Speakers

Summit 2023

SPEAKERS

AI Impact on Project Management: A Destructive or Transformative Agent

Kwame Amoah, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, University of Cincinnati

Transitioning from the Industry 4.0 era, the companies in Industry 5.0 era are leveraging the potential State-Of-Art technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AL) for more efficient and greener human-centric production. In a similar faction, project management would benefit from AI in order to achieve project goals by enhancing project performance, and consequently reaching a higher sustainable success.

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Delivering Value through Project Recovery

Paul Baumgartner, PMP, Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, GE Aerospace

HELP! You’ve just been asked to recover a bet-the-company project. Failure is not an option. In this session you will learn from the speaker’s experience and published literature what you can expect when recovering a project, in terms of what’s important, what to avoid, and what aptitude (and attitude!) to display to turn the project around

Agile 201

Jennifer Cline, MBA, PMP, Project Manager, iPipeline

Many companies are moving to Agile project management process and training their employees. However, most companies do not implement pure agile. It is often a blend between waterfall, agile, and other methodologies. This session will discuss some business drivers preventing pure agile implementation and how blended project strategy can organize day-to-day work.

The Organizational Change Management Workstream

Dave Davis, PMP, PgMP, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, Thought Leader in Project Management and PMO Coaching

As project managers, we manage work that delivers outcomes and capabilities to the organization that were not previously available. The project manager is expected to be able to identify all components of the organization’s value stream and make sure that the project has work streams that address those needs. And whether the methodology that is used is DevOps, Predictive, Agile, or Hybrid – there still is the need for the organization to adopt these outcomes and capabilities to realize the promised benefits of the initiative.

ERP Implementation Project Failures, Lessons Learned & Litigation: Confessions Of An ERP Expert Witness

Stephen Ditty, PMP, Senior Project Manager, Panorama Consulting Group & ERP Expert Witness

In this session you learn the frequent causes of failed ERP implementation projects, Project Management lessons learned to mitigate these implementation failures, the common claims in an ERP Software Litigation Case, preparing for Litigation and the role(s) of an Expert Witness, and more.

Delivering Value with LEAN Process Improvement

Steven H. Jones, Program Director for Operations and Industrial Management & Assistant Professor, Lindner College of Business

This session will explore how to define and determine what Value is for each organization in order to develop an effective Lean implementation. This session will address the tactical approach to identifying and determining what Value is for each team/organization; Demonstration of Leadership in driving a Lean initiative and How Lean works as a Strategy to efficiently manage an organization.

Agile Project Leadership Values: Responsibility, Respect, and Relationship

Co-Presenter Timothy J. Kloppenborg, PhD, PMP, ACP, DASSM, Kloppenborg and Associates & Professor Emeritus, Xavier University

Each agile project leadership role (product owner, scrum master, and engaged team member) is different, but each can perform better by using some of the same leadership values. Of course certain roles rely more on one leadership value than others - such as a scrum master using the value of relationships to act as a servant leader. Agile project leadership behaviors are grouped into three values of responsibility, respect, and relationship. When a person uses all three values, they lead from the front, middle, and back.

Agile Project Leadership Values: Responsibility, Respect, and Relationship

Co-Presenter Kathryn N. Wells, M.Ed., PMP, Independent Writer, Educator & Project Manager

How to Leverage AI to Boost Your Productivity and Creativity in the Workplace

Michael Lively, QA-DevOps Architect, PMI-ACP, LSSBB, CPCU, PSM1, Manager of Training and Documentation, Great American Insurance Company

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, learn, and create. In this presentation, we will introduce you to generative AI, a subfield of AI that can create new content, such as text, images, music, and code, from scratch or based on your input. We will show you how generative AI can help you solve problems, generate ideas, and enhance your work across various domains and industries.

Generation whY: Developing a Culture of Disruptive and Strategic Thinkers to Drive Impact in Our Communities

Chanda Monroe-Williams, GB, PMP, CM-W Consulting & UC Urban Impact Studio; Executive Director of Urban Impact and Project Learning for the Carl H. Lindner College of Business (COB) and an Adjunct Professor in the Operations, Business Analytics, Information Systems (OBAIS) Department

We often hear about the role each generation played in transforming the way we drive impact. The Silent Generation turned enemies into allies, Baby Boomers created the era of social change, and Generation "X" drove us to be more process driven to improve our digital and financial literacy acumen to build upon the advancements of the previous generations. The latest generation of leaders, however, are more introverted, less tolerant, and yet increasingly innovative in how they solve for "Y."

Navigating Your Project to Product Quest

Co-Presenter AnnMarie Pursel, Agile Center of Excellence Leaders, Great American Insurance

Understanding the pathways and key success factors in making the journey from Project to Product. This presentation will cover changes needed across your organization and the challenges you may face in making a similar journey. We will share learnings that we discovered during our ongoing transformation.

Navigating Your Project to Product Quest

Co-Presenter Lisa Boerger, ePMO Lead, Great American Insurance

Mixing It Up: How Program and Product Management Combine to Create a Winning Recipe

Sue Rowland, PMP, PSPO 1, Release/Project/Program Management, The Kroger Co.

This session will compare and contrast the roles and skill sets of program and product managers both as critical ingredients in the recipe for driving successful outcomes. It will also look at what can happen when one "ingredient in the recipe" is missing or out of balance.

Business Agility Starts With Project-to-Product

Aaron Kopel, CEO of Project Brilliant

One key truth we've found is that you haven't really started the Agile journey until you begin the Project-to-Product shift. We will walk through why this shift is so crucial, how to prepare for it, and how to follow it through to the successful conclusion of becoming a more Agile organization. To do so, we will introduce a model that enables organizations to simplify their journey to focus on business outcomes and the key capabilities that matter most. Join us to gain exposure to a pragmatic Business Agility model that can aid PMs in advancing their organizations, and their careers.

Redefining Project Success Saturday, November 18, 2023

University of Cincinnati - Carl H. Lindner College of Business

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