My objective is to assist organizations with business analysis for the development of business and project management methodologies, policies, procedures, processes. systems, tools, and templates for organizational governance and corporate strategy; implementation of a project business management methodology that integrates strategic planning, business objective development, portfolio management, program management, and project management processes to achieve strategic objectives and maximize operational efficiency enterprise-wide through the development and management of Project Management Offices.

My Skills and Abilities:

·        Proficient user of Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003 products.

·        Effectively utilize strong organization and business management skills to direct diverse project teams.

·        Organize ideas into plans and provide the vision and leadership for implementation application and product development projects.

·        Work effectively at all levels of the organization to remove obstacles affecting project progress.

·        Create a strong vision of what can be done and how to get it done.

·        Help the organization to understand the values and benefits of change.

·        Distribute knowledge and skills by mentoring, coaching, training and teaching effective project management.

·        Establish and improve communication capabilities horizontally and vertically with project stakeholders.

·        Encourage and promote the recognition and reward of others accomplishments.

My Key Accomplishments: 

·        Managed multi-national virtual project teams completing complex projects.

·        Performed organization assessments of business and project management performance and maturity capabilities.

·        Developed and managed PMOs for multiple organizations in several industries.

·        Authored and implemented a Corporate Project Management Process Manual including 20 handbooks and 22 templates distributed enterprise-wide as standard for an international aerospace organization within the Engineering USA and UK operations.

·        Authored and distributed a project management process standard with templates for an international tier one automotive supplier enterprise-wide within the IT USA and European operations.

·        Developed corporate project management education and training programs and courses for an international organization.

·        Developed strategic planning, business objective development, portfolio, program, and project management processes, tools, templates, and work instructions.

·        Translated the PMBOK® Guide Third Edition into workable methodology that fits the organizations culture, environment as the way of doing business for multiple organizations.

·        Published two books with American Management Association: “Building Project Management Centers of Excellence” AMACOM 2002; “The Power of Enterprise-wide Project Management”, AMACOM 2007.

I am looking forward to talking to you in the near future about potential opportunities.

Warmest regards,

Dennis Bolles, PMP

DLB Associates, LLC

Project Business Management Consulting, Methodologies, Mentoring, Coaching and Training

120 Beth Street

Holland, MI 49424

Phone: (616) 392-2292

Website: www.dlballc.com

Published Books:

“Building Project Management Centers of Excellence”  AMACOM 2002

"The Power of Enterprise-Wide Project Management" AMACOM 2006

Project Business Management (PBM): The utilization of general business management and project management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques in applying portfolio, program, and project processes to meet or exceed stakeholder needs, and to derive benefits from and capture value through any project-related actions and activities used to accomplish the enterprise’s business objectives and related strategies.