3rd PMI Panama Project Management Congress

@font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } May 25-26 was of high-activity at the El Panama hotel, where the 3^rd PMI Panama Project Management Congress took place. Panama City is a very active place with a blooming economy. New business buildings are under construction and there are more jobs than people to take them. The boost in the economy is mainly due to the ongoing Panama Canal traffic plus its current expansion and the banking industry.The congress had around 300 participants attending the congress days and then there was a workshops day on May 27.  There were 4 keynotes: on management by Jeff Hodgkinson; on the future of management in Panama by Eduardo Jaén; on the subway project for Panama by Roberto Roy; and on the project management effort to recue the 33 miners trapped in Chile by Hugo Constanzo. All keynotes were worthwhile but I want to give special mention to Constanzo’s for its incredible success regardless the high stakes and low odds it confronted—and Constanzo’s high humanity and humility which shows his quality as a great manager and an exceptional human being. There were a total of 24 sessions on diverse topics from the very practical to the conceptual, techniques, experiences, government projects, and other. My presentation was on agile and lean as a means to better handle project cycles and implement an evolutionary approach to management. The three workshops offered where on Authentic leadership for breakthrough results by Hawk Carpenter; A sixth sense for project management by Tres Roeder; and Practical lean-agile and innovation for managers by yours truly.  All workshops were successful and I was flattered by the fact that my workshop got the highest attendance and ranking of all.  I hope to get the opportunity to give this same workshop at the SFBAC soon.

Cheers,
Masa

The Lean Software and Systems Consortium 2011 Conference took place last May 3-6 in Long Beach, California. This third conference was very impressive in more than one way. The conference grew 6 times since the 1^st conference for a total of over 800 attendees from all over the world, literally; it lasted 5 days (day one was for workshops and a day long Technical Advisory Board meeting);  21 sessions/panels per day; daily keynotes; topic-games room; Open Space; Intoductory talks; and tools showcase. Even more important were the countless conversations and discussions on aisles and halls. The event was organized by NetObjectives, led by Allan Shalloway, and by David J Anderson & Associates.The Brickel Key awards banquet was quite an event, with six world-class candidates. In alphabetical order Siddharta Govindaraj (India) for his toolsForAgile software, Russell Healy (New Zealand) for his GetKanban game, Chris Hefley (USA) for his LeanKitKanban tool, Richard Hensley (USA) for his work on Kanban with CMMI, Mattias Skarin (Iceland) for his work and publications promoting Lean and Kanban, and Yuval Yeret (Israel) for his contribution bringing Lean and Kanban to Israel. The awards went to Russell Healy and Richard Hensley. The diversity of origin from the candidates is proof of the worldwide impact of Lan and Kanban.Presentations covered familiar topics such as adoption and improvements as well as new topics such as lessons from the military, psychology, chaos, innovation, and risk. I myself had the opportunity to present Lean Value Innovation. All sessions were recorded and will be made available by mid June at http://www.leanssc.org/membership/ were some content will be available for the general public on a rotating basis and all content will be available to members.To many attendees this was the best conference ever, and I agree with that opinion.

Cheers,
Masa

El MexAPLN le invita a usted cordialmente a atender nuestra junta general Julio de 2011 con el tema Maduración de Agile a su segunda generación presentada por el Dr. Masa K Maeda.

Descripción de la presentación: Agile surgió hace más de 10 años impulsado por ciertas metodologías tales como Scrum y XP. En esta plática el Dr. Maeda hablará sobre las necesidades en empresas que han llevado al surgimiento de la segunda generación de metodologías tales como Kanban y Lean Startup. También se mencionará porque es importante para las empresas Mexicanas adoptar las metodologías más adecuadas a sus necesidades.

Ponente: El Dr. Masa K Maeda es un experto de clase mundial. El Dr. Maeda radica en el Silicon Valley y es el CEO y fundador de Shojiki Solutions en California; Asociado de David J, Anderson & Associates en Seattle (David es el creador de Kanban para tecnologá); consultor senior del Cutter Consortium basado en Boston; y maestro en la Universidad de Berkeley y el Lean-Kanban Univeristy.
Es también fundador del Bay Area Limited WIP Society en San Francisco; editor de lean-agile para el PMI San Francisco; miembro del comité coordinador del BayAPLN San Francisco; editor de lean-agile para Software Guru; y miembro numerario de la Academia Mexicana de Informática.
El Dr. Maeda obtuvo el doctorado y maestría en la Univ. de Tokushima en Japón, y la licenciatura en la UNAM. El es también Kanban Trainer, Certrified Scrum Master y Certified Scrum Product Owner.
El Dr. Maeda es un promotor principal de Agil y Lean en México con más de 40 presentaciones en industria, gobierno, y academia en casi tres años; y es actualmente el único leader mundial de Lean-Agile Project Management y de Kanban de habla hispana.
Anteriormente hizo investigación y desarrollo para Apple Inc. y fué miembro del equipo fundador de 4 empresas en Silicon Valley pioneras en Genómica, socialización y entretenimiento en línea.

La junta es gratuita. Lo recibiremos con bebidas y botanas.

Les esperamos a usted y a sus colegas. Por favor confirme su asistencia visitando este enlace
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Fecha: 27 de Julio de 2011 (Miércoles)
Hora: 19:45 hrs. (duración: 1 hr)
Lugar: IDS
Av. Insurgentes Sur 1388, piso 11, Sala 4, Colonia Actipan, Delegación Benito Juárez (entre Luz Ma. Bringas y Parroquia, el edificio se encuentra entre los restaurantes Los Arcos y Gino’s)
Contacto: José de Jesús Hernández Suárez (Director de Tecnología y Calidad)
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