Guaranteeing Project Success

This "talk show style" presentation spells out effective techniques to ensure project success in an organization. Presenting research on individual and group manipulation, along with proven industry best practices, Eric provides the presentation participants with immediately applicable methods to "guarantee" project success.

Project management is more than listing tasks and assigning resources. The people and their interaction, as well as the defining and managing of everyone's expectations, is the real trick to promising success.

Because this presentation speaks to multiple levels of application, from both an individual and organizational perspective, participants from intermediate to advanced ability in project management will benefit from attending. Participants will walk away with the ability to define and ensure success, as well as continually improve the process to benefit themselves and their organization.

Claims of five dollars of business profit for every dollar invested in improving project management methods and tools sound ridiculous. Is there data to support these ambitious assertions? Explore the hard evidence that's been collected and see how the Oak Simple Business Model of Project Performance (SBM) can shed light on these claims. The presentation will include recommended next steps for executives who want to make practical progress with their organizations.

Privacy and the management of it, has become a very hot topic in Saskatchewan and indeed all of Canada. New legislation and directives have placed a renewed emphasis on privacy, changing it from something to consider to mandatory compliance.
The Saskatchewan Government Executive Branch and Crown Corporations must deal with several existing and new requirements. All private companies in Canada, including Saskatchewan, must comply with PIPEDA. This act broadens the scope to include both private and government organizations.
Compliance to all of the above cannot be taken lightly and should not be under estimated as to the amount of effort involved. To this end, managing privacy represents a huge challenge and incredible opportunities.
This presentation will outline the challenges and highlight the opportunities in this field.

The Regina 2005 Canada Summer Games is the first games ever hosted to formally adopt Project Management processes. We will share our implementation strategy, challenges and lessons learned in applying Project Management within a volunteer based organization. We will also discuss the positive impacts the Project Management Office has had on the Summer Games organization, as well as look at our lessons learned from our planning process.

This presentation will look at the wealth of Project Management experience within our local community and celebrate our accomplishments in pursuing project management excellence. We will also formally acknowledge volunteer contributions to the Regina 2005 Canada Summer Games from our local project management community.

In today's rapidly changing marketplace, organizations are seeking competitive advantage through the execution of strategies that deliver tangible results against corporate measures. Farm Credit Canada has successfully implemented project portfolio management based on the balanced scorecard and strategic measures within the past year. Hear how FCC's increasing need for clear priorities led to the installation of project portfolio management, which aligns projects enterprise-wide with corporate strategy.

Every Project needs to follow sound PM principles in order to achieve success. An ITIL process improvement or implementation initiative is no exception. Often however, these and other business process (BPR) improvements are handled without the benefit of accepted PM practices. The unanswered questions are still 'how do I do this?' and 'where do I begin'?

This session will present an overview of project management principles being used to guide and manage an ITIL project. In addition, the key components will be discussed. This includes such things as:

• Developing a project plan and charter
• Use of these to guide and underpin the project
• Resource considerations
• Timing and use of milestones
• Measuring progress
• Process metrics

The session will attempt to impart wisdom gained through experience in ITIL implementation projects. The attendees will take away a better appreciation of linking project management and process projects.

In project management, there are many different types of knowledge. This presentation looks at the use of Information Technology in Knowledge Management in project management. It also looks at the knowledge management process in project management, e.g. Community of Practice.

After information/data is created, most accesses occur within a day or two and after seven days the information/data is rarely accessed. After 90 days, 90% of information is never or seldom accessed . Information is no longer scarce - but the 'right' information can be buried under a deluge of interesting facts and ideas. Information management has ceased to be an optional extra; it is now the engine that drives an organization and the process that allows individuals to deal with information overload. This presentation will seek to set the stage for a better understanding of the role of information in the business environment; just how we 'use' this resource and how unlike other assets, 'information' frequently changes its form, meaning and value. The presentation will introduce the concept of information lifecycle management, the shared interdependency of information assets and some of the key business drivers for engaging in effective enterprise information management.

During the implementation of a corporate wide Management System, there are many demands for varied communication styles and methods. This presentation will discuss the methodology that was used in the OHSAS 18001 implementation at SaskPower. Challenges that were met along the way include, varied learning styles, demands for just in time communications, and the choices that were made between formal and informal communications. The presentation will also discuss the methods used to ready the project team for the many types of communications that were required, and the lessons learned. Developing multiple methods of communication based on corporate cultures is a key to success in any project, especially when implementing a system that touches a key issue such as safety. Including all levels of Executive and Management in the decisions around methods, and keeping your project team up to date on changes in direction is a challenge that is faced by many Project Mangers and Leaders. This presentation will assist you in exploring the many facets of communication in complex work environments.

General consulting requires a range of services and skills to meet the diverse challenges, needs and opportunities faced by organizations. Consultants and project managers utilize different methodologies and tools to help clients develop strategies, plans and solutions to address these challenges. The methodologies used by consultants are based on different facilitation services, where conceptual modelling tools are used to shape and structure the issue or opportunity. These services are effective as a support mechanism for organizations dealing with complex and difficult problems, cultural issues or the need for team building.

This presentation provides reference information in relating to adult learning principles and graphic organizers which will be used for structuring workshops and meeting to effectively facilitate common agreements and results.