Practice Management (Contracts / Insurance / Finance / Personnel)

60-Minute Education Session

SUN-A07 - Beyond Number Crunching: Managing Projects, Processes, and People

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, CMAA

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Allyson Mendenhall, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

  Principal, Director of Legacy Design
  Design Workshop

Speaker(s)

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  Mark Dawson, FASLA

  Principal
  Sasaki
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  Alexis Landes, ASLA

  Managing Principal
  SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

Delivering innovative design solutions on time and on budget, with happy teams and clients, healthy profit margins, and high quality is essential for business. Using real project scenarios, these firm leaders will share insights on the challenges, dynamic nature, and artful approach of project management in design practices.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how project management is prioritized, valued, and taught at a variety of design practices.
• Explore through a diverse mix of project scenarios how project management protocols, reporting, and tools are balanced with design decisions.
• Understand challenges in managing design projects and people (both staff and clients)—and what the speakers’ firms have done to address them.
• Learn about project management pitfalls, recognizing risks to the financial health of the project and avenues to take when things go south.