This year we will be giving our attendees a copy of the book published by the PMI:
It contains 29 chapters and has nearly 50 contributing authors.
We are fortunate to have two of these authors present as keynote speakers at our Symposium.
· Dr. Janice Thomas is a co-author for Chapter 7 - Shaping the Future of Project Management Research (Janice Lynne Thomas, Jenny Krahn, and Stella George)
· Dr. Hans Thamhain is the author of Chapter 22 - The Future of Team Leadership in Complex Project Environments.
Table of Contents: http://www.pmi.org/PDF/PM2025_TOCPreface_FINAL.pdf
Dr. Janice Thomas - Where are we going and how will we get there - the future of Project Management
Hans Thamhain: The Future of Team Leadership in Complex Project Environments
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Dr. Thomas is an associate professor in Project Management and Director of the Project Management Research Institute at Athabasca University. She is well known in the international project management community through her volunteer work with professional associations such as PMI and IPMA, public speaking activities and her collaborative research work. In 2006, she was recognized as one of the 25 most influential women in project management by PMNetwork.
Professor Thomas has led a number of PMI sponsored research projects including Selling Project Management to Senior Executives, Professionalization of Project Management, and the recently completed global study Researching the Value of Project Management. Prior to becoming an academic, Janice spent 10 years as a project manager in the fields of Information Technology and Organizational Change. She is at heart an educator; in addition to her research and university based teaching she maintains close ties to the practical realities of project management in organizations through consulting and membership in professional associations. Janice’s interests include: organizational change, project management, team building and leadership, complexity theory in relation to organizations and the professionalization of knowledge workers. Ultimately all of her research is aimed at understanding and communicating how the practice of project management in organizations can be improved.
Where are we going and how will we get there - the future of Project Management
What will a project look like in 10 years? How will the objectives be communicated? Who will participate in our teams? How much importance will a project be given within its larger organization? What will “best practise” project management consist of? The field of project management has experienced considerable change in the past four decades and the pace of change is getting faster. In that time project management went from a very newly formed set of ideas to practices and techniques – and standards from organized groups in North America, Europe and elsewhere. However, projects continue to fail to deliver expected value on a regular basis. At the same time, the world is changing rapidly: companies are finding it challenging to manage younger employees: Time to market continues to shrink in almost all sectors; competition is global, etc .
Einstein said that the problems of today cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. The tools developed decades ago and past project management practices cannot address the emerging challenges ahead. This presentation examines some of the trends likely to effect project management over the next 10 years and discusses potential future trends related to the growth, effectiveness and presence of this field into the future. Join us for a lively presentation and discussion of our future.
Learning objectives
· Recognize the business trends that are likely to impact project management practice.
· Introduce new developments in the research and practise of project management around the world.
· Develop a vision of where you want your project management practise to develop over the next 10 years. (Learn about what these changes will mean for you personally in terms of staying current, marketable and successful in project management.)
· Understand what it will take to successfully manage projects in the future.
Dr. Hans Thamhain <hthamhain@bentley.edu> specializes in R&D and technology-based project management. He is a Professor of Management and Director of MOT and Project Management Programs at Bentley University, Boston/Waltham. His industrial experience includes twenty years of management positions with high-technology companies: GTE/Verizon, General Electric and ITT. Dr. Thamhain has written over seventy research papers and five professional reference books in project and technology management: Management of Technology 2005, Managing Effectively in Technology-Based Organizations 1997, Project Management Operating Guidelines (co-authored with Harold Kerzner) 1986, Project Management for Small and Medium-Size Businesses (co-authored with Harold Kerzner) 1985, and Engineering Program Management 1985. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute in 1998, the IEEE Engineering Manager of the Year 2000/2001 Award, and the Research Achievement Award from the Project Management Institute in 2006. He is profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America and certified as NPDP and PMP.
The Future of Team Leadership in Complex Project Environments
Abstract: To be successful in our fast changing, hyper-competitive world, project managers must go beyond conventional methods, and toolsets. Effective project leadership involves more than managing the work, but also building people relations across diverse organizational and cultural boundaries, support functions, suppliers, customers and partners. This keynote presentation discusses the leadership lessons learned from field studies of over 100 culturally diverse and globally dispersed project teams. We will explore the specific barriers, drivers, critical success factors, and the organizational conditions most conducive to high team performance in complex and fast changing project environments. The results provide insight into the functions that drive team performance and help managers to better understand why certain projects are more successful than others. Specific suggestions will be made for getting cross-functional collaboration and commitment, and for building and sustaining high-performing teams in complex project environments.
Carl Sergeant
Carl Sergeant, PMP, Senior Instructor, ESI International, brings an entrepreneurial, results-focused viewpoint based on more than three decades of project, program and portfolio management experience to his ESI client engagements. An internationally respected thought leader, Carl has been recognized as one of the fifty most powerful and influential project management professionals in the world by the Project Management Institute’s (PMI®) PM Network magazine.
Using his experience in the telecommunications industry, Carl shares learning and development insights that help create leaders at all organizational levels.
As a senior project executive, he has managed project portfolios delivering revenues in excess of $500 million and in 24 months built a cross-functional PMOs while closing capability gaps through methodology development, individual and group learning and coaching and career path charting – all with an eye toward demonstrating return on investment to executive management.
His success in building individual and team capabilities has led him to focus on an approach that combines the power of people with intuitive project communications. An approachable mentor and an in-demand public speaker, he has spoken at many project management events, including Project World/Business Analyst World, PMI® Canada’s Technology Triangle Chapter and the PMI® Lakeshore Chapter Symposium. He also has written for PM Network.
In addition to his work with ESI, Carl is the principal at Carl Sergeant Consulting, Inc., where he coaches both individuals and organizations in targeted project management techniques and best practices. A veteran of Canada’s telecommunications and technology industries, he has held a number of leadership positions with Bell Canada, Bell Connexim and Ericsson Canada.
Carl is an active member of the PMI® Southern Ontario and PMI® Lakeshore chapters. He holds Leadership Certification from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.