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Seminar Description

Much of what we do in project management is affected by decisions we make or influence. Can we predict others' decisions? How do we know if our decisions are going to prove to be sound? What is it our brain DOES to generate a decision?

New neuro science discoveries are confirming or exposing how we think and how we react to different situations. This workshop starts with a look at the ten common mistakes made in project management. We then explore how we can use the power of the human mind, as well as work with some of the "mind traps" that are inherent in thinking, to make better project management decisions. We will work with examples and one basic decision-assessment tool: the Priority Triangle.

This workshop is interactive. Participants will discover how to think differently and use their knowledge and experience to make better decisions. Awareness of "mind tunnels" and "mind traps" will help us in making our own decisions, influencing others and understanding what can lead to poor or inappropriate decisions. Participants will be better armed to manage the decision-making process and through this to avoid decision traps.

Instructor

Dr. Francis Hartman, MSc, FEIC, FICE, FCAE, PEng, CEng – Professor, University of Calgary, Calgary

Dr. Francis Hartman is a professor and has held the Endowed Chair in Project Management at the University of Calgary since 1991. He has over 30 years of experience in industry on over $80 billion worth of capital and other technology projects and in management of project-oriented technology corporations. His experience spans technical, administrative and managerial roles on high technology and capital projects in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Clients include both private sector corporations and government agencies. Services provided to such Clients include facilitation, consulting, training and mentoring related to management and delivery of corporate strategy and projects.

His later years in industry were at the senior executive level. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Toronto and British Columbia as well as Sidney University of Technology, and has taught at San Jose State University in California. He is the author of several books, numerous book chapters and some 200 papers and technical articles. Two of the best-known books are on project management (published by the Project Management Institute) and on contracting (published by the American Society of Civil Engineers). He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Canadian Association of Engineers. He has been recognized as one of the 35 most innovative researchers in Canada – the only one in the field of management.

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 3.75 Core Learning Units.

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