Track C:
People Side & Leadership

This presentation is a qualitative and quantitative exploration into the people side of project management. Through the use of best practice examples as well as current statistical measures, the audience will explore the human aspect of project management in relation to its accomplishment and deadline oriented counterparts.

Mary Kay Cormier, Pharmaceutical Project Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs, CLINICAL RESEARCH PHARMACY COORDINATING CENTER

This presentation provides concrete steps that someone hiring for a project manager in an organization that values soft skills can follow during recruitment to help ensure a good fit within a nurturing culture. This session will cover Interpersonal Interview Options, Presentation Interview Options, Group Interview Options as well as Written Interview Options.

Melanie Hirshfeld, PMO Director, WISCONSIN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION TRUST

Improving your project management skills is your key to a successful career. Given the increasingly complex environment for project execution and delivery, it has never been more important to focus on your soft skills competencies. Attend this presentation and learn how to:

• Leverage team dynamics to maximize project success.
• Resolve conflicts for winning project outcomes.
• Influence decisions and behavior to realize the project vision.

Lynn Wendt, Project Manager,TRANSUNION

Day Two Track Sessions

Track A:
Core Competencies

Track 1:
Core Competencies for a BA - The IIBA Body Of Knowledge

Track B:
Advancements in Project Management

Track C:
People Side & Leadership

Track 2:
The BA role within the Enterprise

Track D:
Techniques, Tools and Trends

Track 3:
Advancements, Techniques & Trends This Track will be Chaired by IRISE

Track E:
Enterprise

The Big Picture, Tying the Technical Side
and the Business Side Together