About Jeff Smith:
Jeff Smith has worked as a hardware & software engineer, technical lead & architect, process consultant & implementer, solutions manager, and QA practitioner for over 25 years. Past efforts include work at LTV Aerospace & Defense, Recognition Equipment, Amdahl Communications, Mizar, IBM, Dell Computer, Journee Software, ClearOrbit, Trilogy, Boeing, Protier, Brady Systems Integration, and others. He recently moved from Texas, where he served as President for the Austin SPIN and Vice President for the Austin Chapter of AITP, and currently works in Development Tools and Infrastructure for Litigation Systems at LexisNexis in Bellevue. Jeff holds a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, is a Certified ScrumMaster, and is certified also in ITIL Foundations and ATSQB Foundations. Jeff's primary career focus is on process improvement, team productivity, knowledge management, and organizational evolution.
About the Presentation:
This interactive workshop will focus on challenges around information and productivity. The group discussion will review the effects and possible approaches for:
- Process Flow & Organizational Decisions impeded by poor, slow, or missing Information
- How to achieve better Knowledge Transfer & Collaboration Organizational and Tool Approaches
- How to Harvest, Distill, Present, and Manage Enterprise Knowledge
- How to Build a Learning Culture
Possible topics may also include:
- Use of Blogs, Wikis, Instant Messaging, Content Management, and other Tools
- Human Challenges in Driving Availability of Useful, Actionable Information
- Aspects of Information and Knowledge, like Information Architecture, the Information Lifecycle, Web 2.0 Thoughts, and Lessons Learned
Bring your Problems and Ideas for this open discussion.