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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 • Pre-Conference Day One

Full Day Forum (Choose One for the day): 9:00am to 5:00pm


PW6 The 3rd Annual Best Practices in Building & Managing an Effective Project Management Office (PMO)
The PMO: How to Get Started from Launch to Implementation

For PMO's & Leaders of PMO's that are 0-2 Years of Age

9:00 Chairwoman's Opening Remarks & Introduction

Lisa DiTullio
PMO Director
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE

9:30 Getting a PMO Off the Ground: Gaining the Support You Need to Launch

Paige Horton
Manager of Systems Performance
ADP

10:30 Networking Break

11:00 A Training Strategy for Your PMO

Michael Schertz
Senior Project Manager, Learning, Training & Development
THE BOEING COMPANY

12:00 MORNING WRAP-UP & LESSONS LEARNED

12:30 Luncheon

1:45 Tips for Dealing with Cultural Challenges that a PMO Implementation Presents

Moshe Rasis
Director, IS Program Management, PMO
ORGANON PHARMACEUTICALS

2:45 Networking Break

3:15 Leveraging Cutting Edge Technologies & Sound Program Management in the PMO to Serve and Protect the People of the Unites States

Nick L. George III
Program Oversight Unit, Unit Chief
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION:QUESTION & ANSWER for All

5:00 Close of Forum.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 • Pre-Conference Day One

Full Day Workshops (Choose One for the day): 9:00am to 5:00pm

PW7 Getting Project Results: A PRINCE2™ Overview

Ron Cook, PMP
Assistant Director, Product Development
BOSTON UNIVERSITY CORPORATE EDUCATION CENTER

BA2 Get the Right Stuff, Fast: Jogging with the User Requirements Roadmap

Ellen Gottesdiener
Principal Consultant
EBG CONSULTING, INC.

BA3 A Primer to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge

Kathleen Barret
Senior Business Consultant
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP & PRESIDENT - IIBA


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 • Pre-Conference Day Two

Full Day Forums (Choose One for the day): 9:00am to 5:00pm

PW11 The 3rd Annual Best Practices in Building & Managing an Effective Project Management Office (PMO)
The Mature PMO: How to Evolve and Take it to the Next Level

For PMOs & Leaders of PMOs that are 3+ Years of Age

9:00 Chairwoman's Opening Remarks & Introduction:

Lisa DiTullio
PMO Director
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE

9:30 The Evolution of a PMO: From Tactical Implementation to Strategic Innovation

Rick Radice
Vice President Program Management
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL

10:30 Networking Break

FEATURED SESSION:
11:00 Who Makes the Rules? Establishing PMO Methodology Consistency Between IT & the Business

Robert E. Golden
Vice President & CIO
INSURANCE HOUSE

12:00 MORNING WRAP-UP & LESSONS LEARNED

12:30 Luncheon

1:45 What Does a Successful Project Manager Look Like?

James A. Randell
Director Project Management Office
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

2:45 Networking Break

3:15 Evolving a PMO to Keep Aligned with Business Strategy

Ed Esposito
Director, Systems
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, U.S.

4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION:QUESTION & ANSWER

5:00 Kickoff Welcome Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by QD Technology

PW12PROJECT GLOBAL: Best Practices, Differences & Similarities Uncovered When Working Globally

9:00 Chairwoman's Opening Remarks & Introduction

Judy Balaban, PMP
Director, Project Management Office
DOW JONES& COMPANY

9:30 Delivering a Global Program That Balances Corporate IT Strategy with Customer Satisfaction

Jodee Strohmier Clore
Data Integration Program Manager
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

10:30 Networking Break

11:00 Surviving Project Management To Timbuktu and Back

R. Camper Bull, PMP
Partner
ARMIGER INTERNATIONAL

12:00 MORNING WRAP-UP & LESSONS LEARNED for All

12:30 Luncheon

1:45 Working Successfully Globally While Scaling & Achieving Measurable Results

Murray Bookman
Manager, STS PMO
CISCO SYSTEMS

2:45 Networking Break

3:15 Overcoming Cultural & Communication Obstacles in Global Projects

George Alexander
Project Manager
COSTCO WHOLESALE

4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION:QUESTION & ANSWER for All

5:00 Kickoff Welcome Cocktail Reception

Sponsored by QD Technology


Wednesday, November 14, 2007 • Pre-Conference Day Two

Full Day Workshops (Choose One): 9:00am to 5:00pm

PW13 The Process of Outsourcing & Off Shoring: Development, Execution & Monitoring

Marion Lorden
Associate Clinical Operations Outsourcing
COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP

BA5 A Roundtable, Team-Oriented Workshop:
Business Rules - A Round Trip Journey on the Road to Success

Mary Gorman
Senior Associate
EBG CONSULTING, INC.

BA6 Object Oriented Analysis & Design

Martin J. Schedlbauer, Sc.D.
Managing Principal
THE CATHRIS GROUP

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Thursday, Nov. 15
1:15 | 2:20 | 3:50 | 4:55
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1:15 | 2:45 | 3:50

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