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Upcoming events

  • Evolution of a Major Oil Company’s Project Management System

    • 24 Feb 2012
    • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    • Mimi's Cafe, 4420 Oracle Road
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    Important

    The venue is Mimi's at Oracle/Wetmore, as the Home Town buffet has closed.

    Agenda

    7:30am Doors Open and Registration
    7:45am Breakfast
    8:00am Presentation Starts
    9:00am Presentation Ends

    Meal cost is included in paid meeting registration.

    PDU Value: 1

    Evolution of a Major Oil Company’s Project Management System

    Chevron began development of its project management system in the early 90’s and it has evolved into a world class system. However, in its first decade of existence, its use was very inconsistent, and not well understood throughout the company, resulting in unsatisfactory project results in some instances.  The effort and commitment necessary to continually develop and deploy the system across the enterprise was grossly underestimated in the beginning.

    The author experienced first hand this evolution, first as an engineering manager, and then as a project professional.  Barry will discuss the key elements of the project management system, along with lessons learned from development and deployment from his perspective.  Areas discussed will include:
    • Five phase Chevron project management process
    • Project decision making and governance
    • Project assurance
    • Organizational capability development
    • Key project tools
    Speaker

    Barry Abbott has over 35 years experience in engineering and project management.   After obtaining degrees in Civil Engineering from the U of A, he went to work for Chicago Bridge and Iron (CBI) as a structural engineer.  

    He joined Chevron in 1980 as an engineer in the offshore technology development group and spent the next 15 years as an engineer and manager in technology development, and offshore project design and construction.  

    In 1995 he began working as a project professional on some of Chevron’s largest projects in Australia, Angola, and Canada. His final assignment in Chevron was manager of a newly formed Early Concept Development group responsible for support during the concept select phase of projects, retiring in 2008.

    After consulting for a year, Barry joined Addax Petroleum in Switzerland as corporate manager of facility engineering, and projects. Addax’s operations are in West Africa.  He retired in 2011 and is now a part time consultant.

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Past events

16 Feb 2012 [SV] Work Breakdown Structure Tools Workshop
13 Feb 2012 Management and Leadership for a Technical World
27 Jan 2012 Strategic Planning and How It Relates to Project Management
19 Jan 2012 [SV] Top Tips for Meeting/Team Facilitation
10 Jan 2012 It’s All Geek to Me! What’s in Your 2012 Tech Toolkit?
13 Dec 2011 [Tucson] 2011 Annual Chapter Meeting and Holiday Social
06 Dec 2011 [SV] 2011 Annual Chapter Meeting and Holiday Social
02 Dec 2011 Powerful and Poised Presentations: A How-To Session
16 Nov 2011 SPECIAL EVENT: Stakeholder Management
08 Nov 2011 Keeping a project team on track with consensus and effective conflict resolution
28 Oct 2011 Top Tips for Meeting/Team Facilitation
20 Oct 2011 SV: 9/11 Re-visited – Capability transition based on operational change
11 Oct 2011 Leaders Required! “Change” and “Teams” Will Challenge Every Project Manager
07 Oct 2011 SPECIAL EVENT: Managing Career Transitions
30 Sep 2011 SPECIAL EVENT: Lee Lambert's PDUs for Pennies Workshop
20 Sep 2011 Electronic Medical Records and the HITECH Grant
15 Sep 2011 SV: The Road to Excellence
26 Aug 2011 It’s All Geek to Me! What’s in Your Tech Toolkit?
18 Aug 2011 SV: Successfully Navigating Organizational Politics
09 Aug 2011 Project Management Office (PMO) Panel Discussion
29 Jul 2011 Agile: Tough Questions Answered
27 Jul 2011 SPECIAL EVENT: 2-Day Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Training
21 Jul 2011 SV: Top 10 Hints and Tips for Microsoft Project
12 Jul 2011 Planning, Projects, and Primates at Reid Park Zoo
24 Jun 2011 Taiko Team Building
23 Jun 2011 SPECIAL EVENT WORKSHOP: Best Practices for Negotiating a Win/Win with Multiple Stakeholders
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27 May 2011 3D Laser Scanning: Reducing Projects' Duration and Cost
19 May 2011 SV: Corporate Governance (COBIT)
09 May 2011 Value Engineering
29 Apr 2011 The University of AZ Mosaic Project
21 Apr 2011 SV: Risk Management in the Procurement Process: How to Find the Right Contractor
12 Apr 2011 Agile: Tough Questions Answered
29 Mar 2011 SV: Value Engineering the Sequel
25 Mar 2011 Workplace Quality: 5S
08 Mar 2011 Negotiation Skills for Project Managers
28 Feb 2011 Practical Leadership: The Tao of Everest
17 Feb 2011 SV: Value Engineering
15 Feb 2011 Collaborative Tools for Virtual Teams
28 Jan 2011 Rosemont Copper
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21 Oct 2010 Supply Chain Project Management
12 Oct 2010 Realistic Agile PM Implementation
30 Sep 2010 SPECIAL EVENT: Managing Career Transitions
24 Sep 2010 Humor in Project Management: Pearls of Wisdom
21 Sep 2010 The Challenges/Rewards of Leading and Managing a Cross-Disciplinary Scientific Research Venture
16 Sep 2010 Using MS SharePoint for Project Management
27 Aug 2010 A Comparison of Agile Project Management Concepts to Traditional Methods
19 Aug 2010 How Pima County is applying PM processes to the PCWIN project
10 Aug 2010 Electronic Medical Records Implementation at TMC
23 Jul 2010 PMBOK versus Six Sigma
21 Jul 2010 Lessons Learned from the AZ Virtual Border Fence Project
13 Jul 2010 Mayor Smith: Leading City Government using Project Management
25 Jun 2010 Developing Work Breakdown Structures [Process Plant Construction Case Study]
08 Jun 2010 The Effective Project Team
28 May 2010 How Pima County is applying PM processes to the PCWIN project
12 May 2010 The Importance of Contractual Scope Management | Sierra Vista
11 May 2010 Tucson Jobs and Career Profile for Project Managers
23 Apr 2010 Supply Chain Project Management, an APICS Primer
22 Apr 2010 Lee Lambert's Stop Talking about Project Management and Start Doing It!
19 Apr 2010 Reach the Peak | PMI-Phoenix Symposium 2010
13 Apr 2010 First Aid for Business Email
26 Mar 2010 The Importance of Contractual Scope Management | Breakfast Meeting
 
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