PMI EMEA Congress 2018

The Airbus A380 airplane is used as example to explain the complexity of the aircraft-industry market with particular emphasis on the relationship between the ‘product’ and  ‘customer needs.’ The case study highlights how achieving good results in terms of product quality and ultimate customer satisfaction is not a guarantee of success. In addition, the related lessons learned that were encountered by project managers during the aircraft development are discussed.


At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
(1) describe the complexities of developing a successful, multi-billion-dollar, 40-year, product-market strategy based upon variable customer needs;
(2) explain the complex decision-making challenges that project/programme managers face when managing multi-billion-dollar programmes.

As a business consultant, how do I know if my consulting project delivers genuine value? Do I know how to guarantee it? How can I convince my sponsors that this is a fact? If you ask yourself these questions more than once a week, you are lucky—you have a very exciting consulting project! Let me share my experience of dealing with delivering value in such projects.


At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
(1) select the right business analysis and project management approach techniques for successful business consulting;
(2) effectively validate the results of consulting efforts together with key stakeholders.

This session will present how Enterprise Architecture (EA) can help an enterprise to become more agile by applying common agile practices. It will review the advantages of having proper EA practices applied at the organisational level, and confirm them with the organisational strategy. The presentation will also provide a blended approach of implementing agility in organisations. The session will end with a case study demonstrating how successful EA implementation can empower an organisation’s agility.


At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
(1) prepare theoretical and technical frameworks for implementing agility in organisations/projects;
(2) explain how different architecture layers help organisations become more modular and responsive to change.