Tim Lister, Atlantic Systems Guild
Tim Lister and five of his partners at the Atlantic Systems Guild have compiled project patterns they’ve observed in their combined 150 years of project consulting and summarized them in a new book, Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior.
Tim will begin his keynote presentation with examples from his new book by describing common patterns he’s observed at individual, project, and organizational levels. Tim has come to believe that project patterns are far stronger and more important than “best practices” will ever be. What are project patterns? They are the habits, decision-making practices, and unstated rules of corporate culture that dominate business life. The key to using project patterns is to identify your organization’s current patterns. If they are positive patterns, how can you replicate them across all projects? If they are negative, how can you break the habits?
Tim’s keynote will include audience participation! Tim plans to ask the audience to share some of their own project patterns. The goal is to go back armed with realistic goals and objectives for improvement in your organization.
2010 Keynote Speaker, Tim Lister, Paper, Slides
