Next Chapter Meeting

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Program

4:00  Registration table opens
4:30  Educational presentation
5:30  Networking
5:35  New member welcome meeting
6:00  Dinner & announcements
7:00  Keynote presentation

Location

Doubletree Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon

Pick up your parking voucher at the registration table–Parking is FREE!

January Menu

Pot Roast, Beef Slow Cooked until Tender & Served with Demi Glace Over Mashed Potatoes With Seasonal Vegetables
Or
CousCous Risotto Served with roasted Tomatoes, Herbs, Sweet Red Peppers, Kalamata Olives & Oregano, Grilled Tofu with Cucumber Relish

Banana Cake

How to Rescue Troubled Projects and Programs

Projects are hard.  Many critical projects struggle or even fail, so at some point you will have to rescue a project that got into trouble.  This is usually a high-visibility, nail-biting experience.  This presentation will show you techniques to stabilize, diagnose, and repair a damaged project.  It will show you what to watch out for, how to get quick victories, and mistakes to avoid.

About the Speaker

Jeff Oltmann is principal consultant at Synergy Professional Services (www.spspro.com), where his specialties include strategy deployment, project excellence, and program and portfolio management.  He is on the graduate management faculty at Oregon Health and Science University and holds a Master of Engineering degree and a Project Management Professional credential.  Jeff previously ran a project management office (PMO) and $60M USD project portfolio for IBM’s xSeries development facility.  He has over 30 years of experience developing new products, managing successful programs, and consulting to management teams.   He is the founder of the Portfolio Management Roundtable.

My Project Management Journey

These days Jean Richardson seems to have “Agile” stamped all over her.  Three years of agile coaching and a growing leadership role in the local Agile Community of Practice can do that.  But the backstory on how and why she has the career she does may not be what you expect.  A real tootsie roll of a project manager, to some people she looks soft on the outside, and they’re surprised about how hard-nosed she can be.  But when she joins in and leads their team they’re surprised by how supportive and accessible she truly is.  How she ended up in the agile space is a similar yet surprising story.  Come hear her talk about her project management journey and prepare to be surprised about where it has taken her.

About the Speaker

Over the course of nearly 25 years, Jean Richardson has become experienced in coaching, agile and traditional project management, requirements and business analysis, and training. Her experience and career path have spanned both traditional and agile methods, frameworks, and cultural perspectives. The agile leadership model she espouses, Pervasive Leadership, is designed to help leaders set a collaborative context while still meeting their own stewardship responsibilities to the organization.

In addition to coaching and managing projects, Jean has been a Multnomah County Court mediator for the last 13 years and served as a Better Business Bureau arbitrator.  She currently serves on the Agile PDX steering committee, is co-founder of the Leadership Salon, serves in the role of PMI Chapter Engagement Representative for the Agile Community of Practice in Portland, and is a member of the Portland Chapter mentoring committee.  Her client list includes a wide range of businesses including ADP, Cambia Health Solutions, Chrome Systems, Idealist, Intel, Daimler Chrysler, Mentor Graphics, City of Portland, Oregon State Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority, Portland General Electric, Tripwire, and UTi.  She is currently writing a book on adaptive leadership practices for new and emerging leaders.