Wednesday, August 19, 2009 from 11:30am to 1:00pm
(Networking 11:30am-12:00pm, Presentation 12:00pm to 1:00pm)

Note: All Skyline luncheons are now held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Skyline Bailey's Crossroads luncheons are free to attend, and preregistration is not required.

In today’s fluid environment decision-makers must continually balance the need to make decisions quickly with the need for thorough analysis. Imagine if you had a practical tool to facilitate group decision making, one that provided a record of how the decision was derived. This tool is already here. Decision support modeling uses a combination of software tools and trained facilitators to develop decision models. Come work through an interactive group decision-making case study which demonstrates all these aspects and more. 

Jane M. Materna, PMP, is a Senior Analyst at Acuity Consulting.  Jane has 15 years of transformation strategy experience in international markets, federal and local government, and private sector IT & banking, and specializes in business and government strategy in developing economies. Jane received her Masters degree in Public and International Affairs, with an emphasis in public budgeting and finance, from Virginia Tech and her Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She is an expert in using Decision Lens, a decision modeling software, as well as the Conflicts Dynamics Profile, a workplace conflict management assessment.  

About Skyline Luncheons

• All Skyline luncheons are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  They begin at 11:30am with a 30 minute unstructured networking session.  At 12:00pm, after a short introduction and after we’ve dealt with some administrative matters, the presentation begins.  The presentation ends at 1:00pm.

• Join our Yahoo Group by sending an email with your name, and organization to: SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. On our list we provide copies of past presentations, directions to our lunch location in Baileys Crossroads, and two email reminders per month.

• Our Yahoo Group SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC@yahoogroups.com is an announcement-only type list not used for general email. So you will only receive a limited amount of email and only from the Skyline Baileys Crossroads Lunch meeting moderator, Charles Hermann.

• For more information about the Skyline Lunch meeting send an email with your question to SkylineLuncheonPMIWDC-owner@yahoogroups.com

Directions and Map Link

Skyline Office Complex
5109 Leesburg Pike, Suite 800,
Falls Church, VA 22041

NOTE: Virginia Route 7 is Leesburg Pike (in Falls Church and Fairfax County) and is also King Street (in Alexandria) at different stretches.

Directions to 5109 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3215

From Tyson's Corner:

1. Take Route 7, Leesburg Pike, for about 7 miles and turn right onto South George Mason Drive (just after the entrance to the Target parking lot).
2. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
3. Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.

From Washington DC or National Airport:

1. Take I-395 South towards Richmond.
2. After the Glebe Road and Quaker Lane exits, take Exit 5 for Route 7, King Street, West. You will go through 10 traffic lights that are very close together.
3. Turn left onto South George Mason Drive. Skyline Tower is the 26-story light blue glass building.
4. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
5. Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.

From Dulles Airport:

1. Take the Washington Dulles Access Road towards Washington.
   Take 495 South towards Richmond
2. After passing exits for Tyson’s Corner, I-66, Route 50, Braddock Road and I-95 South, take I-395 North (left exit) towards Washington.
3. Take Exit 5, King Street, West. You will go through 10 traffic lights that are very close together.
4. Turn left onto South George Mason Drive. Skyline Tower is the 26-story light blue glass building.
5. Make a right at the second intersection, or parking lot entrance, and drive up a ramp alongside the building. Turn right at the 4-way Stop sign.
6. Pay visitor parking is on the other side of the building at that intersection.
   Walk across the courtyard to the left end of the set of offices (building 5109, also known as Skyline 6). Take the elevator to the 8th floor.