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Register by December 19 to Receive the Early Bird Discount C3 leading Projects — Putting the Cart AFTER the Horse these issues and give you strategies for overcoming the complexities introduced when managing in a matrix environment. Specifically, participants in this class will learn to manage expectations and enable participants to deal effectively with change in a matrix management environment. Topics will include: • Negotiation skills • Communications between project and resource managers • Performance assessments for team members • Conflict management • Delegation • Team-building in a project matrix environment Chris Wright, PMP Forward Momentum LLC , (www.forwardmomentum.net) Upon completion of this course, participants will: • Understand the context of the government procurement process • Determine the needs of your organization, how to scope a problem and determine the best approach to the procurement • Better understand the procurement planning process and how best to meet your organization’s needs • Understand how vendors decide what public sector projects to bid on, assess success and risk factors to determine pricing • Effectively manage vendor performance • Hear about valuable lessons learned. Carolyn Purcell, Former Texas State CTO and Internet Business Systems Group, Cisco Systems, Inc. Ruth Walters, President, The Walters Group Tuesday, January 27 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm nOT TECHnICAl $375 Early Bird / $425 Regular . PDUs The root cause for many project problems can be attributed to inadequate planning (or, in some cases, no planning at all). More specifically, these organizations do not sufficiently define the scope (the “what?”) and the activities (the “how?”) required to successfully deliver the project. Struggling project teams often drift into the execution phase without a well-defined plan. This seminar is designed to not only introduce better practices for scope definition and schedule development; it is also structured to facilitate hands-on learning through individual and team application. Participants will leave the seminar with a better understanding of project planning techniques such as: Work Breakdown Structures, Activity Breakdown, and Network Diagramming. Chris Wright, PMP Forward Momentum LLC , (www.forwardmomentum.net) C6 leading Projects: Communication and Facilitation for Project leads Wednesday January 28 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm nOT TECHnICAl $375 Early Bird / $425 Regular PDUs This one day session reviews the process of developing user requirements systematically and clearly, starting with process maps, leading through use cases, to develop URS (User Requirements Specifications). A number of practical techniques including workshops, interviews, job shadowing, document analysis, and reverse engineering are integrated through systematic elicitation to arrive at validated user requirements. These provide a quality product baseline through development and add success potential to system projects. Techniques such as XY Charting, Use Cases, and Traceability Matrices, will be presented and add a new level of integrated analysis to requirements definition. Vicki Wrona, PMP Forward Momentum LLC , (www.forwardmomentum.net) C4 Power Requirements — From Process Map to Requirements Documents Thursday, January 29 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm nOT TECHnICAl $375 Early Bird / $425 Regular PDUs If you’re leading a project or a member of a project team, you know how many meetings projects involve: kick off meetings, design sessions, status meetings, executive sponsor meetings, and the list goes on. Yet, how often have you wasted time sitting through meetings where nothing was accomplished? If you want to improve your skills in leading productive, efficient meetings, this class is for you! The class will emphasize hands-on exercises where you can practice communicating and facilitating meetings. Topics will include: • The facilitator’s role • Facilitator’s authority and power styles • Planning the facilitated session • Creating your script • Problem solving techniques and exercises • Unlocking creativity • Active listening • Managing conflict • Providing effective feedback Vicki Wrona, PMP Forward Momentum LLC , (www.forwardmomentum.net) C8 Procurement Improvement through Strategic Sourcing Monday, January 26 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm nOT TECHnICAl $295 Early Bird / $325 Regular Strategic sourcing holds the promise of making the procurement process less cumbersome and more effective. In this is the application of an array of best practices in procurement, with the specific objective of improving quality of goods and services and obtaining the most favorable prices. Yet, there is a great deal of confusion around just what strategic sourcing is (and isn’t) and how it can be used by government. In this class, focused on government procurement, you will learn the components of strategic sourcing and how it can be used to transform government procurement into a more effective process. You will hear real-world examples of strategic sourcing applied to modernize government purchasing. William Kilmartin, Vice President, eCommerce, Accenture; former Comptroller for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and president of the National Association of State Comptrollers C9 Creating an Effective Statement of Work C5 leading Projects: Matrix Management Tuesday, January 27 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm nOT TECHnICAl $375 Early Bird / $425 Regular . PDUs Many project teams are made up of individuals from multiple divisions, departments, sometimes even jurisdictions. This matrix leadership environment, where the project leader has little or no direct authority, is one of the most difficult management models. What do you need to know about managing and leading in this environment? What is unique about matrix management? This class will address Procurement and Contract Management C7 Contracting for Results — Contract Management Wednesday, January 28 | 10:30 am – 5:00 pm nOT TECHnICAl $295 Early Bird / $325 Regular This session is designed specifically for the public buyer and the technology manager who now finds contract management a significant part of your responsibilities. The class will focus on best practices in the public sector for procuring IT services and products, and contract management. Tuesday, January 27 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm nOT TECHnICAl $295 Early Bird / $325 Regular Whether part of an RFP or written against a master contract, the SOW is the most important document of the procurement process. If the requirements aren’t accurate, the vendor will have delivered exactly what you asked for, but not everything you really needed, leaving the organization with solutions that don’t fit, services that aren’t what you needed or systems that don’t work properly. This often results in change orders, additional costs, delays, or sometimes, abandoned projects. Translating the business requirements from disparate user groups into an SOW that meets policy, Event Info – www.gtcsouthwest.com 7 http://www.forwardmomentum.net http://www.forwardmomentum.net http://www.forwardmomentum.net http://www.forwardmomentum.net http://www.gtcsouthwest.com

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