Opening Remarks

Keynote: Creating the Right Team Environment to Motivate Collaboration

Arthur Shelley, Author, The Organisational Zoo: A Survival Guide to Workplace Behaviour, Global Knowledge Manager,
Cadbury Schweppes

Your Space Session 2008

This session is all about the topics and issues that matter most to you. Meet with your peers across industries in an interactive roundtable format facilitated by our top speakers. Send us the top focus areas for project managers and business analysts. Submit theme suggestions directly to projectworldregional@iirusa.com. We will then select the top 10 focus areas. You can pick three and rotate between them to get the answers you need to get the job done when you return to your office.

The 6 Concurrent Track Sessions Begin
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Track A - Practical Applications for the PM
Track B - Trends and Advancements for the PM
Track C - Practical Applications for the BA
Track D - Trends and Advancements for the BA
Track E - The People Side
Track F - Tools and Techniques

Track A: Practical Applications for the PM

Cathy Warner, Training Consultant, Highmark, Inc.

The Versatile Project Manager

Jen L. Skrabak, PMP, MBA, Principal,
Amgen Inc. & Los Padres Chapter President

Attracting and Motivating Talent Through Project Branding

Paul Coogan, PMP, Technical Project Management
Disney Consumer Products

Project Management Office Workbook – A Real World Success Story

Paul A. Capello, PMP, PMO Manager,
Bayfront Health Systems

Track B Trends and Advancements for the PM

The Six Unspoken Habits of Highly Effective Program Managers

Raed Haddad, Senior Vice President, Client Programs,
ESI International

Succeeding at Global Project Management: Cultural and Communication Considerations

Murray Bookman, Global Senior Manager, Services Technology Solutions PMO, Cisco Systems

LEARNING LAB: Harnessing Project Uncertainty with Proactive Risk Management

Karen Tate, MBA, PMP,
The Griffin Tate Group, Inc

Track C Practical Applications for the BA

An Introduction to BABOK™ Version 2

Kevin Brennan, Vice President, Body of Knowledge,
IIBA

Organizational Business Analysis Maturity Assessment – CMM-Based Appraisal of BA Practices

Kitty Haas, PMP,
IIBA

Solution Evaluation and Benefits Realization

Kevin Brennan, Vice President, Body of Knowledge, IIBA

Grassroots Excellence: Creating a BA Community in Your Organization

Lila K. Rosa, CBAP, Lead Process Analyst,
GlaxoSmithKline

Mis-Use Cases: Top 10 Abuses of Use Cases

Paul R. Reed, Jr., Senior Associate, EBG Consulting, President,
Jackson-Reed, Inc.

Lessons Learned as a BA on an Agile Project

Jacqueline Sanders, CBAP, Instructor,
B2T Training

LEARNING LAB: Building a Foundation from the Top Down: Critical Steps to Enterprise Analysis

Glenn Brûlé, Director of Client Solutions and IIBA Director at Large,
ESI International

Track E The People Side

Developmental Networks and the Impact on Women’s Careers

Vera Teller, PMP, Director of Systems and Programming,
Trader Joe’s Companies

Managing Change: Clear and Simple

Jim S. Pepitone, Executive Scholar, Pepperdine University

LEARNING LAB: Lab Matching Behaviors for Effective Project Stakeholder Engagement

Arthur Shelley, Author, The Organisational Zoo: A Survival Guider to Workplace Behaviour, Global Knowledge Manager,
Cadbury Schweppes

Track F Tools and Techniques

LEARNING LAB: Profile of the Extraordinary BA

Diana Cagle, MBA, CBAP, Business Analyst,
Florida’s Blood Centers

LEARNING LAB Continued: Profile of the Extraordinary BA

Diana Cagle, MBA, CBAP, Business Analyst,
Florida’s Blood Centers

Techniques for Managing Remote Teams

Stacy Huggar, Applications Development Manager, Assistant Vice President, Capital Group Company

Using Visual Tools for Effective Project Management

Wayne Hart, PMP, Senior Project Manager,
Vision Service Plan