Cadence President John Patton Joins Project Management Research Program Working Session at PMI Atlanta.

ATLANTA -- Cadence president and CEO John Patton joined the panel of research experts this week at the Project Management Institute's North American Congress in Atlanta, GA. The "Complexity in Project Management and the Management of Complex Projects" panel marked the second part of PMI's Research Program Working Session, and capstone to a year-long collaboration between the PMI research department and industry. The panel provided a launchpad for future discussions on the topic next year.

"Research in the project management field is a true passion for me, and I am thrilled and honored to join this distinguished panel," says Patton. "We're in the era of radically increasing complexity in projects around the world. The results are great, but the risks are even greater. This is our opportunity to add to the robust body of knowledge on the subject."

The Atlanta panel is the first in a series of four on the subject of project complexity, the remaining sessions to be held at PMI Congresses in Asia, Europe, and Latin America throughout 2008.

Other panel participants included Terry Cooke-Davies, Ph.D., executive chairman, Human Systems International, London, England; Gerald Mulenburg, Ph.D., associate professor of project management, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA; Frederick C. Payne, director, project management, BAE Systems Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA; and Terry Williams, Ph.D., PMP, professor of management science, University of Southampton, Southampton, England.

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