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Speaker: Gary R. Heerkens, PMP, CPM, CBM , PE,President of Management Solutions Group

  Agenda
6:00 Registration and Networking
6:30 Announcements
6:45 Dinner
7:45 Raffle
8:00 Presentation
9:00 Close

Presentation Abstract:

How We Installed an Entire Project Management Infrastructure in a Company
This true story begins about three years ago, when the American Eagle Federal Credit Union, a rapidly growing financial institution in East Hartford, Connecticut, committed to dramatically improve their approach to project management. What followed was the design and installation of an entire project management infrastructure, tailored to meet organizational culture and business requirements.

Virtually every aspect of the project management process was addressed, such as:
•  Developing procedures for project identification and approval
•  Selecting the appropriate project management software
•  Implementing individualized skill-building programs
•  Developing a project process manual
•  Installing a modestly-sized PMO
•  ...and many others
The result was a dramatic transformation of the Credit Union's project portfolio -- from a financial liability to a strategic weapon. This presentation chronicles the company's true-life journey, describing many of the problems they overcame and many of the key steps they took to accomplish an amazing and rapid increase in project management maturity.

About the Speaker:

Gary R. Heerkens, PMP, CPM, CBM , PE, is president of Management Solutions Group, a company that provides innovative project management educational solutions and enterprise-wide project management development support. Prior to founding Management Solutions Group, he spent over 20 years managing a variety of project types for the Eastman Kodak Company. He also served as staff assistant to Kodak's director of project management, developing and delivering project management training programs, developing project process methodologies, and acting as an internal project management consultant across Kodak.

Mr. Heerkens is a long-standing education provider for the Project Management Institute's ( PMI ) SeminarsWorld program, and a frequent speaker at international project management conferences and PMI chapter events. Recently, he became one of just six people selected by PMI to develop a self-study educational program based on the Third Edition of the PMBOK. He has also been selected as the provider of project management provider for the Purchasing Management Association of Canada. Mr. Heerkens was on the review committee for PMI 's A Framework for Project Management seminar. He has contributed several articles to several popular newsletters and has published several papers on a variety of project management topics. Mr. Heerkens authored a book on project management for McGraw-Hill's Briefcase Books Series, a leading seller today. His current book, The Business-Savvy Project Manager is due for release in Fall 2005.

Mr. Heerkens is an active member of several professional organizations, including PMI , IAPPM (International Association of Program and Project Management), and APBM (Association for Professionals in Business Management), and has been formally certified by each organization. He served three terms as president of the PMI Rochester (NY) Chapter, from 1998 to 2001, and was re-elected as President in 2005. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York State and holds a master's degree (MBA) from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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