Please join us from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, for our meeting at the Feather Sound Country Club where Dr. James T. Brown will present –
Value Based Project Selection and Prioritization
Many professionals and project managers exist in an environment where "everything" is considered top priority. Can that really be true? Can everything really be top priority? What are the consequences of everything being top priority?
The most effective organizations ensure valuable resources are focused on the most valuable projects. Selecting and prioritizing projects based on company and organizational values provides focus, clarity and direction. While the benefits may be self evident, the challenge is that organizational values are often conflicting and achieving one objective can be at the expense of another.
Additionally, how a company achieves "buy in" from the many project stakeholders in the selection and prioritization process can minimize the negative political gamesmanship that often takes place later when buy in is not achieved. Can the process of "buy in" to the prioritization process be as important as the outcome?
****Please note: Dr. Brown will be returning to our Suncoast Chapter on February 11, 2011 for a professional development opportunity to present Conflict Management for Project Managers. Details coming soon!****
About Our Speaker:
James T. Brown Ph.D., president of SEBA® Solutions Inc., a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute, has provided training and consulting services for dozens of companies nationally and internationally. He has sixteen years of NASA experience that includes "hands on" experience as a team member, project manager and serving in executive level organizational leadership roles.
He provides consulting services in project management and has served as a subject matter expert for a leading project software vendor. James is the author of
The Handbook of Program Management published by McGraw-Hill. The Handbook of Program Management has been ranked as high as number three of all project management books on Amazon.com. He also provides project management training through the online training portal
Onepdu.com. He has been published in
PM Network,
PE Magazine, PMI Community Post, Projects@Work, and PM World Today. A recognized authority in project management, he is a frequently invited keynote speaker on project management areas of interest and leadership.
Dr. Brown has a patent for a project scheduling methodology, and has received numerous awards including "Engineer of the Year" from the Cape Canaveral Technical Societies and is a recipient of the "NASA Public Service Medal" for exceptional contributions to NASA's mission. He is a member of the Project Management Institute, the National Speakers Association and the National Association of Corporate Directors.
James has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida, a MS in Engineering Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tennessee State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and
Certified Speaking Professional.
Reservations Required for Month’s meeting.
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The Feather Sound Country Club is located just south of the Howard Frankland Bridge off Ulmerton Road. We look forward to seeing you there.
Online reservations can be made for the presentation with dinner or the presentation by itself, without dinner.
November Dinner Meeting
November Speaker Option Only