Events Calendar

PMI-DVC ChristianaCare Annual PDD and Networking Event

Time: May 6, 2026, 4:30-7pm
ChristianaCare Wilmington Hospital, Gateway Building
501 W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801

4:30-5:00 registration & networking

5:00-5:10 introductions

5:10-6:15 presentation & QA

6:15-6:30 wrap up

6:30-7:00 networking

Presentation: Change Risk is Delivery Risk: How to Surface what your Project Plan Can't See

Presenter Biography:

Kelli Amerine is the founder and principal consultant of Talent Solutions, Inc., where she helps organizations navigate complex change through human-centered design, bold collaboration, and holistic activation across people, culture, and systems. With more than 25 years of experience leading large-scale transformation, Kelli has guided organizations through critical shifts in how they think, work, and lead — spanning industries including healthcare, insurance, high-tech, and professional services. Her earlier career includes VP-level roles at SAP, where she co-led the redesign of an enterprise HR Service Delivery model, and strategic leadership positions at TE Connectivity focused on corporate strategy and global organizational development. Clients she has worked with have earned recognition including two consecutive Gallup Culture Transformation Awards, the Planview/Spigit Best New Innovation Program Award, and the InnoLead Impact Award. Kelli holds a Master of Education in Instructional Systems Design from Penn State Great Valley and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Psoriasis Foundation.

Description:

Many projects encounter their greatest risks not in scope, schedule, or budget — but in readiness, adoption, and human response to change. These risks often surface late, when corrective action is costly and stakeholder confidence is already eroding. This session reframes change-related challenges as a core driver of delivery risk, exploring why traditional risk registers miss early readiness signals. Through practical examples and a diagnostic framework, attendees will learn to spot hidden risks earlier and translate ‘soft’ signals into concrete risks, issues and dependencies – improving decision quality and strengthening delivery confidence.

Learning Objectives

1) Recognize why traditional risk registers miss early readiness signals — and the specific organizational dynamics (culture, politics, cognitive load, operational disconnects) that create hidden delivery risk.

2) Apply a diagnostic framework to surface change-related risks earlier using practical stakeholder questions you can put to work immediately.

3) Translate ‘soft’ readiness signals into risks, issues and dependencies that align with existing project governance and decision-making processes.