Thursday	1:00pm-3:00pm		Uncertainty Management
	2:00pm-5:00pm		Defining, Writing and Managing Project Requirements

UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT
Jerry Gilland
$25 • class size: unlimited
Thursday, 1:00–3:00pm

Acquaint yourself with the principles of uncertainty management and learn a structured methodology which will be immediately applicable in your day-to-day activities. The program focuses on the dynamic nature of a typical business environment and the need for a "proactive" approach. Learn about life-cycle management issues such as uncertainty identification (risks and opportunities), uncertainty assessment (probability and impact), setting priorities, selecting proactive strategies, applying statistical models and tracking uncertainty throughout the project.

Jerry Gilland, Engineering Management Systems, has more than 40 years of experience associated with the development and project management of high technology ventures, particularly in the fields of electronic design, systems engineering, project management, risk management, software applications development, technology transfer and new business acquisition. Since retiring, Mr. Gilland has been teaching at the University of Colorado and consulting in project and risk management.

DEFINING, WRITING AND MANAGING PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Ivy Hooks
$25 • class size: 30
Thursday, 2:00–5:00pm

Part of managing a project successfully is telling the project team members what the successful product or project should look like. The process of defining the project scope and details many times takes the form of "writing requirements." If you are responsible for writing project requirements or you are responsible for carrying out somebody else's requirements, this workshop is for you. You will learn how to define the project scope before writing requirements, how to define the requirements, how to manage the process throughout the its life cycle, how to recognize poor requirements and how to write good requirements.

After spending many years at NASA, Ivy Hooks founded Compliance Automation, Inc., a company specializing in managing requirements through training, audits and automation. Her program will help you understand how cost overruns, schedule slips and dissatisfied customers can be avoided by writing requirements that make sense. Ms. Hooks is a founding member of the SWE Houston Area Section.