TOPIC: Lean Project Delivery: The Future of Project Management

Project management has become a buzzword over the past 20 years,
especially since the publication of the first edition of the
PMBOK® guide in 1996. In this time, it has both become popular
and become ossified. New “Lean” concepts of project management
are developing and proving to be significant improvements over
the “generally recognized good practices” that are described in
the PMBOK® Guide. Please join us to discuss how to start the Lean
journey in project management, including such things as:

•         Improving project management by using Lean processes
•         The conceptual underpinnings of Lean project management
•         Understanding the origins and goals of Lean
•         How Lean affects the future of project management

PRESENTER: Nigel Blampied

Nigel Blampied is a doctoral student in the Project Production
Systems Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Before retiring to become a student, he was the Division Chief
for Project Management Support in the San Francisco Bay Area
office of the California Department of Transportation. He was
also the Secretary of the International Working Group on Project
Management Guidance. In that role, he played a significant part
in writing the first International Standard for Project
Management (ISO21500:2012). Nigel has participated in the
revisions of the PMBOK® Guide since 2000 and he was on the core
editorial team for the PMBOK® Guide, Third Edition (2004). He
holds degrees from the Universities of South Africa, Natal, and
California and from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is registered
as a Professional Engineer in South Africa and California,
certified as a Senior Project Manager (IPMA-B), and certified as
a Project Management Professional (PMP).  Nigel is in Durban for
the first semester of 2015, teaching at course at UKZN Howard
College and conducting research on project management in SANRAL.

DATE:  Thursday, 12 February 2015

TIME
17:30 - 18:00 Registration, Snacks, Networking
18:00 - 19:00 Presentation

VENUE
Durban Country Club
Isaiah Ntshangase Road
Durban

COST
Members: Free
Non-Members: R50

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