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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Speaker: Todd C. Williams, President, eCameron Inc
Location: Coast Bellevue Hotel, 625 116th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
(NE 8th St & 116th, Next to the Denny's Restaurant), Hotel phone = 425-455-9444
Time: 5:30 PM Social, 6:00 PM Dinner, ~6:30-8:30 PM Speaker
Price: $40 members & guests. Cash or Check only at the door.
Advance payment can be made via Amazon Payments.
RSVP: RSVP is required for this event. Please RSVP by Thursday, January 14, 2010 via our RSVP Form.
Cancellations: Due by 4:00 PM on Friday, January 15, 2010.
CPE Credits: two
Todd C. Williams:
Mr. Williams has thirty years’ experience as a Project Manager, architect, entrepreneur, and businessperson. He has spent twenty of those years recovering red projects. From this experience, he has developed a process to make recoveries more efficient and prevent their reoccurrence. His experience provides a wealth of knowledge on avoiding project failure.
AMACOM Press will publish his first book, Back From Red: Recovering Failed Projects, in late 2010. Back From Red defines a project audit and recovery process that recovers projects while focusing on root cause correction and prevention.
He has worked in manufacturing and service industries on products used internally and externally to the companies developing them. These projects include large-scale system integration of manufacturing systems, equipment integration, web-based collaboration tools, thick clients with automated update via the internet and large-scale business systems integration. The projects have been in Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Israel and the United States with teams dispersed in as many as five countries, three continents and countless time zones. Some of these projects were captive in-house time-and-materials projects while others were outsourced fixed-priced projects.
His company, eCameron, Inc., is located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. He is a published author, maintains a blog at ecaminc.com/index.php/blog and regularly publishes a Project Management Technique eZine.
Summary:
People or Process, as the name implies, looks directly at the role of people versus process in a project’s success or failure. The focus on process is a needed component, but does not obviate the need to manage people. Unfortunately, the trend over the last fifteen years has been to focus on process and reduce the project to a checklist of tasks. This has created a culture that neglects the value of a manager with people skills.
This presentation uses case studies and class interaction to underscore the how people make or break the project. Attendees learn the importance of working closer with the people on the project by looking at four areas:
By the end of the presentation, attendees will understand the importance of balancing people and process and where to focus their efforts. The benefit of being more involved with the inner workings of the project will be evident.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time: Noon - 2:00 PM
Location: Bellevue Library Room 4, 1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
We will be electing board members for next fiscal year (starts July 1) and planning upcoming events. Please attend if you have any interest in actively participating in the chapter.
RSVP: Please let Zaneta Noreikaite, IMA Bellevue President, know if you plan to attend this event. You can email Zaneta via our Contact Form.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Speaker: IMA Bellevue Members
Details: Students at Seattle University have invited members of the IMA Bellevue Chapter to present information about the IMA and the CMA certification to students interested in joining or pursuing certification. Lunch will be served (likely pizza). Attendance is free. Please join members of the IMA Bellevue Chapter Board in communicating the value of the IMA and CMA certification.
Location: Seattle University, Business & Economics School, Pigott Building, Room 103,
Link to Campus Map
RSVP: Please let Zaneta Noreikaite, IMA Bellevue President, know if you plan to attend this event. You can email Zaneta via our Contact Form.
February 18 - 20, 2010
The Golden West Council and the Pacific Northwest Council of IMA present REST (Reno Educational Seminar & Training) on February 18-20, 2010. Discounts are available for registrations before January 15. Please see the flyer for more details.
