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Vol. XII Issue II - February 2010
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management News from North Texas
By Tom Sheives, PhD
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
Arlington, Texas, USA
January Fort Worth PMI Chapter Meeting Features
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program
The PMI chapter in Fort Worth on January 21, 2010 had a speaker with a very interesting topic. The project background for his talk was the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program, one of the largest development and production programs in aviation history. This program that is being executed to a large extent in Fort Worth, Texas, involves multiple services (i.e. not just the Air Force) and multiple countries!.
Ed Brown, Deputy Program Manager for BAE Systems, a major contractor to Lockheed, stated that successful execution of this complex global development, global production and global sustainment program is possible only through best-of-class business partners, technologies and management practices.
Ed, who is a PMP, showed during his talk how BAE’s own program management practices leverage principles from the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) PMBOK Guide. He took example program management practices and compared them with the PMBOK Guide, 4th Edition.
He also showed some interesting videos of the aircraft as it is being prepared for a key milestone coming up on an East Coast airbase to demonstrate the vertical take off and landing. This milestone is expected to be accomplished within the next 90 days.
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Tom Sheives, PhD Author
Tom Sheives , PhD, PMP, is Executive Director with True Solutions, Inc., www.truesolutions.com a full service project management company and is also on the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas in the School of Management.. His mission is “Making Project Teams and Management Teams Successful”. Tom has helped organizations worldwide achieve better project results, working with companies such as Microsoft, the Panama Canal Authority, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin and others. He has written and delivered training programs for High Performing Teams, Leadership, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Fundamentals and Advanced Topics in Project Management, and has delivered a widely acclaimed project management simulation program. . As a graduate of Coach University, he is also trained to deliver High Performing Project Team Workshops, Project Team Assessments, Leadership Practices Inventory – 360o, the Winslow Dynamics Profile (Behavioral) Assessment, and the Personal Coaching Styles Inventory. Tom is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, Texas A&M University, Baylor University and Coach U, all in the USA. He is on the board of the Fort Worth Chapter of PMI and is a member of the IEEE. Tom is the author of OPPORTUNITYunstuck!, available through the website, www.OPPORTUNITYunstuck.com. He also heads up a network site for project managers, www.OPPORTUNITYunstuck.net. The site is designed as a forum for PMs to share best practices and make professional connections. He is a frequent speaker at PMI chapters around the United States and abroad. Tom is also an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today.
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