Program

Saturday, August 25, 2007

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Time Event
ALL DAY VENDOR SHOWCASE
07:30 – 08:30 AM AM Registration/Badges
07:30 – 08:30 AM Continental Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Warren S. Reid, Managing Director, WSR Consulting Group
CPR (Cooperative Project Recovery): Reviving the Drowning Large-Scale IT Project
09:30 – 10:00 AM Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM CONFERENCE SESSION #1
Kim Brant-Lucich
Aligning Process Redesign and Change Management with Project Management
Peter Karpiuk
Quality Assessment using SPRT
Thomas Cutting
Avoiding Shock Therapy: A Case Study in Managing Directional Changes
Brenda Ingham
Strategic Approach to Managing your Career
Wes Kliewer, Project Insight
Project Insight: Advanced Scheduling and Resource Management
11:00 – 12:00 AM CONFERENCE SESSION #2
Karina Gamble
Defining your Career path in Software Quality
Quentin Fleming
Using EVM Light (…as a start) On All Projects
Inez J. Marino
The Ten Commandments of Project Success: Correcting Faulty Thinking
Jeff Cohen
Developing IT Systems for Business Agility
Mitchell Sherman, WGA Consulting
Creating Innovation in Applications Development: Applying ITIL Frameworks to Enhance Business Value
12:00 – 12:45 PM LUNCH
01:00 – 02:00 PM CONFERENCE SESSION #3
Sylvan Finestone
Sarbanes Oxley Audit Success – Secrets no one has told you
Don McNatty
Implementing the EVM Theory with Primavera
Will Crist
How to Communicate Difficult News to Difficult People (Without Difficulty)
Tim Pelland
Process Improvements – the new reality show
Brynley Lee, RCM Technologies
Managing the Hidden Costs of Offshore Projects – Version II
02:00 – 02:30 PM Break
02:30 – 03:30 PM CONFERENCE SESSION #4
Bob Lambert
Leveraging MS Project and XL to achieve Earned Value Management Lite™
Chris Petrov
Designing Usability into a Test Automation Framework
Margaret Meloni
Hey, There are People Behind that Technology!
Mike Graupner
Managing monkeys during the project - Magical people skills that reduces stress and increase effectiveness
TBD
03:30 – 04:00 PM RAFFLE PRIZES & Vendor Showcase

Please note the color coding for the following tracks:
Project & Quality Management
Technologies
Case Studies (of)
Industry Trends (about)
Vendor Presentation