In today’s dynamic project environments, success requires more than timely delivery. It requires clarity at inception, alignment across functions, and adapting without losing direction.
Join this event for a focused session on PMW’s 7 Steps to Project Success, a practical, adaptable framework designed to help teams align, plan, and execute with confidence.
This method equips project and program managers with a clear structure that ensures critical elements are defined early and understood by all stakeholders.
What You’ll Take Away
- Strategic peer engagement
Join intimate breakout groups with other professionals for high-level discussion and shared insights.
- A repeatable kickoff approach
Gain a concise, proven technique for launching projects that builds credibility with sponsors and clarity with teams.
- A results-driven framework
Learn how to establish a master plan that anchors your project from start to successful close.
- Complimentary course access
Attendees who are interested in further networking and learning can receive no-cost registration in a private section for this group of PMW's 7 Steps to Project Success online training (retail value: $20). Discussions started in today's event can continue in this class for six weeks following this event.
Schedule
- 10:00 am Introductions in the chat thread and a quick look at PMW
- 10:15 am Presentation about the 7 Step Process by Jacky Hood whose bio is at the end of this page
- 10:45 am Breakouts for teams of about six participants
- Introduce each other with details
- Choose roles: leader, scribe, presenter
- Choose an interesting name for the team
- Discuss your team's assigned Step in the 7 Step planning process
- Include experiences of each team member in projects for career, school, hobbies, or other pursuits
- Plan the team report
- 11:15 am Each team reports its results to the larger group
- 11:30 am Wrap-up
Presenter Jacky Hood brings decades of leadership in program and project management across sectors including aerospace, education, telecom, and digital marketing. She is the CEO of FieldDay Solutions, and an Account Manager at RightWave, an India/California-based digital marketing firm. She combines strategic oversight with hands-on execution in complex, fast-moving environments.
Jacky’s career began in technical writing and evolved through roles in electronic design, technical support leadership, management consulting, and college-level instruction. A constant throughout her journey has been her passion for leading programs and projects that deliver measurable results.
Jacky's portfolio includes high-impact initiatives including stock exchange automation, air traffic control systems, flight data recorders, crash position indicators, large-scale telecom switching platforms, enterprise data centers, and open educational resources.
A seasoned speaker and published author, Jacky holds a Master’s degree in Engineering with and emphasis on Computer Architecture and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specializing in electromagnetic field theory.
