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Project Management talk, Tuesday, 16-Jun-98 at 6:30pm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David M. Rosenberg)
Thu Jun 4 19:16:47 1998
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 19:16:45 -0400
To: itlt@MIT.EDU, delivery@MIT.EDU, it-project-news@MIT.EDU
From: "David M. Rosenberg" <Rosenberg@MIT.EDU>
The following announcement of a (free) evening talk on Project Management
hosted by the Boston Software Process Improvement Network might be of
interest to some of you.
/David Rosenberg
Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) June Meeting Announcement
Our web site: http://www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN/bos-SPIN.html
TOPIC: "Ten Things Every Project Manager Should Know About
the Project Management Institute's Project Management
Body of Knowledge Guide"
GUEST SPEAKER: William R. Duncan, Project Management Partners
WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 at 6:30pm (networking & refreshments),
7:00-8:30pm (meeting)
HOST: Boston area Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN)
(Admission Free)
LOCATION: GTE, Building #5, 77 A Street, Needham, MA (Wheelchair accessible)
INFO: Maureen Harris (617) 455-3393,
maureen.harris@GSC.GTE.com;
Ken Oasis (617) 563-4197, ken.oasis@fmr.com; or
www.cs.uml.edu/Boston-SPIN/;
SPIN E-Mailing List Additions or other changes:
Dan Allen 603-756-0938
danallen@ma.ultranet.com
DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC
The Project Management Institute's "A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge" documents generally accepted practices of project
management. It is the only project management standard recognized by the
international project management community. Over 100,000 copies are
currently in print.
Nearly 4,000 people download some or all of the document from PMI's
webpage each month. An ISO technical committee used it as the basis for
"Software Project Management Guidelines" in support of ISO 12207. Yet
despite the acclaim, some of the most valuable insights into the process
of project management have remained buried in the understated style of
the document.
In this presentation, Bill Duncan, the primary author of the document,
will both identify and explain ten of these nuggets.
Good project management is fundamental to a repeatable process. Every
SPIN member should be familiar with this project management standard.
William R. Duncan is a principal of Project Management Partners, a
project management consulting and training firm headquartered in
Lexington, MA USA. He is the Director of Standards for the Project
Management Institute (PMI), a member of the Editorial Review Board of
the Project Management Journal, and a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP), and was the primary author of PMI's "A Guide to the
Project Management Body of Knowledge." He has worked with numerous
clients in the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe to improve the
performance of software development project teams.
Directions: To get to GTE, Building #5:
From Route 128 in Needham, take exit 19A onto Highland Avenue East. At
first traffic light turn RIGHT onto Second Street. Go 1/4 mile (passing
hillside Sheraton entrance on right) and turn RIGHT onto A Street. Go
1/5 mile and before GTE HQ building on left (multi-story glass facade),
turn LEFT into Parking lot. Please enter at the cafeteria.
Ken Oasis
Fidelity Investments
FISC Software Practices & Technology
617.563.4197
Ken.Oasis@FMR.com
