{"id":452,"date":"2014-09-01T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/?p=452"},"modified":"2014-11-07T21:55:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T21:55:02","slug":"can-the-zombie-apocalypse-help-you-survive-your-projects-dragoncon2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/can-the-zombie-apocalypse-help-you-survive-your-projects-dragoncon2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Can The Zombie Apocalypse Help You Survive Your IT Projects?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/apocalypserising.dragoncon.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/apocalypserising.dragoncon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DragonCon &#8211;\u00a0Apocalypse Rising Track | Monday, September 1, 2014 10:00 &#8211; 11:00 | Westin, 6th floor, Chastain 1-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If a zombie outbreak happened tomorrow, would you be ready?\u00a0 What about if you start a death-march project?\u00a0 We learn the most valuable and long-lasting lessons when we face and overcome impossible situations.\u00a0 Using disaster preparedness as a backdrop, we will demonstrate\u00a0the importance of root cause analysis, process analysis, risk mitigation, project scoping, business rules, and implementation planning as foundations for overcoming impossible project challenges.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how your PM, BA and process improvement expertise can be used to decompose even the most challenging situations<\/li>\n<li>Discover why situational awareness and problem definition can have the biggest impact to project success or failure<\/li>\n<li>Leave with a way to apply and refine your skills outside work while building a plan to survive 3 days, 3 weeks or 3 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download handout:\u00a0<a title=\"Handout\" href=\"http:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140901_Zombie_DragonCon-Print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">20140901 Survive Your IT Projects\u00a0DragonCon handout<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download presentation:\u00a0<a title=\"Download presentation\" href=\"http:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140901_Zombie_DragonCon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Can The Zombie Apocalypse Help You Survive Your IT Projects?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch video:<\/p>\n<div class=\"themeblvd-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-inner\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"20140901 DragonCon - Can The Zombie Apocalypse Help You Survive Your IT Projects?\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_FYLj4iHX-yg\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFYLj4iHX-yg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FYLj4iHX-yg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT59M35S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-09-08T23:51:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_FYLj4iHX-yg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFYLj4iHX-yg%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">20140901 DragonCon - Can The Zombie Apocalypse Help You Survive Your IT Projects?<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FYLj4iHX-yg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hanseckman.com\/guides\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFYLj4iHX-yg%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"20140901 DragonCon - Can The Zombie Apocalypse Help You Survive Your IT Projects?\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"DragonCon - Apocalypse Rising Track | Monday, September 1, 2014 10:00 \u2013 11:00 | Westin, 6th floor, Chastain 1-2 If a zombie outbreak happened tomorrow, would you be ready? 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