| WEEK 46 |
| Thursday. 18 November, 2021 | |
| 11:30 am |
CANCELLED-November 2021 Chapter Luncheon: A PM’s Guide to Increasing Power and InfluenceThe Project Manager position in any organization is typically created with a great deal of responsibility, without providing an appropriate level of authority. To be effective, PMs must over time, acquire a power base to effectively exert influence over the organization and build an adaptive project execution methodology that maintains risk at acceptable levels while operating within the parameters of the triple constraint. This presentation will discuss various forms of organizational and personal power that PMs can seek out to build a base of power from which to draw upon to influence the people, process and initiatives required for an effective project completion. Our Speakers Woodrow W. Winchester, III, PhD, CPEM is currently the Director of Professional Engineering Programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Woodrow is a Certified Professional Engineering Management Professional (CPEM) with over ten (10) years of technical program and project management experiences. Woodrow is also the Director of Professional Development & Continuing Education for the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) and is a regular contributor to the ASEM Blog. Selected as a member of the second cohort of the NSF sponsored IAspire Leadership Academy, Woodrow is an advocate for more equitable and inclusive approaches to technological innovation and management. As a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) thought leader, Woodrow has published works in influential practitioner-oriented publications such as INCOSE Insight Magazine, ACM Interactions, Fast Company Magazine, and The Conversation. With over 40 years of management experience in industry and academia, Dr. Gouker currently serves as Assistant Graduate Program Director for Professional Engineering Programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he teaches on a variety of technology leadership and project management subjects. He is the co-author of the Control Account Manager's Handbook, and holder of several technology-based patents. Capitalizing on his previous years of experience as the Provost of the SANS Technology Institute, he is also consulting for the cybersecurity practice at First Health Advisory utilizing a build, rather than buy strategy for the development of the unique cybersecurity team members required to help healthcare delivery organizations secure their connected assets.
Topic: November 2021 Luncheon |