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Dekker Summit - Photos
Photos from the 2011 Dekker Summit
General Session
The theme of this year's Summit was "Convergence," and the many ways in which that term has come to define our work environments. Keynote presenter John Cimral (Regence Group) discussed the ways in portfolio management allows executives a way to view all organizational programs and projects in a larger strategic context. Cathe Mohar (DOE/OECM) explored the functionality and early successes of the Department of Energy's new PARS II system, that allows contractors to upload project performance data to DOE headquarters via the web. Randy Terlecki (Abacus) spoke on the importance of cultural buy-in when embracing new technologies, and how the tools and the people using them must be moving in the same direction. In John Van Dinther's (DCMA) presentation about the UN/CEFACT project management data exchange standard, attendees saw how cost, schedule, and other data could be translated in a way that all computers and systems can understand. This topic seemed particularly resonant with attendees, many of whom have had to deal with trying to manage performance data generated by multiple systems. Network television writer Ryan Farley (Cold Case) explained how program and project management thinking are at work in the effort to bring a television show to millions of viewers at home.
Click here to read more about each speaker’s presentation and to download copies of the slides.
Networking Events
Dekker, Ltd. hosted a number of professional networking events such as catered receptions and an opening night dinner with a performance by Arthur Benjamin, a nationally renowned "mathemagician" who has been featured on television, in the New York Times, and at multiple TED conferences.
