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David Grote

Designing A Winning Project Plan | 11:00 - 11:50 AM | RM 1410

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CompuCom System Inc.

David Grote, PMP

David Grote holds PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. He earned his BSEE degree in electrical & computer engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Grote began his career at General Electric Co.’s Aircraft Engines business unit in Evendale, OH. At GE he worked in manufacturing, engineering, IT and eventually IT outsourcing services. Mr. Grote held several leadership positions in the IT Outsourcing Services industry with CompuCom System Inc. He currently serves as the Sr. Principal Transformation Analyst at CompuCom.

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Designing a Winning Project Plan

In this session we will see how the design of your project plan can determine whether your organization can win in a competitive bid situation. The presentation centers on a case study of a large technology refresh project at 7,000 retail stores in the U.S. In the session, we will show how the design features incorporated in our project plan helped win the services services opportunity and how we successfully executed the work.

Key Takeaways:

  • The design of your project can influence whether you win business.
  • You project design must consider the key business factors important to your customer or internal stakeholders.
  • Pay attention to the learning curve and its impact on productivity and quality.
  • Be creative in designing your project plan.