We regret to inform you that the conference has been canceled due to insufficient number of participants. We would like to sincerely thank the speakers, participants, people interested in the event itself and all the companies and organizations that helped us promote the conference. We sincerely hope that we will have the opportunity to arrange a similar meeting in the future.

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During the conference we will touch Project Management issues according the PMI methodology. Agile practitioners and Project Managers with more unorthodox management methods will also provide their point of view. Attendees will have the opportunity to pick the approach fitting their everyday work.

The conference program will include:

• pecha kucha session – a presentation of common problems with Project Management and joint search for solutions,
• ways to shorten the duration of the project through the critical chain method,
• tips how to save a project from failure,
• innovative ways to help PMs in their work like Visual Management,
• transforming the team managing large-scale projects with The Way Method
• a way for IT specialists and business specialists to cooperate with eachother in an seamless way,
• “Cooperation with the client in IT projects” discussion panel,
• hands-on training in small groups durring the conference.

See the full conference program here.

We want the high quality of the lectures to be a signature mark of Deadline. Thus, we invited speakers with years of experience in working with teams of various sizes.

Mike Cottmeyer will be our keynote! He is a well-known, enterprise focused Agile coach, whose specialty is working in mixed-methodology environments.

During the conference, we will have a chance to see Paweł Brodziński, who currently manages a team of 150 engineers. Paweł will present Visual Managing – a simple tool that can significantly improve communication in the team. Marek Kowalczyk will also appear at the conference. He is an expert in shortening the duration of projects. Marek will explain Project Managers how to complete their project ahead of time using critical chain methods. Monika Konieczny will be Deadline’s guest, too. She is a Project Manager and and a PhD student at UAM. Monika is known for promoting unconventional and creative methods of motivating employees.

We are extremely happy to inform you that the registration for the Deadline 2011 conference has begun. We invite all project management practitioners to register for the conference. We would like to inform you the the conference fee rises while the date of the conference draws closer.

Deadline is a conference about project management in modern organizations. The aim of the conference is to provide its attendees with the knowledge about methodology, tools and techniques that should be used while managing a project.

Deadline presents not only the theory necessary in Project Manager’s everyday work. The meeting also gives the attendees the opportunity to learn about useful case studies, share the experience gained by working in the field, and discuss innovative ideas that can become an inspiration to improve the team’s performance.

The conference will be beneficial for:

• Project Office Managers,
• Project Managers,
• members of project teams,
• representatives of management staff interested in learning about new methodology of project management.

Deadline provides an excellent opportunity to discuss new trends and current issues related to project management. To ensure the great atmosphere, ideal for networking, the number of attendees cannot exceed 150 people.