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Strategic Project Management
Alex S. Brown, PMP
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSIG USA)
Session ADV09
Presented October 24, 2006
Introducing Alex S. Brown

Manager Strategic Planning Office MSIG
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“Strategic Project Management”

What is a Project Nightmare?

Over budget?
Late delivery?
Poor quality?
Even worse: on-time, on-budget, great quality, but delivering something your organization does not need

Case Study

Mitsui Sumitomo [...]

A kinder, gentler, project manager joke
As told by Alex S. Brown, PMP at a Toastmasters meeting
Find out more about Alex at http://www.alexsbrown.com/.
Find out more about Toastmasters at http://www.toastmasters.org/.
Walking along the beach

Lamp on the beach

A genie appears!

The first wish…

A beautiful mansion on the beach

Poof! Wish granted

The second wish…

A hotel in the sun

Poof! Wish granted

The project manager’s [...]

A kinder, gentler, project manager joke
As told by Alex S. Brown, PMP at a Toastmasters meeting
Find out more about Alex at http://www.alexsbrown.com/.
Find out more about Toastmasters at http://www.toastmasters.org/.
Walking along the beach

Lamp on the beach

A genie appears!

The first wish…

A beautiful mansion on the beach

Poof! Wish granted

The second wish…

A hotel in the sun

Poof! Wish granted

The project manager’s [...]

A kinder, gentler, project manager joke
As told by Alex S. Brown, PMP at a Toastmasters meeting
Find out more about Alex at http://www.alexsbrown.com/.
Find out more about Toastmasters at http://www.toastmasters.org/.
Walking along the beach

Lamp on the beach

A genie appears!

The first wish…

A beautiful mansion on the beach

Poof! Wish granted

The second wish…

A hotel in the sun

Poof! Wish granted

The project manager’s [...]

Learn how project charters successfully bridged cultural gaps when making decisions among a community of Japanese and U.S. executives. Establishing a clear chartering process was the key to project management’s success at the company. The presentation will include templates and overviews of the processes established.
This speech was delivered and recorded live for the PMI New [...]

Even if you already know the one about the project manager and the genie, listen to this retelling and variation on that joke.
This new item is a first for this website in two different ways. It is the first joke on the site, and it is the first attempt to deliver slides and synchronized audio [...]

key financial terms, including return on investment, time value of money, payback period, and first-to-market advantage. Applies these financial concepts to sample projects, to help project managers understand the business impact of schedule changes.

Presented at the 2006 PMI College of Scheduling Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida between April 23 and April 26, 2006. Also presented at the PMI North America Congress in Atlanta, Georgia on October 8, 2007.

Four examples of possible project charters, with an explanation for each showing why it is or is not a charter. The examples are useful teaching examples, designed to challenge people’s ideas of what a project charter is and is not.

Addresses the question about whether it is better to model a schedule with only full-time assignments or part-time assignments for resources. Reviews pros and cons of different solutions, and points out critical mistakes schedulers can make when assigning part-time, concurrent work.

Presented at the PMI 2004 Global Congress — North America on October 25, 2004 in Anaheim, CA.

Provides career advice for IT project managers, whether they wish to leave IT or stay in IT. Reviews employment trends in IT that may force IT project managers to make tough career choices. Based on industry publications and employment trends, as well as my own experience crossing over from IT to business-oriented project management. The raw employment and industry statistics used in the presentation are available for download, as well as the paper and the presentation slides.