PDD MAY 15, 2020
The 2020 South Carolina PMI Midlands Chapter Professional Development Day (PDD) is a one day conference hosted by the Midlands Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). It was created to provide local and regional project management professionals the ability to enhance their project management skills through collocated training, while earning continuing education credits for project management certifications.
Network@Nite and PDU
PMI-BPMO Spring Lecture Series
Hosted by Kenneth Zenauskas
VP of Operations
"Knowing When to Escalate"
No one likes escalating problems to their Project Board or sponsor. Most project managers would rather struggle than to ask for help. This process can be a pain point and can give rise to strife within the project team and its members. Because of this fact, it is important to know what kind of situations are appropriate when escalating. Also once escalation has happened, how can a project manager use soft skills to avoid conflicts and productivity decreases that usually arise.
In this lecture Kenneth Zenauskas will use real-life situations where escalating made a real difference in their project. He will also go into detail on the five scenarios where it pays to escalate.
- When the decision-maker is not clear
- When people don’t work together
- When you can’t control absurd changes
- Meeting Unrealistic expectations
- When politics get in the way
Network@Nite and PDU
PMI-BPMO Spring Lecture Series
Hosted by Kenneth Zenauskas
VP of Operations
"Comprehensive Gathering Requirements"
Requirements gathering is an essential part of any project. Understanding fully what a complete project will deliver is critical to its success. Requirements gathering sounds like common sense, but surprisingly, it's an area that is given far too little attention.
In the lecture, Kenneth Zenauskas will discuss the ten rules for successful requirements gathering. He will then walk- through the common mistakes most business analysts and project managers make when creating the requirements documentation.
After this lecture, the attendees will get a detailed understanding from the Project Manager’s point of view on how to create a clear, concise, and agreed set of requirements.