I don't live close to the area at this point, but perhaps someday I will make it over there :-)
Have a great conference!
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May 18, 2016 12:46 AM
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You are always welcome!
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M. Sahir A. Shatiry, PMI-RMP, PMPSenior Hook-up and Commissioning Engineer| Petronas Carigali Sdn BhdIpoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
wow nice.. but very far...
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May 18, 2016 12:47 AM
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Yes, but hope you visit some day
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Giora LavySenior Consultant| A.D.Y.R. Construction Ltd.Kiriat Bialik, Israel
May 17, 2016 5:01 PM
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Giora,
I don't live close to the area at this point, but perhaps someday I will make it over there :-)
Have a great conference!
You are always welcome! Saving Changes...
Giora LavySenior Consultant| A.D.Y.R. Construction Ltd.Kiriat Bialik, Israel
May 17, 2016 8:12 PM
Replying to M. Sahir A. Shatiry, PMI-RMP, PMP
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wow nice.. but very far...
Yes, but hope you visit some day Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Giora, actually I would love to join your conference once, but I find it hard to read the website and apply, not even as a speaker. Is that conference held in English?
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May 18, 2016 9:25 AM
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Thomas, The conference will attract 1000 proffesionals from Israel and thus will be in Hebrew except of one lecture by Brian Weiss VP in PMI on The next generation Project Manager -"Are you Ready?". You are welcome to visit any time.
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Giora LavySenior Consultant| A.D.Y.R. Construction Ltd.Kiriat Bialik, Israel
May 18, 2016 8:31 AM
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Giora, actually I would love to join your conference once, but I find it hard to read the website and apply, not even as a speaker. Is that conference held in English?
Thomas, The conference will attract 1000 proffesionals from Israel and thus will be in Hebrew except of one lecture by Brian Weiss VP in PMI on The next generation Project Manager -"Are you Ready?". You are welcome to visit any time. Saving Changes...
Giora LavySenior Consultant| A.D.Y.R. Construction Ltd.Kiriat Bialik, Israel
Here is the agenda for those interested:
PMI – Project Management Institute – Israel Chapter – 20th Annual Conference
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016, David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv, Israel
07:30 – 09:00 Registration, Breakfast Service, Networking Break
09:00 – 09:15 Opening and welcoming by Dr. Alex Dan, PMP - PMI Israel Chapter President
09:15 – 09:30 POY award, Grants awards
09:30 – 10:00 Knesset Member Elazar Stern, retired major-general as IDF Head of the Manpower Directorate – Leadership, Directing teams to success.
10:00 - 10:30 Ms. Michal Hovav, Strategic Programs Manager at Intel Corporation – How to manage a project successfully without knowing what the product is
“We started by digging a huge hole in the ground, investing over 6B$ over three years in building the factory there, to manufacture products we did not develop, in technology we did not invent yet, for markets that did not exist…” That is a quote of Intel CEO Paul Otellini from a 2008 interview. It summarizes the business model of the technology and production division of Intel.
The precise characteristics of complex industry mega-projects include measurements of risk, schedule, quality, budget and more. A technology upgrade mega-project at Intel Israel has an additional aspect – uncertainty of technology details and product mix and features. In this lecture, we open a window to the technique of managing a complex project over five years when the end product is unknown, demand is unknown, and the uncertainty is a central element in the project.
10:30 – 11:00 Mr. Boaz Tzafrir, CEO of Israel Railways – Managing Complex Projects
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break, Networking Break
11:30 – 13:00 Track Educational Sessions
Track 1 Construction and Infrastructure – moderator Mr. Avi Grossman, PMI Israel
11:30 – 12:00 Colonel Daniel Rod, Deputy and Acting Head of the Engineering and Construction at the Ministry of Defense – Advanced management techniques of mega projects and supporting tools
Daniel will present the department and areas of activity - professional authority and the execution department of construction at the Ministry of Defense. The division deals with initiating, planning and executing national projects worth billions of shekels, as well as the development and maintenance of existing buildings and infrastructure of the Israel defense, border protection, including the barrier in the Golan Heights, and the "Hourglass” project (Sha’on Ha’Chol) - construction of the border fence with Egypt and Jordan. To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, the division has implemented advanced management techniques in the areas of contracts, planning and control, and promoting innovative methodologies and tools, based on integrated information systems for planning and execution control, including the BIM system. Daniel’s lecture will present the structure of the department’s mega-project progress tracking, the importance of supporting software systems as well as focusing on the management aspects of the “Shoham” project to relocate IDF bases.
12:00 – 12:30 Dr. Uri Shaked, CEO of C2 Ltd. and Chairman of the chamber of the project management engineers of the Israel Engineering Association - Integrating BIM systems in project planning and construction, and its contribution.
In his lecture, Uri will expand on the integration of a software system for contractor project management in design and BIM project management. The system enables a four-dimensional model based on two-dimensional design. The design allows extracting specifications and details, to produce quantities and working drawings, including time and cost detailing. During project execution, the system detects errors or inconsistencies in construction via final product pictures. It captures inspection and progress control including gap identification. Uri will describe how such a system helps the project manager and the development and infrastructure project management area in the aspects of scheduling, budget, risk, content, quality and more.
12:30 – 13:00 Mr. Uriel Fliess, General Manager of Shaar Project & Bid Management Ltd. - Quantitative and qualitative integration risk management model for mega-projects.
Uriel will present a qualitative-quantitative integrated risk management model for mega projects. At the beginning of the lecture, the "bow tie" model will be shown, targeted to formalize and precisely define risks, which will make it easier to prevent and / or reduce the risk in the next steps. The lecture will focus on the analysis and risk assessment. The conventional method of risk management is a qualitative approach, with its advantages and limitations. The quantitative method, which is less common, often produces opposition and concern, because of its complexity and scientific flavor. The model presented combines the two approaches in an integrated process, enabling the organization to utilize "both ways", and benefit from the advantages of each method. The message is that the implementation of an integrated system requires almost no extra effort beyond that current investment in the qualitative approach. The presentation will conclude with a case study demonstrating the implementation of the integrated model, its usage, and benefits.
Track 2 Technology, Hi-Tech, and IT – moderator Mr. Michael Schwartz, PMI Israel
11:30 – 12:00 Mr. Uri Nativ, VP Engineering & Site Manager, Klarna Israel – Software quality without testers. How is it possible?
Let’s join the fascinating lecture on the future of software quality. The talk is based on practical experience and a proven track record and gives you tools to implement in your organization.
12:00 – 12:30 Ms. Daphi Gonen, VP projects, GizmoxTS - Application Modernization: Who's afraid of conversion projects from old to new technology?
Most of the modernization projects exceed budget and time. Many of them are even initiated repeatedly and fail. We will present a unique approach to managing such projects.
12:30 – 13:00 Ms. Hagit Kapelner Masliah - Organizational Consultant - Mapping common dilemmas and their meaning to the role of the project manager
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Track 3 Defense Industries – moderator Mr. Ofer Mualem, PMI Israel
11:30 – 12:00 MR. Ronen Cohen, VP Optronic Warfare. Former VP Airplane Defense Systems - DIRCM, Elbit Systems Ltd., and Intelligence Division Elop - "Flight Guard" - a national program for the development of airplane protection systems.
The lecture will review one of Israel’s most innovative projects: developing a civil aircraft defense system. In the lecture, will examine the operational need, the program structure, and layout of the "Flight Guard” system, sharing the development and experiment process, and providing insight into the challenges faced during development and the way in which they were dealt.
12:00 – 12:30 Mr. Iftach Kleinman, Business Leader for armored active protection systems, Rafael - Project “Windbreaker” (Meil Ruach) development
The lecture will focus on the managerial challenges of system integration of an innovative and sophisticated weapon, transforming into mass production, overcoming problems and technical and technological challenges. We will review operational successes of the "windbreaker" including saving the lives of many soldiers starting in 2011 and especially during the operation “Tzuk Eytan”.
12:30 – 13:00 Mr. Oren Gal, head of the Israeli Navy Autonomous devices - Autonomous marine devices: research and development project challenges.
Unmanned vessels above and under water are now a major focus of development in the world, and will take over many missions in the future, in the public and oceanography research and the military field.
In some, the world's fleets, unmanned marine, and submarine vessels are used for intelligence, scanning and recovery, communication, and for protection missions. In Israel, marine robotics is in full swing with great achievements. The world of autonomous devices has made a significant breakthrough in the recent years. The lecture will focus on challenges of short and long-term projects for use in civilian applications and several fleets around the world.
Track 5 Project Management Tools – moderator Ms. Aviva Davidovits, PMI Israel
11:30 – 11:50 Mr. Ofer Plaut, VP Marketing and Sales, Axiom Information Solutions - Innovation in project management is around the corner - a glimpse into holistic solutions in the digital age.
The lecture will discuss the question of strategic and business management integration as a proactive, continuous process in the organization to deliver business value. Topics such as strategic planning, scenario evaluation, and simulations, prioritization based on business features, flexibility, business features, stakeholder management and realization of benefits, are bundled in the portfolio and project selection process in the organization. These processes, involving decision-makers in organizations, have been successfully implemented using “Sciforma” at tens of thousands of customers in Israel and abroad.
11:50 – 12:10 Mr. Zohar Dvir, CEO, Simple Ltd. - "Upstairs, Downstairs" - trends in the world of project management tools.
In the lecture, we will be looking at a survey of the world's ten most widely used tools for managing projects, each of which has over a million users. We will explain the changing trend in choosing the tools; we will explain the four types of project management tools and why many managers prefer one type - the simplest type, which is giving up some of the capabilities but still brings high value on relatively small investment, in implementation and ongoing operation. Alternatively, in other words, became "masters" of the tool. During the lecture we will explain three of the ten project management tools, focusing on what each of them brings, to whom the device is suitable and how to implement correctly simple tools of this type. Attendees will understand the world of instruments to be able to choose a more appropriate tool for their organizing and know what they can expect from its implementation.
12:10 – 12:30 Ms. Irene Portnik, VP operations, planning and development, CAL Ltd. – Speedy business results in the short run - Lean dynamic design concept.
The world is changing fast. We want to explore every business initiative in the field as quickly as possible, to understand whether and how it provides value to the customer, and the organization produces business results and ensures that the team will adapt quickly regarding the procedure, organization, and computing. It requires different business and organizational thinking - dynamic design, done in stages, harnessing all the relevant stakeholders in the organization in fast cycles of design - implementation - test – match (PDCA). This approach enabled CAL to implement projects bringing quick business results.
12:30 – 12:50 Mr. Tsico Hefetz, CEO, Pantech management systems Ltd. - Games, BI and mega - projects.
Who among us has not face challenges in implementing project management systems? The technique is excellent and suits the organization. The tool was selected after careful evaluation; an extraordinary setup was carried out, and even the pilot succeeded. However, after a month or two, the information is not up-to-date, managers lose confidence in the system, and employees do not understand what is required. If only we could turn the project into “Candy Crush” and Clarity into “Angry Birds”, everything would look different. Gamification is a new field that embraces methods and tools used by game developers and converts them to the business world. We will present gamification methods that drive the stakeholders to update their project data on an ongoing basis and ensure the integrity and credibility of information and how different organizations implemented it. We will present BI applications that provide to all levels of management the powerful and flexible analysis of a vast amount of information stored in the project management system and produce business /operational insights. These applications are tailor-made for the world of project management and therefore we gave them the name PI - Project Intelligence. Both gamification and PI are innovative ideas. In our lecture, we will demonstrate applications and case studies of customers from various sectors who have implemented solutions based on the two challenges described in the lecture. Among others, we will share the implementation in a government office of a control room of national infrastructure projects.
Track 6 Project of the year – Moderator Mr. Moshe Yona, PMI Israel
11:30 – 11:35 Mr. Moshe Yona, PMP – POY Chairman – opening and tips on how to win the POY
11:35 – 12:00 National Infrastructure
Mr. Rafi Elbaz, Israel Airports Authority - First Place: Upgrade of runways and construction of the new control tower
Mr. Reuven Kogan, Israel Railways - Second Place: Ashkelon-Be'er Sheva railways line
Mr. Dori Shaviv, Shaviv Engineers Ltd. - Third Place: Cypresses Dormitory, Tel Aviv University
12:00 – 12:15 Technology and Information Systems
Ms. Keren Schechter Azulay, Maccabi Healthcare Services, - First place: portfolio management to realize the corporate strategy (Management dashboard)
12:15 – 12:40 Education and Contributing to the Community
Ms. Dorit Dayan, Naval Officers School ORT Ashdod - First Place: Integrating technology-professional students in the industry
Ms. Sigal Rozen, Multidisciplinary School B in Petach Tikva - Second Place: "Island of calm" - in a nutshell
Mr. Gershon Cohen, Director of ICT, technology and information systems at the Ministry of Education - Third place: Technician certification with matriculation examinations
12:40 – 13:00 Defense Industries
Mr. Kobi Sagiv, Israel Air Force, First Place: Software block for F16
Mr. Yehuda Shanans, Israel Air Force, Second Place: “Harel” New Control Center establishment - in a nutshell
Track 7 Research and Methodology – Moderator Mr. Guy Monte, PMI Israel
11:30 – 12:00 Mr. Eli Steier, Head of Planning and Project Control at the Operations division, Rafael. Circus arts in use of the project management team (or how to help the project management team to focus)
The project management team has many tasks, including tasks related directly to satisfying the customers, upper management and auditors with a set of documents throughout the project lifecycle. Simplifying requirement presentation to the project leader, directing and focusing him on the need, increases his work efficiency. The method presented incorporates management models that are user-friendly to the project team.
12:00 – 12:30 Mr. Ilan Renny, Renihul managers and project managers training - the Successful transition from classic PMBOK projects to Agile PMBOK projects and Lean Methodologies.
Many project managers working in organizations that are not hi-tech are moving or considering moving to Lean project management methodologies. The lecture will focus on the essential aspects that might become obstacles to the project manager and the organization when transforming classic PMBOK projects to Agile PMBOK projects and Lean methodologies, and what body conceptual change needs to be implemented on the road to success
12:30 – 13:00 Mr. Arnon Katz, Independent Consultant M-BIOS - Negotiations – A project in itself and a critical tool for the project manager
All our lives we manage processes of negotiation, but, how many of us view that as a project? How many managers assess negotiations as a project? Quality negotiation is an organized process, structured and systemic, administered according to known principles of project management. The lecture will show the parallels between project management and negotiation, and the significance of each step in a project in the negotiations area.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Networking Break
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14:00 – 14:45 Prof. Aaron Shenhar - The future is here – The Diamond beyond the Triangle
Modern project management changes are not just in technology, but, rather the concept and more mature approach to project management. On the one hand, the project manager must learn to manage with a more strategic approach, which includes taking responsibility for business results, and not just content supply in time and in cost, as well as, an increased emphasis on leadership development, while creating a vision, motivation, and inspiration for the project team. On the other hand, the new era is characterized by simplifying the traditional processes and reducing the operational burden on the project team. This is made possible by using a systematic approach to identifying and managing innovation in the project, and the proper selection of the vital processes required for the particular project while giving up on the other processes. The lecture will present relevant tools that can help create the change as has been developed through years of research of over a thousand projects.
14:45 – 15:30 Mr. Brian A. Weiss, MBA, VP Practitioner Career Development, PMI Project Management Institute - The Next Generation Project Manager – “Are You Ready?”
A project management labor and talent shortage is upon us – and will cost the world US$340 billion by the Year 2020. Learn how global markets and executives are transforming based on PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® research. Also, discover the leadership, business, and strategic management skills that will help project managers successfully meet evolving expectations in a complex business environment.
15:30 – 16:15 Dr. Yair Schindel, head of "Israel Digital" in the office for Social Equality – Management of an Innovative Mega-Project
16:15 – 16:30 Wrap-up and raffle draw Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
I too would love to attend but, alas, it is a bit far. Shalom.
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May 30, 2016 12:36 AM
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I know the distance, you are welcome to visit any time
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Giora LavySenior Consultant| A.D.Y.R. Construction Ltd.Kiriat Bialik, Israel
May 29, 2016 7:41 PM
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I too would love to attend but, alas, it is a bit far. Shalom.
I know the distance, you are welcome to visit any time Saving Changes...
