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PMI NorCal Symposium 2008, September 3-4, Stanford Faculty Club
The PMI NorCal Symposium 2008 brings together key decision makers and change agents to address organizational project management maturity issues. The Symposium helps managers better recognize the symptoms and challenges in their organizations and then approach these challenges with leading practices and tools that align projects with business objectives.
The intent of the Symposium is to help project managers realize big picture implications of the projects they lead and to help project sponsors and executives realize the value and importance of project management. With this understanding in place, participants discover how to work better together to advance project management maturity, create even higher-performing project management cultures, and achieve greater results and return on investment from projects. They leave the Symposium with tangible solutions they can implement, derived from case study examples and ideas from thought leaders and networking discussions.
For information about this program, go to www.pmisv.org/symposium08 or contact Randy Englund, who serves as content and program director and Symposium moderator.
Opening thoughts to be covered by Randy Englund:
Creating excellence IN project management is about viewpoints, insights, and practices on why, what, how, and who to optimize project-based work. This goal is necessary because projects are the means to achieve almost anything in every organization. Without good project, program, and portfolio management, achieving results is tenuous. Traditional efforts are not sufficient in an environment where internal and external forces are both driving and restraining performance in an accelerating manner. Organizational maturity requires that you reduce organizational “toxins” and create “green” organizations, using a systemic approach.Creating excellence THROUGH project management means achieving greater results from project-based work…realizing a competitive advantage by executing strategy through projects…significant advancements in maturity of people, processes, and the environment of a project-based organization. The bottom line is: embark on a quest to manage project management; create a “green” environment that encourages project-based work; eliminate pollutants and “toxic” views; search with unrelenting curiosity for leading practices; and take action. The two days will provide valuable information from experts, practitioners, and thought leaders. Case studies will demonstrate practices that work (and some that don’t…). Executives in panel discussions will share their experiences and beliefs about what it takes to improve project success rates.
Pictures from PMI Maturity Forum 2007:

Seminars
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Project Management
April 30-May 2, 2008 AMA Houston, Texas Westchase Hilton
11/19/2008 - 11/21/2008 AMA New York Center New York City
Instructor: Randall L. Englund
More than 60,000
nontechnical professionals have turned to this best-selling seminar
to help them deliver basic project management solutions with higher
quality, greater value and better accountability. You’ll cover
everything, from defining scope and gathering requirements, to
planning and budgeting, to utilizing scheduling and control tools.
Plus, you’ll get hands-on practice, exercises and real-world
examples.
You’ll return to work with all the basic project management help you
need to get your projects—and your career—off the ground and
running.
Set practical goals for your projects—goals you can achieve regardless of “hitches”
Set realistic schedules that you can meet
Develop a project plan—and get that plan implemented
Stay on top of schedules, workloads and “people problems”
Save time and energy by “building in flexibility” rather than “putting out fires”
Cope with budget and time constraints
Delegate in a fair and practical way within the project team
Build your credibility with top management
08/25/2008 - 08/27/2008 AMA San Francisco Center San Francisco Marriott
10/8/2008 - 10/10/2008 AMA San Francisco Center San Francisco Marriott
From planning, scheduling and controlling IS/IT
projects…to managing critical interfaces with users and
vendors…to balancing development needs with system
maintenance…you’ll find your information technology
project management solutions here!
In this course, discover how to optimize IT development
and delivery processes so that you can bring every
information technology project online more effectively,
more quickly and on budget.
December 12-14, 2007 San Francisco Wells Fargo Conference Center
Maintain
control of your projects with proven scheduling
techniques
Deliver
quality systems on time
Plan for
the unexpected
Budget
more effectively
Keep
conflict at a minimum
Expertly use PM software tools
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Seminar: Creating Excellence in Project Management (also known as "Creating an Environment for Successful Projects") |
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Wednesday-Thursday 22-23 October 2008 at PMI Global Congress North America, Denver, CO
Thursday-Friday, 6-7 March 2008 at PMI Global Congress Asia Pacific, Sydney Australia Friday-Saturday,
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October 2007
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Instructors: Randall L. Englund, MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CBM; Alfonso Bucero, PMP
This multimedia experience brings forth viewpoints, insights, and practices about why, what, and how to create excellence in project management. First, assemble pieces of a puzzle that optimize the environment for project work; second, traverse the path where a project office leads the change process to develop a project-based organization; and third, develop excellence in project sponsorship which leads to competitive advantage and achieving greater results from project-based work. Assess your current environment and share actions and practices that transform your organization no matter where you work. Identify concepts that support rather than undermine project management as an organizational competency. Get expert feedback and change your approach to project management. Participants receive a copy of the book, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas covered: Integration Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, and Communications Management. Who should attend? What will my seminar experience cover?
Reference Book: How will I benefit?
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Project Summit, San Francisco October 14, 2008
Project Summit, Boston October 27, 2008
Speaker: Randall L. Englund
Topic: Managing Up the Organization
What can you do when support is not present or
adequate or politics appear to rule? Take the initiative!
Get clear understanding about roles and responsibilities to ensure that all
projects achieve successful outcomes. Develop a plan to work with sponsors on a
regular basis and seek a better outcome from this interaction. The discussion
addresses how project managers manage their sponsors as well as how sponsors do
their jobs to optimize project success.
0829 Project Management Office
X490.3 BUSAD
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Career Management Seminar
12 Jun 2008 5:30 PM 8:30 PM
UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley,
Sunnyvale Campus
1180 Bordeaux Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
Topic: Managing Up the Organization
Event Sponsor

About the Speaker: Randy Englund
Randy
Englund is Executive Consultant for the
Englund Project Management Consultancy. He learned many of his lessons while
a senior project manager at Hewlett-Packard Company for over 20 years. He’s the
author of three best selling business management books that positions him to
“bring the concepts from way up there, to right down here, equip you with the
tools, and empower you to act.”
| About the CBP Summit |
Hosted by the Center for Business Practices, the CBP Summit is an intimate gathering of senior practitioners sharing knowledge and learning how to effectively deliver business results through projects. You'll get an inside look at successful operations from fellow senior practitioners on what's worked (and what didn't) in their organizations. Unlike most conferences, the Summit fosters collaboration and sharing, helping you build a network of colleagues that will last throughout your career. You'll be motivated and energized with new ideas that you can bring back with you.
The CBP Summit is an invaluable opportunity for senior-level portfolio, program, project and strategy management executives to examine and debate the most critical issues their organizations are facing today. Participants will discover cutting-edge best practices in managing strategy and projects from knowledgeable senior practitioners.
Best Practice Cases and Special Events
Knowledge-sharing activities at the Summit include:
February
Dinner Meeting
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February 21, 2008 PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Dinner Meeting
Presenter: Randy Englund, NPDP, CBM Executive Consultant
Englund Project Management Consultancy
Next Meeting
Thursday,
April 24, 2008
6:30-9 PM, Dublin, CA
Speaker: Randy Englund
Fee members: FREE EVENT
Fee Guests: $10.00
eBIG is a not-for-profit organization and its mission is to create a dynamic community that taps into the local resources and knowledge of area businesses, professionals, city and local governments, entrepreneurs, technically skilled employees, venture capitalists, and industry experts to benefit from a shared involvement in the electronic information era. The Project Management SIG focuses on Project Management skills, styles and approaches. It provides a forum and platform to all professionals either in the field of project management or pursing an education in Project Management. Its goal is to provide tools and techniques offered by PMI, Agile & other styles and provide a good learning experience for all those who desire to understand and discover what practices and processes fit best in their organization.
Professionals from all fields are invited to learn as well as share their knowledge of project management. Randy’s talk (vividly presented with animation, video, and music) draws upon personal as well as experiences from many colleagues in case studies, examples, questionnaires, checklists, and templates to depict how to dramatically and sustainably increase the probability of project success via excellence in sponsorship. The bottom line message is…take the initiative. Learn how in this session.
Project Management SIG Presentation Title: Managing Project Sponsorship
Many executives are assigned as project sponsors, but their organizations do not spend time training and explaining their expected roles and responsibilities during project life cycles. The accidental project manager role is well known, and the same applies to sponsors. An effective sponsor can have a tremendous impact on project success. However, reality presents quite a different picture. The sponsor role appears confused in many organizations. Sometimes the sponsor is not very involved in the project. On the other hand, sometimes the project sponsor is too involved and acts or tries to act as a super project manager, generating more conflict and problems. Management support is always needed during the project life cycle. In fact, the sentence: “we need more management support” is very common in most organizations. In every project, the project manager and his/her team needs management support.
The topic of effective project sponsorship has emerged as a KEY CHALLENGE in every organization doing projects, especially when you wonder why projects are not producing desired results. As experienced practitioners, co-author Alfonso Bucero and I wrote Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success to describe the roles and responsibilities of sponsorship and cover how to obtain, sustain, train, and mentor a sponsor. We draw upon personal as well as experiences from many colleagues in case studies, examples, questionnaires, checklists, and templates.
A sponsor commits to define, fund, defend, and support major activities from the start of each project to the end. The task continues to ensure the benefits that the project intended to produce are realized. A key concept is proactive sponsorship, meaning sponsors who are committed, accountable, serious about the project, knowledgeable, trained, and able to walk the talk. Their values are transparent and aligned with the organization and its strategy. They protect the team from disruptive outside influences and back the team up when times are tough. An organizational culture committed to this approach is a desired goal. Do sponsorship right the first time and save yourself grief later on. The best way to sustain good sponsorship is to start out with good sponsorship. Anything less is remedial.
One audience for this presentation is upper managers and executives—it provides you with the knowledge, tools and practices to be an effective sponsor. Get clear understanding about your roles and responsibilities to ensure that all projects achieve successful outcomes. Another audience is project managers who work with sponsors on a regular basis and seek a better outcome from this interaction. The discussion addresses how project managers manage their sponsors as well as how sponsors do their jobs to optimize project success. An ideal audience is project manager and sponsor attending together. Case studies illustrate how PMs take the initiative to manage upwards. This material builds upon previous books on Creating an Environment for Successful Projects and Creating the Project Office. Project Sponsorship (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2006, ISBN 0787981362) is available from any online book seller or directly from www.englundpmc.com.

Randy Englund made a return presentation on March 19, 2008 at Cisco on "The Importance of Project Sponsorship" at a lunchtime skill building workshop. He previously presented to Cisco October 3, 2007 (shown in picture above) on "Effective Project Checkpoint Meetings." He also was scheduled to appear in the June 18, 2008 program on "Managing Virtual Teams", together with Jeff Richardson and Jim Sloane.
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Achieving
Project Results: Do You Know Where Your Project Sponsor Is?
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Project Sponsorship Workshop
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Cadence President John Patton, Alfonso Bucero, Cadence COO Connie Plowman, and Randy Englund at the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta Georgia USA
Randy Englund and Alfonso Bucero presented "Building Executive Support: Keys to Achieving Project Success" at the PMI Global Congress EMEA 2007 in Budapest on May 15, 2007. The sold out presentation elicited an encore presentation the next day, making it a "best of Congress" paper. We then did a two day workshop on “Creating Excellence in Project Management” that one person suggested re-titling as “An Excellent Workshop on Creating Excellence.”
We next went on to Trieste, Italy to present "Project Management for Executives" at the MIB School of Business, together with Gary LaGassey, another contributor to our book on Creating the Project Office. This presentation evoked a comment as "the best presentation this year at the MIB business school."
On October 9, 2007, Randy and Alfonso presented "Managing Project Sponsorship" at the PMI Global Congress North America in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
On October 16, 2007, Randy Englund presented "Do You Know Where Your Sponsor Is?" to a standing room only audience at the PMI Portland chapter meeting, hosted by Connie Plowman of the Cadence Management Corporation [hint: most sponsors were missing in action (MIA)].
Alfonso Bucero & Randy Englund, enjoying Southern hospitality after the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta:


Get more information about the PMI Silicon Valley chapter (www.pmisv.org ),
Project Management Maturity Forum 2007:
Projects, Programs & Portfolios in Organizations
with keynote speaker Randy Englund and special guest Dr. Raymond Levitt
Sponsored by PMI Silicon Valley Chapter Inc.
and with thanks to Stanford Center for Professional Development

Join experts & colleagues for an energy-filled day of best practice learning and discussions – wherever your organization is today, learn how to invigorate your project performance and get greater results and return on investment from your projects!
Friday, September 14, 2007 (full day)
Decathlon Club 3250 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA

The
Integration of Portfolio Management and PDLC – Application lifecycle
management
The
August event will focus on the complexities of successfully integrating
Portfolio Management and PDLC within the IT infrastructure and within
the business. This is a very timely topic given the buzz in the market
created by this challenge. If you are less than familiar with the topic
than this will be a great opportunity to learn from some of the best in
the business. As with previous meetings, the format will be in panel
discussion and will be moderated by a SIM Board Member. The moderator
will ask questions of the panel members and field direct questions from
an audience of IT practitioners. The audience is encouraged to
participate throughout the discussion. Outside of the educational
focus, this event provides an excellent opportunity for you to network
with fellow IT leaders from industry and academia. If you are
interested in
contributing to the panel questions, please contact
mpiacente@cvp-it.com to
ensure that your
request is included.
Tuesday August 14th,
2007
Host will be
Meeting will be held at
the Turing Auditorium
(Adjacent to Polya Hall
at
http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=14-160
Note:
Turing Auditorium is connected to Polya Hall and is close to a parking
garage at the corner of
(Please
RSVP by email to
mpiacente@cvp-it.com)
Meeting Agenda:
Informal networking
from 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Organization business
and announcements 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Panel discussion
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Informal networking and follow up 6:30pm – 7:00pm
Panel Members
Thom Kay,
Founder and CEO, Pinnacle Intertech
Carl Rand,
Senior Program Manager, Network Appliance
Randy Englund, Executive Consultant and Owner, Englund Project Management Consultancy
Presentation for the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting
July 16, 2007
Mountain View, CA
Aligning Projects with Strategy
by Randall L. Englund
“Too much of too much” continues to plague organizations that depend upon results from projects to create or sustain its vitality. In the rush to market (or to make money), people launch more and more projects, somehow thinking that will get the job done. The result: delays…failures…more projects...perhaps a hastily conceived project office, and the organization fails to execute its strategy. In reality, by doing fewer projects at a time, over time more projects get done. This is the promise of aligning projects with strategy.
A good strategy is the first imperative. Learn how to recognize an effective strategy. The second imperative is a process that includes prioritization and criteria to ensure each project aligns with organizational (and individual) goals. Learn a simple process that works at every level in the organization. The third imperative is to implement and sustain the process. This is where project management really earns its keep.
This multimedia presentation provides the opportunity to experience simple tools and techniques that are immediately effective and efficient. Share insights that include the why, what, and how of converting strategy into action.
The Speaker: Randy Englund is an executive consultant for the Englund Project Management Consultancy (www.englundpmc.com) and a Professional Associate for the Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM) program, specializing in converting strategy into action and effective project management offices. He delivers custom workshops, speaking and consulting engagements world-wide, especially for SeminarsWorld sponsored by PMI. Randy’s experience stems from 22 years at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was a senior project manager and part of the corporate Project Management Initiative to lead continuous improvement of project management across the company; he also served as a program manager in high tech new product development. His most recent book is on Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success. Previous books he co-authored include Creating the Project Office: a Manager’s guide to Leading Organizational Change, and Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Second Edition).
At the 2007 CBP Summit June 28, 2007, in Scottsdale, AZ on "Strategy & Projects," Randy Englund participated in a PMO Forum with co-panelists Kent Crawford and Parviz Rad. In response to moderator Jim Pennypacker's question on three best practices for PMOs, Randy replied:
1. Ensure projects align with strategy
2. Facilitate dialogue
3. Drive organizational change
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Summer/Fall 2007
Building Effective Project Environments
Discover the departmental and organizational characteristics necessary to enhance project success. This course is recommended for program managers, department leaders, mid-level managers and those who have advanced through the project management core courses or their equivalent. It is taught in a seminar format and specific topics depend on the interest of the group. Learning techniques include readings, class discussion and small group interaction. Case studies may be included at the discretion of the class.
Topics include:
The final class project, an implementation plan for creating an environment for successful projects in your organization, is required for credit.
Before the first class you need to purchase the text, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (ISBN 0-7879-0359-0) by Robert Graham and Randall Englund. This text is available from most online booksellers and is not available at the SJSU campus bookstore. Books may be purchased from the author at the first course offering. Please read Chapters 1 and 2 prior to the first class meeting.
Course Number XM-PRJM 407
3 Sessions
Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday & Thursday, October 30 & November 1, 2007 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Randall L. Englund, author, speaker, trainer and executive consultant of the Englund Project Management Consultancy, offers an organic approach to project management. A project manager at Hewlett-Packard for 22 years, he was part of the corporate project management initiative which lead the continuous improvement of project management across HP. He is co-author of Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change (2003), and Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (2006).
IES Training Center
384 South Second Street
San José, CA 95113-2711
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People skills make projects happen! Learn to communicate, motivate and negotiate, particularly in the absence of line authority. The organizational structure, competing responsibilities, shifting priorities and varying communication styles complicate getting the job done. Possessing the unique skills to lead projects is critical for success.
This course provides you with the tools to meet project management challenges, as well as to develop your skills in several areas.
Topics include:
· Getting the project started on the right track
· Negotiating for resources
· Building your team
· Gaining commitments
· Communicating across functions
· Using your personal power
· Making the right decisions
Build your own leadership profile to broaden your existing leadership skills and establish new ones.
Course Number XM-PRJM 402
3 Sessions
Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday & Thursday, August 28 & 30, 2007 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Randall L. Englund, author, speaker, trainer and executive consultant of the Englund Project Management Consultancy, offers an organic approach to project management. A project manager at Hewlett-Packard for 22 years, he was part of the corporate project management initiative which lead the continuous improvement of project management across HP. He is co-author of Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change (2003), and Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (2006).
IES Training Center
384 South Second Street
San José, CA 95113-2711
Project Team Dynamics Workshop
Learn and apply techniques for developing positive interpersonal skills that accelerate the team's progress. This workshop is experiential in design and provides practice and feedback on the types of people skills that are required through the stages of team development.
Topics include:
· Processes for building relationships and commitments of team members
· Value of team development processes
· Influence of assumptions and inferences in communication
· Listening and giving feedback
· Managing conflict through positive confrontation
· Dealing with difficult situations
· Discovering and developing individual and team strengths
· Managing project sponsorship
For further information or to register, contact Debbie Cortez, 408-924-2737 or dcortez@profdev.sjsu.edu
Course Number XM-PRJM 412
2 Sessions
Saturdays,
September 8, 2007 - September 15, 2007
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Randall L. Englund, author, speaker, trainer and executive consultant of the Englund Project Management Consultancy, offers an organic approach to project management. A senior project manager at Hewlett-Packard for 22 years, he was part of the corporate project management initiative which led the continuous improvement of project management across HP. He is co-author of Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change (Jossey-Bass, 2003), and Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (Jossey-Bass, 2006).
IES Training Center
384 South Second Street
San José, CA 95112-2711
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Project Sponsorship is a two day course that offers participants the opportunity to create an environment that achieves greater project prosperity as a result of excellence in project sponsorship.
One audience for this course is upper managers and executives. This course provides you with the knowledge, tools and practices to be an effective sponsor. Get clear understanding about your roles and responsibilities to ensure that all projects achieve successful outcomes. Another audience is project managers who work with sponsors on a regular basis and seek a better outcome from this interaction. The ideal audience is project manager and sponsor attending the course together. Learn together and prepare joint action plans.
All projects need an executive sponsor. Upper management support for projects consistently surfaces as a critical success factor. However, organizations often do not spend the time and money to understand what sponsorship is, why doing it better is important, and how to improve. The objective in this exciting multimedia presentation is to illuminate steps that lead to and keys that open the doors to excellence in project sponsorship within any organization.
Course Number XM-PRJM 426
REQUIRED TEXT: Englund, Bucero, Project Sponsorship
4 Sessions
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Thursday, April 19, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
(no sessions for one week in between)
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Randall L. Englund, author, speaker, trainer and executive consultant of the Englund Project Management Consultancy, offers an organic approach to project management. A project manager at Hewlett-Packard for 22 years, he was part of the corporate project management initiative which lead the continuous improvement of project management across HP. He is co-author of Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change (2003), and Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (2006).
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Project management offices (PMOs) improve organizational performance in the
management of projects, increasing capacity to optimize results from projects
contemplated and underway. Case studies demonstrate the remarkable success of
PMOs to lead change and implement organization-wide, standard
project-management methodologies. This course presents a proven process to
implement a project management office, and integrates concepts with examples to
assist managers in selecting the form, size, functions, and services that best
suit their purposes and circumstances:
· Lead organizational change toward enterprise project management
· Establish sense of urgency—clear danger of status quo
· Create guiding coalition—powerful forces
· Develop vision and strategy—focus
· Communicate the change vision—tell the tale
· Manage complexity and change with a project management office—short-term wins, broad-based action, consolidate gains
· Develop broad-based action—keep moving, implement the project management office
· Staff and operate—in or out?
· Make change stick—a new project-based organizational culture
· The tale we tell—review, summarize, and prepare to take action
Course Number XM-PRJM 425
REQUIRED TEXT: Englund, Graham, Dinsmore, Creating the Project Office
Wednesdays, February 7, 2007 - February
28, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Randall L. Englund, author, speaker, trainer and executive consultant of the Englund Project Management Consultancy, offers an organic approach to project management. A project manager at Hewlett-Packard for 22 years, he was part of the corporate project management initiative which lead the continuous improvement of project management across HP. He is co-author of Creating an Environment for Successful Projects (Jossey-Bass, 2004), Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change (2003), and Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (2006).
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