I just heard that Tom Hughes will speak on "From Chaos to Order: The Story of a Resource Planning Triumph" at the 2010 Resource Planning Summit. This should be a great presentation.

You'd think I wouldn't get dizzy over business success stories, but I do. Maybe one day I'll get a life, but in a profound way, this *is* life. Tom will offer a set of of system deliverables that:

• Produces a vehicle that management can use to instill a disciplined planning process;
• Can act as a galvanizing communication device for stake-holders and executives;
• Replaces spreadsheets with data integrity and accuracy;
• Provides strategic resource planning ratios that show you what projects you can and can't do;
• Supports the sustaining maintenance cost information required for compliance with SOP 97-2.

I know I can be a huge geek, but just the words "replace spreadsheets" get me weak in the knees. I've heard them before, but they seem real this time. I feel I'm watching a revolution in project management -- and product development management -- take place.