| Monday, November 15, 2010 |
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Project Management
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Project Management
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BOTH
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Business Analysis
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Business Analysis
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| 8:45 - 10:00 am |
Keynote Presentation:
Breaking the Communication Barrier
Abe Wagner |
| 10:15 - 11:15am |
Murphy's Laws for Business Analysts
David De Witt
NueVista Group
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Okay, so you are a business analyst assigned to an agile project; now what?
Ron Blanco
Thomson Reuters Healthcare and Science
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The Power in being a Positive Leader
Jeanette Bordelon
Bordelon Consulting, Inc
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Critical Path: Aligning Project Management with your Company's Vision
Rich League
Zimmer, Inc.n
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Busting the single project myth
Brian Watson
Quick Solutions, Inc.
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| 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Modernizing Applications with Visual Requirements
Matt Morgan
Blueprint Software Systems Inc.
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Effective Management of Distributed Teams -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Keith MacKay
Village Software, Inc |
Say it Straight or You’ll Show it Crooked
Abe Wagner
Abe Wagner & Associates, Inc.
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The 3 Minute Mile: Why is My Project Team Killing Itself?
Steve Pieczko
Geneca
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Innovate or Die: Does Professional Project Management Make Sense for Agile Innovation Teams?
Richard Sheridan
Menlo Innovations LLC
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| 12:30 - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH BREAK
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| 1:45 - 3:00 pm |
The Great BA: Here's Looking at You!
Sinikka Waugh
Your Clear Next Step |
Stronger Together: Cultivating the BA and PM Relationship
Renee Saint-Louis
The Schwan Food Company
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Business Value Creation: Collaborating with Product Management to Achieve Sustainable Market Success
Greg Geracie
Actuation Consulting, LLC |
So, Why Do Projects Slip
Ron Holohan
The pm411.org Project Management Podcast
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Innovating and Fostering Change Via Project Management
Jan Tramposch
IBM |
| 3:15 - 4:45 pm |
Facilitating Process Improvement: Method & Tools for Process and Business Analysts
Artie Mahal
BPTrends Associates
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Critical Success Factors to Manage Large IT Initiatives
John McClanahan
Allstate Insurance Company
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Business Architecture is for everyone!: A PMO's and Business Analyst's guide to leveraging Business Architecture
David Heidt
Enterprise Agility |
Amoeba or Man? Where is PM on the Evolutionary Scale?
Alexander Kamilewicz
Integrated Project Management Company, Inc
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PANEL: PMBOK SCHMEMBOK - What you really need to do to complete projects successfully
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| 4:45 - 6:00 pm |
Sponsor Showcase and Networking Reception
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| Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| 8:45 - 10:00 am |
Roundtable Discussions
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| 10:15 - 11:15am |
Business Analysis through Improvisation
Kupe Kupersmith
B2T Training
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Getting Predictable - Creating a Common Vision
Cathy Brunsting
Geneca
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Fusion - The Blending Roles of Project Managers and Business Analysts
Jeannine McConnell
Dynamic Process Management
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All PMO's are not the same!
Carl Manello
Slalom Consulting
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Milestone Deliverables:
The Hands-On Approach To Implementing IT Systems
Peter Gross
Pemeco Inc.
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| 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Business Process Management: A Prescriptive Approach to Solution Design and Implementation in 60 - 90 Days
Peter Beggs
IBM
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Better use of IT through Business Architecture
Timothy Mero
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
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The Role of the BA in a PMO
Len Marchese
EKI
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Contextual Inquiry: Defining Requirements by Understanding How Users Really Work
Larry Marturano
InContext Design
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The Power of the Compelling Story: Creating a Desire to Win
Donald Ortner
Q-Leadership, LLC
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| 12:30 - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH BREAK
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| 1:45 - 3:00 pm |
Why ERP Projects Fail
Jack Frano
Adaptive Growth, Inc
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Business Analyst to Business Architect . . . and Beyond
Jack Hilty
SentientPoint, Inc. |
Facilitation - Why You Need It in Your Tool Kit
Joe Goss
UW-Madison, Div. of Information Technology
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A Dozen Dumb Ideas from Conventional Project Management
Ken Hanley
KTH Program and Project Management Inc.
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Growing Up Agile: The Next Generation of Project Managers Lisamarie Babik
Menlo Innovations LLC |
| 3:15 - 4:45 pm |
Panel: Industry Throw-Down
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