Papers, Publications and Presentations

Books

2009

Managing Complex Projects: A New Model

The 77 Deadly Sins of Project Management (contributing author)

2008

Lead author of The Business Analysis Essentials Library, consisting of the following titles:

1. Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects

2. The Business Analyst as Strategist, Translating Business Strategies into Valuable Solutions

3. Unearthing Business Requirements, Elicitation Tools and Techniques

4. Getting it Right, Business Requirement Analysis Tools and Techniques, The Art and Power of Facilitation, Running Powerful Meetings

5. From Analyst to Leader, Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst

Articles

1. Leadership and Communication Skills for Project Managers, Knowledge Management Online, November 2003

2. Five Roles for Team Leaders, A High Performing Team Requires Project Managers to Wear Many Hats, Knowledge Management Online, February 22, 2004

3. Managing Multiple Projects: Transcending Time and Distance, Federal Times, January 2005

4. Virtual Teams Connect Far-Flung Project Managers, Federal Times, February 28, 2005

5. Accidental Project Manager or Strategic Team Leader? Federal Times, May 2005

6. Enterprise Portfolio Management: From Strategy to Action, SBusiness, July 2005

7. Professional Business Analysis, Reducing the Trend of Failed Business Transformation Projects, Project Times, Winter, 2006

8. The Coming of Age of the Business Analyst, Journal of Business Strategy, Spring 2006

9. Why Do So Many IT Projects Fail? Federal Times, August 2006

10. The Critical Business Analyst Role in Agile Projects, Its All About the Value, gantthead.com, July 2006

11. When Failure Is Not an Option: Project Management Training at the CIA, GovPro Newsletter, October 2006 and Government Procurement, December 2006

12. The Five Deadly Sins of Agile Project Management, gantthead.com, October 2006

13. The Five Deadly Sins of Project Start-Ups, Power Magazine, October 2006

14. The Blending of Traditional and Agile Project Management, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007

15. Introducing the Project Complexity Model, A New Approach to Diagnosing and Managing Projects, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007

16. The Role of the Business Analyst in Agile Project Management, Project Management World Today, Spring/Summer 2007

17. The Business Analyst as Strategist, Business Analyst Times, Spring/Summer 2007

18. An Eye for Value: What the Business Analyst Brings to the Agile Team, BA Times, March 2008

19. Managing Complex Projects Is Not a Simple Matter, PM World Today, March 2008

20. The 21^st Century’s Perfect Storm: The Transformation of IT, Project Times, September 2008

21. Introducing the Project Complexity Model, The Icfai University Press, September 2008

22. A series of articles: Introducing the Project Complexity Model, Project Times, Fall 2008

23. Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Journey to Professional Excellence, Modern Analyst Media, May 2009

White Papers

1. Organizational Maturity Assessment, A CMM-Based Appraisal of Project Management Practices, Management Concepts, Inc., 2004

2. From Strategy to Action: Enterprise Portfolio Management, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005

3. The Strategic Project Leader, Management Concepts, Inc. 2005

4. Flawless Project Launch Practices, The Bridge From Business Opportunity to Project Execution, Practices, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005

5. The Pathway from Knowledge to Practice, Map out Your Project Management Mentoring Program, Practices, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005

6. The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, Management Concepts, Inc., 2005

7. The Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation, Management Concepts, Inc., 2007

8. The Program Management Office, A Center of Excellence for Project Management, Management Concepts, Inc., 2007

9. Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, Management Concepts, Inc., 2008

10. Harness the Power of the Project Manager/Business Analyst Partnership, 2008

11. A Universal Maturity Model, 2008 Co-authored with Shelley A. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Director of Assessment Services, Management Concepts

Presentations and Webinars

2009

1. Las Vegas IIBA Chapter Anniversary Celebration, The Journey to Professional Excellence, January 2009

2. IIBA Greater Rochester, NY Chapter Kick-off Meeting, The Journey to Professional Excellence, January 2009

3. DC / Baltimore Joint PMI/IIBA 5^th Anniversary Celebration, The Journey to Professional Excellence, February 2009

4. IIBA Salt Lake Chapter Kickoff Meeting, The Journey to Professional Excellence, February 2009

5. Central PA Joint PMI/IIBA Meeting, The Power of the PM/BA Partnership, Who Needs A BA Anyway? March 2009

6. Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation, March 18, 2009

7. New York City IBA Chapter Meeting, The Power of the PM/BA Partnership, Who Needs A BA Anyway? March 2009

8. New Jersey IIBA Chapter Meeting, The Power of the PM/BA Partnership, Who Needs A BA Anyway? March 2009

9. Philadelphia IIBA Chapter Meeting, Improve Your BA Performance, March 2009

10. GlaxoSmithKline, An Eye for Value, What the Business Analyst Brings to the Agile Team , March 2009

11. The Vangard Group, BSA Vision Conference and Practitioner Forum, Business Analysis Trends, March 2009

12. IIBA Webinar, Business Analysis, Where the Industry is Heading, April 2009

13. Denver IIBA Chapter Meeting, Where the Industry is Heading, May 2009

14. BusinessAnalysisWorld Seattle, Keynote Address Where the Industry is Heading, and track presentation, BA as Politician, June 2009

15. BusinessAnalysisWorld Minneapolis, Keynote Address Where the Industry is Heading, and track presentation, BA as Politician, June 2009

16. CIO Forum sponsored by IIBA, The Value of Corporate Membership, Baltimore, June 2009

17. BusinessAnalysisWorld Denver, The Living Business Case, and The BA Center of Excellence, The Foundation of a Mature BA Practice, September 2009

2008

1. IIBA Greater Boston Chapter Presentation, Professionalizing Business Analysis, January 2008

2. Office of Surface Mining (Virtual Roundtable), Living on the Edge: Managing Project Complexity, February 2008

3. IIBA Greater Philadelphia Chapter, The Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation, March 2008

4. PMI Region 5 2008 Symposium Hosted by the Baltimore Chapter, Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, 75 Minute Workshop, April 2008

5. HP Webinar, The Interdependence of ITIL, ITSM, PM & BA, April 2008

6. PMI 2008 Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium, April 2008

° Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, 90 Minute Workshop

° Organizational Maturity Assessments

7. PMI Denver Roundtable, Ball Aerospace, Living on the Edge: Managing Project Complexity, April 2008

8. University of Southern Mississippi IT Leadership Team Executive Seminar, April 2008

9. Mid Atlantic Project Summit/ Business Analyst World, April/May 2008

° Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity presentation

° Top Five Challenges for Senior Business Analysts 1-day Workshop

10. PMI Denver Roundtable – Quest, Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, May 2008

11. IIBA Fort Worth Chapter, Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects, May 2008

12. PMI Denver Roundtable, Coors, Living on the Edge, Managing Project Complexity, May 2008

13. Business Analyst World Symposium Series, Denver Professionalizing Business Analysis, June 2008

14. IIBA Silicone Valley Chapter, The Business Analyst: The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, June 2008

15. China Webinar, Building a PMO to Last, June 2008

16. Regional Project World &World Congress of Business Analysis, June 2008

° The Business Analysis Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation 1-day workshop

° Organizational Business Analysis Maturity Assessments, a CCM Appraisal of BA Practices

17. IIBA Denver Chapter, Business Analyst as Facilitator, July 2008

18. IIBA Dallas Chapter, The Business Analyst: The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, May 2008

19. Harness the BA/PM Partnership Webinar, July 2008

20. Cisco BA Forum, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future

21. Project Summit/BA World – Fall Conference in San Francisco, Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects, October 2008

22. IIBA Silicon Valley, East Bay and Sacramento Chapters Joint Chapter Event at Project Summit/BA World, – Fall Conference in San Francisco Palo Alto CA, The Business Analyst and IIBA – What’s in it for me? October 2008.

23. PMI Global Congress, The Project Management Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation, October 2008

2007

1. PMI LA Chapter, From Strategy to Results, Portfolio Management, April 2007

2. Denver PMI 2007 Rocky Mountain Symposium, Leading Complex, High-Risks Projects, April 2007

3. Project Summit/BA World, Washington DC, April 2007

° Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects

° Improve Your Business Analysis Performance

° Five Challenges for Senior Business Analysis, (1-day workshop)

4. PMI, Minneapolis, MN, Business Case Development (1-day workshop), May 2007

5. PMI Atlanta PDD 2007, Living on the Edge, Project Complexity Management, Atlanta, GA, August 2007

6. PMI 2007 Northern California Fall Symposium, San Francisco, Harnessing Project Complexity, Applying Complexity Thinking to Manage High-Risk Projects, September 2007

7. Fairfax County Public Schools Leadership Team Executive Seminar, September 2007

8. PMI Global Congress, Living on the Edge, Project Complexity Management, Atlanta GA, October 2007

9. Project Summit / BA World, San Francisco, October 2007

° Living on the Edge, Applying Complexity Thinking to Manage High-Risk Projects

° Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects

° Top Five Challenges for Senior Business Analysis (1-day workshop)

10. Project Summit / BA World, Boston, October 2007

° Living on the Edge, Applying Complexity Thinking to Manage High-Risk Projects

° Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects

° Top Five Challenges for Senior Business Analysis (1-day workshop)

11. Project Summit / BA World, Chicago, November 2007

° Living on the Edge, Applying Complexity Thinking to Manage High-Risk Projects

° Professionalizing Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects

° Top Five Challenges for Senior Business Analysis (1-day workshop)

12. IIBA Washington DC Chapter, BA Center of Excellence, The Cornerstone of Business Transformation, December 2007

13. PMI Washington DC Chapter, Living on the Edge, Applying Complexity Thinking to Management High-Risk Projects, December 2007

2006

1. PMI Rochester Chapter Professional Development Day, Rochester, NY, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, May 4, 2006

2. PMI Denver 2006 Symposium, Denver CO, Project Management Maturity Assessment, A CMM Appraisal of Project Management Capabilities, May 2006

3. Project Summit and Business Analyst World, Arlington VA, Harnessing the Power of Professional Business Analysis Workshop, June 2006

4. Project Summit and Business Analyst World, Arlington VA, Professional Business Analysis, Breaking the Cycle of Challenged Projects, June 2006

5. Federal Executive Board Professional Development Series, Leadership in a Project Environment, July 2006

6. Los Padres, CA PMI Chapter, From Strategy to Action, Enterprise Portfolio Management, August 2006

7. PMI Global Congress, North America, Seattle WA, Improving Projects with Business Analysis Micro-seminar, October 2006

8. PMI Global Congress, North America, Seattle WA, Increasing Project Management Maturity in Your Organization, October 2006

9. ProjectWorld & World Congress For Business Analysts USA. Orlando Florida, Enterprise Analysis: Value-Based Portfolio Management, November 2006

2005

1. ProjectWorld Canada/Business Analysis World Toronto, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, May 2005

2. ProjectWorld Canada / Business Analyst World Toronto, Harnessing the Power of the Project Manager and Business Analyst Partnership, May 2005

3. PDS’05 PMI IS SIG Professional Development Symposium 2005, San Francisco, CA, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, June 2005

4. SD UML & Design World, Austin, TX, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, June 2005

5. PMI Region 14 Seminar/Symposium 2005, Atlanta, GA, From Strategy to Action: Enterprise Portfolio Management, June 2005

6. PMI Region 14 Seminar/Symposium 2005, Atlanta, GA, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, June 2005

7. PMI Global Congress 2005-North America, Toronto, Canada, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, September 2005

8. SD Best Practices Conference and Expo, Boston, MA, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, September 2005

9. PMI Mile High Chapter, Denver, CO, Harnessing the Power of the Project Manager and Business Analyst Partnership Workshop, October 2005

10. Project Summit / Business Analyst World, Boston, MA, Harnessing the Power of the Project Manager and Business Analyst Partnership Workshop, October 2005

11. Project Summit / Business Analyst World, Boston, MA, The Business Analyst, The Pivotal IT Role of the Future, October 2005

12. Project World & the World Congress for Business Analysts, Orlando, FL, Using Maturity Assessments to Unleash Organizational Capabilities, A Case Study, November 2005

2004

1. ProjectWorld, Los Angeles, Organizational Project Management Maturity Assessment - CMM Based Appraisal of PM Practices, March 2004

2. PMI Information Systems SIG Professional Development Symposium 2004
Saint Louis, MO, Organizational Project Management Maturity Assessment - CMM Based Appraisal of PM Practices, June 2004

3. PMI Pittsburgh Chapter, Pittsburgh, PA, IT Project Quality & Risk Assessments - A Systematic IT Risk Management Practice, September 2004

4. ProjectWorld, Washington DC, Organizational Project Management Maturity Assessment - CMM Based Appraisal of PM Practices, September 2004

5. PMI Global Congress 2004-North America, Anaheim, CA, Strategically Manage Your Portfolio, Micro-seminar, October 2004

6. 16^th Annual International Integrated Program Management Conference, Co-Sponsored by CPM-PMI (College of Performance Management of Project Management Institute), NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), & SCEA (Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis), IT Project Quality & Risk Assessments - A Systematic IT Risk Management Practice, November 2004

2003

1. Sixth Annual Original The Performance Conference, Sponsored by the National Academy of Public Administration, Center for Improving Government Performance, Capital Asset Planning, Tips, Tricks and Traps, May 2003

2. Project World Boston, Organizational Project Management Maturity Assessment - CMM Based Appraisal of PM Practices, June 2003

3. PMI Global Congress 2003-North America, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Micro-seminar, September 2003, Baltimore

4. Knowledge Exchange Forum, Co-Sponsored by the PMI Washington DC Chapter and Virginia Tech, Project Management Mentoring, Pathway From Education To Implementation, October 2003

5. 15^th Annual International Integrated Program Management Conference, Co-Sponsored by CPM-PMI (College of Performance Management of Project Management Institute), NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), & SCEA (Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis), IT Project Quality & Risk Assessments - A Systematic IT Risk Management Practice, November 2003