August 2009 Chapter Meeting Predictive Project Management - Strategies for Avoiding the OS Phase® Event Date: Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 at 6:30pm Topic: Robert Baim is author of the popular project management book entitled, Avoiding the OS Phase®. In his presentation Bob will discuss the importance of choosing project management processes and tools with attributes that are simple, credible and most importantly predictive. He will describe how these Avoidance Attributes™ can become a foundation for everything we do as project management professionals. The OS Phase™ is quickly becoming a standard phrase to describe failures experienced on projects and even those recently experienced on Wall Street and the global financial markets. The OS Phase™ is the point in time where everything appears to be going well but then hits the wall. The OS Phase™ is that point in a project where the true project status is revealed and the project team is forced to admit that they are in trouble. We strongly encourage everyone to register online. We are a secure eCommerce site. About our Speaker(s): Robert Baim, PMP Bob is an internationally recognized executive consultant, trainer, and author. He divides his time between teaching advanced principles of project management and helping major corporations to actually implement efficient project management processes. He has consulted to numerous Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of industries including process plant design and construction, software and network development, telecommunications, robotics, automotive, and financial management. Previously Bob held executive positions in information systems and computer operations, total quality management, power plant maintenance, contract management, project control, and business management. Bob served also as adjunct professor with Idaho State University in the field of organizational behavior. Bob is a Civil Engineer, MBA, holds a certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI), and maintains distinction as a Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) from the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEi). Bob’s global travels include over thirteen different countries in the past five years, during which time he spent over 100 days working in India. During his travels he demonstrates the importance of project management and promotes his recent book, Avoiding the OS Phase®. Logistics: Lynchburg Remote Telecast: will be held at Areva, 3315 Old Forest Road, Lynchburg Va 24501. (Front lobby entrance) New location!!! Point of Contact: Russsell Matnet, Russell.Matney@areva.com Tri-cities Remote Telecast: will be held at Eastman Employee Center (Toy F. Reid Building) located at 400 South Wilcox Drive, Kingsport, Tn 37660. Point of Contact: Cynthia West, cwest@eastman.com |
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