Purpose
In order to promote a successful project management approach and provide those managing projects with an opportunity to learn and share with your peers, the Project Services Office will be hosting a series of Project Management Brown Bag sessions. These sessions will provide members of the IS&T community with a forum to discuss concerns, ideas, and best practices around the topic of project management.
When
Held on the 2nd Thursday of every month from noon until 1:30
Date |
Topic |
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December 11th |
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January 8th |
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February 12th |
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March 19th |
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April 9th |
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May 14th |
Resource Planning & Allocation |
June 11th |
TBD |
Where
W92 Back Bay A&B
Please do bring your lunch, and your questions and Ideas!
If you have any questions or would like to propose topics for discussion, please contact the Project Services Office at ist-pso@mit.edu.
Suggested Topics for Discussion
- Planning support activities for projects
- Roles & Responsibilities of the PM and other project members
- Managing through Influence
- Risk Planning
- Project Walkthrough / Lessons Learned / Lessons Learned Database
- PM Tools
- Jira
- Daptiv
- MS Project
- Templates & Checklists
- PM Methodologies
- Agile
- Waterfall
- Process Improvements