Project Management Symposium

Project Management in a Risky World

August 16-17, 2012

Early Registration Now Open

Early registration is now open for the 6th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium

Early Registration Rate $450 until Monday, July 16, 2012

The conference is sponsored by the Graduate Program in Project Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, in cooperation with the PMI Dallas Chapter and PM World Today. The 2-Day Project Management Symposium will focus on topics relevant to organizations, industries and the economy in North Texas.

Online Registration

Talibah Adenouga
PM Lessons Learned from 24

Hans Joachim Adler and Wayne Davis
Cloud Computing and its Impact on Business Education

Mairaj Ahmed
International and Virtual Teams

Luis Emilio Alvarez-Dionisi
Project Governance: Executive Sponsorship and Governance of Projects, Programs and Portfolios

Russ Archibald and Darci Prado
Competitivity and Maturity in Project Management, a Brazilian Experience

Ira Barash
Managing the Last Sixty Days Before Production Implementation of an IT Project

Tim Bergmann and Lorie Gibbons
Project Recovery Using Enhanced Project Management Tools

Madison Berndt
Applying Project Management Principles to End-User Development

Susan Bivins and Michael Bible
Evaluating Strategic Project and Portfolio Performance

Dennis Bolles and Darrel Hubbard
Executive PMO – Blending Project Management and Business Management

Rebecca Brady and Michael Borts
Using Lessons Learned To Manage Project Risks

Rayan Chaudhuri and Kamalesh Donthula
Doing Agile with Distributed Virtual Teams – Challenges and Opportunities

Kevin Christ
The Pit and the Pendulum

Helen Cooke
Treating Your Job Search as a Project

Dwight Davis
Proven Project Performance in High Risk Environments

Wayne Davis
Managing a Creativity and Innovation Project Using an Aquarium

Tresia Eaves
3 “C’s” in PM Success

Stacy Goff
Threats and Opportunities in Complex Projects

Roger Haddad
Pre-Mortem

Todd Hardy and John Besadesky
Why the "Mad Men" are going mad, Introduction of a PMO into an Advertising Agency

Richard Holt
The Good Leadership Remedy

Greg Indelicato
Cloud Computing

Tony Johnson
Attacking the Iceberg – Agile Meets Program Management

Zelda Jones
Building a PMO or Be Careful What You Wish For, You May Get It

Neelov Kar and Subhro Mitra
Recruiting a Project Manager – A Hiring Manager’s Perspective

Lee Lambert
To PMP or Not to PMP-That is the Question.

Neeraj Mittra
Align the Alignment

Dimas Nogueira
A Journey through the IT PMO Maturity at the Methodist Hospital System

Vladimir Obradovic
Ex-Post Project Assessment, What Do We Learn From It?

Kerrie Opprecht
Doing the Right Think: A Big Picture State of Mind for Implementing Sustainability in our Projects and our Lives

Wendy Overturf
Jurassic Risks: Are Your Projects Prepared?

Adam Paul
Proceed with Caution: Reducing Risk in Transportation Technology Initiatives

Pilar Plazas
Challenges Managing a Virtual Team with an Ocean in Between

Darrel Raynor
Risk Management: Candidate Mitigation Actions

Rob Reader
Stop Doing What You're Told!  How to Strategically Redefine Your PMO

Gary Rechtfertig
Emotional Intelligence and Self-Awareness-Who are you?

Laszlo Retfalvi
Project Risk Management Techniques for Increased Project and Organizational Success

Harry Rever
Applying the DMAIC Steps to Process Improvement Projects

Lon Roberts
Leading High-Performance Project Teams in High-Pressure Projects

Karen Salomon
PMO Maturity- One Size Does Not Fit All.

Swain Scheps
Outsmarting Bias: Applying Behavioral Science to Project Management

Michael Smart
IT Project Failure Rates, Change Management or Fuel for Chaos?

Mark Taylor
Project Management in a Post-Conflict Environment

Dan Vickers
Exercising Responsible Project Authority

Paul Warner
Creativity and Innovation in Project Management

The 6th Annual UT Dallas Project Management Symposium will be held in the Naveen Jindal School of Management located at The University of Texas at Dallas.

The University’s address is
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080

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If you need hotel accommodations, discounted pricing is available.

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For additional information, please Email PM Symposium or call (972) 883-5802