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| Title
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If This Was Easy, Someone Else Would Be Doing It – Project Management for Engineers |
| Speaker
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Michael B. Flint
President of Project Mangement Institute, Southern Ontario Chapter and MBF Consulting Services Inc. |
| Day and Time
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Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. |
| Location
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EPH 229, Eric Palin Hall
Ryerson University
87 Gerrard St. E., Toronto
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| Organizer
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Engineering & Human Environment Chapter
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| Contact
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Bayo Awoyemi,
E-mail:
Registration required |
| Abstract
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Projects can be defined, can be measured and can be controlled. Project Managers provide the management that helps define, measure and control, despite the perception that projects are over budget and behind schedule. One of the reasons is – “things” change and one of the many skills a project manager has is - Change Management. That is the ability to manage the project through a changing world and still meet expectations.
Project Management is not simple, it is not easy and it is not for the faint of heart. You may be able to read the book, pass the exam and be designated a project manager. However, without the scars, the grey hairs and the all important experience, you may be a project manager in title only. Projects happen in the real world; things go wrong; deliveries are late; people leave; scope changes; risks become more important; and budgets get slashed. One of the key criteria for an effective project manager is the ability to exhibit a high level of confidence for the project, the team and the sponsors while at the same time, deal with the ever present paranoia that everything will go wrong. Good Project Managers do have split personalities – totally confident and totally paranoid!
Michael will provide a high-level view of what projects are, what the processes are and what sorts of tools are in a good project manager’s tool-box. He will also provide some experiences and examples of what can go wrong and what can be done to resolve the issues. The presentation will follow the concept of Practical Project Management (the “Art”) rather than the “Science” of Project Management as it applies to day-to-day functions of running projects.
Because . . . If this was easy, someone else would be doing it
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| Biography
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Michael, a passionate and dedicated project management professional; a senior consultant, with over 25-years experience inbusiness and project consulting, has helped companies, both large and small, manage risk, scope and expectations througheffective use of project management principals, processes and sound logic.
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