Boyer’s PMO consulting team has gained an expert in the field with the addition of enterprise project manager Christian Lund.With an eclectic background in philosophy, theoretical physics, aeronautical engineering and nonprofits, Lund lends a unique perspective to Boyer’s project management team.Lund graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, a major he chose largely due to his love for logic and systems. At the time, rumors of AI and its large language datasets led many to study philosophy with the intent of getting involved in the technology industry.“I fell in love with datasets because of how complex it was,” Lund said.Lund’s first role was in aeronautical engineering at what is now called BP Aero, a company that … [Read more...] about PMO consulting team gains an expert
Project Management Aids ERP
What You Can Do to Help Your Project Succeed While the definition of success on a project is different for each organization, there are some actions that any company can take to help the project succeed. In addition to benefiting from the expertise of a skilled project manager, here are five actions that your company’s leadership can take internally to ensure the success of your implementation:Engage Leadership – Buy-in and engagement start from the top. Business resources will take direct cues from and often react in alignment with their leaders. The company’s leaders can show engagement via early communication of support. Throughout the process they should focus on the goals of the project and continue to reiterate them, ask … [Read more...] about Project Management Aids ERP
Knowing Risks Benefits ERP Projects
Boyer & Associates’ new project manager, Beth Steinkopf, is helping us better manage our clients’ ERP implementations. Last week we discussed how her past experience is already helping our clients. This week Jack Boyer asks Steinkopf how early project management can get your ERP implementation off to a great start. Jack: What are the most important elements you focus on early in a project to help clients ensure success with implementing ERP software? I like to understand why the client has chosen to implement the new software. What are their goals? Understanding this helps define where we are going and allows us to refocus the troops if anyone starts to deviate from the initial plan. It also helps to create a baseline. ERP … [Read more...] about Knowing Risks Benefits ERP Projects
Project Management Institute-Minnesota
I attended my first PMI-MN meeting last night and was impressed with how well the group was run. They had a nice orientation, information about passing the PMP certification and wonderful speaker from Medtronic.The speaker’s topic was the difficulty in managing SAP R3 implementations throughout the world. I have to admit that I was not jealous when she described the 16 hour days that their PM’s were routinely going through for a long number of years. Culture differences in foreign countries, value-added taxes in far away places, and competing for resources with other Medronic projects made being a PM sound very challenging.The group had a number of ambitious, yet unemployed, people in the group. It was the first time I stopped to … [Read more...] about Project Management Institute-Minnesota
Project Manager Answer Book
I just listened to a very good podcast by Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, called the project management podcast.The podcast has a nice array of variety with project management predictions from pundits, PM’s from the Department of Defense, teachers, authors, and regular project managers with their PMP and lots of experience.He has a typically wry sense of humor in stating on his website that he “currently lives in Silverado, California, with his wife and their two computers.”In the podcast he interviews Jeff Furman about his book “The Project Management Answer Book”. The author has strong examples from his book and appears to be a great teacher.I ordered the book and am looking forward to learning the following better: Controlling risks … [Read more...] about Project Manager Answer Book
Project Summit and BusinessAnalystWorld
The Project Summit BA World event is coming to Minneapolis June 13th through June 16th and will be held at the Marriot in St. Louis Park, MN.Project Summit & BusinessAnalystWorld is the Project Management and Business Analysis industry's leading conference. They uniquely empower Business Analysis & Project Management professionals with the resources and tools necessary to ensure that projects are clearly defined and executed.If you use the Dynamics SL Project Series, this event could be something worthwhile for your Project Managers. There will be a lot of education toward your PMP certification and no travel required. … [Read more...] about Project Summit and BusinessAnalystWorld
