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London Events Archive 2006
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Wednesday
6th Dec 2006
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Finding your way through Complexity
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gain new clarity using the SD paradigm
See the 'Big
Picture'; use 'Points of Leverage'
OK, so you have a strategy, you are running loads of
projects, but nothing seems to be moving...... how do
you know where to focus your effort to deliver the right
results in a complex situation or environment?
Andy will introduce us to System Dynamics (SD), a
tool for helping us to cope with complexity. He will
share with us some situations where managers needed to
understand where to focus their efforts and how best
secure their desired outcomes. Andy will describing how
SD can be used to set out the 'big picture', to identify
points of leverage and to secure the biggest bangs for
the buck. Using real-life examples, Andy will explore
with us the use of some valuable new tools for project
and programme scoping and strategy-setting.
by
Andy Mais,
Please note: the AGM will precede this evening
meeting see below for further
details.
Discussion Tables
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Flyer
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Wednesday
6th Dec 2006
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PMI UK Chapter Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the UK Chapter of the
Project Management Institute will be held at the
Rosebery Hall, to precede the December London Event. The
purposes of the meeting are to present the Annual Report
for 2005, the Chapter objectives for 2007 and changes to
the UK Chapter Board. Chapter members are encouraged to
attend and to bring questions.
Please join us for tea and coffee prior to the start
of the AGM.
Please note: you must be a member in good
standing of the PMI UK Chapter in order to attend the
AGM at 5.30pm.
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Wednesday
1st Nov 2006
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PMI Half-Day Event
Competition,
Conflict, Choice and Challenges
To mark 2006 International Project Management Day the
London Chapter Presents an afternoon of Competition,
Conflict, Choice and Challenges
at Snamprogetti
House, Basingstoke
Programme
Venue
Snamprogetti House
Basing View Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 4YY,
For
further details regarding travel to the venue please download the
meeting flyer (136Kb)
Costs
PMI UK Chapter
Members FREE, GUESTS £40
PDUs
Attendance at this
event will attract 4 PDUs towards maintenance of your
PMP certification. The code for claiming the PDU is
C075.YY.MM.DD
Registration
Numbers at
this event will be restricted to 150. Please book as
soon as possible before the event.
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Flyer
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Wednesday
4th Oct 2006
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Profiting From Experience
the value of
post implementation reviews
Many organisations perform project post
implementation reviews (PIR's) to assess and understand
the extent to which project objectives were actually
achieved, and to benefit from "lessons learned".
However, the information gathered from post
implementation reviews doesn't always result in improved
project delivery. What factors differentiate a
successful PIR process?
by Neil Robertson,
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Please
note: This meeting is being held at 1 More London
Place, London, SE1 2AF not at our usual venue.
Please see the flyer for full details and directions.
Discussion Tables
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Flyer
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Slides
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Wednesday
6th Sep 2006
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Those Crucial Conversationsmaking them
work for you and your project
As the magnitude and complexity of projects increase
in an ever changing world, we see projects becoming
dependent on the project team’s ability to work together
and with other stakeholders. Experience as well as
research over the last 25 years has shown that projects
can succeed or fail, resting on a team’s ability to
address and resolve risky, emotional and high stakes
issues, while at the same time building and
strengthening relationships for mutual benefit.
by
Grahame Robb, Managing Director, GRA
Discussion Tables
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Flyer
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Wednesday
5th July 2006
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Secure success through Proper Planning
Beware leaving too fast from the
project's starting blocks
Most projects fail to deliver their promise. This is
happening more than many of us care to admit. It is
often because of ill-considered or unrealistic planning;
the result of insufficiently lucid thought or limited
collaboration among the stakeholders. Project planning
can be made more realistic if uncertainty is assessed
more carefully, involving all projects players. Projects
planned in this way are more likely to deliver their
promise.
by Simon White
Discussion Tables
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Wednesday
7th June 2006
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Taming the Beast
...that roller-coaster
where you must persuade people to change their
behaviour!
Does the success of your project depend on people
changing their behaviour? If so, you’d better focus on
change management before your project becomes the Beast
that bites you.
by Mark Crowne
PMP
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Wednesday
10th May 2006
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At Serious Risk - the British Army
way
- Engineering work in Afghanistan
The British Army are now deploying into southern
Afghanistan. Military operations involve complex
planning, decisive action, logistical and engineering
support. This has been shown on current operations where
the military has deployed thousands of troops to the far
corners of the world. To support these tasks the
military has developed its own project management
techniques.
The presentation will explain the basis
and capability of military engineering project
management. Major Smith has been responsible for
projects in excess of $100m and will use examples from
operations to highlight current management and command
processes.
by Major Brian
Smith
Discussion Tables
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Flyer
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Wednesday
5th April 2006
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How’s your career ?
- rich options for
a career in project management
John Greenwood of Fujitsu and a member of our London
Committee, presents an evening of ‘Cracker Barrel’. This
is an idea based around the tradition of a rural America
community meeting at the village store, all around the
cracker barrel to share their news. We plan to divide
into three groups and have three separate speakers; each
with their own ‘spin’ on the subject. The groups will
change tables at 15 to 20 minute intervals and at the
end we will look to make some sense of it all.
by
John Greenwood
Discussion Tables
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Flyer
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Wednesday
1st March 2006
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A real-life story of 'Lessons Learned'
This time, success rises from the
ashes of failure!
Dr David Partington joins us
from the University of Cranfield
For a variety of reasons project post-mortems rarely
lead to the transfer of useful knowledge. Occasionally
however, under certain conditions learning takes place
with brilliant effect. This presentation describes two
major successive government programmes. The two were
similar in many repects, yet one was a spectacular
failure while the other was an acclaimed success. The
reason for this turn-around was that high-level
principles were learned. The presentation describes what
was learned and how.
by Dr
David Partington
Discussion Tables
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Wednesday
1st Feb 2006
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Right People - Right Team - Right Project
Be
ready for an energetic and inspiring evening
Nick
Fewings joins us from The Colour Works
How many people are there in your life you’d prefer
not to work with? Is the feeling mutual? Why is this
true? It’s because we’re all DIFFERENT...and there’s
nothing wrong with that.
by Nick
Fewings
Discussion Tables
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