Projects that contain developmental effort are much more likely to encounter issues. Part of this challenge is inevitable due to the creative aspects of development.
Event Details
The Development Difference" is a different kind of professional learning opportunity. No giant PowerPoint deck, no boring lectures. Instead, this 90 minute session consists of a brief introduction, participation in a fun and fast-paced team activity, then discussion of observations and implications.
This deceptively simple workshop activity, to date experienced by over 5,000 participants worldwide, is filled with "aha!" moments that will leave you with a much richer understanding of how to master the development difference.
This event will enable participants to:
• Discover why the development difference requires two opposite types of leadership to co-exist.
• Acknowledge the essential system architecture and interface definition tasks that are always present in developmental effort.
• Realize why a "manufacturing" approach not only doesn't work, but can actually be the exact opposite of what is needed to succeed at developmental effort.
• Share insight on developmental project planning, execution, and monitoring challenges.
Whether you are a PM, an Engineer, a Senior Manager, an Entrepreneur or an Investor the ability to improve development outcomes is of critical interest. Don't miss this chance to have fun and gain unique insight!
The $15 fee will reserve your seat and cover hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic drinks.
Registration
Register Online
Walk-ins are welcome, but space is limited and you will not be guaranteed a spot.
Deadline: 3/16/2016
Speaker Profiles
Randall C. Iliff (Speaker)
Principal, Eclectic Intellect, LLC
Mr. Iliff has over 30 years' experience with developmental projects ranging from a few thousand to over a billion dollars, and has participated in all phases of project execution from proposal to close out. He is a seasoned large-project PM, and has managed a wide variety of developmental efforts in aerospace and purely commercial settings. That experience, as well as individual research, has resulted in unique insight on how to effectively run commercial sector developmental projects. Mr. Iliff was recently Vice President at bb7, where he was Director of Strategy, Methods and Learning. In 2016, he left bb7 to found Eclectic Intellect.
He holds a BS in Engineering / Industrial Design from Michigan State University, an MS in Systems Management, Research and Development from the University of Southern California, and received Honorary Fellow appointment at the University of Wisconsin when he served as the Systems Engineering Manager for the ICECUBE project.
Mr. Iliff is a charter member of the International Council On Systems Engineering (INCOSE), founder / prior Chairman of the INCOSE Commercial Practices Working Group, and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and IEEE. He currently serves as the INCOSE representative on an alliance between INCOSE, PMI, and the MIT Center for Program Excellence. That alliance is currently focused on publication of a major research effort highlighting the criticality of integrating Engineering and PM effort.
A frequent speaker, Mr. Iliff has developed and conducted thousands of hours of training covering all aspects of product development, particularly systems engineering and project management excellence. He is the developer, subject matter expert and master instructor for several PMI accredited courses conducted by Motorola. He has spoken before groups as large as 1,200 people and has delivered the keynote address at numerous conferences and professional events.
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