ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John C. Goodpasture, PMP, is managing principal at Square Peg Consulting, LLC. Mr. Goodpasture has dedicated his career to system engineering and program management, first as program manager at the National Security Agency for a system of “national technical means,” and then as director of system engineering and program management for a division of Harris Corporation. He retired from Lanier Worldwide as vice president for Lanier Professional Services Process and Projects. Based on these experiences and others, Mr. Goodpasture has authored numerous papers, industry magazine articles, and multiple books on project management.

In his current practice, Mr. Goodpasture is a distance-learning instructor in risk management, change management, and agile methods. He has addressed and trained project teams on the subject of value and value attainment not only in the United States and Canada, but also in Europe and the Far East.