Expert Webinar - Generate Better Project Results - Learn what holds projects back and how to succeed

What attendees thought:

"I appreciated the stress put on the two aspects I felt most important in developing any project--communication (on all levels) and trust."

"Both speakers had great ideas and examples I can start using right now to make my project teams better."

"The obvious talent and experience of the presenters offered the most salient take-aways in a clear manner...very good stuff."

In one hour, learn about the steps you may be overlooking that will help you run more successful engineering projects.

 Strong technical skills and sound project methodology are not enough to guarantee successful projects.  Knovel’s featured experts give practical advice and strategies that ensure project success, even in the face of variable priorities, changing expectations, and global workforces. Our speakers draw on dozens of years of real-world experience to provide examples that illustrate how intrinsically project communication and project success go hand-in-hand. Speakers cover:

• The seven characteristics of a successful team: transparency, accountability, communication, trust, integrity, leadership and execution
• Taking project teams out of their functional silos and transforming them into a powerful, integrated force
• Balancing the expectations of stakeholders, management, and project teams with the technical requirements of cost, schedule, and performance
• Maintaining project focus on business drivers
• Avoiding or mitigating possible pitfalls

Featured experts

Doug Russell, Principal, Executive Team Leadership, LLC.
Doug has 28 years of hands-on experience inside complex engineering project development and manufacturing teams. Mr. Russell has held a variety of team leadership roles including project engineer, project manager, and Director of Programs. Doug holds an MBA from Duke University, a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clemson University, and holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Mr. Russell is author of the book Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle published by AMACOM. He has taught team leadership and risk management courses, has published many articles and has presented at several conferences including Project Management Institute’s Risk Management Symposium, the American Society of Engineering Manager’s conference, and various PMI, IEEE, and VISTAGE chapters.


G. Michael Campbell, PMP, President, MCA International LLC.
Mr. Campbell is recognized internationally as an expert on project management, change management and communications. He and his company specialize in business transformation projects in both large and small companies. These mission-critical projects drive their customers’ strategic vision, bring products to market faster, cut costs, and achieve higher customer satisfaction. Michael is the author of Communications Skills for Project Managers (AMACOM), Complete Idiot’s Guide to Project Management, 5th edition (Alpha Press), as well as several articles published in industry magazines such as the Journal of Petroleum Technology and Hart’s Energy. Mike has been a featured speaker at the Project Management Institute’s Global Symposium as well as conferences hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).