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SUMMARY:JUNE 17TH - June Chapter Meeting - Professional Development Meeting
  - How Microsoft Nearly Destroyed Project Management and What I  Learned A
 bout Project Management from Driving an Old Sports Car
DESCRIPTION:Title:&nbsp\; How&nbsp\;Microsoft&nbsp\;Nearly&nbsp\;Destroyed&
 nbsp\;Project&nbsp\;Management&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;What&nbsp\;I Learned&nbsp\;
 About&nbsp\;Project&nbsp\;Management&nbsp\;from&nbsp\;Driving&nbsp\;an&nbs
 p\;Old&nbsp\;Sports&nbsp\;Car -- John Bowen
 &nbsp\;
 Abstract:
 
 
 
 Project&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;focuses&nbsp\;almost&nbsp\;exclusively&nbsp
 \;on&nbsp\;tracking&nbsp\;schedule\,&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;dangerous&nb
 sp\;exclusion&nbsp\;of
 
 
 metrics&nbsp\;that&nbsp\;are&nbsp\;almost&n
 bsp\;always&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;cause&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;failure.&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;Even&nbsp\;worse\,&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;managers&nbsp\;often&nbs
 p\;fail&nbsp\;to
 
 
 track&nbsp\;metrics&nbsp\;which&nbsp\;can&nbsp\;s
 erve&nbsp\;as&nbsp\;early&nbsp\;warning&nbsp\;signs&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;impendi
 ng&nbsp\;failure&nbsp\;with&nbsp\;enough&nbsp\;anticipation&nbsp\;to&nbsp\
 ;get
 
 
 a&nbsp\;wayward&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;back&nbsp\;on&nbsp\;track
 .&nbsp\;A&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;analogous&nbsp\;toan&nbsp\;automoti
 ve&nbsp\;engine\,&nbsp\;more&nbsp\;so&nbsp\;than&nbsp\;is
 
 
 apparent
 .&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Lessons&nbsp\;learned&nbsp\;driving&nbsp\;a&nbsp\;classic&n
 bsp\;sports&nbsp\;car&nbsp\;can&nbsp\;teach&nbsp\;us&nbsp\;much&nbsp\;abou
 t&nbsp\;effective&nbsp\;project
 
 
 management.
 &nbsp\;
 About John
  Bowen:
 &nbsp\;
 
 
 
 John&nbsp\;Bowen&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;a&nbsp\;Senio
 r&nbsp\;Consultant&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Executive&nbsp\;Speaker&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;
 CXOs\,&nbsp\;executive&nbsp\;organizations&nbsp\;and
 
 
 professional&
 nbsp\;groups&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;Computer&nbsp\;Aid\,&nbsp\;Inc.(CAI).He&nbsp\
 ;has&nbsp\;more&nbsp\;than&nbsp\;35&nbsp\;years&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;IT&nbsp\;ma
 nagement
 
 
 experience&nbsp\;including&nbsp\;executive&nbsp\;leadersh
 ip\,&nbsp\;technology&nbsp\;management\,&nbsp\;IT&nbsp\;integration\,&nbsp
 \;IT&nbsp\;due&nbsp\;diligence\,
 
 
 strategic&nbsp\;planning&nbsp\;an
 d&nbsp\;large-scale&nbsp\;system&nbsp\;implementation.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nb
 sp\;
 
 
 
 
 John&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;also&nbsp\;president&nbsp\;of&nbsp\
 ;Management&nbsp\;Envision&nbsp\;LLC\,&nbsp\;a&nbsp\;research&nbsp\;and&nb
 sp\;consulting&nbsp\;company&nbsp\;focused&nbsp\;on
 
 
 innovative&nbs
 p\;presentation&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;complex&nbsp\;issues&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;process
 \,&nbsp\;portfolio\,&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;program&nbsp\;managemen
 t.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;He
 
 
 provides&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;consulting&nbsp
 \;services&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;IT&nbsp\;organizations&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;global&nbs
 p\;expansion.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;
 
 
 
 
 Before&nbsp\;joining&n
 bsp\;CAI\,&nbsp\;John&nbsp\;served&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;ten&nbsp\;years&nbsp\;a
 s&nbsp\;CIO&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;PPL&nbsp\;Global\,&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;internationa
 l&nbsp\;division&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;PPL
 
 
 Corporation.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;In&n
 bsp\;that&nbsp\;role\,&nbsp\;he&nbsp\;was&nbsp\;responsible&nbsp\;for&nbsp
 \;IT&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;operations&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;Latin&nbsp
 \;America&nbsp\;and
 
 
 lived&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;several&nbsp\;years&nbsp
 \;in&nbsp\;Argentina&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Chile.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;
 
 
 
 
 
 He&nbsp\;has&nbsp\;managed&nbsp\;multi-national&nbsp\;proje
 cts&nbsp\;involving&nbsp\;teams&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;more&nbsp\;than&nbsp\;25&nb
 sp\;countries.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;He&nbsp\;authored&nbsp\;an
 
 
 acclaimed&n
 bsp\;project&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;methodology&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;establishe
 d&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;offices&nbsp\;(PMOs)&nbsp\;in
 
 
 
 multiple&nbsp\;companies&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;US&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;La
 tin&nbsp\;America.
 &nbsp\;
 
 
 
 
 Johnis&nbsp\;a&nbsp\;Rector&nbs
 p\;Scholar&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;magna&nbsp\;cum&nbsp\;laude&nbsp\;graduate&nbsp
 \;of&nbsp\;DePauw&nbsp\;University&nbsp\;with&nbsp\;degrees&nbsp\;in
 
 
 
 mathematics\,&nbsp\;computer&nbsp\;science&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;symbolic&nbs
 p\;logic.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;He&nbsp\;has&nbsp\;taught&nbsp\;international&nbsp\
 ;business\,&nbsp\;information
 
 
 engineering&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;project&
 nbsp\;management&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;MBA&nbsp\;programs&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;fifteen
 &nbsp\;universities&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;is&nbsp\;currently&nbsp\;visiting
 

  
 instructor&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;international&nbsp\;business&nbsp\;and&nbsp\
 ;project&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;Lehigh&nbsp\;University’s&nbsp\
 ;Iacocca&nbsp\;Institute&nbsp\;and
 
 
 adjunct&nbsp\;professor&nbsp\;o
 f&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;management&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;Lehigh&nbsp\;Uni
 versity&nbsp\;College&nbsp\;of&nbsp\;Business&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Economics
 
 
 
 Executive&nbsp\;Education&nbsp\;Program.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;John&nbsp\;has
 &nbsp\;taught&nbsp\;international&nbsp\;business&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;project&n
 bsp\;leadership&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;more
 
 
 than&nbsp\;800&nbsp\;professio
 nals&nbsp\;from&nbsp\;100&nbsp\;countries&nbsp\;at&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;Iacocca
 &nbsp\;Institute´s&nbsp\;Global&nbsp\;Village&nbsp\;program.&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;
 
 
 
 
 Since&nbsp\;2015\,&nbsp\;John&nbsp\;has&nbsp\;presentedat&
 nbsp\;more&nbsp\;than&nbsp\;150events&nbsp\;to&nbsp\;an&nbsp\;audience&nbs
 p\;of&nbsp\;over&nbsp\;12\,000executives\,
 
 
 business&nbsp\;professi
 onals&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;graduatestudents&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;over&nbsp\;50cities&
 nbsp\;in&nbsp\;13&nbsp\;countries&nbsp\;on&nbsp\;four&nbsp\;continents.
 
 
 
 
 
 John's&nbsp\;industry&nbsp\;knowledge&nbsp\;spans&nbsp\;softwa
 re&nbsp\;development\,&nbsp\;higher&nbsp\;education\,&nbsp\;powergeneratio
 n\,energy
 
 
 distribution\,&nbsp\;telecommunicationsand&nbsp\;health&
 nbsp\;care.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 &nbsp\;
 Date &
 amp\; Time
 Thursday June 17th\, 2021 6:30pm EST
 End Date &amp\; Time

  Thursday June 17th\, 2021 7:45pm EST
 Venue:&nbsp\; Virtual via Zoom
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
DTSTART:20210617T223000Z
DTEND:20210617T234500Z
DTSTAMP:20260413T025000Z
ORGANIZER;CN=PMI Binghamton Chapter:MAILTO:vp_programs@pmi-binghamton.org
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