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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Mr. Louis A. Poulin\, M.Eng.\, FEIC\, IEEE LM\, Partne
 r &amp; CTO – GRafP Technologies\n\nSubject: Promoting Successful Outcomes a
 nd Preventing Crises in an Organization by Reducing Uncertainty\n\nAbstrac
 t:\n\nVarious models and standards have been developed and are used throug
 hout the world to assess the capability of organizations in various domain
 s\, including development\, services\, security and safety. While such mod
 els and standards have mostly been used to assess compliance and obtain a 
 certification\, they can also be used to improve and to deploy processes t
 hat exploit the opportunities an organization has of meeting its business 
 objectives and to prevent the potential problems to which it is exposed fr
 om occurring and degenerating into crises.\n\nThis is part of the TALK ser
 ies organized by Carl Zanon of Vancouver Section LMAG. Times are Vancouver
 \, 9:45 AM PST is 12:45 PM EST.\nAll Life Members and anyone else interest
 ed is welcome to attend.\nRegistration is optional\, but we want to know w
 ho to expect.\n\nTALK series talks are not recorded\, but sometimes the sp
 eaker makes the powerpoint presentation available. Only registered partici
 pants may request presentation.\n\nSpeaker(s): Louis Poulin\n\nAgenda: \nh
 ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/4912540253\n\n9:45 AM PST Zoom opens 15 minutes o
 f introductions\, general discussion and computer help.\n10:00 AM PST Welc
 ome and speaker introduction (1:00 PM EST)\n10:05 AM PST Speaker\n\nVirtua
 l: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/519773
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/519773
ORGANIZER:j.harris@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:28
SUMMARY:TALK 35 Promoting Successful Outcomes and Preventing Crises
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/519773
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 \;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;r. Louis A. Poulin\, M.Eng.\, FEIC\, IEEE LM\, Partner &amp;amp\; 
 CTO &amp;ndash\; GRafP Technologies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sub
 ject: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span 
 style=&quot;font-size: large\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Promoting Successful Outcomes and Preve
 nting Crises in an Organization by Reducing Uncertainty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/s
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 t-size: large\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-CA&quot;&gt;Various models and standards have been
  developed and are used throughout the world to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span
  style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman\, serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: la
 rge\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;en-CA&quot;&gt;assess the capability of organizations in variou
 s domains\, including development\, services\, security and safety. While 
 such models and standards have mostly been used to assess compliance and o
 btain a certification\, they can also be used to improve and to deploy pro
 cesses that exploit the opportunities an organization has of meeting its b
 usiness objectives and to prevent the potential problems to which it is ex
 posed from occurring and degenerating into crises.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p
 &gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW160485764 BCX0&quot;&gt;This is part of the TALK series
  organized by Carl Zanon of Vancouver Section LMAG. Times are Vancouver\, 
 9:45 AM PST is 12:45 PM EST.&lt;br&gt;All Life Members and anyone else intereste
 d is welcome to attend.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;Registration is optional\, but we want t
 o know who to expect.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;Paragraph SCXW160485764 BCX0&quot;&gt;TALK se
 ries talks are not recorded\, but sometimes the speaker makes the powerpoi
 nt presentation available. Only registered participants may request presen
 tation.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://us02we
 b.zoom.us/j/4912540253&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4912540253&lt;/stro
 ng&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;9:45 AM PST Zoom opens&amp;nbsp\; 15 minutes of introducti
 ons\, general discussion and computer help.&lt;br&gt;10:00 AM PST Welcome and sp
 eaker introduction (1:00 PM EST)&lt;br&gt;10:05 AM PST Speaker&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/
 p&gt;
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