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Everything Starts with Trust

Linda Gallus, CISA, PMP, PMI-ACP, DAC, ICP-ENT

Looking to improve the success of your outcomes? Begin with building trust.  An organization with high levels of trust is one where employees are comfortable taking risks, openly expressing their thoughts, and engaging in innovative activities. 

Linda A. Gallus, MTM, PMP, PMI-ACP, ICP-ENT, CSM, CISA, CGEIT, CSX, SAFe (SA), a delivery leader, transformation focused agile coach, certified scrum master with more than 25 years’ experience in IT governance, cybersecurity, cloud, agile methodologies, data integration, risk management, security management, and software system development.  Linda has worked in the financial and insurance industries for much of her career and has additional background in transportation, technology, and start-up experience.  Linda has a BA, focused on management, from the University of Waterloo and a master’s degree in Technology Management from Memorial University.  Linda loves to fish and is a volunteer with the Ontario Women Anglers plus she volunteered with Rotary International, Rotary Youth Exchange, and the Girl Guides of Canada.

Assumptions Lead to Risks

Dave Davis PMP, PgMP, PBA, ACP, SAFe LPM, CSM, DASSM, AHPP, PMI-ATP

A well accepted project is initial project planning involves documenting assumptions.  Project Assumptions identify a condition, thought, or idea that is considered to be valid without proof or validation.  However, many times the list of assumptions never gets reviewed after the initial listing.

This presentation will focus on the practice of documenting the assumption, validation criteria for the assumption, and setting guidelines for what to do when the assumption is not validated.  The presentation will discuss the process of turning a non-validated assumption into a Risk with appropriate parameters such as probability and impact.

After viewing this presentation, you will be able to define a project workflow from defining assumptions to validating assumptions to transferring the assumption to a risk.

Dave Davis, PMP, PgMP, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, DASSM, CSM, AHPP, ATP  is a practitioner of and a recognized professional in project and program management, leadership, change management, and business acumen.  Dave has done many things in many areas and that information can be found in his bio at projectmanagement.com.  Regarding Agile, Dave has been a SCRUM Master and a Product owner on several initiatives.  He orchestrated several Agile teams while implementing Brilliant Factory at General Electric.  Dave was a Change Manager for implementing WorkDay and an entire HR process transformation.  He is currently using Discipline Agile principles at OhioHealth while integrating new hospitals into the OhioHealth network.  This includes workstreams for re ip of devices, identity management and HR implementation, security mitigation, network migration, and implementation of EPIC.  Dave is currently mentoring a University of Dayton IT Capstone Project  on creating a PM Agile Toolkit for small Non-IT Projects.