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.

 
  All AAll Attendeess
Tips, Tools and Techniques Strategic Project Management
From the Trenches: Peer-to-Peer Learning
Tips, Tools and Techniques Strategic Business Analysis
8:45am - 10:00am Roundtable Discussions
10:15am - 11:15am

PANEL: What Does A Good Project Plan Look Like?

Moderator: Cinda Voegtli, Emprend Inc. and ProjectConnections.com

Panelists: Richard Huntsinger, Symantec

Ray Ju, California Pacific Medical Center
Robert Lamm, Robert Lamm Design Services

Everyone

Data Visibility: The Starting Point for Portfolio Management
Sean Perry, Robert Half International

Everyone
PDF
Handout

SOx Compliance for Business Analysts

Delores Copper, Symantec
Everyone

PDF

From Tactical to Strategic: A Business Analyst’s Path to Leadership
Glenn Brule, ESI International
Intermediate/Advanced

PDF

11:30am - 12:30pm

Earned Value: What is it and Why do it?

Everyone
PDF

Managing Up the Organization
Randy Englund, Englund Project Management Consultancy
Intermediate
PDF

BA and PM - The New Age of Strategic Project Harmony
Lee Scott,

Unleashing Leaders & 

Dawn Solem & Jennifer Webber, Vision Service Plan (VSP)

Intermediate
PDF

What is the Difference Between a Business Requirement and a Technical Specification?
Cecilie Hoffman, Symantec Corporation
Everyone
PDF
12:30pm - 1:45pm Lunch Leadership, Agility & Vision Lunch
1:45pm - 3:00pm

Aligning Project Management With Organizational Strategy

Jennifer Russell, Mastodon Consulting

Advanced

PDF

Tool

Leading Teams With Influence
Mohan Shukla, Perspective Consulting
Intermediate
PDF
Integrating Interface Analysis into Your Project: Just-Enough, Just-in-Time-talk
Paul Reed, EBG Consulting
Everyone
PDF
3:15pm - 4:30pm

Do or Die: 13 Critical Project Management Practices

Ken Hanley, KTH Program & Project Management, Inc.

Everyone
PDF

The Vital Impact of Personality Styles on Win/Win Negotiations
Robert Benedict, Benedict Negotiating Seminars
Everyone
PDF
Professionalizing Business Analysis - Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects
Kathleen (Kitty) Hass, Management Concepts
Everyone

PDF
Handout
4:30pm - 6:30pm

IIBA Northern California Joint Chapters Event