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The Institute for Innovation in Information Management (I3M) is a salient exemplar of industry-academia partnerships. I3M believes in the innovative capacity of information management as a competitive tool.
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I3M Fall Symposium - November 20, 2008
According to most estimates, information systems projects succeed slightly more than 20 percent of the time. The Fall 2008 Institute for Innovation inInformation Management (I3M) Symposium helped project managers and other professionals apply lessons learned from successful and
unsuccessful examples to ensure their projects succeed - while refocusing efforts on the impact to a business's bottom line.
Michael A. Fors, Director of Strategy in Microsoft's Mobile Division,delivered the keynote, "Real-World Project Measurement Portending Success or Doom." At Microsoft, Fors works with Vice Presidents to set business and engineering strategy. Fors's presentation asked the provocative questions, Do projects fail because of project leaders, sponsors, partners, or the project itself? Or, is the failure a symptom of a larger organizational issue? Project management strategies and measurement within major organizations were discussed.
University of Washington Information School Assistant Professor Hazel Taylor also shared lessons gleaned from in-depth interviews with experienced project managers as they reflect on the skills most critical to IT project management. Her presentation incorporated concrete suggestions for developing managers and building learning channels in complex organizations.
In the second half of the Symposium, Kevin Desouza , Director, I3M moderated a lively panel discussion, "Views from Industry on Managing Complex Technology Projects." Panelists included: Christopher Rivinus, Leader of Knowledge Systems (Parsons Brinckerhoff) Jim Salmon, Deputy Chief Engineer (Boeing) Rick LeFaivre, Venture Partner (OVP Venture Partners) Peter Wilson, Engineering Director (Google) Neal Myrick, Managing Director of Technology (Casey Family Programs)
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