GAASC and Carolina URISA Present:

Geospatial Projects Management Principles Workshop

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Florence County Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation Library
509 S. Dargan Street
Florence, SC 29506

Join us as Bruce Taylor, project manager with Critigen (a technology consulting firm), offers an interactive workshop focusing on management principles as applied to geospatial projects. Class attendees will learn the most practical project management techniques from the Project Management Institute’s “Project Management Body of Knowledge” and how to apply them to everyday geospatial projects such as hardware/software upgrade rollouts, GPS data collection missions, high-volume document scanning, and more! The workshop will cover the fundamentals of project management such as Work Breakdown Structures, Resource Planning, Scope and Cost Control, Scheduling (including dependencies, slippage, critical path, etc.), Risk Management, Change Management, Communication and Project Lifecycles. Participants will leave understanding how these techniques can be used improve project planning, monitoring and execution, and how to maximize the chance of a successful project.

Register: http://www.regonline.com/gaasc_curisa_pm

Cost: $145 (lunch is included)

Questions? Contact Crystine Rathburn, Florence County GIS Manager by email at crathburn@florenceco.org or by phone at 843-678-3598