Ralph L. Kliem, PMP, has more than twenty-five years of experience with Fortune 500 firms in the financial and aerospace industries. His vast and varied experience in project and program management includes managing compliance, business continuity, and information technology projects and programs.In addition to being the author of more than 15 books, which have been translated into several languages, he has published more than 200 articles in leading business and information systems publications.Mr. Kliem is an adjunct faculty member of City University in Seattle and a former member of the Seattle Pacific University faculty, an instructor with Bellevue College and Cascadia Community College, and a frequent presenter to the Puget Sound chapter of the Project Management Institute and other professional organizations. He also teaches Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification and other project management seminars and workshops in the United States and abroad.

• Creativity and Project Management. Creative Thinking Abilities. Groups and Creativity. Challenges and Constraints. Laying the Groundwork for a Creative Environment. Common Creativity Tools and Techniques. Creativity Life Cycle Models. Creativity and the Defining Process. Creativity and the Organizing Process. Creativity and the Planning Process. Creativity and the Executing Process. Creativity and the Monitoring and Controlling Process. Creativity and the Closing Process. A Baker’s Dozen of Takeaways.

Ralph L. Kliem, PMP, has more than twenty-five years of experience with Fortune 500 firms in the financial and aerospace industries. His vast and varied experience in project and program management includes managing compliance, business continuity, and information technology projects and programs.In addition to being the author of more than 15 books, which have been translated into several languages, he has published more than 200 articles in leading business and information systems publications.Mr. Kliem is an adjunct faculty member of City University in Seattle and a former member of the Seattle Pacific University faculty, an instructor with Bellevue College and Cascadia Community College, and a frequent presenter to the Puget Sound chapter of the Project Management Institute and other professional organizations. He also teaches Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification and other project management seminars and workshops in the United States and abroad.

• Creativity and Project Management. Creative Thinking Abilities. Groups and Creativity. Challenges and Constraints. Laying the Groundwork for a Creative Environment. Common Creativity Tools and Techniques. Creativity Life Cycle Models. Creativity and the Defining Process. Creativity and the Organizing Process. Creativity and the Planning Process. Creativity and the Executing Process. Creativity and the Monitoring and Controlling Process. Creativity and the Closing Process. A Baker’s Dozen of Takeaways.