Microsoft In-Company Event

Microsoft In-Company Event

  1. TEffective Communication Tools and Processes - William Bruen
  2. Observations on Communication Practices in the US and Ireland - Chris Riggs
  3. Panel Discussion: Communications challenges, opportunities and innovations - Declan Coughlan, Helena Dillon, Vincent Gadani, Barry O'Sullivan, Marie Mansfield

Course Code:   C144-25FEB09

Course Name:  2009-02-25 Microsoft Company event

Organizer:
Microsoft
 
  • Event Information
  • Agenda
Event Start Date:
Feb 25 2009
Event Start Time:
02:00 pm
Event End Time:
05:00 pm
Registration Start Date:
Fri, 2nd Oct 2009
Registration End Date:
Mon, 12th Oct 2009
Location:
Microsoft Ireland, Bldg2 Auditorium, Leopardstown, Dublin 18.
Cost of Event:
Free
PDU's:
3.0
Places:
Closed
 

Agenda

14:00 Welcome

14:10 Effective Communication Tools and Processes

William Bruen, Priority Management Training and Consulting, will discuss Communications management as it relates to project management environment and will cover:

  1. Importance of Communications
  2. The process of communications
  3. How to communicate effectively in a project environment
  4. Choosing the right tool for the job
  5. Changed behaviours Based on this session, you will receive valuable take-home’s and identify what you can change when they go back to your desk

14:40 Observations on Communication Practices in the US and Ireland

Chris Riggs, Senior Lead Program Manager, Windows Live, recently relocated from Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington to the Dublin site. Chris will be sharing his observations on the differences and similarities in Communications practices between the two locations and what unique challenges they present.

15:00 Panel Discussion: Communications challenges, opportunities and innovations

Declan Coughlan - Project Manager Declan works on weekly updates to features that deliver into the sites owned by US teams. He will discuss the unique challenges in Communications with US and in-Country subsidiaries.

Helena Dillon - Project Manager, OIPG Global by Design Helena’s whole team and Manager are based in Redmond, WA which poses very unique Communications Challenges

Vincent Gadani - Project Manager, Office Localization Vincent developed a Information Systems tool to manage the flow of information from Program-specific team and functional meetings

Barry O'Sullivan – Project Manager Virtual Team Communications and KHI's

Marie Mansfield - Senior Lead Project Manager, Office LIP Team Marie’s team discussed the challenges the Office LIP team faced and how her team implemented PMI-based practices to provide structure to her team’s activities. We will be checking in with Marie to see how their thinking has evolved, how PMI standards have benefited their work and what their next steps are.

16:00 - 17:00 Wrap up and Networking Session