2008 Toronto Symposium Track Sessions Schedule

Symposium Track Sessions — Wednesday April 16 and Thursday April 17
The Symposium program serves the needs of every business and I.T.professional. The Symposium has 8 dedicated track sessions; 4 ProjectWorld, 3 BusinessAnalystWorld, and 1 shared session for both.

Each session is 60 minutes in duration.

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  ProjectWorld + BAWorld 
714 A 714 B 716 A 716 B 718 A 718 B 717 A 717 B
8:45 Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentation
10:45-11:45

Panel Discussion:

How to Make the PMO relevant to Stakeholders

The Project Meeting Facilitator
Janet Means & Michael Spivey,
Resource Advantage
PDF
TOOL
Conversation as a Core Business Process for Project Managers
Mark Hollingsworth, 5i Strategic Affairs
PDF
Assessing Schedule Performance With Earned Value
Robert Van De Velde
PDF
Networking - Make Your Contacts Count
Ida Shessel,
Let Us Facilitate
PDF

Panel Discussion:

Where Should BA's be Located?

What Works Best?

Extreme Programming Practices for BAs
Rob Stewart,
IAG Consulting
PDF
TOOL

Integrating Interface Analysis into Your Project: Just-Enough, Just-in-Time
Mary Gorman,

EBG Consulting
PDF

12:00-1:00 Lunch Project Culture
Larry Suda,
The Palatine Group
PDF
Evaluating and Comparing Project Performance: How are we Doing?
Douglas Bower,
Government of Ontario
PDF
Lunch Decoding the Executive: Secrets of Managing Senior Management
Phoebe Wright,
Wright Methods Inc.
PDF

The Silver Tsunami
Kathy Coats & Dan Shire,
IBM Centre for Solution Innovation
PDF

Agility with Use Cases
Geoff Hewson,   Software Productivity Center Inc.
PDF
TOOL
Lunch
1:15-2:15

Panel Discussion:

Motivating Project Teams

Lunch What's Different about Project Management in the Public Sector
John Alley,
McMaster University
PDF
Getting to Results
Resilence for Project Teams

Chris Keeler & Linda Ferguson,
NLP Training Inc.
PDF
TOOL
Innovative Intelligence, Innovation When You Need It
Claude leGrande,
Schulich School of Business
PDF
Lunch Lunch Leadership Skills for the Technical Professional
Richard Lannon,
BraveWord Inc.
PDF
TOOL
2:30-3:30

Panel Discussion:

Can Agile Projects be Managed?

How?

Portfolio Management: Do The Right Stuff
Natalie Dance,
Excel in Change Consulting
PDF
TOOL

eXtreme Project Management Applied - How to Succeed in the Face of Volatility
Doug DeCarlo,
The Doug DeCarlo Group
PDF
TOOL

PRINCE2 Introducation

Andrew Bornyi,

BlackBerry Network Operations PMO
TOOL

Effective Change Management
Abe Patricio,
Sears Canada
PDF

Panel Discussion:

The Career Path of the BA

Keys to Collaborative Requirements Definition
Janet Means & Larry Garrison,

Resource Advantage
PDF
TOOL

Using Storyboarding at Discovery Sessions to Define Business Rules and Use Cases
David Davis,
AT&T
PDF
3:45-4:45 Governance -
Alignment to
the Business
Objectives:

Are we doing
the right thing?
Predicting Project Outcome Without a Crystal Ball
Keith Ellis, IAG Consulting
PDF

How to Start a PPM Initiative: Process or Technology
Kiron D. Bondale,
Solution Q Inc.

& Ralph Blauel,

Halton Region
PDF
TOOL

Managing
Project in
Healthcare:
Top Ten
Lessons
Learned

Ilya Bogorad,

Bizvortex Consulting Group
PDF
TOOL

Work Hard, Play Hard: Team Building 101
Lisa Ghent,
McKesson Medical Imaging Group
PDF
TOOL

The Key to Understanding Business Requirements - Clarity
Michael Doiron,
Information Balance

Sailing the 7 C's: Mapping Requirements to Management Priorities
Jason Questor,
AchieveBlue
PDF
Determining Project Requirements- Best Practises
Hans Jonasson,
JTC Unlimited, LLC
PDF
4:45-6:00 ProjectWorld * BusinessAnalsystWorld Reception - Tradeshow Floor