Main Conference
Main Conference at a Glance
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2008
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE
| 7:45 | Opening Remarks and Activity | 10:15 | Networking Break |
| 8:15 | The Magic of Teamwork Pat Williams, Author & Senior Vice President, ORLANDO MAGIC | 10:45 | Your Space: Collaborative Networking Activity |
| 9:15 | Accelerating Fast: HR Systems and Operations Sunil Chandra, Director HR Technology & Operations, GOOGLE | 11:45 | Breakout Tracks Begin |
 Time | 11:45 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 3:15 | 3:45 | 5:00 - 6:15 |
THE NUTS & BOLTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
| What's so Hard about Soft Skills? KINDRED HEALTHCARE | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Understanding and Assessing Requirements Risk IAG CONSULTING | Networking Break | Use of Project Coordinators: A Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Success Story NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE | Do you know your stakeholder? BELK, INC |
THE NUTS & BOLTS OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS
| Learning Lab Part 1- Requirements Management Planning for Success! BMO FINANCIAL GROUP | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Learning Lab Part 2- Requirements Management Planning for Success! BMO FINANCIAL GROUP | Networking Break | Deliver applications faster. RAVENFLOW | Enterprise Analysis: Building a business case that is aligned with the trategies of your enterprise IIBA |
THE LATEST IN PROGRAM & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
| You Gotta Walk Before You Can Run: Getting Started with Portfolio Management JETBLUE AIRWAYS | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | The PgMP & the Fundamentals of Program Management CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED | Networking Break | Advanced Project Portfolio Management: The Wachovia Case Study WACHOVIA CORPORATION | Have a great story to share? If you are interested in speaking during this session please contact Adam Desimone at 646-895-7466 or via email |
THE EVOLVING ROLE OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS
| Business Rules: Do You Know What You’re Missing? EBG CONSULTING, INC | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Learning Lab Part 1: Incorporating the BABOK® into the Business Analyst Professional Development Framework SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.. | Networking Break | Learning Lab Part 2: Incorporating the BABOK® into the Business Analyst Professional Development Framework SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. | Managing a Team of BAs BMO FINANCIAL GROUP |
THE POWER OF BUSINESS & SOFT SKILLS
| Expected Behaviors: Road Rules for Project Team Performance– Not Road Rage LISA DITULLIO & ASSOCIATE | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Are You Too Soft? THE NEAL WHITTEN GROUP | Networking Break | Reading the Table – Advanced Non-Verbal Communication for the Project Manager EMC | Are you a 97 pound PM weakling? Exercise your Soft Skills. IBM POWER SYSTEMS SOLUTION |
BUILDING A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
| Implementing a Program / Project Management Office Center of Excellence (CoE) AMERISOURCE- BERGEN | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Have a great story to share? If you are interested in speaking during this session please contact Adam Desimone at 646-895-7466 or via email | Networking Break | Learning Lab Part 1: Creating a BA Center of Excellence WACHOVIA & ESI | Learning Lab Part 2: Creating a BA Center of Excellence WACHOVIA & ESI |
AGILE in 2008
| Agile – Philosophy, methodology, or practice? BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Agile Business Analysis EBG CONSULTING | Networking Break | Have a great story to share? If you are interested in speaking during this session please contact Adam Desimone at 646-895-7466 or via email | Leading Agile Maniacs ICONATG, INC. |
THE FOUR T’S – TEMPLATES, TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS & TRICKS
| Building the EVM Foundation on IT projects THE BOEING COMPANY | Lunch & Learns Stay tuned for topics | Project Management 2.0 GANTTHEAD.COM | Networking Break | Home Grown Tools Showcase | The Canary in the Mine: Leverage the Business Glossary as a Project Management Tool ACE INSURANCE |
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2008
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO
| 8:00 | Yesterday’s Recap and Lessons Learned | 9:15 | Recent Activities in Federal IT Honorable Karen S. Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information Technology, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET |
| 8:15 | See First, Understand First, Act First: Leadership and Preparedness in the 21st Century Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, (Ret.), Commander of JOINT TASK FORCE KATRINA | 10:15 | Networking Break |
| 10:30 Breakout Tracks Begin | |||
| Time | 10:30 | 11:45 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 3:15 | 3:30 - 4:45 |
THE NUTS &
| Learning Lab Part 1: You’re the New Project Manager…Now What? HIGHMARK | Learning Lab Part 2: You’re the New Project Manager…Now What? HIGHMARK | Luncheon | Transformation: From Managing Many Projects to a Project Management Office THE BOEING COMPANY | Networking Break | Managing a 24x7 large scale test project IBM CORPORATION |
THE NUTS &
| Relating to Data and Data Modeling: What a Business Analyst needs to know so he/she can forge a strong partnership with the Data Architect IIBA | Designing & Implementing Your SW Development Process Around Facilitated Workshops PITNEY BOWES PMOs, VMOs, IPOs: | Luncheon | The Trouble with Use Cases: Myths, egends, Heresy, Outright Lies and Forgotten Truths BOSTON UNIVERSITY’S CORPORATE EDUCATION CENTER | Networking Break | Business Driven User Requirements Modeling CISCO SYSTEMS |
THE LATEST IN
| Boosting Program Manager Effectiveness – Nine Steps to Success ESI | Establishing an Oversight Entity to Drive Bottom-line Results ROBBINS-GIOIA | Luncheon | Learning Lab Part 1: Portfolio Management in the fast-paced, often changing project environment BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | Networking Break | Learning Lab Part 2: Portfolio Management in the fast-paced, often changing project environment BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY |
THE EVOLVING
| Why? The Dangerous Question at the Heart of a Profession BMO FINANCIAL GROUP | Role of the Business Analyst – current and future state IIBA | Luncheon | Creativity and Innovation - lost art or core responsibility? WHY-WHAT-HOW CONSULTING, LLC | Networking Break | Leadership and Culture for Teaching for the Business Analyst HIGHMARK, INC |
PMs & BAs
| How To Know When Your Done: High Quality Analysis vs. High Fidelity Models ACE INSURANCE | When is it appropriate to integrate the Project Manager and Business Analysis Role? BELK, INC | Luncheon | Have a great story to share? If you are interested in speaking during this session please contact Adam Desimone at 646-895-7466 or via email | Networking Break | Computer Mediated Communication in Work Groups SEMINOLE COUNTY GOVERNMENT |
PROCESS
| Influencing Outcomes – Thinking “Process Excellence” from Day 1 AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION | Managing Information Services with CobiT and PMBOK® MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY | Luncheon | Practical Process Improvement MERRILL LYNCH | Networking Break | Using process thinking to run IT as a business CAPITAL ONE |
PROJECT GLOBAL
| When Failure Isn’t an Option: International Team Achieves First Major Systems Success in Iraq TORRES ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS | Have a great story to share? If you are interested in speaking during this session please contact Adam Desimone at 646-895-7466 or via email | Luncheon | Tools & Techniques to Successfully Manage Virtual Global Project Teams CISCO SYSTEMS | Networking Break | Track closed. Please attend another at this time. |
LEADING THE
| Change: Leading It, Managing It, Owning It REALOGY CORPORATION | How to Choose the Right Projects Before You Start To Work On Them! PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE AND RELOCATION SERVICES | Luncheon | A Team Based Approach to Accelerating Organizational Change GOAL/QPC | Networking Break | Track closed. Please attend another at this time. |
