Symposium Sessions

Below is an alphabetized list of all the sessions that will be presented during the April 2024 event.  Some sessions will be presented live and some will be available on-demand.  Click on each for more information. On the left side of the page, you can sort by topic area.  

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25 Years of Project Management at Maryland
Advancing People Management: Navigating Future Trends in Project Management – Hazarika
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Agile is Everywhere – Zucker
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product, On-Demand
AI-Enhanced Project Estimating, Monitoring, and Forecasting – D’Mello
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
Applying AI to DevSecOps Processes to Optimize Project Execution and Delivery – Boyle and Baker
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Are You ‘Ready’ to Become an AI-Powered Project Manager? – Lewis
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Breaking the Cycle: Shifting from Tactical Firefighting to Achieving Strategic Results – Judge
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Building High Performing Volunteer Teams: The Opportunities, Challenges, and Rewards – Katli and Özdemir
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Capabilities-Based Planning is the Foundation of Project Success – Alleman
  • Track(s): Federal Programs, On-Demand
Closing and Trivia Challenge Winners
Confidence Leads to Successful Project Management – Menzies
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Data Driven Product Management: How Companies Like Meta Drive Product Decisions with Numbers – Peters
Demystifying LLMs: A Guide for Project Managers to Unlock the Potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) – Polaski and Beall
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Developing Young Professionals in The Field of Project Management – Eskandar
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Enhancing Project Management with AI Assistive Technologies: A Guide for Modern Professionals – Daley
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Ethically Leading in an Unethical World – Green
  • Track(s): On-Demand, People in Projects
Executives are people too: What execs want from PMOs – Easton
  • Track(s): On-Demand, People in Projects
Gamification for Inclusive Teamwork and Leadership in Remote Settings – Fonseca-Lind and Figueroa-Medina
  • Track(s): On-Demand, People in Projects
Growing Good in Government Initiative – Cultivating the Feedback Loops of the Future – Traquair and Quimby
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Guiding the Future of Project Management: The Power of Mentorship – Meah-Ali
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Hybrid Project Management: Navigating the New World of Project Management – with Agility – Tolbert
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Improving Code Quality, Velocity, and Team Cohesion with Pair Programming – Ramseur
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product, On-Demand
Improving the Enterprise Corporate Security Program for Lean Application and Data Governance – Fonseca-Lind and Figueroa-Medina
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product, On-Demand
Integrated Value Network (IVN) – Baca, Martin, Murrieta and White
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Integrating FinOps Into Your Project Management Processes – Boyle and Bayan
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Leveraging ChatGPT for Project Management Practitioners – McDaniel
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
Look Out! Avoiding Minefields to Ensure Program Success – Baggett
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Managing Change in BioPharma – A Tough Pill to Swallow – Federman, Habicht, and Subramony
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
Mastering Adaptability: Leveraging Your Strengths to Thrive in an Evolving Job Market – Onuoha
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Maximizing Project Success through Integrated Asset Management and Strategic Planning: Case Study DC Water – Hailu and Melsew
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
New Product Development Projects Portfolio: effective decision making to maximize value – Prasek
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Performance Metrics and Indicators for Productive Collaboration in Remote Settings – Fonseca-Lind and Figueroa-Medina
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
PMP Education for the US Military to Reduce Wasted Time, Money, and Energy – Demko
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
PMs of the Future: A Blueprint for Internships, Mentorship, and Sponsorship – Richards
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Power Kanban: Mastering project uncertainty through improved information awareness – Cuypers
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product, On-Demand
Preventive Risk Management | Building resilience in programs beyond being proactive using mechanisms – Uppala
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Prioritisation, Preparation & Perseverance – Are 3 P’s enough? Project planning for IT infrastructure support of the JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) – Carter
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Product vs. Project Teams
Program Management – Going beyond Project Management to enable Value Driven Change – Zeitoun
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Project Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Jaques
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
Relationship Management: Internal vs External Stakeholders – Busby
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Resilient Leadership In Project Management! – Coleman
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Risk: Muse and Metrics – Quigley
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Solving Problems in Frameworks: Feature Focused – Axthelm
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
State of Project Portfolio Management in Practice – Wu
Supercharge your Presentations with the Power of Storytelling – Greenwald
  • Track(s): People in Projects
Sustainable PMO and Agile Transformations – Case Study Federal Public Health Agency – Leydon
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product
Systems Thinking Boosts Project Outcomes – Daly and Rosenbaum
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
Team Resilience in Action: Risk Management in Clinical Research Projects During Ebola Outbreak in West Africa – Giri
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
The NOAA Approach to Federal Enterprise P/PM Success – Lashford, Frazier and Giraldi
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
The Paradox of Rewilding Projects: Exploring rewilding as projects, programs or portfolios – Jones
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
The Process to Happy Customers – Drauschak
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Turbocharging Your Estimation Process Using Data You (Probably) Already Have – Kwame
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
USDA journey standing up and sustaining the USDA Program/Project Management (P/PM) Community of Practice (CoP) – Cenzano, Nahar and Traquair
  • Track(s): Federal Programs
Using Innovation to Drive Mission Impact – Horne
Using Strategic Portfolio Management to Transform IT Governance – Murtha
  • Track(s): On-Demand, Strategic Project Management
Virtual Agile Teams: High Performing Virtual Teams – Parente
  • Track(s): Lean, Agile & Product, On-Demand
What Am I Not Thinking Of? – Hine
  • Track(s): Strategic Project Management
What’s Your Integrity Quotient? – Davis
  • Track(s): People in Projects
When Projects Manage Themselves: Artificial Intelligence-Powered Project Management -Brantley