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Tuesday 17 September, 2013 9:50 – 10:40 Speaking the right language: Getting buy-in for PPM Lynn Crawford Professor of Systemic Management Human Systems International Limited and ISCE Project managers focus on their projects and speak the language of project management. To enhance career prospects and corporate support for project, program and portfolio management, practitioners need to become more externally focused and learn to speak to their clients, customers and managers in their own language. Learner Outcomes: 1. Recognition of the dangers of “project manager speak” and the nee