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46th Professional Development Seminar:
Managing Human Resources in a Project Environment
Society of PM Professionals
of Greater Vancouver

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Seminar Program, November 25, 2009

• Project Managers: Getting Things Done Jim Tucker, PMP
• Case Study: How to Implement Project Managment at a very Functional Organization Jamal Moustafaev,MBA, PMP
• Planning a Professional Development Program Walter Wawruck, PMP
• A Generative Approach to Making Projects "Stick" Christopher Dennis, MBA, CEC, PMP
• Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring Sue Drinnan, MSc, CEC

• Project Managers: Getting Things Done Jim Tucker, PMP
  
  Abstract Today's project manager has an overwhelming number of things to do in a constantly changing workplace.� It is still possible to work productively with a clear head and with a healthy sense of relaxed control. In Project Managers: Getting Things Done, Jim Tucker presents the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology pioneered by David Allen.� Jim then applies this methodology to the challenges of the professional project manager, showing how to adopt it as a project management style producing high performance results. Instead of feeling buried, get on top of it all.� Starting with small, practical changes to the way you organize the things that command your attention, you can gain better control of your projects and your world and be ready to respond to change
  
  Biographical Outline Jim Tucker, PMP is an independent project manager with twenty years of IT experience in health care, manufacturing, banking and forestry.� In his spare time, Jim enjoys making music and family time with his lovely wife and their teen-aged daughter and son, each of whom is growing up far too quickly.
  
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  HR GettingThingsDone-TuckerPD46.pdf
  
  Contact
  Jim Tucker, PMP
  Tucker Management Services Inc.
  [604) 842-3456
  [email protected]
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• Case Study: How to Implement Project Management at a (very) Functional Organization Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP
  
  Abstract The presentation is based on an actual project overseen by Thinktank Consulting at a very large organization in British Columbia involved in several megaprojects. The presentation will describe the process of implementing the project management methodology and culture at this functional (siloed) company. The topics covered in the presentation will include:
  � Overview of the company background � Assessment study conducted by Thinktank Consulting including statistics and comments � Recommendations � Implementation details � Lessons learned from the project
  
  Bio Outline Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP � president and founder of Thinktank Consulting, has more than fifteen years of project/portfolio management, requirements analysis, process improvement and corporate training experience in the technology sector. He has done work for private-sector companies and government organizations in Canada and the US. Jamal is a contributor to various software development and project management publications including West Coast BC Project Management Association, Project Times, Better Software and others. Jamal also teaches a highly acclaimed (4.7/5.0 student rating) "Project Planning and Scheduling" course at British Columbia Institute of Technology. Mr. Moustafaev holds a PMP certification, an MBA in Finance (Derivative Securities) and a BBA (Finance and Management Science) from Simon Fraser University.
  
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  HR - PM in Functional Organization MustafaevPD46.PDF
  
  Contact
  Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP
  Think Tank Consulting
  T: 778-995-4396
  e: [email protected]
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• Planning a Professional Development Program Walter Wawruck, PMP
  
  Abstract In this workshop the seminar participants will plan and organize a specific program of professional development activities aimed at the educational needs of Vancouver area PMPs. Break-out groups will recommend topics, knowledgeable presenters, and workshop leaders, with a focus on the needs of practitioners in the various fields of practice within our community, such as engineering-construction, information systems and technology, new-product development, and business process change.
  The workshop outputs will be plans for at least four professional development seminars to be delivered in 2010. The plan will list specific topics for presentations and workshops, and will identify the project managers, key team members, presenters, and workshop leaders by name. If the individuals who will fill these roles are not yet identified, a person will be named for the responsibility of recruiting these individuals.
  
  Biographical Outline Walter Wawruck, PMP, provides consulting and training services in project management, and brings to the presentation his experience on a wide range of projects. Since 1971 he has participated in the management of a variety of projects, including arctic pipelines, information systems development, and large scale defence contracts. He was the founding President of the Society of PM Professionals in Vancouver and continues to serve as an officer of the Society. He has been a member of the Project Management Institute for 30 years, he has served in a number posts on the executive of the West Coast BC Chapter, and has contributed to the formation of chapters in other locations. His awards include Outstanding Chapter President and Distinguished Contribution from PMI and Chapter Builder from the South Saskatchewan Chapter. He has served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Project Management Journal and is active in the technical affairs of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. He was on the Executive of PMI�Canada and looks forward to the imminent revitalization of that organization under a new name.
  
  
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  PlanningPDProgramfor2010-WawruckPD46.PDF
  
  
  Contact
  Walter Wawruck, PMP
  16 West 19th Avenue
  Vancouver BC
  V5Y 2B2
  
  T: 604-879-8752
  e:�[email protected]
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• A Generative Approach to Making Projects "Stick"
  Christopher Dennis, MBA, CEC, PMP
  
  Abstract Use your energy identifying and growing strengths to minimize or make the perceived weaknesses irrelevant. Involve people and let them take care of the process. Give people a framework to be creative. Champion their creativity; set a big, hairy, audacious goal aka BHAG (Jim Collins and Gerry Porras) and get out of their way. Celebrate their efforts and keep asking �what else can I do to get obstacles out of your way� - then do it; do it publicly and boldly!
  
  Biographical Outline Christopher Dennis, PMP rebels against command and control and champions the power and benefits of teamwork. More specifically, he believes in letting the 'inmates run the asylum' as they use their strengths to make the issues irrelevant. Aggravated by the low change sustainability produced by projects, Chris qualified as an Executive Coach and reinvented himself as an executive consultant with a coaching approach to work with executives in changing the organizational context. By changing the context, behavior changes, different decisions become possible which broadens the range of actions and improves possible result outcomes.
  
  
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  HR-Appreciative Inquiry - DennisPD46.PDF
  
  Contact
  Christopher Dennis, MBA, CEC, PMP
  The Sense Makers Inc.
  T: 604 990-4283
  e: [email protected]
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• Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring
  Sue Drinnan,MSc, CEC
  
  Abstract Sue Drinnan specializes in executive coaching, strategic talent management and leadership transformation. She works with leaders of leaders and their teams to design and implement organizational change, including executive team and leadership development systems. She helps organizations become even more effective by developing the right talent, the desired workplace values and the behaviours that will realize a team's true potential. She uses powerful coaching tools to enhance leadership styles, emotional intelligence, workplace climate awareness and related training to increase performance effectiveness at the individual, team and organizational levels.
  
  Biographical Outline Sue Drinnan, MSc, CEC has delivered successful business solutions in both the public and private sectors, including Amdocs Global, BC Hydro, Business Objects, Health Canada, Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates, Novartis, Project Management Institute, BC and Canadian Governments, RCMP, United Nations, UNICEF, Yukon Energy Corporation, Sun Microsystems. She is a graduate of Royal Roads University (Executive Coaching), University of British Columbia (MSc, Neuroscience), Simon Fraser University (BSc) and the Justice Institute of BC (Conflict Resolution). She has training in Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Styles, Workplace Climate and Hay Group Competencies. Sue has managed national clinical trial projects for 9 years, and was a principal in her own management consultancy firm for 10 years. She is on the Editorial Board for the International Journal for Coaching in Organizations. She also draws on her years of experience as an elite athlete, having been on Team Canada in road racing for 3 years (completed the Tour de France Feminin twice) and a ski racer (4th in the National Telemark Ski Championships) as well as her understanding of cultural differences (speaks four languages and signs).
  
  Documents for Downloading No presentation documents are available for publication. Sue Drinnan would be pleased to provide them to attendees upon request. Contact her for assistance in obtaining these items.
  
  Contact
  Sue Drinnan, MSc, CEC
  Insight Leadership Development
  T: (604) 327-4358
  e: [email protected]
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