BIO

 

Doug Williams, PMP, is a Senior Consultant practicing organizational change management, project management, and general systems engineering. He has acquired over 20 years experience within varied industries like agri-business, electric utilities, financial services, insurance services, medical systems, non-profit support systems, systems service providers & consulting, state government, and telecommunications. He has worked with varied client organizations in different locations throughout the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bryant University of Smithfield, Rhode Island. He is working to obtain a Masters of Science in Organizational Psychology and has considered plans for obtaining a doctoral degree in the same. He is a Project Management Institute (PMI) certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

 

Doug’s primary work focus over the last decade has been the study of project success, with a specific purpose to develop a broad understanding of the mechanical and behavioral reasons supporting why projects meet or miss scope, cost, and time objectives. He now offers the results of his extended study in professional development presentations and workshops held throughout the world. He is recognized by others as an effective presenter and engaging instructor. A presentation attendee responded, “Best lunch and learn and relevant as long as I have been coming 4+ years.” A workshop attendee wrote, "It was GREAT! And he was a hoot as a presenter too!”

 

 

 

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

 

Did you know that project management concepts can improve an organization’s daily operations activities and boost its recognized daily successes? When integrated appropriately, project management concepts can form the foundation needed for more predictable daily operations workflows. They can also become a primary catalyst for turning daily worker chaos into more predictable success pathways.

 

As a result, team member expectations can suddenly change from “just getting through each day” into “WOW, will you look at what I have accomplished today?!!!” And as an interesting by-product, an improved “projectized” operations work culture tends to train its informal leaders into highly skilled and capable project managers.

 

This workshop will review many project management definitions, standards, guidelines, practices, and tools within the context of the daily operations work setting. Many ideas will be presented ready for immediate reuse. Others will be presented for consideration and adaptation into your specific daily operations work environment. And yet others will be presented in a manner that simply helps you convert the ceremony of project management into practical definitions, standards, guidelines, practices, and tools to be used within your daily operations work setting.

 

This workshop will cover many ideas from the project management work focus areas

listed below:

 

• Communication Management Scope Management
• Time Management Cost Management
• Human Resource Management Quality Management
• Procurement Management Project Integration Management
• Scope Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Project Integration Management
• Risk Management

We will be using class lectures, group break-out sessions, individual work assignments, case studies and situational reflective practices. The work we do will help you develop your understanding and skills for converting formal project management concepts into practical daily operations solutions.

 

You Will Learn To:

 

• Identify project management concepts that can be immediately reused or adapted for use within your daily operations work setting.
• Convert the ceremony of many formal project management standard concepts into practical daily operations workflow improvement ideas and solutions.

Lesson 1:

 

While there are no easy answers to improving organizational effectiveness, practical project management concepts can be successfully implemented to improve an organization’s daily operations work activities and boost its recognized daily successes.

 

Who Should Attend:

 

Daily operations oriented team members, team leads, and managers who are interested in using project management concepts to improve their daily operations results.

 

 

Workshop Format:

 

Lecture, group break-out sessions, individual assignments, case studies, and reflective practices.

 

 

Also Includes:

• Morning and Afternoon refreshments

• Lunch

• Workshop Materials

• Price: $100

• Venue:  Best Western Inn - Kelowna

• Day of Event:

  • Registration Opens at 8:00AM

  • Event will starts at: 9:00AM

  

PDU Value:  8