Short Notice – Live Webinar June 27th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by Knovel (@knovelupdates)
Duration: 1 Hour + Question Period 1 Category C PDU Free

In one hour, learn how you can assess your overall project schedule to plan for worst case scenarios, bottlenecks, estimation inaccuracies, and other schedule uncertainties to deliver quality projects on time.

Join our panel of industry experts for this complimentary webinar where they will discuss keys ideas and best practices for project schedule risk avoidance/mitigation such as:

• Assessing sources of uncertainty and estimating schedule impact
• Analyzing worst case scenarios and pulling risk forward
• Who owns float and can collaborating & sharing risk really work?
• Gaining control of the change/modification process

Presenters:

Sidney M. Levy (LinkedIn profile) of Construction Consulting is an independent construction industry consultant in Baltimore, Maryland with more than 40 years of experience in the profession. He is the author of numerous books on construction methods and operations, including: Project Management in Construction, Sixth Edition, the Construction Databook: Construction Materials and Equipment, Construction Process Planning and Management: An Owner’s Guide to Successful Projects, and Design-Build Project Delivery: Managing the Building Process from Proposal Through Construction.

Tom Kendrick, PMP (LinkedIn profile), is Program Director for the University of California Berkeley Extension Project Management curriculum. He is author of Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project, The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right, and 101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them: Practical Advice for Handling Real-World Project Challenges.He regularly conducts classes and presentations on program, project, and risk management for conferences, associations, and universities. He also spent over 20 years with Hewlett Packard in its Project Management Initiative and has almost 40 years of worldwide PM experience, including work for Visa, DuPont, General Electric, and as an independent consultant.

Todd C. Williams (LinkedIn profile @BackFromRed) PresidenteCameron Inc (@eCamInc), is a professional audit and turn-around specialist in IT and manufacturing, and author of the bestseller Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure and editor of the The Rescue The Problem Project Learning Guide (pduOTD). Todd is a speaker, blogger, helping mature companies & start-ups alike. Project failure is prevalent in all projects. Todd’s Back From Red TM blog addresses the reasons for project failure along with methods to avert and correct the problems that cause the failure – Check it out.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 6 – Time

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 6.6 Control Schedule

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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