Pre-Conference Options
Pre-Conference Information
B1 | TWO DAY 4th Annual PMO Forum: Tuesday & Wednesday - November 18 & 19 9:00AM – 5:00PM | ||
| Day One - November 18th | Day Two - November 19th | ||
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks: Chairwoman - Lisa DiTullio | 9:00 | Yesterday’s Reflections |
| 9:30 | The First 365 Days: The Genesis of a New PMO Chuck Millhollan, MBA, MPM, PMP, PgMP, Director of Program Management, CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED | 9:30 | Project Governance: Instilling Project Democracy with Low Bureaucracy Chris Peduzzi, Director, Program Management Office, ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM |
| 10:30 | Networking Break | 10:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:00 | Learning to Crawl Before You Run – Creating an IT PMO from the ground up, leveraging Six Sigma principles Debra Cooksey, Director, Project and Portfolio Management, AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION | 11:00 | “PM Inc.” : An Answer to the Question “Would Anyone Pay for Your Organization’s PM Services, if You Were an Independent Company?” Steve Galen, Associate Director, Project Management, MERCK & CO. INC |
| 12:00 | Hot Topic – Resource Challenges Roundtable | 12:00 | Interactive Challenge Session |
| 12:30 | Luncheon | 12:30 | Luncheon |
| 1:30 | Building a World Class Business PMO: Maximizing the Value and Success Rate of Every Project Maureen Weverka, Director Project Management Office – IFS Strategic Development, MUTUAL OF OMAHA | 1:30 | How to Kill a Project and Survive Robert Frese, Supplier Program Manager, BOEING SHARED SERVICES GROUP |
| 2:30 | Expected Behaviors: Road Rules for Project Team Performance– Not Road Rage Lisa DiTullio, Principal of LISA DITULLIO & ASSOCIATES author of Simple Solutions: How “Enterprise Project Management” Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Journey from Near Collapse to #1. | 2:30 | Learning Lab Part A- Implementing a comprehensive PM Tool independent portfolio dashboard with inexpensive off-the-shelf web apps Alan Kamis, MS, MBA, PMP, Sr. Director, Development Program Management Office, THE TRIZETTO GROUP |
| 3:30 | Networking Break | 3:30 | Networking Break |
| 4:00 | How do you spell relief? P-R-I-O-R-I-T-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N! Jane Canniff, PMP, Executive Director, Resource Development Services, CARE USA | 4:00 | Learning Lab Part B - Discuss. Collaborate. Innovate. During this round table discussion you will share best practices & personal challenges about implementing your own Project Intranet. |
| 5:00 | PMO Forum Ends | ||
For full details on the Two Day PMO Forum,
please see page 6 in the conference brochure
B2 | Two Day IT Portfolio Management Forum: Tuesday & Wednesday - November 18 & 19 |
New to PW &WCBA Flagship is the 9th Annual IT Portfolio Management Forum. This two day forum will include best practices related to IT This session is currently in production. |
B3 | One Day Managing the Virtual Workplace Forum: Wednesday - November 19 9:00AM – 5:00PM |
| 9:00 | Opening Remarks Chairwoman: Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Chief Evangelist Officer – VIRTUAL DISTANCE INTERNATIONAL |
| 9:30 | Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Improve Virtual Team Performance and Global Collaboration by Managing Virtual Distance Chairwoman: Karen Sobel Lojeski, Ph.D., Chief Evangelist Officer – VIRTUAL DISTANCE INTERNATIONAL |
| 10:30 | Networking Break |
| 11:00 | Agile and the Virtual Workforce: Maintaining the Virtual Team Pamela Johnson, Manager, Project Management - Enterprise IT Operations, THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY |
| 11:45 | VIRTUAL HOT TOPIC SESSION If you have a great story to share please contact Adam Desimone at adesimone@iirusa.com. |
| 12:30 | Luncheon |
| 1:30 | The Potential Risks And Pitfalls Associated With Communicating With And Managing A Virtual Workforce Mark Fung-A-Fat, Director of Software Development & Bonnie Cooper PMP, Director of the IT Program Office, THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY/THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE |
| 2:15 | Talent Management in the Digital Age – The Challenges and Opportunities Amanda Valentino, Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition, GENENTECH |
| 3:30 | Networking Break |
| 4:00 | Scenarios and the Future of Social Computing Daniel W. Rasmus, Director of Business Insights, MICRO |
| 4:45 | YOUR Space Collaboration Session |
| 5:30 | Forum Ends |
For full details on the One Day Virtual Workplace Forum,
please see page 7 in the conference brochure
| Two Day Workshops Tuesday & Wednesday - November 18 & 19 9:00AM – 5:00PM | |||
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CANCELLED Scott Kastner, PMP CSM, Manager, Flight Operations Information Technology, MIDWEST AIRLINES INC. | Accelerated Ultimate PMP® Exam Timothy S. Bergmann, PMP, ABCP, Chief Learning Officer, TRUE SOLUTIONS INC. | No-Nonsense Advice for Successful Projects Neal Whitten, PMP, President – THE NEAL WHITTEN GROUP | DMAIC Fusion: Integrating Lean Gary A. Gack, President, PROCESS-FUSION.NET, LLC |
For full details on the Two Day Workshops,
please see page 8 in the conference brochure
| One Day Workshops Tuesday - November 18, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM | ||||
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Building an Effective Meeting from the Ground Up: A Facilitator’s Toolkit CYNTHIA NICHOLS | Competency-Driven Program Management Sid Benavente, MCP, Ph.D., Senior Business Analyst, MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Getting Started with Use Cases Vince Bordo, Senior Consultant, DEVELOPMENTOR | Get the Right Stuff, Fast: Mary Gorman, CBAP™, Sr. Associate, EBG CONSULTING, INC. | LEAN Next Generation Bill Purpura, Technical Project Manager & Michael Schertz, Senior Project Manager Learning, Training, & Development, THE BOEING COMPANY |
| One Day Workshops Wednesday - November 19, 2008 9:00AM – 5:00PM | ||||
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We Have Project Management, So Why Are We Still Failing? Lindsay Chamberlain, PMP, MLIS, Consultant, Vice Chair of Professional Development, PMI PMOSIG | Successful Agile Requirements: Collaborating to Define and Confirm Needs Ellen Gottesdiener, Founder, Principal Consultant, EBG CONSULTING, INC. | Modeling User Requirements Using UML Vince Bordo, Senior Consultant, DEVELOPMENTOR | A Primer to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Kathleen Barret, Senior Business Consultant - BMO Financial & Group & President - IIBA | Service-Oriented Architecture: Analysis is the Key to Your Success Bill Nazzaro, Chief Technology Officer, IconATG |
For full details on the One Day Workshops,
please see pages 9 and 10 in the conference brochure