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www.iltanet.org "Just Enough" Project Management by Pat Mansuy and Donald Sternfeld of Kraft Kennedy Pat Mansuy is the Project Management Practice Group Leader for Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Pat has over 20 years of managerial experience in law firms, most recently as the director of computer services operations at Arnold & Porter, LLP, an Am Law 100 law firm in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, Pat was the director of information systems at Collier Shannon & Scott, PLLC. She can be reached at mansuy@kraftkennedy.com. Our management consultants are often confronted with the same questions when beginning to work with a new client: Why can't we ever get our projects completed on time? Why do projects go on for years and years with nothing to show for them? Can you help us understand why we have so many failed projects? When we start our work and talk to the Donald Sternfeld leads the management consulting practice for Kraft Kennedy, Inc. His experience spans over 20 years as a senior executive in several national and international law firms. In 1996, he was named the first CIO for Ropes & Gray LLP, a position he held for nine years before moving to the newly created position of head of department and practice group support. Before that, Donald was the director of information services for Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and he was the first IT director for Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. He can be reached at sternfeld@kraftkennedy.com. project teams, the conversation often goes as follows: "Do you have a project charter?" "No." 14 ILTA White Paper