International Conference on Project Management Leadership 2004

Six Sigma Project Management
Richard E. Zultner, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, PMP, Jonah

‘Six Sigma Project Management’
The traditional ways of planning & tracking projects remain virtually unchanged over the last forty years. Instead, the development of Critical Chain project management methods over the past five years has given project managers around the world the ability to deliver results previously thought impossible. On single projects, the application of statistical thinking & lean concepts allows projects to deliver substantial schedule reduction with no trade-offs. For the entire set of projects in an organizational unit, the application of systems thinking & theory of constraints has revolutionized multi-project management.

Richard Zultner is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, a Certified Quality Engineer, and Certified Software Quality Engineer. In project management, he is a Project Management Professional, a Jonah in the Theory of Constraints, and has been trained in Critical Chain project management by Eli Goldratt and Tony Rizzo.

Dr. Eric De Smet
Avraham Y Goldratt Institute

‘Why is it so Difficult to Manage Projects Effectively?’
The presentation will highlight the key elements of the TOC PM solution. The TOC PM solution is addressing the root causes of the problems which exist with managing projects, resulting in an effective & sustainable way of delivering significant within a short period of time.

Dr. Eric De Smet, Managing Director of Avraham Y Goldratt Institute Asia Pacific (AGI) & Partner of AGI USA the world's largest consulting firm practicing the Theory of Constraints (TOC). He is a Principal Consultant, & facilitator for Executive Management.

Satish Tumu
QAI India Limited

‘Management of Quality Across Product Life Cycle’
Quantification of quality & tracking quality across project life cycle is one of the challenges for implementation Quantitative Project Management. Quality could be quantified through quantification of defects. The other product quality attributes include quantitative quality parameters like Reliability, Maintainability, Usability, Scalability, Stability etc. This key note address details on possible quantification of quality attributes of work products / products & approach for goal setting & for tracking the quality across life cycle.

Satish Tumu has over 10 years experience, including assignments in China, Indonesia, Singapore, India & Hongkong. He is a CMM® & CMMI® Lead Assessor. He is also a CSQA & is certified for TICK-IT Lead Auditor certification.

Viswanathan Shankar
Covansys

‘Innovative Practices in Software Project Management’
Software Project Management using the standard "text book" approach does not yield significant results, particularly in the rapidly changing business needs. While innovations in software engineering have been prolific with new methodologies, tools etc, project management innovations have not kept pace with the challenges. Every organization discovers the practices that work best for them & this discovery is often expensive. At Covansys we have experimented with several newer ways of controlling the project & this talk will outline some of these practices.

Viswanathan Shankar has more than 22 years of IT consulting experience, specializing in Offshore Project Execution, Business Development, Program Management, Project Management, & Applications Development. He is currently Executive Vice President of Covansys, a $400 million US IT services company.