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PROGRAM RISKS
August 14-15, 2008
Seattle Crowne Plaza
Seattle, WA
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Day One
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Forum Chair
- Kevin Steck, Chairman, Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance
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| 9:15 a.m. |
Establishing a Risk Management Culture Across the Project Team and Supply Chain
Learn to measure and manage performance throughout the organization, across the supply chain and the customers -- without major financial and resource investment; effectively collaborate across the value chain to assure all players know the targets and goals and are meeting those objectives; and how to unify and assure continuity of operations and risk management standards across the entire value chain.
- Mike Burkett, VP, Research/Value Chain Strategies, Global A&D, AMR Research
- John Driessnack, Sr. Dir - Integrated Program Mgt, MCR Executive Consulting Group and Lead-Risk Management Executive Courses for Defense Acquisition University
- Amy E. Rabun, Program Manager, Risk, Issue & Opportunity Management Office, Boeing
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Networking Break |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Recognizing the Difference and Finding the Balance between Risks and Opportunities
A key competitive differentiator is the ability to actively manage risk, not by avoiding it, but by balancing the risk with the associated opportunity and managing the pair. This session will:
- Demystify opportunity management. What can it do and what can't it do? How to identify opportunities that arise from technical, market and value chain related risks?
- Define the risks of opportunity management and how to assess the cost-benefit of pursuing opportunities.
- Outline strategies to prevent the competition between teams and between risks and opportunities.
- Steven Carman, LCROSS Project Leader/Risk Management Specialist, Northrop Grumman
- John Driessnack, Sr. Dir - Integrated Program Mgt, MCR Executive Consulting Group and Lead-Risk Management Executive Courses for Defense Acquisition University
- Bryan Edwards, Technical Specialist - Risk, Issue, Opportunity Management, Bell Helicopter Textron
- Stuart Retter, Earned Value Management Administration/Risk Systems & Commercial Programs Liaison, Bell Helicopter Textron
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Networking Lunch |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Technological Complexity: Understanding and Capitalizing on Risk/Opportunity Management
Technological complexity - knowing the level of newness, the competitive marketplace, and the level of difficulty -- is a key factor in managing program and project risk. It represents the single-most important factor in whether programs and projects meet initial milestones. In this session you will learn proven tactics used to innovate and insert new technologies in a low-risk/high opportunity environment.
- Mike Gibbons, Program Manager - EA-18G Growler, Boeing IDS - 2007 Program Excellence Award Finalist/Best Practice
- Randy Steck, Principal, Steck Consulting
- Kevin Steck, Vice President, EADS Composites Atlantic
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Break |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Managing Risks in a Global Environment -- International Partnerships, Supply Chain Integration, Worldwide Customers
Conducting projects in multiple countries, shipping goods around the world and engaging in business activities across a global base is a capability every A&D company seeks as a competitive differentiator. Or it can be a detriment to the corporation's financial standing and reputation. In this session you'll hear how global teams identified and managed/mitigated risks across global alliances and partnerships.
- Michael S. Kihara, AEW&C Project Leader, Boeing Mission Systems and Software
- Suku Kurien, Project Manager, Global Delivery Systems, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
- Paul Pessutti, Director of SAP Center of Excellence for GRC Global Trade Services
- Philip Talley, Program Management Operating Systems Leader, Airbus Business Segment, Honeywell Aerospace
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| 5:30 p.m. |
Networking Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Day One Ends
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Day Two
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Day One Summary by Forum Chair
- Kevin Steck, Chairman, PNAA
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| 9:15 a.m. |
Strategies and Solutions Exchange: Tackling the Leading Sources of Risk
- Requirements/Scope Creek
- Funding Instability
- Integration/Testing Incompatibility
- Resource Management
The Strategies & Solutions Exchange will allow delegates to the Risk Management Forum to work collaboratively to identify leading sources of risk and opportunity across the full life-cycle or program/project management. In this session, we'll discuss how to incorporate flexibility, resources and changing geopolitical/market realities into an effective risk-management process. We'll also identify the key characteristics of a flexible, risk-responsive program.
- Session Leader: Steven D. Goo, VP, International Operations, Boeing IDS
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Presentations by Strategies & Solutions Exchange Sub-Groups
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Forum Concludes |
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