Where
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conf Ctr.5440 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
Driving Directions
PMOEdge Chicago
August 12th - August 13th
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Rosemont
Early Bird Pricing: $1,295 (ends July 31st)
Guest Room Rate: $164
The PMO Edge workshop series is specifically designed to engage PMO managers and senior stakeholders who are ready to introduce or advance their company’s PMO to the next level of performance and value. Our unique format explores three key elements necessary for PMO success: Organization, Leadership and Capabilities. Whether you are a seasoned PMO executive or have been tapped to launch a PMO for for the first time, this series offers proven concepts, approaches and practices that go beyond traditional methods. Our distinctive two-day agenda is delivered by internationally-recognized experts and consistently receives rave reviews by attendees. Participants leave excited and armed for immediate action.
Workshop Details
Take a Comprehensive Approach
Creating Operational Alignment with Terry Doerscher
The primary objective of any PMO is to facilitate effective collaboration across the many different project stakeholder groups involved in managing the lifecycle of change. To achieve this, a PMO needs to create alignment on multiple levels, from effectively conveying organizational objectives, to establishing consistent operations and fostering commitment to shared values. This workshop explores methods and tools that can help your PMO develop and maintain a higher degree of strategic, functional and cultural alignment to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Create a Business Driven PMO
Business Driven PMO Success Stories with Mark Price Perry
There is no surer way to invite PMO difficulties than to rush into a cookiecutter “people, process, tools” strategy and to “sell the PMO” – an approach still advocated by many today. This workshop engages participants in a highly interactive session that reveals common misguided strategies and offers practical insights, techniques, and PMO success story case examples for how to set up and manage a successful, business driven PMO. Attendees of this session will receive of copy of the book Business Driven PMO Success Stories – Across Industries and Around the World (Perry, 2013) which features new PMO research and findings by the author as well as 27 business-driven PMO success stories by PMO managers across industries and around the world.
Deliver Leadership Excellence
Project Team Dynamics: Enhancing Performance, Improving Results with Lisa DiTullio
Learn the value of teamwork and its link to business outcomes; recognize how the “right” set of behaviors support productive teamwork, particularly for virtual teams. Identify simple investments in team dynamics that hold big returns. Understand how cultural attributes affect team performance. Diagnose common team ailments and methods to improve interaction and reduce conflict.
Pull It All Together
Post-Workshop Open Discussion Forum
Join Mark, Lisa, Terry and Sponsor SMEs in this session to discuss the workshops and how they form a comprehensive and complimentary method for managing change. Get answers to your questions and gain additional insights to turn concepts into results oriented actions.
Workshop Bonus!
Value Added Content
As a benefit of attending the workshops, participants will also receive additional support and materials to help further their PMO initiatives, including:
- A library of published books authored by the workshop facilitators
- Business Driven PMO Success Stories – Across Industries and Around the World (Perry, 2013) featuring new PMO research and findings, as well as 27 PMO case studies
- Project Team Dynamics: Enhancing Performance. Improving Results (DiTullio, 2010)
- Taming Change with Portfolio Management – Unify Your Organization, Sharpen Your Strategy and Create Measurable Value (Durbin & Doerscher, 2010)
- A collection of useful templates, forms, whitepapers, tools and other collateral, courtesy of the facilitators and sponsors
- One hour of remote follow up support with each of the workshop facilitators
- Alumni Social Networking Community