15th & 16th September 2010 - Village Hotel, CoventryHelp celebrate the past, present and future of PMO as the PPSOSIG celebrates 10 years in 2010. The "Back 10 The Future" PPSOSIG conference revisits popular topics and invite back our most popular presenters from the last ten years. We also look ahead to the next 10 years and try to help the PMO profession develop from a strong foundation. We have popular past speakers and experts including Sue Vowler (P3O author), Craig Kilford (Portfolio Management), Melanie Franklin (Maven Training), Donnie MacNichol (Team Animation). We also look to the future, and invite new guests Michael Finer (Project Office Simulation), Peter Taylor (Lazy PM) and Accenture consultants Adam Cowmeadow and Michael Cooch. Throughout the two day conference there will be a celebration of 10 years of PPSOSIG with some special birthday surprises and treats along the way. Delegates have opportunities throughout the two day event to network and take part in interactive sessions which has proved one of the most popular aspects of the PPSOSIG conferences over the last ten years. Delegates are also invited to the 10th birthday party of the PPSOSIG; relax with evening entertainment amongst your PMO peers and colleagues. We welcome back to the PPSOSIG conference, past speakers; Sue Vowler, Author of the P3O Guidance P3O was conceived in 2006, a time when portfolio offices were rare and most programme offices were standards units. By the time it was published on 28th October 2008, the world was already changing (credit crunch….cuts….) and P3O found a willing audience in public and private organisations asking searching questions about their change portfolios. Now almost two years after publication, we will consider what lessons we have learned in adopting P3O principles and models and how should P3O evolve going forward. In this session, the lead author of P3O, Sue Vowler, will explore her experiences of rolling out P3O and the feedback she has received from practitioners, outlining how she thinks P3O should evolve. There will be an opportunity to get involved as Sue will facilitate an interactive session for delegates to contribute their lessons and thoughts for the future. Melanie Franklin, MD of Maven Training PMOs are a focal point within our organisations, often as a centre of excellence, whether officially or unofficially. However, we know that we operate under resource constraints, and the best thing we can do to ensure continuing quality of project, programme and portfolio quality is to develop our skills amongst our colleagues. This lively presentation reviews what capability is, and examines what it means to build capability in others, giving a step by step guide for how this can be practically achieved. Donnie MacNicol , Director of Team Animation Rotten projects grab the national media’s attention while published statistics paint a gloomy picture of companies and government departments struggling to master the art and science of complex project delivery. Many, indeed, claim that the disciplines of modern project, programme and portfolio management (P3M) are in ‘crisis’ and failing in their mission to help organisations deliver more effectively. In this interactive workshop Donnie will give a personal and possibly controversial view of the challenges and opportunities faced, the underlying cultural challenges of adopting a P3M based way of working and the role that a strategic project office can play. As part of the workshop Donnie will introduce the concepts underlying the new discipline of Organisational Project Management. OPM aims to identify the underlying structural, cultural and political reasons why projects and programmes are challenging to deliver and even more so the benefits on which they were justified. The views of those attending will be sought and group discussions facilitated to share potential solutions that individuals, programmes and organisations can consider.
Craig Kilford, Author of the Portfolio Management Guidance Where have we been, where are we and where are we going with portfolio management Introducing; Michael Finer, Dylanmae, The Project Office Simulation In a PPSO, you will have to be a confidant, friend and sometimes the mentor or coach to project managers. How can you possibly understand the pressure that they face, day-in, day-out unless you've done that job? This session is a simulation from Dylanmae that will put you at the heart of the project so you can help your project managers with confidence and empathy. Adam Cowmeadow & Michael Cooch , Accenture PMOs are valuable. At least that’s what PMO practitioners think. However, Leadership do not always share that view. In fact many still observe that PMOs are an overhead. This session will arm you with statistics that shift historical qualitative arguments for PMOs onto a more quantifiable foundation. A foundation which introduces the concept that successful project/programme and portfolio delivery correlates closely to PMO maturity. Peter Taylor, The Lazy Project Manager & Global Head of PMO, Siemens Leading Successful PMOs is a ‘soon to be published’ book to guide all project based organisations, and project managers who contribute to and benefit from a PMO (Project Management Office), towards maximising their project success. Right now our projects, and our project managers, need the help, support and guidance of a good PMO. Leading Successful PMOs will help ensure that your PMO’s focus is the right one for your business. Book Your Place Today - Early Bird Rates Speaker Biographies
Chris Walters: Chris is currently working for Vodafone, forming and delivering a programme of capability improvement for project delivery in the Technology division. Having moved into PMO management 6 years ago, Chris got involved with PPSO SIG and has been chairing the committee for the last 5 years, driving the organisation, and working with volunteer committee members to design and deliver two conferences per year. Prior to this, Chris worked as a project manager, primarily of IT and telecommunications projects, with highlights including replacing the IT infrastructure for a power station without missing a single second of power generation, managing the technical integration of a new cable TV operator to deliver a working TV service, internet infrastructure and back office systems in record time, designing and deploying internal project management information systems before EPM became popular, and rescuing a pan-European ERP software system implementation at a pig breeding company. Chris is particularly interested in the aspects of PPSOs that can turn an organisation from a set of project silos that deliver well in isolation into a project delivery ecosystem that can learn and adopt best practise, while institutionalising cost-efficient project and programme selection and delivery. When not buried in one or other aspect of PPSOs and projects, you'll find Chris enjoying time with his family, sweating up hills on his bike, hurtling down them on his skis or behind the lens of his camera.
Sue Vowler is an internationally recognised content expert in the Programme and Project Management community. Her external reputation is such that she is often asked to speak at industry events, seminars and conferences and sit on industry review boards. However she is not a theorist, she is a “doer” and has personally transformed many organisation’s programmes. She acted as an “Early Adopter” for PRINCE2®, trialling the method before it went on general release in the mid 1990s, and played a key role in the development of Managing Successful Programmes (MSPTM) and its subsequent refresh in 2007. She is recognised as one of the UK’s foremost experts in Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®) and was invited to sit as a member of the ISEB Board on Programme and Project Support Offices at its foundation. This Board provided governance for the introduction of international qualifications in Programme and Project Support. She is lead author for OGC’s (Office Government Commerce) P3O® Guidance and acted as Lead Reviewer for OGC and Cabinet Office’s recently released Portfolio Management Guidance. She worked with the Home Office to develop and pilot a set of Briefings for Senior Responsible Owners, which has recently been adopted as a formal Sponsor (PPS) qualification by APM Group. She has worked with a variety of organisations to design, establish and run portfolio and programme offices and develop and tailor programme and project management organisation structures, roles / responsibilities, methods and processes to ensure delivery success within an organisation’s local culture and structure. She is known for her pragmatic approach, where local practicality wins over the theory and a coaching / mentoring and workshop approach is the key to successful buy-in. Craig Kilford is a Portfolio Management Mentor, Energiser and Author. He tries to do as little as possible, work with as few people as possible, for as short as possible whilst empowering and energising mentees to make their own Portfolio Management world a little bit better. Craig eats too many fruit pastels, has fabulous taste in shoes and is generally a nice chap…although he can be a bit too honest sometimes. Craig wrote the OGC’s Portfolio Management guidance in 2007 and is working with Stephen Jenner on the updated 2010 version which will be released by the OGC later this year
Melanie Franklin has extensive experience in the areas of project, programme and change management. She developed her skills during her successful career in the Financial Services sector undertaking such roles as national coordinator for reorganisation of IT systems, European Manager for quality and process improvement projects and Global Programme Director for emergency planning for a global bank. Melanie is a published author in the Project and Programme Management field having been commissioned by the OGC to write “Think MSP”, the accompanying book on Managing Successful Programmes, and the Focus Series “Team Management Skills”, “Communication Skills” and “Leadership Skills for Project and Programme Managers”, which she co-authored with our Project Management Lead Course Developer and trainer Susan Tuttle and were launched by the OGC at the Best Practice Showcase in London in June 2008.
Initially worked in “user” companies such as Guinness (Diageo), Michael then moved onto the channel and services side of the IS/IT sector and founded Infocube Limited in 1989 and developed it to become a leading IBM Cognos services partner. During that 20 year period he continued to focus on building a high quality service delivery operation and managing key projects and programmes. Throughout this career he has had a passion for the practical application of best practices, instilling quality performance and passing on experience and lessons learnt, particularly in the areas of requirements definition, project management, and delivery of sustainable business benefit. For Michael, this has culminated in setting up, with colleagues, Dylanmae Limited as a Learning & Support company where he plans, develops and sometimes delivers project, programme and portfolio management improvement workshops – often involving gaming simulations. When not working, Michael’s interests are family, cricket, modern art, films, improving his golf, and cooking Vietnamese spring rolls.
Adam Cowmeadow is a Senior Manager within Accenture’s Programme Control Services. Adam currently leads the PCS Centre which provides shared PMO services to 18 client projects. In has 12 year career at Accenture, Adam has led PMOs across a number of Accenture’s industry verticals. He currently provides global thought leadership to Accenture on PMO industrialisation and actively coaches emerging off shore PMO capabilities.
Donnie MacNicol is a specialist in developing project leadership at an individual level and supporting organisations to improve their delivery capability. He is an expert in the cultural and behavioural challenges of designing, embedding and sustaining effective portfolio, programme and project management disciplines. Donnie is chair of the APM People Specific Interest Group and Visiting Fellow at Kingston Business School. Donnie created Team Animation to gather together like minded professionals to rise to the challenge of inspiring leadership in project management. Passionate about delivering value to business he incorporates the latest people, project and change management thinking. Read more about Donnie.
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Over many years, Michael Finer has managed programmes and projects, mainly IS/IT related, throughout the public and private sector in the U.K., Europe and North America including significant experience of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing and Corporate Performance Management solutions. He tends to have a “senior moment” when asked in which decade he qualified, and setup his first PMO.
