carlos Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
• Peter Guber, Founder & CEO, Mandalay Entertainment, Author, Tell to Win - Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story
• Chuck Millhollan, MBA, MPM, PMP, PgMP, Innovative Management Solutions
• Disney Institute
• Plus more than 40 additional world-class speakers. Download the brochure for the full speaking line-up and session description.

Plus, within one conference package you'll receive exclusive access to the 2011 on-demand Web Seminar Series AND access to the live PW&WCBA conference in November. That's up to 36 PDUs/CDUs in just one package!

Join us November 14-16 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, register now to secure your spot. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG.

All the best,
The ProjectWorld® & World Congress for Business Analysts Team
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Friday Flicks: "What The Heck is a Tech Nowist?"

Carlos Dominguez is a Senior Vice President in Cisco’s Office of the Chairman of the Board and CEO and a technology evangelist, speaking to and motivating audiences worldwide about how technology is changing how we communicate, collaborate, and especially how we work.

He describes himself not as a "futurist," but as a "Tech Nowist," which is to say someone who is interested in understanding what technology is available today and then using it to it's best advantage.

Dominguez will be presenting the keynote presentation "Becoming a Change Maker: What Technology Can Do to Bring You into the Future" on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts. In this session you'll gain insights on how to become a change-maker and create a culture that’s adaptable, agile and understanding of the virtual and global work environment and how you can leverage technology to advance your projects, portfolios and value to your organization.

Check out this video for a sneak peek of his presentation style:


To get started on improving your collaboration technique now, try these seven tips from a post on his blog:

1. Experiment – Many large enterprises have very strict processes and guidelines on the adoption of new company-wide technology deployments. I suggest adopting an approach of experimentation. Without experimentation you may miss a game changing technology.
2. Start Small – Engage in three to four small technology deployments and see what works.
3. Measure / Learn – At the onset of these experiments make sure you figure out a way to capture and measure the impact of these technologies. The data/results are key in gaining support from the executive team.
4. Executive Sponsor – Find an executive sponsor who is interested in technology or can gain the most from it. Keep them informed on a regular basis.
5. Expect Failure - Not everything will work. Keep documentation on what failed and why.
6. Trust – This is one of the key things to understand. Nothing replaces face-to-face meetings. The key human characteristic that enables or hinders collaboration is trust. Technologies like high definition video will have a significant impact on trust since facial expressions and body language are recognized. That makes HD video a valuable tool if the teams have never met or if their personal relationships are limited. Inversely, audio conferencing has very little impact on building trust. Use the right tool for the job!
7. Inside/Outside Company – To maximize the potential of any collaboration effort, consider how to get people outside your company to participate. Consider suppliers, partners and customers as potential participants and contributors. Some great things may happen!

Read the whole post here for more.

To learn more about Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts, download the brochure here. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.

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#PWWCBA Speaker Spotlight: William J Purpura of The Boeing Company

This November at Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts, William J. Purpura, MSME, MBA, PE, & PMP; Senior Project Engineer at The Boeing Company will be presenting "Earned Schedule (ES), Correcting Earned Value Management’s (EVM) Errors in Cost & Schedule Predictions on Complex Projects"

Over his 35 year career, (including 28 years at Boeing), Purpura has served in both Senior Project and Senior System Engineering roles on a widely diverse range of programs. Bill has been awarded BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineer, an MBA, as well as four post graduate Certificates in Software Engineering from California State University Fullerton. He is Project Management Professional (PMP) certified, a registered Mechanical Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of California, and a SEC certified Registered Investment Advisor.

Bill is currently supporting Boeing’s Strategic Development & Experimentation organization, focusing on the creation of next generation Net-Enabled architectures and environments as well as development roadmaps for technologies critical to Boeing’s new business thrusts. Bill has been awarded 13 US patents (2 more pending), 3 International patents, and one Boeing trade secret. He has also authored/presented scores of papers and training courses within Boeing as well as workshops at Project World in 2006, 2007, 2008, & 2009.

This year's session will focus on Earned Schedule (ES). Called out in the 2005 PMI Earned Value Management Practice Standard as an “emerging practice”, Earned Schedule provides analytical tools to address known EVM errors in predicting cost & schedule for complex projects. Drawing on the same data underpinning EVM systems ES Schedule Performance Indicators (SPIs) are calculated based around time, not cost. This allows management to better understand the true progress being made on complex systems in terms aligned with today’s most important project constraints; time-to-market and/or contracted product delivery. This one day workshop will provide attendees with the essential understanding of the theory of ES as well as a working knowledge of the tools and process required to implement it on current/future complex projects.

To learn more about Project World and the World Congress for Business Analysts, download the brochure here. Readers of our blog receive an exclusive 15% discount off the standard registration rate with code PW11BLOG. Register here.