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Beate Lauf

I work with organizations that grow faster than their structures can keep up. As complexity increases, clarity often falls behind—especially in project-heavy, technology-driven environments.

With over 30 years of experience as a project management practitioner and advisor, I help companies create clear project setups, roles, decision logic, priorities, and execution paths. My work is grounded in PMI-based project management and pragmatically complemented by agile or hybrid approaches where they add value.

Having relocated from Germany to the U.S., I combine structural precision with an execution-driven business mindset.

Trainingsschwerpunkte

Projekt- und Prozessmanagement
Führung & Leadership

Berufserfahrung

Andere (1994)
- Abteilung: Projektmanagement
- Branche: Bildung
- Unternehmensgröße: Bis zu 9 Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Independent project management practitioner and advisor, supporting organizations in complex project environments with clarity, structure, decision logic, and execution.
Trainer / Coach / Consultant (0)
- Abteilung: Projektmanagement
- Branche: Industrie
- Unternehmensgröße: 1000 oder mehr Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Enabled enterprise-wide project execution by operationalizing an internal project management system through foundational training, ensuring consistent use of standards, roles, and processes.
Trainer / Coach / Consultant (2015 - 2023)
- Abteilung: Sonstige
- Branche: Dienstleistungen
- Unternehmensgröße: 250 bis 999 Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Enabled consistent project execution in a public-sector organization by operationalizing PMO governance through training, alignment, and practical adoption of standardized project structures.
Trainer / Coach / Consultant (2023)
- Abteilung: IT & KI
- Branche: Finanzen
- Unternehmensgröße: 250 bis 999 Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Designed and facilitated a hybrid project execution approach in a production environment, combining PM fundamentals with selected agile practices to improve transparency and execution.
Trainer / Coach / Consultant (2022)
- Abteilung: Projektmanagement
- Branche: Chemie
- Unternehmensgröße: 50 bis 249 Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Designed and delivered PM basic training from the ground up, followed by advisory support to owners and HR to establish pragmatic project management structures through on-site workshops.
Spezialist / Expert (2000 - 2001)
- Abteilung: Produktion & Fertigung
- Branche: Maschinenbau
- Unternehmensgröße: 50 bis 249 Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Led PMO for one year, creating portfolio transparency, establishing project prioritization, and introducing risk management to stabilize execution across a complex project landscape.
Projektmanager:in (1988 - 1994)
- Abteilung: Produktion & Fertigung
- Branche: Produktion
- Unternehmensgröße: 1000 oder mehr Beschäftigte
- Beschreibung: Project manager for office communication systems, introducing an SAP-based email system, developing standards, coordinating trainings, and setting up an internal training center.