Aurora Incremental Modernization Project - a Practical Perspective to Project Management

DATE: January 23, 2003

PLACE: Rideau Room, Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert Street

SPEAKERS: Bill Samulack President, Kotick Consulting Inc. Bruce Lewis Project Manager, Aurora Incremental Modernization Project Department of National Defence

Event Abstract:
The Aurora Incremental Modernization Project (AIMP) is an upgrade project consisting of 23 subprojects grouped into 4 major groupings. It is taking an iterative approach to development and production with a minimum impact to the Aircraft fleet operation.

Because of the complexity of the project, staff members have had to rely on "best practices" provided by the PMBOK and the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI's) newly developed Capability Maturity Model - Integrated (CMMI). The project office has undergone an assessment of its internal processes against the CMMI, determined improvements necessary to reduce cost and schedule risk and is implementing these improvements in a prioritized manner.

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SPEAKERS BIOs :

BILL SAMULACK, MSC.

Bill Samulack has a Master's Degree in Information Systems from Carleton University and has over 20 years of military and industrial experience. His specific expertise is in the areas of managing and implementing military, space and flight safety related equipment and systems. As well, he has experience in managing Web development in an Ecommerce commercial enterprise. Both domains require the discipline of a methodology for development and a structured approach to management.

Most recently, Mr. Samulack has acquired 6 years full time experience in Software Process Improvement (SPI) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) to meet the requirements of both ISO 9001 and the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Models (SW-CMM and CMMI). This included assessing organizational and personal competencies, performing gap analyses and identifying training requirements to meet the operational objectives of ISO 9001, the SW-CMM and CMMI for an organization.

BRUCE LEWIS, PMP, PENG

Bruce Lewis is Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with extensive experience as a Project Manager responsible for managing technical, operational and personnel related projects in the Department of National Defence. In 1997, he was appointed Project Manager Aurora responsible initiating, planning, executing and controlling the $1.4B incremental avionics modernization of the Aurora Maritime Patrol aircraft. This project is particularly unique, as it requires the management and control of seven major contracts and the interactions between them over a 10-year program. Bruce Lewis brings a unique overview of managing projects within the Government Project Management framework along with the challenges of managing project interactions between them.

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