# Event Details - **Event Name**: DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Learn practical planning techniques, avoid costly rework, and see how AI can help teams move faster without skipping the map.About this EventEveryone loves execution. Very few people love planning.We want to build, secure, code, deploy, innovate, and solve problems. Planning can feel like a speed bump standing between us and the work we actually want to do.Unfortunately, skipping the map is often where the real problems begin.Join DEFCON Acadiana for Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map, an interactive and practical session led by Tanya Boyd, Director of Creative Collaboration with Project Success Academy.Through relatable stories, audience discussion, real-world examples, and a healthy dose of humor, Tanya will explore why intelligent and capable teams frequently rush or avoid planning—and how that decision can lead to unclear expectations, overlooked risks, scope confusion, unnecessary rework, and preventable chaos.This is not a session about creating massive project plans, adding bureaucracy, or slowing down execution.It is about doing just enough planning to help teams move faster, communicate clearly, identify risks, and improve outcomes.Tanya will also demonstrate how modern AI tools can support planning activities by helping teams identify stakeholders, challenge assumptions, uncover risks, clarify success criteria, and create practical planning artifacts in minutes. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5edb89c0-9052-11f1-88dc-e3856eb2568f-rimg-w592-h740-dc080808-gmir.jpg Tanya Boyd is a dynamic project manager, educator, creative strategist, and professional speaker with more than 20 years of experience across disaster recovery, healthcare, information technology, marketing, and government.She combines imagination, strategy, communication, and storytelling to create engaging learning experiences and practical solutions that drive measurable results.Tanya develops and delivers training focused on project leadership, workplace productivity, communication, creativity, team development, and the practical use of artificial intelligence. She has presented high-energy learning experiences to more than 50 PMI chapters, companies, professional organizations, and audiences at the PMI Global Summit.Her philosophy is simple: curiosity and communication unlock better solutions.What You Will Learn• Why capable teams often skip planning• How human behavior affects decision-making and execution• Questions teams should ask before beginning the work• How to identify assumptions, risks, stakeholders, and success criteria• Ways to reduce scope confusion, missed expectations, and rework• Practical planning techniques that do not create unnecessary bureaucracy• How AI tools can accelerate and strengthen the planning process• Lessons drawn from real-life professional and personal examples - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lafayette/defcon-acadiana-are-we-there-yet-why-everyone-wants-to-skip-the-map/100001993979268669 - **Event Categories**: business, workshops, contests, it, storytelling, artificial-intelligence - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux - Lafayette Restaurant - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Lafayette - **state**: LA - **country**: United States - **location**: Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux - Lafayette Restaurant - **lat**: 30.1599671 - **long**: -92.045822 - **full address**: Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux - Lafayette Restaurant, 2336 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/6d4df9522dd53135d8ccb884f08812c991817503bc4bf921a3ef3ecc71478ab5-rimg-w1150-h865-dc171614-gmir.jpg?v=1784082740 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map being held? - **A:** DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map takes place on Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux - Lafayette Restaurant, 2336 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map? - **A:** DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map is organized by Hayward Duresseau. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Lafayette, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? Why Everyone Wants to Skip the Map sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "DEFCON Acadiana: Are We There Yet? 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