<p> Project Management Advanced Facilitation for a Strategic Advantage</p><p>Activity Description and PMI Alignment: Strategy and Planning This class teaches the skills to effectively identify, define and articulate business strategy and processes in planning Scope, Vision, Mission, Roadmaps and Releases.</p><p>Learning Objectives:  Educate participants in the three modes of leading: Receptive, Active and Observant.  Provide a method for problem analysis to assist the business in developing and achieving its outcomes. These skills promote the identification of vision/mission and actions/strategies to transform their present problem state into a desired future state.  Teach the participants “drivers” that accelerate Process Change. These accelerators increase conventional and e-competition, providing shorter business cycles. Topics:  Methodology Overview and Process Summary  Three Modes of Operating  Methods to Effectively Discover and Define Scope  Identifying The Shared Vision, Mission and Ideal Strategies Audience: Project Managers, Team managers, any person interested in learning about Strategic Planning PDUs Earned: 8 PDUs AND 8 ACP Class Schedule: This is an 8-hour seminar that will be conducted on Saturday, June 11th from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Lunch will be provided.</p><p>Presenter: Cheryl Randle, information technology Leader, Innovator and Strategist, possesses a wealth of experience, knowledge, and skills acquired with some of the largest corporations in the world, including IBM, Anheuser Busch, Arthur Andersen, Ralston Purina, and Hallmark. She is a talented, results-producing professional with a proven record of accomplishment in planning and leading enterprise-focused strategies. Her expertise includes responding to business challenges while steering the execution of customer-centric, operationally sound programs. She has been a presenter at a number of conferences including the Conference Board’s CIO’s Council of Canada. Cheryl’s approach to performance management has been spotlighted by technology periodicals such as Ziff-Davis, Projects@Work, Baseline Magazine and the cover story in BIReview, “A Handle on IT – Portfolio Management at Hallmark”. Tickets: Early bird Fee (before May 01, 2016) $135 KC-PMI member $160 KC-PMI Non-member Registration Fee $150 KC-PMI member $175 KC-PMI Non-member Late Fee (after June 01, 2016) $165 KC-PMI member $190 KC-PMI Non-member</p><p>Venue: Avila University 11901 Wornall Rd, Building Whitfield Room 510 Kansas City, MO 64145</p>