Fundamental Contract and Project Management

This event qualifies for 6 PDUs

This session will discuss the techniques to manage contract delivery, budget, staffing, risk, and quality while fostering the client relationship; being responsive to needs of project staff; meeting company financial and project goals, creating third party relationships to add value or fill gaps, and understanding differences between risks and threats and how to manage risk and avoid threats. We will review contract types, differences and challenges associated with each type as well as identifying the stakeholders associated with your project and dealing with their expectations.

Speaker and Presenter Information

April Joy Wennerberg, PMP MBA April is president and founder of Project Masters Inc, Office Space Your Way LLC and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over 25 years Project Management experience in a variety of industries. She has extensive experience in software engineering, systems engineering, training, quality management and running small business. She earned an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Management Information Systems, and a BS with concentration in Computer Science, both from the Binghamton State University of New York. She is past President of the Project Management Institute, Baltimore Chapter and a board member of the Charter/Global Registered Education Providers for the Project Management Institute. April has developed processes and procedures to set-up project management offices (PMO). She has analyzed and recommended the project management software tools, which work the best for the types of projects managed. She has trained Project Managers in how to use the processes, procedures and software tools, which Project Masters has helped implement. She has extensive consultative experience in project management consulting, training, organizational development, facilitation, and auditing. She consults with senior management regarding the design, implementation, training and reengineering of project management within organizations.