Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern
Duration: 30 minutes
Overview
Adopting new technology, particularly new software, can often present unforeseen challenges in the form of properly aligning the end-product to your actual business requirements, having the project timeline run astray, or failing to appropriately test the system prior to release. A poorly planned or executed technology project can also create employee stress, dissatisfaction, and even anger. In this webinar, the presenter will briefly reflect on the transformational leadership practices shared throughout this Lessons in Leadership series that can prepare teams to better handle technological onboarding and other changes. Additionally, attendees will learn about the biggest mistakes they can avoid that are sometimes made in project management for IT products.
This session will help laboratory leaders understand the importance of the following:
- Defining their business requirements for the software/hardware thoroughly and early.
- Assigning a competent leader to the product development team representing the laboratory.
- Sufficiently testing the product to ensure it meets all requirements prior to release.
The webinar will close with a 10,000-foot view of modern Agile Product Management practices that are used to efficiently and accurately onboard new technologies.
Detailed Learning Objectives
- Attendees will learn the four i’s of Transformational Leadership.
- Attendees will understand the importance of accurately defining the business requirements for a product early in the project, and how to best develop those requirements.
- Attendees will gain insight into why testing the product is important and how to leverage this testing to your advantage as a leader.
Presenter
- Ryan Larrison | Assistant Director, Information Technology Division, Michigan State Police
Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
All Forensic Technology Center of Excellence live webinars are hosted using Zoom Webinar. Live webinars are archived and posted on our website within two weeks of their airing. Archived webinars do not require access to the Zoom platform.
The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar series are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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