“Project Management Workshop”
Workshop Overview
The Project Management workshop/webinar is intended for engineers, technical leads, project leaders, and functional managers who want to practice the fundamentals of project management to help themselves and their groups accomplish their endeavors, whether at work, at home, or in the community. Participants will learn basic project management techniques, and most importantly, how to apply them in real life without excessive paperwork or overhead! The workshop will include templates and checklists to take away, and examples of how to apply project management techniques to engineering and personal projects.
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- Houston, Texas
- United States
- Starts 14 April 2021 11:00 PM UTC
- Ends 23 April 2021 10:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
TAREK of General Motors, Michigan
“Project Management Workshop”
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Workshop Content
Introduction
- Definition of a Project
- Typical phases of a project
Starting and Planning a Project
- Defining the project scope and requirements
- Project risks
- Scheduling and estimating
- Creating milestones Refining the Plans
Managing the Project
- How do we use planning deliverables to tell if we are on track?
- How do we use meetings and status to measure progress?
- How are design reviews and testing critical to gauging project progressRisk Management
Running Meetings
- Planning Meetings
- Attitude: pre-selling, pre-coaching
- Meeting Roles and Responsibilities
- Design/Document Reviews
Closing the Project
- Ensure adequate hand-offs to all groups
- Conduct a lessons-learned meeting
Biography:
: Dr. Tarek Lahdhiri received the degree of MS-EE in Communication Systems in 1990 and the PhD degree in Control Systems in 1995. He is currently Strategy Leader for Real-Time Control Systems Simulations and Automation within the Global Validation Department at General Motors LLC in Warren Michigan. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Michigan, licensed Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI), and Master Black Belt DFSS certified by General Motors LLC. Dr. Lahdhiri has authored and co-authored over 16 journal papers and 35 conference papers and his areas of interest include Control Systems, Systems Engineering, Real-Time Modeling and Simulation, and Engineering Management. He is a Senior IEEE member and has been leading several activities within the IEEE organization. Currently, he is the IEEE Region 4 (Central USA) PACE Chair, and a member of the IEEE-USA Career Professional Development (CPD). He had held the position of IEEE-USA Vice President of Career Member Services in 2018-2019.
Dr. Lahdhiri is the recipient of the 2001 IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award, the 2004 IEEE-USA Professional Leadership Award, the 2007 IEEE-USA Citation of Honor Award, and the 2012 IEEE Region 4 Jack Sherman Award.
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