Wednesday, April 6th
Central Jersey APICS presents:
Project Management Death March Projects
John H. Capron, CPIM
President, Mid-Hudson Chapter of APICS
"A Death March Project is one for which an unbiased, objective risk assessment (includes an assessment of
technical risks, personal risks, legal risks, political risks, etc.) determines that the likelihood of failure is >50%."
With average project success rates of 39%,
Death March Projects are probably more the norm than the exception.
You can expect to take away from this presentation an understanding of what a death march project looks like,
and what you can do to survive it, or to avoid it all together.
You will learn:
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The profile of a death march project
How to know you are getting into a death march project
Reasons for a death march project
Why do people get involved with a death march project
Project politics
Who the important players are
The losing battle for the project manager
Project estimates
Picking the project team
Project survival methods & tools
Some words of wisdom for project managers
This presentation is for: Project Managers and anyone impacted by a
project, whether a project team member, a future project team member, or the
recipient of a project to be delivered anyone currently funding a project
The Hotel Somerset – 110 Davidson Avenue – Somerset, NJ 732 560-0500
5:30 – 6:15
6:15 – 6:30
6:30 – 7:15
7:15 – 8:15
Registration & Networking – Complimentary Wine & Beer
President’s Welcome, Chapter Business
Dinner & Discussion – Plated Dinner
Presentation & Discussion
With Reservations: $40; $25 Full-Time Students
Register at: www.APICS-CJer.org
John is a retired operations professional, having built a 43 year career in manufacturing, planning,
IT development, and consulting. He has been a Technical Team Leader, Development Manager
and ERP Senior Consultant for the IBM Corporation, an ERP Senior Consultant for Keane,
NYNEX, Origin, and Philips. He has also held the following positions at Philips: Materials Manager,
Systems Operations Planning Analyst, Production Control Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor,
and Production Data Analyst.
John’s real introduction to the world of manufacturing began with Georgia-Pacific and Kraft Foods.
Along the way, he became quite proficient in production & inventory management, but also
recognized that he needed to become highly capable in enabling methodologies & technologies as
they became mainstream. He has a solid understanding of ERP, Project Management, Requirements Engineering,
Business Process Design, Software Development, Mind Mapping, SEO, Web Design, S&OP, and Structured Analysis.