PMI Chapter Professional Development Days

35. The Ultimate PMO: Leading-Edge

Practices for Effective Strategic
Performance Management
Category: Strategic Application
Instructor: J. Kent Crawford, PMP, or
Jimmie L. West, Ph.D., PMP
Level: Advanced

4-Day Seminar
CEUs
PDUs

2.5

25

PMI Member
Early Rate

PMI Member
Regular Rate

Nonmember
Rate

$2,380.00 (US)

$2,499.00 (US)

$3,025.00 (US)

The Ultimate PMO: Leading Edge Practices for Effective Strategic Performance
Management provides organizational leaders new insights into successful
practices of the top global Project Office organizations. Participants in this newly
designed course delve into a variety of strategic issues, such as how to assess
project management maturity of the organization, measuring organizational
performance metrics, optimizing resource allocation, managing portfolio
performance, assessing the individual competencies of project managers; and how
to change the very culture of the organization to a project culture. By building the
business case through measuring the effectiveness of their SPO, attendees will be
able to promote measuring the maturity level of project management within their
organization and create a plan to increase its effectiveness, thereby increasing
benefits realization. Most importantly, participants will exchange practical ideas on
how to manage a Strategic Project Management Office in the context of real-world
organizational dynamics.
Who should attend?

Executives

Senior managers

Strategic planners

Directors of project management

Project office managers

Others who are launching a strategic project office and need advanced

information to expand its role and influence to a more strategic,

enterprise-wide status.
What will my seminar experience cover?

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: SPO:Purpose and Function

Module 3: Aligning Your SPO With Your Organizational Business Needs

Module 4: Enabling Effective Governance

Module 5: Manage Your Portfolio Performance

Module 6: Optimizing Your Resources

Module 7: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change

Module 8: Measuring Your SPOs Effectiveness

Module 9: Benefits Realization and Best Practices
Scheduled Locations:

12-15 May Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

23-26 June Orlando, Florida, USA

14-17 July San Antonio, Texas, USA

10-13 November Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Held in alliance with SeminarsWorld events. Enjoy well-known speakers and

earn additional PDUs. Both events allow non-member registrants, and you may
register for the event separate from SeminarsWorld.

10th Annual
Rocky Mountain Project Management Symposium
When: Friday, 11 April 2008 (in alliance with SeminarsWorld Denver, 710 April 2008)
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Sponsored by Project Management Institutes Mile Hi Chapter. Join PMIs Mile Hi
Chapter for a one-day event featuring the theme 21st Century Leaders: Succeeding in the
Global Marketplace.

Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

International affairs expert Ian Bremmer, Ph.D., is scheduled as the

Luncheon Keynote. An intellectual entrepreneur, Dr. Bremmers research
and consulting firm focuses on states in transition, global political risk
and emerging global markets. He is the author of The J Curve: A New
Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall.

Gene Krantz, Apollo 13 Flight Director, and

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 Captain
Additional Keynote Speakers

will speak about the famous space mission, one of the worlds greatest project management success stories. Failure is not an option
was Krantzs motto as he headed NASAs flight directors whose
teamwork with the Apollo 13 crew brought the spaceship and its three
astronauts safely home. The emergency actions of Lovell and his
crew when Apollo 13s cryogenic oxygen system failed, ensured their
survival in space and safe return to Earth.

Enjoy vendors, leading edge tracks, panel discussions and breakout seminars on the following topics:

Communication
Ethics
Executive

Leadership
Management
PM Tools

Travel
Virtual teams

This full-day Symposium offer the opportunity to earn 8 PDUs and requires a separate
registration from SeminarsWorld Denver. Register now to take advantage of the early-bird
discount: $395.00 (US) for PMI Mile Hi Chapter members, and $545.00 (US) for non-members.
For more information, visit www.PmiMileHiSym.org or e-mail symposium@PmiMileHiSym.org.

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