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Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 06:50

A Hero behind Every Tree:
The Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Project Failure

featuring

Russell Mullen
Principal Consultant, Dacoda Projects LL

Next Skyline Luncheon Brown Bag

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 from 11:30am to 12:50pm
(Networking 11:30am-11:50am, Presentation 11:50am to 12:50pm) 

Location and Cost

Free Program - No Cost to Attend

Skyline Bailey's Crossroads luncheons are free to attend, and preregistration is not required.
Skyline Office Complex
Skyline 6, Suite 800, Conference Room A
5109 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041

About the Program

A Hero behind Every Tree:
The Top 10 Ways to Guarantee Project Failure

Have you ever been a part of a project that failed? You aren't alone. Despite decades of industry-wide experience, IT projects still fail at an almost unbelievable rate. In this presentation, I’ll show you the top 10 issues that are certain to doom your project. I’ll cover topics from my book of the same title including ostracism, second-order ignorance, hope as a risk management strategy, and other patterns that just might describe you or members of your project team. You'll leave knowing how to identify, mitigate, or even avoid these issues entirely. 

About the Speaker

Russell Mullen
Principal Consultant, Dacoda Projects LL

Owner and Principal Consultant of Dacoda Projects LLC, Russ is an IT project management professional with over 20 years industry experience in delivering successful projects. Co-creator of Insight Anthology, a systematic application of analysis, design and management techniques that allows project teams and managers to predict project outcomes and effectively apply project resources to achieve success. Co-author of A Hero Behind Every Tree: The Non-Technical Reasons Your IT Investments Fail. Russ has presented his project design, development and risk management techniques at numerous events and workshops.

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:

Take the Washington Dulles Access Road towards Washington.
Take 495 South towards Richmond
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.
Take Exit 5, King Street, West. You will go through 10 traffic lights that are very close together.
Turn left onto South George Mason Drive. Skyline Tower is the 26-story light blue glass building.
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.
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.
Presentation Archive: 
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