Pre-conference Workshops
Please note that an additional $89 registration fee is required for pre-conference workshops. Seating is limited and is likely to fill quickly.
Increasingly, corporations and public agencies are turning to the creation of a portfolio, program, or project management office (PMO) as a means of improving operational efficiency and effectiveness, to contend with an increasing amount of strategic change, or as mechanism for improving coordination within complex organizations.
However, implementing a corporate PMO, whether it serves the entire enterprise or a single department, can be a significant and often challenging undertaking. As an important starting point, PMO sponsors, leaders and stakeholders should first establish a shared vision for the PMO purpose, goals and objectives, service span, functional scope and other key design considerations. This establishes the basis for PMO planning, development, operation and ongoing management.
This interactive workshop, led by two established experts in the field, will review key considerations for PMO design and development. Through a structured series of discussions and exercises, participants will actually ‘rough out’ a PMO charter and development plan using provided templates. While individuals will gain useful insights from this workshop, organizations that are planning a PMO initiative are encouraged to participate as a team, so they can collaborate on exercises.
As part of the workshop, participants will receive
copies of books authored by the facilitators;
Taming Change with Portfolio
Management, by Pat Durbin and Terry Doerscher, and a choice of either
Business Driven Project Portfolio
Management: Conquering the Top 10 Risks That Threaten Success or
Business Driven PMO Setup: Practical
Insights, Techniques and Case Examples for Ensuring Success, both by Mark Price Perry
With 28 years of experience, Terry Doerscher is the principal for the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Practice at BOT International. Mr. Doerscher is a recognized expert in developing business practices aligned to the challenges of modern organizations and his thought leadership is considered a catalyst for redefining the role of the modern corporate PMO. He is the co-author of Taming Change with Portfolio Management (Durbin & Doerscher, 2010, Greenleaf Book Group), and is a contributing author to several other books, including Mark Price Perry’s Business Driven series and the PMI PMOSIG Program Management Handbook.
Terry is a member of PMI and the Program Management Office Community of Practice; is ITIL v.3 Foundation certified; and is a Certified Process Design Engineer (CPDE). In addition to his work with BOT, Terry is retained as an Expert-In-Residence by Planview Inc. He is a founding director of the Enterprise Management Association – International.
Mark Price Perry founded BOT International, a boutique project management firm, in 1999. Since then he has become a widely recognized authority on PMO setup, implementing Processes On Demand in over 250 PMOs in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Mr. Perry also serves as gantthead’s Director of PMO Services. Mr. Perry was the pioneer of the modern day PMO architecture (PPM Tool, Collaboration Platform, PMO Content Assets) and is a recognized authority on the setup and use of these components.
As a servant-leader and passionate PMO practitioner, Mr. Perry has made a number of contributions within the PMO domain. Mr. Perry is the author of the books, Business Driven PMO Setup; Practical Insights, Techniques, and Case Examples for Ensuring Success (J. Ross Publishing, 2009) and Business Driven Project Portfolio Management; Conquering the Top 10 Risks that Threaten Success (J. Ross Publishing, 2011). Mr. Perry is a regular keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at PMO and PPM conferences around the world.
Mr. Perry is also the host the “The PMO Podcast,” with 200 PMO podcast episodes aired to date. Mr. Perry is the author of the gantthead blog, “PMO Setup T3 - Tips, Tools, and Techniques,” and BOT International PMO “Tips of the Week,” a ten year running column that provides PMO and project management tips. In addition to formal project managers and members of the PMO, Mr. Perry has helped tens of thousands of “informal” and “accidental” project managers apply the knowledge and techniques of the PMBOK® Guide.
