Conclude the Congress with a final chance to network with fellow attendees, and enjoy an insightful presentation by project management thought leader Dr. Harold Kerzner.

Closing Session Speaker – Dr. Harold Kerzner

In his closing session presentation, Dr. Kerzner will discuss his theories on the new breed of project manager. He feels that new project managers:

• Have significantly more business knowledge than their predecessors
• Must make both project and business-related decisions
• Manage multiple stakeholders—who may have different definitions of project success
• Are presented with challenges when the true value of the project may not be known until well after the project is completed
• Will be assigned to nontraditional or more complex projects

As a result, Dr. Kerzner believes that the triple constraint, as we know it, may have to be modified to include a value component for these nontraditional projects and the traditional earned value measurement system will be replaced with a value measurement methodology.

About Dr. Kerzner

Harold Kerzner, (M.S., Ph.D., Engineering and M.B.A) is Senior Executive Director with International Institute for Learning, Inc.

Dr. Kerzner’s expertise is in the areas of project management and strategic planning.  Dr. Kerzner has previously taught engineering at the University of Illinois and business administration at Utah State University.  He obtained his industrial experience at Thiokol Corporation where he held both program management and project engineering responsibilities on a variety of NASA, Air Force, Army, Navy and independent IR&D programs.  In addition, Dr. Kerzner has provided training and consulting services for such companies as Dow Chemical, Federal Reserve Bank, Progressive Insurance, The Department of Defense, and Disney, among others.  

Dr. Kerzner has conducted three live worldwide, satellite video broadcasts on project management:  “How to Achieve Maturity in Project Management”, “Achieving Behavior Excellence in Project Management”, and “In Search of Excellence in Project Management”.  All three programs were sponsored by Microsoft Corporation and were televised worldwide.

He has published or presented more than 250 engineering and business papers, and has authored a number of the best-selling textbooks including: Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, now in its ninth edition, In Search of Excellence in Project Management, Applied Project Management and Strategic Planning for Project Management Using a Project Management Maturity Model.