Topic: How to Detect Fraud and Error

Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Registration:
Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, November 11th at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director - Registration for further discussion.

Registration

Location:
The Metropolitan Club
Sears Tower
233 S. Wacker Dr., 67th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 876-3200

Speaker:
Rudolph Melik
CEO, Tenrox

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

Abstract:
Is more always better? When you’re talking raw business data (much like fat cells, say, or bright blue eye shadow), the answer is an emphatic no. Your company undoubtedly has tons of data. You can probably find a number for any business operation or function under the sun right at your fingertips. Sounds good in theory, but if you’ve ever tried to actually solve a problem by wading through this flood of data, you know the reality is far different. Often, those numbers are just numbers—meaningless in terms of moving the business forward, and paralyzing by virtue of their sheer volume.

This presentation introduces helpful tips and techniques for detecting unusual project activity related to project time, expenses, approval, and scope change reporting. These techniques can be effectively used by project managers, as well as executives and senior operational managers to catch and prevent project management errors, questionable transactions or the misappropriation of time, budgets and costs.

About the Speaker:
Rudolf Melik is one of the four original founders of Tenrox. As CEO, he has grown the company from 4 to 100 employees and is the driving force behind the company’s award-winning products and marketing strategy. His impressive resume includes ten years of experience in software engineering and management, working as senior software engineer at companies such as Matrox, Discreet Logic, and Bell International.

As the principal author of the first book written on Professional Services Automation and his second book, The Rise of the Project Workforce, Managing People and Projects in a Flat World (www.projectworkforcebook.com), released August 2007, Rudolf demonstrates his extensive knowledge of software products for project management, workforce management, accounting, payroll, business process automation, CRM and ERP. Rudolf is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the 2001 Technology Entrepreneur of the Year award. He holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, with a minor in Management from McGill University.

Registration:
Register using the link above. Please note that all registrations must be pre-paid on-line and no walk-ins will be accepted the day of the event. The Registration deadline is Sunday evening, November 11th at midnight. Seating is limited. Registration may close earlier if the seating capacity is filled. Contact the Director of Registration for further discussion.

Contact the Director of Programs at programs@pmi-chicagoland.org if you have any questions or concerns regarding the content of this event.