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Tools and Techniques:
Negotiating for Project Success
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| 07 Apr 2010 | 5:30 PM | 7:30 PM | Sunnyvale Community Center -
Ballroom 550 E. Remington Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94087 USA |
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Tools and Techniques
Topic: Negotiating for Project Success
Event Sponsor
PMI Silicon Valley Chapter
Last date for On-line Registration: 04/05/2010 10:00pm Pacfic Time
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| Randall L. Englund, is an executive consultant for the Englund Project Management Consultancy (www.englundpmc.com), and has spent most of his career in Silicon Valley. He’s co-author of three best selling business books, including the latest on Project Sponsorship, and teaches project management at California universities and PMI seminars. While Randy has an MBA in management and a BS in electrical engineering, his real education came from 22 years at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was a senior project manager, new product developer, and internal consultant at the corporate Project Management Initiative. Previously he conducted projects in the field for General Electric Medical Systems. Randy now delights in sharing his passion for project management, and the environment in which people do project-based work, with clients around the world. He is a member of the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and relishes the opportunity to share his insights and experiences, using multimedia and interactive discussions, about a challenge we all face, “Negotiating for Project Success.” | |

Time: 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Rickey's Restaurant
Novato, CA 94949
Negotiating for Project Success: Are You Prepared?
The results delivered by projects depend upon what you negotiate. A “secret” employed by successful project leaders is that they explore a perspective, principles, tools, and recommendations to achieve better results through the power of negotiations. They avoid being set up for failure by recognizing and developing skills that lead to greater success. Negotiating is fun, and it is productive. Everything is negotiable, both at work and in everyday lives. It is in our best interests, and for your team and organization, that you embrace negotiating as a requisite skill…and implement it dutifully.
Every day involves negotiations: what to buy, how much to pay, where to go, what to do, how to solve problems, agree on requirements, get the right resources, …. Are you fully equipped to get the best outcomes possible? What if you could improve your negotiating abilities by at least ten percent? Take the time now to learn ten basic “rules,” develop negotiating skills, and reap the benefits. Imagine how much better off you’ll be over the course of your lifetime when you negotiate clear success criteria and set yourself up for success instead of failure. This effort will change your life.
Our presenter, Randall L. Englund, is an executive consultant for the Englund Project Management Consultancy (www.englundpmc.com), coming to us from Silicon Valley where he resides and worked. He’s co-author of three best selling business books, including the latest on Project Sponsorship, and teaches project management at California universities and PMI seminars. While Randy has an MBA in management and a BS in electrical engineering, his real education came from 22 years at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was a senior project manager, new product developer, and internal consultant for a corporate project office. Previously he conducted projects in the field for General Electric Medical Systems. Randy now delights in sharing his passion for project management, and the environment in which people do project-based work, with clients around the world. He is a member of the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter and relishes the opportunity to come to the Wine Country and share his insights and experiences, using multimedia and interactive discussions, about a challenge we all face, “Negotiating for Project Success.”
A required course in the
Certificate Program in Project Management. An elective in the Certificate
Programs in Business Analyst and Web Intelligence.
This course is for those involved in projects, including project managers,
project team members, and functional managers who interface with project teams.
The success of projects is dependent not only upon the project management
process itself, but also upon the people in the process and how effectively they
work together and communicate with and influence clients, stakeholders, and each
other. This course focuses on the project manager's role as both manager and
leader, with particular emphasis on the competencies and skills associated with
effective project leadership and what is required to develop and maintain a
high-performance project team. Participants will address six principal topics
(modules) as they relate to project teams: (1) project management fundamentals,
including the role of the project team and the project team manager-leader, (2)
human behavior, (3) project stakeholders, (4) communications, (5) management and
leadership, including conflict resolution, and (6) developing project teams The
course is highly participative and uses a variety of learning methods, including
lesson presentations, case studies, readings, essays, and discussions.
Randall L. Englund, MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CPM, worked at Hewlett-Packard Company for 22 years, as a senior project manager in high tech new product development and in the corporate Project Management Initiative. He co-authored Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, Creating the Project Office, and Project Sponsorship. As an executive consultant, trainer, speaker, and professional facilitator, Randy helps people discover and create organic systems to achieve more than project-based work, using assessments, multimedia experiences, and systemic inquiry.
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When: |
Winter Jan 11 to Mar 14, 2010 Spring Apr 5 to Jun 6 |
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Where: |
Online |
The “Project Portfolio Days” is a two
day event that offers participants the opportunity to interact with
international experts on this subject. This unique event provides you with the
knowledge, tools and practices to help make better project business decisions
and achieve a balanced and optimal project portfolio within your organization.
Project Portfolio Management is about prioritizing technology-related demands
and plans and then allocating financial and human resources to investment
initiatives. Through Project Portfolio Management, the organization integrates
governance-oriented collaboration with business stakeholders, delivers expected
results from investments, and provides reports to stakeholders for
decision-making and for communicating investment status. Last year our focus was
more generic; this year we will focus on Project Portfolio Selection and
Analysis methods and Case Studies.
This event is a great opportunity to
interact with international practitioners, authors, and experts in Project
Portfolio Management. Please do not miss this special occasion that offers food
for thought and action oriented practices, all aimed at transforming portfolio
management in your organization. The event features the following international
speakers:
* Simona Bonghez (Romania)
* Randall L. Englund (US)
* Jim De Piante (US)
* Michel Thiry (UK)
* Jack Duggal (US)
* Alfonso Bucero (Spain)

Committed to bringing stellar learning opportunities to individuals in the project management field, PMI holds SeminarsWorld® events throughout the year, all over the world, for beginning, mid-level and experienced project management practitioners, PMI members and nonmembers.
| Seminar: Creating Project Excellence: Lessons from the Experts |
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Wednesday-Thursday 23-24 June 2010 at SeminarsWorld Orlando
Wednesday-Thursday 28-29 July 2010 at SeminarsWorld Vancouver
Wednesday-Thursday
10-11
November 2010
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Instructors: Randall L. Englund, MBA, BSEE, NPDP, CBM; Alfonso Bucero, MSc, PMP
Discover viewpoints, insights, and practices about why, what, and how to achieve more from project based work—a search for excellence. Reflect upon and gather lessons learned from experienced practitioners. First, understand and optimize the working environment; second, traverse the path where a project office leads a change management process; and third, develop leadership in project sponsorship. Assess your current environment; compare that with an ideal environment; then share examples, actions, and improved practices about how to bridge the gap. Identify concepts that support rather than undermine project management as an organizational competency. Create a “green,” rather than “toxic,” environment that appreciates the value of project management. Get expert feedback and experience how to adopt, adapt, and apply leading practices that transform your approach and effectiveness, no matter where you work. Participants receive a copy of the book, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas covered: Integration Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, and Communications Management. Who should attend? What will my seminar experience cover?
Reference Book: How will I benefit?
What instructional materials will be
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PMI Global Congress EMEA 2010, May 13-14 Milan, Italy
Seminar: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success
Description:
Executive support is essential for project success. This seminar provides steps, advice, and tips about effective and efficient practices that enable participants to obtain and sustain executive support for your projects to achieve organizational success and business prosperity.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) areas covered: Project Integration Management, Project Quality Management.
Who should attend?
Advanced project managers, managers of project managers, project sponsors, and executives who want to breakthrough a current performance plateau and achieve greater results. Those who ask “What can I do differently?” or “What am I missing?”
How will I benefit?
Develop and enhance the contributions you make to your organization by being able to:
· Clarify authority, roles and responsibility of the project Sponsor
· Overcome confusion around roles and create more effective working relationships
· Obtain and sustain committed Sponsorship
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Understand and assess your organizational culture·
Help implement more effective project Sponsorship in your organization
What will my seminar experience cover?

What instructional materials will be used?
Lecture, Facilitated Group Discussion, Case Studies, Surveys, Individual and Group Exercises.
Participants receive a copy of the Englund and Bucero book, Project Sponsorship: Achieving Management Commitment for Project Success (Jossey-Bass, 2006).
Past Events:
Creating Excellence in/through Project Management
by Randall L. Englund
Have you, your project, and/or your organization hit a plateau where performance stagnates? Are you wondering how not only to survive but also prosper during challenging times? Does the question ‘What else can I do?’ come to mind? Then participate in a webinar that addresses a systemic approach to project management in your organization. Come prepared to discover practical ideas that optimize the results to be achieved by creating an environment for successful projects.
Creating Excellence in/through Project Management means…working through others to optimize and achieve greater results from project-based work…realizing a competitive advantage by executing strategy through projects…significant advancements in maturity of people, processes, and the environment of a project-based organization. Achieving excellence involves forming a picture of an ideal project environment…and requires an honest assessment of current reality. Implementing change requires management attention focused on strengths, development opportunities, benchmark comparisons, best practices, and action plans.
This session highlights viewpoints, insights, and practices about why, what, and how to create excellence IN project management. A first question to resolve is who—are you “in the game” with intention to make a difference? With this foundation, the organization is positioned to achieve excellent results THROUGH project management. People who do this understand and optimize the working environment, traverse the path where a project office leads a change management process, and develop leadership in project sponsorship. They identify concepts that support rather than undermine project, program, and portfolio management as organizational competencies. Create a “green,” rather than “toxic,” environment that values project-based work.
DATE: July 15, 2009
TIME: 11:00 am - 12:00 noon PDT
REGISTRATION: http://cadencemc.webex.com/
{If you missed the live online webinar, it is available as an archive.}
...how to talk less and accomplish more in half the time
Friday, June 19, 2009, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM in downtown San Francisco. Sponsored by PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
0829 Project Management Office
X490.3 BUSAD
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This course addresses how organizations can use enterprise project management concepts to achieve optimal results from project-based work. Participants learn to implement a Project Management Office (PMO) that best suits the purposes and circumstances of their organization. Designed for project managers and senior managers accountable for overall project management performance, the course addresses key issues in PMO formation and management:
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1493 Project Management Negotiation Principles and Techniques
X462.4 BUSAD
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Case studies and negotiation simulations help students translate new knowledge into job-related skills. Students taking this course address how to:
Project Management Institute--PMP Professional Development Units 15.0 Hours
or Credit 1.5 Units| Instructor(s): | RANDALL ENGLUND, M.B.A. |
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PMI Panama Project Management Symposium

March 18-19, 2009 Panama City, Panama
The Land
Divided - The Project World United
Creating Excellence in/through Project Management
Full day workshop by Randall L. Englund, March 18, 2009
By creating excellence IN project, program, and portfolio management, you are positioned to create excellence THROUGH project management, and GET DESIRED…SUSTAINABLE…RESULTS!
In this seminar, discover viewpoints, insights, and practices about why, what, and how to achieve more from project based work—a search for excellence. Reflect upon and gather lessons learned from an experienced practitioner and other participants. You will come to:
C Understand and optimize your working environment
C Assess your current environment; compare that with an ideal environment; then share examples, actions, and improved practices about how to bridge the gap
C Traverse the path where a project office leads a change management process
C Develop effectiveness in project sponsorship
C Identify concepts that support rather than undermine project management as an organizational competency
C Create a “green,” rather than “toxic,” environment that appreciates the value of project management
C Get expert feedback
C Experience how to adopt, adapt, and apply leading practices
Randall L. Englund provides inspiration and tools to develop an action plan. As an executive consultant, trainer, speaker, and professional facilitator for the Englund Project Management Consultancy (www.englundpmc.com), Randy helps people discover the means to achieve more from project-based work, using assessments, multimedia experiences, and systemic inquiry. His organic approach includes the behavioral, technical, business, and change management aspects that create an environment for project success. A frequent presenter at professional development events, Randy’s been described as one whose “insights and style bring the concepts from way up there, to right down here, equip you with the tools, and empower you to act.” The question remaining will be how motivated you are to transform your approach and achieve excellence in your organization.

Dignitaries Jean Claude Dravet, Dr. J. Davidson Frame, Alfonso Bucero, and Randall L. Englund relax the day after their presentations at The Project Portfolio Day in Madrid, Spain.
To get more information and to view outcomes from the event, go to www.projectportfolioday.com.
Seminars
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Project Management
April 29 - May 1, 2009 AMA Houston
June 10-12, 2009 AMA San Francisco
Instructor: Randall L. Englund
More than 60,000
nontechnical professionals have turned to this best-selling seminar
to help them deliver basic project management solutions with higher
quality, greater value and better accountability. You’ll cover
everything, from defining scope and gathering requirements, to
planning and budgeting, to utilizing scheduling and control tools.
Plus, you’ll get hands-on practice, exercises and real-world
examples.
You’ll return to work with all the basic project management help you
need to get your projects—and your career—off the ground and
running.
Set practical goals for your projects—goals you can achieve regardless of “hitches”
Set realistic schedules that you can meet
Develop a project plan—and get that plan implemented
Stay on top of schedules, workloads and “people problems”
Save time and energy by “building in flexibility” rather than “putting out fires”
Cope with budget and time constraints
Delegate in a fair and practical way within the project team
Build your credibility with top management
08/25/2008 - 08/27/2008 AMA San Francisco Center San Francisco Marriott
10/8/2008 - 10/10/2008 AMA San Francisco Center San Francisco Marriott
From planning, scheduling and controlling IS/IT
projects…to managing critical interfaces with users and
vendors…to balancing development needs with system
maintenance…you’ll find your information technology
project management solutions here!
In this course, discover how to optimize IT development
and delivery processes so that you can bring every
information technology project online more effectively,
more quickly and on budget.
December 12-14, 2007 San Francisco Wells Fargo Conference Center
Maintain
control of your projects with proven scheduling
techniques
Deliver
quality systems on time
Plan for
the unexpected
Budget
more effectively
Keep
conflict at a minimum
Expertly use PM software tools

Randy Englund made a return presentation on March 19, 2008 at Cisco on "The Importance of Project Sponsorship" at a lunchtime skill building workshop. He previously presented to Cisco October 3, 2007 (shown in picture above) on "Effective Project Checkpoint Meetings." He also was scheduled to appear in the June 18, 2008 program on "Managing Virtual Teams", together with Jeff Richardson and Jim Sloane.

presents
Project Sponsorship Workshop
Download Project Sponsorship brochure

Cadence President John Patton, Alfonso Bucero, Cadence COO Connie Plowman, and Randy Englund at the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta Georgia USA
Alfonso Bucero & Randy Englund, enjoying Southern hospitality after the PMI Global Congress 2007 in Atlanta:

