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Chapter meetings |
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| Meetings are normally held the second Thursday of the month at the Engineering Society of Western Pennsylvania (ESWP) building in downtown Pittsburgh. More information about chapter meetings is available in our Chapter Meetings section. |
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Back By Popular Demand - Free Chapter Meetings!
Reservations should be made by 4:00 PM on Monday the week of the meeting which will be the second Monday of the month. Reservations may be made via email to Mike Gaetano at m.gaetano@eswp.com or alternatively you may telephone (412) 261-4300.
In the email please provide your name as you want it to appear on the name tag, indicate that you are, or are not, a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, and a telephone number where you can be reached during the business hours.
You may include in your email the names of associates or guests that may also be attending with you, and provide the same name tag and affiliation information.
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May Meeting Details |
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Date: May 8, 2008
Schedule:
5:00 pm Healthcare LIG (Local Interest Group)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Chapter Meeting and Presentation
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Healthcare LIG
Title: Planning and Executing Project Communication in a Healthcare Project Environment
Speaker: Becca Smith, PMP
Abstract: Projects can live or die because of communication or lack there of. Becca Smith, of the UPMC IMITs Center, will show techniques for creating a communication plan and executing the plan using Lotus Quickplace. She will also present a healthcare case study for the Strategic Bio-Defense Emergency Operations and Communication System. Her presentation will highlight; documents sharing, message archiving, revision control and solid approval management strategies.
Presenter's Biography: Becca Smith is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has held her credential for nearly four years. Ms. Smith started working for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Innovative Medical and Information Technologies Center (UPMC IMITs) in 2006 as a Project Manager and was promoted to Project Director in 2007. She works with five other Project Directors as part of the IMITs PMO and manages a portfolio of 26 projects as part of the Strategic Bio-Defense Emergency Operations and Communication System (SBEOCS). She is responsible for an annual budget of $9.5MM and coordinates a staff of approximately 60 professionals.
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Chapter Meeting and Presentation
Title: Panel Discussion on Growing Pains: Critical Success Factors for Mergers/Acquisition Projects
Panel:
Vinatha Nathan, PMP,
Eaton Corporation
IT Manager, Acquisitions, Divestitures & Integration
Mike Rapach , PMP
Coventry Health Care
Sr. Manager, eCommerce Web Strategy and Product Development
Patrick E. Walsh, PMP,
Hooah Consulting currently working with the Technology Integration Office at The Bank of New York Mellon
Abstract: TBD
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May IT LIG Meeting |
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Date: May 26, 2008
The IT LIG meeting for May of 2008 has been cancelled. The next IT LIG meeting will be in September.
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