Building a Center of Excellence
Building a Center of Excellence
B1 | TWO DAY 4th Annual PMO Forum: Tuesday & Wednesday November 18 & 19 9:00AM – 5:00PM |
| Day One - November 18th | |
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks: Chairwoman - Lisa DiTullio |
| 9:30 | The First 365 Days: The Genesis of a New PMO Chuck Millhollan, MBA, MPM, PMP, PgMP, Director of Program |
| 10:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:00 | Learning to Crawl Before You Run – Creating an IT PMO from the ground up, leveraging Six Sigma principles Debra Cooksey, Director, Project and Portfolio Management, |
| 12:00 | Hot Topic – Resource Challenges Roundtable |
| 12:30 | Luncheon |
| 1:30 | Building a World Class Business PMO: Maximizing the Value and Success Rate of Every Project Maureen Weverka, Director Project Management Office – |
| 2:30 | Expected Behaviors: Road Rules for Project Team Performance– Not Road Rage Lisa DiTullio, Principal of LISA DITULLIO & ASSOCIATES |
| 3:30 | Networking Break |
| 4:00 | How do you spell relief? P-R-I-O-R-I-T-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N! Jane Canniff, PMP, Executive Director, Resource Development Services, CARE USA |
| Day Two - November 19th | |
| 9:00 | Yesterday’s Reflections |
| 9:30 | Project Governance: Instilling Project Democracy with Low Bureaucracy Chris Peduzzi, Director, Program Management Office, |
| 10:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:00 | “PM Inc.” : An Answer to the Question “Would Anyone Pay for Your Organization’s PM Services, if You Were an Independent Company?” Steve Galen, Associate Director, Project Management, |
| 12:00 | Interactive Challenge Session |
| 12:30 | Luncheon |
| 1:30 | HOT TOPIC SESSION If you have a great story to share please contact Adam Desimone at adesimone@iirusa.com |
| 2:30 | Learning Lab Part A- Implementing a comprehensive PM Tool independent portfolio dashboard with inexpensive off-the-shelf web apps Alan Kamis, MS, MBA, PMP, Sr. Director, Development Program Management Office, THE TRIZETTO GROUP |
| 3:30 | Networking Break |
| 4:00 | Learning Lab Part B - Discuss. Collaborate. Innovate. During this round table discussion you will share best practices & personal challenges about implementing your own Project Intranet. |
| 5:00 | PMO Forum Ends |
| Main Conference Track Session // Thursday November 20, 2008 | |
11:45 | Learning Lab Part 1: Creating a BA Center of Excellence Glenn Brulé & |
1:00 | Lunch & Learns // Stay tuned for topics |
2:00 | Learning Lab Part 2: Creating a BA Center of Excellence
Amy Nichols, SVP, CIO Group |
3:15 | Networking Break |
3:45 | This session will be closed. Please attend another at this time.
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5:00 | This session will be closed. Please attend another at this time.
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6:15 | Main Conference Day One Ends |
Activities by Date | |
 | Tuesday & Wednesday November 18-19, 2008 Two Day Multi-speaker Forums |
| Tuesday & Wednesday November 18-19, 2008 Two Day Workshops |
| Wednesday November 19, 2008 Multi-speaker Forums |
| Tuesday November 18, 2008 All-Day Workshops |
| Thursday November 20, 2008 Keynotes |
| Thursday November 20, 2008 Track Sessions |
| Friday November 21, 2008 Keynotes |
| Friday November 21, 2008 Track Sessions |