 2008 San Francisco Symposium Sessions Schedule
 Symposium Track Sessions — Monday, October 13th and Tuesday, October 14th
The Symposium program serves the needs of every business and IT professional. The Symposium has 5 dedicated track sessions; 2 Project Summit, 2 BusinessAnalystWorld, and 1 shared track for both
- Each session is 60 or 75 minutes in duration.
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All Attendees |
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| Tips, Tools and Techniques |
Strategic Project Management |
Leadership, Agility & Vision |
Tips, Tools and Techniques |
Strategic Business Analysis |
| 8:45am - 10:00am |
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address: Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference between Good and Great Leaders
Robert L. McGannon, Mindavasion
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| 10:15am - 11:15am |
The Human Side of Project Management
Dr. Margery Mayer, Strategy & Process Experts
Everyone
PDF |
Business Continuity Programs: Keep It Clean and Simple!
Tom Stein, Greyhawk Enterprises
Everyone
PDF |
Help Me Help You! How to Proactively Educate Your Business Stakeholders for Greater Project Success
Marie Bankuti, Tether Free Vision Coaching & Consulting
Everyone
PDF
Tool |
PANEL: BA Core Competencies - What Are We Looking For?
Moderator: Lisa Radloff, Stanford Business School
Everyone |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Faster Product Development with an Alternative to Project Review Meetings
Peter D. Lenn, The Daniels Group, LLC
Advanced
PDF
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Expanding Your Perception As a Leader
Robert L. (Bob) McGannon, Mindavation
Everyone
PDF |
Optimizing Requirements Development
Asif Sharif, eDev
Everyone
PDF |
Creating and Sustaining a Business Analyst Community of Practice
Rob Couberly, Chevron
Advanced
PDF |
| 12:30pm - 1:45pm |
Lunch |
| 1:45pm - 3:00pm |
Six Easy Pieces, and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces for Project Success
Jerry Mulenburg, Mulenburg-Quixote Assoc.
Everyone
PDF
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Sizing a Risk Contingency and an Uncertainty Buffer
Oliver Gildersleeve, CrewMatch
Intermediate
PDF |
PANEL: PM VS PA - Who Does What?
Moderator: Nathalie Udo,
Projectway, LLC
Panelists: Rebecca Burgess, Symantec, Harish Chinai, PM Business Consultant, Jenny
Mumma,Chevron, Srinivas
Ramakuri, PMI Silicon
Valley Chapter, Jennifer Toth,
SVB Financial Group
Everyone |
Enterprise Requirements Hierarchy
Terry Longo, HP Education
Everyone
PDF
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| 3:15pm - 4:30pm |
Is Your Data Ready For Your Project?
Suzan Hawbaker, Intel
Everyone
PDF
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Finding the Right Solution: Elicitation Techniques for Compelling Communication
Elisabeth Watson, Ravenflow
Everyone
PDF |
Cross Functional Processes: Identification, Management & Metrics
Rebecca Burgess, Symantec
Advanced
PDF |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Conference Cocktail Reception & Sponsor Showcase |
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