PMI Silicon Valley Chapter

Many Project and Program Managers are unaware that they could get much more value from Microsoft Project because they have not studied a book, done its exercises, taken a class, or kept up with advances in scheduling.

Particularly, those seeking employment may wish their skills were better. PMI-SV has priced these classes far below commercial rates so that our graduates can distinguish themselves.

Business today is global, and so are many projects. Leading a distributed team, often with little authority, can be frustrating and challenging. To succeed in this environment, project leaders need to understand the challenges, work to exploit any benefits, apply effective processes, and (usually) lose some sleep.

In his presentation, Tom will share examples of both effective and ineffective project management practices for setting up and successfully leading global project teams. He will draw on his experiences leading international project teams, working in other countries, and his recently published second edition of Results without Authority (AMACOM © 2012).

Following the presentation, attendees will be better able to:

• Use project management principles to set up and run successful global projects.
• Minimize the challenges and potential barriers inherent in managing a global team.
• Effectively employ techniques for “Different time, different place” communication.

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Getting results is the goal of project managers. The process of making this happen starts with defining a purpose, forming a vision, and working through mission and goals to deliver outputs, preferably outcomes desired by the customer or client. In practice, many steps are missed or skipped, and stakeholders resist. This session traverses the journey from vision to reality, defining terms, sharing examples, and illustrating how negotiating skills are crucial to the process. The net outcome for participants does not require learning a whole new process; rather you come to embrace accountability as a vital tool and adopt a mindset about key concepts and techniques that make you more complete—and immediately effective—as a project manager.

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Today’s technologies such as SharePoint, Google Docs, and Webex offer unique opportunities for project teams to more effectively collaborate both locally and around the globe, yet many of our project team meetings continue to be boring presentations and update reports that fail to move the project forward. During this hands-on session, using a unique collaboration technology, we will review six patterns of collaboration and learn how each pattern can be used to improve team productivity. By understanding some basic collaboration concepts and learning a few simple techniques, participants will leave the session with the tools to help them effectively “mine the wisdom” of their team.

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