COAA-VA Spring 2025 Workshop

8:00 - 9:00 am

Networking & Registration (includes continental breakfast) 

9:00 - 10:30 am

Session I: Why Good Projects Have Project Charters

What matters most?  Getting this defined can be hard and when it’s not clear or agreed-upon, project teams can falter.  Join us for a collaborative session to learn about developing Project Charters.  Charters help the project team and its leaders form consensus around the most important parts of the project which can be technical (budget, schedule) and cultural (community, environment).  Charters then provide a succinct communication tool that facilitates prioritizing, decision-making, and on-boarding of new teammates.

Learning Objectives

• Learn what a project charter does
• Learn how a charter benefits the effectiveness of the project team
• Learn how to develop a charter through collaborative workshop around a mock project.

10:30 - 10:45 am

Networking Break

10:45 - 11:45 am

Session 2: Revealing the Invisible - How CMAR Can Add Value to Projects

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch & Networking

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Session 3: From Blueprint to Bench: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the County of Albemarle and City of Charlottesville Courts Complex

2:00 - 2:30 pm

Relocate to tour site 

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Tour:

4:00 - 5:30 pm

Networking Happy Hour - venue TBA