breakout session overview
Everyone wants to align their internal delivery abilities with the overall strategy of the company, but few adequately focus on how to achieve this alignment and even fewer understand what will drive a positive outcome at all levels within their organization.
How do we define success across all levels of the firm?
What makes it repeatable and sustainable?
What is the role of the Program Management Office (PMO) in defining and driving organizational success?
This paper suggests that a PMO which has transformed
its role from administrative to innovative will play a crucial role in
driving strategy and delivery.
An innovative PMO translates the strategy to actionable
messages. By identifying and mapping success states for all levels of
the organization while covering critical gaps, the PMO provides a strong
enterprise alignment. Furthermore, this approach addresses opportunities
where tools and processes have previously failed.
A successful Program Manager is one that can understand and differentiate between the roles of leadership and process management.
Deniz Johnson, MBA, PMP, is a practitioner and change agent whose expertise is translating business needs to value added solutions. Her approach is focused on delivery while redefining value and managing through continuous review and reengineering of business processes.
She has implemented her unique and adaptive project delivery approach for a number of companies in the healthcare, software and financial industries.
She is currently a Vice President of Program Management at Acadian Asset Management, where she oversees the planning and implementation arm of the IT group, translating the company’s vision and goals into strategic initiatives that can be supported via technology.
As an active member of PMI since 1999, Deniz has been a trainer for PMP eStudy, a role that she performed between 2005-2007.
Among other industry contributions, she presented “Effectively Market Your PMO Internally and Achieve Organizational Buy-In—Create a Valuable PMO” at the 2011 Strategic PMO Summit, SanDiego, CA and “The Changing Nature of PMO – From Value to Valuable” at the 2010 PMO Symposium, Dallas, Texas. In 2009 she was interviewed by PMI on her thoughts on “the Changing PMO” published in the Voices on Project Management blog.
