Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting Hitachi Consulting’s Project Management Mentoring Program

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting Program Introduction > Over the last several years, Hitachi Consulting has successfully mentored hundreds of students in CU’s project management course; student projects can range from Business Intelligence, to process re-engineering, to development of marketing plans, etc. > The mentoring program provides a way of connecting experienced professionals with students to provide them with different perspectives and potentially some good counsel with respect to successfully executing class projects > This fall semester, starting in mid-September, our consultants typically participate in three sessions in which we field questions from students about their class projects, mentoring them from project initiation through a final presentation »Project teams typically have 3-6 student team members »Client sponsors may attend mentoring sessions »Optimally, the same mentor(s) work with the same team over the course of the semester

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 3 Program Introduction - Continued > About CU’s Project Management Course »The intent of the undergraduate course is to provide the students with the opportunity to use what they have learned on a real client project.” »Course activities are as follows: Early September, students select projects offered by real companies; student teams are then expected to execute the project from initiation & planning through execution & presentation of findings Mentors often act as a third party “interpreter” between what the client is saying and what the students are hearing; we also identify potentially important tasks that may need further attention Project documentation will be published prior to each mentoring session to a Internet-based collaboration site (SharePoint), which allows mentors an opportunity to scan briefly key elements of project deliverables A final student team presentation outlines the project, the solution, rationale, and business benefits »The Instructor (Jim Marlatt) Jim’s been a professor at CU since Prior to that, Jim was a Senior Consultant with Price Waterhouse working on large business system implementations and a Partner with Arthur Andersen running consulting businesses in the U.S. and the former Soviet Union

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting Program Benefits > CU Students »Leverage other’s experiences to help identify critical tasks that establish strong project foundations »Learn typical project ‘gotchas’ »Seek and receive advice on balancing priorities »Discover hidden assumptions, constraints, and project tasks »Gather perspectives from individuals that have dealt with a variety of projects and ambiguous situations »Understand how classroom topics play out in real-world situations »Challenge mentees to go further, take risks, set new goals, and achieve at higher personal and/or professional standards > Hitachi Consulting Mentors »Strengthens knowledge and experience base, including exposure to new industries and types of projects »Improves communication skills »Enhances leadership skills and encourages us to become more reflective professionals »Provides intrinsic satisfaction (makes you feel good) by helping an emerging professional develop to his/her potential »Demonstrates professionalism and a commitment to personal and professional development of self and colleagues »Obtain professional recognition as a mentor for a commitment to developing the talents of new professionals

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 5 Key Mentoring Activities ActivityObjectives Project Fair (no mentor participation required) Students are introduced to the companies and projects and sign up for team membership; no mentor participation required Mentoring Session #1 - Project Initiation & PlanningDiscuss critical activities that establish a solid project foundation Mentoring Session #2 - Project Execution and MonitoringDiscuss overall project progress and coach through difficult areas Mentoring Session #3 - Review Draft PresentationsDiscuss draft presentations and provide feedback on improvement Final Presentation (Optional) Student teams present final presentations and celebration of project success; mentor participation is optional Semester Begins Project Fair Mentoring Session #1 (Project Initiation & Planning) Mentoring Session #2 (Project Execution and Monitoring) Mentoring Session #3 (Review Draft Presentations) Final Presentation Semester Ends 2 nd Week 3 rd or 4 th WeekLast Week of Semester 4 or 5 Weeks Before End of SemesterMiddle of Semester

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 6 Mentoring Session #1 – Project Initiation & Planning > Session Objective: Discuss critical activities that establish a solid project foundation > Potential Discussion Points »Project Initiation Charter, objectives, assumptions, constraints, and scope Related client or other documents Client culture »Project Planning Major phases, milestones, and deliverables Key activities, dependencies, timelines, resource requirements, and critical paths Project schedule Quality Roles and responsibilities Communications Risk and reserves Project and change control guidelines Sign-off and kick-off

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 7 Mentoring Session #2 – Project Execution & Monitoring > Session Objective: Discuss overall project progress and coach through difficult areas > Potential Discussion Points »Project Execution Communications and status reporting Quality Team building, rewards, and overall resource loading »Monitoring and Controlling Plan progress, measurements, variances, and corrective actions Scope changes & solution realities Change recommendations, approval, and implementation Risks & issues logs Conflicts and resolutions

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 8 Mentoring Session #3 – Review Presentation Drafts > Session Objective: Discuss draft presentations and provide feedback on improvement > Potential Discussion Points »Presentation and personnel introduction »Quality and relevancy of supporting content »Conclusions »Content organization and sequencing »Presentation timing »Presentation hints »Key dos and don’ts »Individual presentation styles

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting 9 Session #4 – Final Presentations (Optional) > Session Objectives: »Listen attentively to final presentations and ask clarifying questions of project teams »Celebrate project team success > Potential Presentation Discussion Points »Source of facts »Solution areas not commented upon »Rationale for solution path selection > Celebrate Team Success!! »Meet client personnel »Meet other project teams »Network »Dinner and refreshments provided

Inspiring Your Next Success! ® Company Confidential - Copyright 2008 Hitachi Consulting Additional Information > The School: Leeds School of Business » > The Course: OPIM4850/MGMT4085 »The course syllabus is located at »Use the link for the course entitled OPIM4850/MGMT4085, towards the bottom of the page > The Project Management Methodology »The course utilizes the methodology specified by the Project Management Institute— »PMI is the institution that issues the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. See > The Instructor – Jim Marlatt » > Hitachi Consulting’s Mentoring Program »Contact Cathy Miller with any additional questions