Thursday, February 4, 2016
Subject: Mastering Decision Making in a Chaotic and Changing Project Environment
– project environments, Frameworks, results, leadership styles …
Speaker: Rosemary Hossenlopp, PMP, Consultant at PM-Perspectives
Time: 6.00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking; 7:00 pm sandwich dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Cost: $7 (through 3/1), $10 at door
Location: AMD Commons Building / AMD Campus, Sunnyvale
Reservations: Eventbrite Link
Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.
Presentation: Mastering Decision Making in a Chaotic and Changing Project Environment
Our current project and engineering frameworks work! Well maybe, only, and sometimes. In this talk, Rosemary Hossenlopp will explore why our successful project experiences don’t always extend to our current project environments. Let’s explore different types of project environments and how to apply different types of thinking to each. It’s tough and hard to not have a single project methodology yet our changing environment, complex circumstances and chaotic environments, now require a new mindset.

What you will learn: — Different types of project environments; — Frameworks which produce results; — Leadership styles needed for engineers and leaders

Bio: As a project manager, Ms. Hossenlopp (see http://pm-perspectives.com/ ) has significant industry visibility helping to establish and lead the PMI 33,000 member Organizational Project Management (OPM) Community of Practice which created years of advanced project management seminars on topics such as project management methodologies and organizational change management practices which help organizational agility. She is a UC Berkeley Extension Project Management & Business Analysis Advisory Board Member and PMI chapter and symposium speaker.
In her consulting practice, Ms. Hossenlopp conducts project assessments, manages agile software projects, provides PMO, Chief of staff Business Operations and Portfolio management services and conducts either standard or customized seminars. Client and career experience includes: Federal & Intelligence agencies and many Silicon Valley Based companies such as Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Tandem Computer, and Cisco Systems.
Publications (Books): — Editor, “Organizational Project Management” – Management Concepts, Tysons Corner, VA 2010; — Contributor, “77 Sins of Project Management” Management Concepts, Tysons Corner, VA 2009; –Co-Author, “Unearthing Business Requirements, Elicitation Tools and Techniques” Management Concepts, Tysons Corner, VA 2007