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Fall 2009 Projects
PM685 Final Presentation
Schedule

*6th Meeting (December 3rd Thursday) 
Official Oral Presentations (invite your corporate 685 sponsors and colleagues).

PM 685 Final Project Presentation Schedule
December 3rd, 2009, 1:00PM - 9:00PM

Time

Name

Project Title

1:00PM-1:50PM Lisa Von Bargen Using the Project Management Lifecycle as a Planning Tool in Non-Renewable Resource Based Economies: A Retrospective Case Study of Valdez, Alaska and the Trans Alaska Pipeline
1:50PM-2:40PM Esker Coffey Expected Performance Indicators for Earned Value
2:40PM-3:30PM Leonard Irvin  
3:30PM-4:20PM Michael Caldwell Applying Project Management Principles with Telecommuting at Alaska Communications Systems
4:20PM-5:10PM Dale See The Graduate Research Proposal Factors Current Trends in Social Services and How Project Management can offer a Solution Oriented Approach to Enriching Lives
5:10PM-6:00PM Kelly Brown & Harrison Yeoh Analysis of systematic methods to prioritize future freight infrastructure projects within the Anchorage Metro Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS) area
6:00PM-6:30PM

Dinner

6:30PM-7:20PM Walter Almon Design a Pressure Vessel Management System
Using the Project Management Process
7:20PM-8:10PM Peace Afieroho Comparative Analysis of Project Management Maturity across Industries in Nigeria
8:10PM-9:00PM James Pettigrew Building Information Modeling: Evaluating the Risk of BIM and its Role in Achieving Cost Efficient Sustainable Design in Commercial Construction

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Spring 2009

Name

Project Title

Sabrina Wilbur Lean Six Sigma: Exploring Feasibility of Process Application to a Government Services Contracting Organization
Bonnie A Cudnohufsky A Study of Communication and Multi-generational Project
Teams
David Hart Optimizing the Cosmopolitan Oilfield Development Planning and Execution Schedule
Edie Knapp Improving Capital Project Closeout at the Anchorage School District
Richard J. Everson Project Management Tools for Linked Homeland Security Exercises

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FALL 2008

1:00-2:00pm - Strahm, Lyn
"Projects in Peril: A Proactive Approach"

2:00-3:00pm - Davey, Brian
"Concept and Design Considerations for a Project Management Information System"

3:00-4:00pm - Pykkonen, Rick
"Using Program Management at AAG to Deliver Quality Projects"

4:00-5:00PM - Elkins, Melissa
"Build versus Buy - Establishing Objective Trade Criteria for IT Software Applications at AAG"

5:00-6:00PM - Petroske, John
"Cancelling Projects - Diagnostics, Decision Making and the Termination Process"

8:45-9:45PM - Mullinax, Steve
"Communicating IT Project Cost Transparency"

9:00-10:00AM - Gillis, Kelly
"Improving Project Quality by Embedding Cross Project Learning and Effective Knowledge Management into the Alaska Air Group Culture"

10:00-11:00AM - Mohn, Carol
"How to Successfully Implement High Performing Teams in IT at AAG"

11:00-12:00PM - Dussell, Keith
"Evaluating Maturity and Mapping Project Portfolio Management (PPM) at AAG"

1:00-2:00PM - Rice, Marilyn
"Integrating a Systems Approach to Change Management at AAG"

2:00-3:00PM - Baysa, Marisa
"Improving Project Outcomes Through Project Accountability: A Study in Best Practices and Practical Applications for Alaska Air Group"

3:00-4:00PM - Lowy, Rob
"Defining and Managing Small Projects at Alaska Air Group"

4:00-5:00PM - Weishaar, Kathy
"Improving AAG Enterprise System Implementation (ESI) Project Outcomes: An ESI Project Assessment and Framework for Incorporating Best Practices at Alaska Airlines and Horizon"

Spring 2008 Projects
ESM684 & PM685 Final Presentation
Schedule

April 9 '08, Wednesday

5:30-6:30pm (In PM601 Class) - Douglas, Joyce
(PM 685) @ UC155c
"IT Project Scope Procurement Decision using Risk based AHP with Chainwise Comparisons Technique"


April 10 '08, Thursday

4:45-5:15pm - Altiok, Ozgur  (ESM 684) @ UC155c
"Water Consumption of Flush Tank and Haul® System Users"


April 17 '08,
Thursday


4:30-5:30
pm - Polito, Daniel (PM 685) @ UC155c
"Analysis of EPC in the Alaska Oil and Gas Industry"

6
:00-6:30
pm - Kinney, Donald G.  (ESM 684) @ UC145
"PREVENTIVE AND MITIGATIVE MEASURES APPLIED TO PIPELINE OIL SPILL RISKS"


April 18 '08, Friday

1:30-2:30
pm - Jew, Dwight (PM 685) @ UC150
"Project Management Office Project Plan"

2:30-3:30
pm - Renshaw, Anson (PM 685) @ UC150
"Applying Project Management Processes in Construction Financing"

3:30-4:30
pm - Bukhari, Abdul
(PM 685) @ UC150
"Development of Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program at ESPM Department"

4:30-5:30pm - Zidek, Michael (PM 685) @ UC155c

"Organizational Transformation through Implementation of Enterprise Project Management Systems"

5:30pm - 6:00 - Catered dinner will be provided. (April 18th ONLY)

6:00-7:00
pm - Medak, Kirk (PM 685) @ UC155c

"Project Control: An Assessment of Uses and Needs in Alaska"

7:00-8:00
pm - Lasher, Mike (PM 685) @ UC155c
"A study and implementation of project management processes, tools and methods for use on projects with federal agencies"

8:00-9:00pm - Schipper, Mathew (PM 685) @ UC155c
"Course Development and Lesson Planning for PM-694A Project Management in Construction "

 


 

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