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The APM PMO Special Interest Group will be meeting for their Lean & Light PMO SIG Spring Conference on April 26th in Coventry, UK.
The Conference introduction to the Lean PMO is from PMOSIG Chairman, Chris Walters with: Is my PMO doing too much – and how can we balance how lean we become before the risks become unmanageable?
Pop-Up PMOs from Sion Jones takes a look at what is needed when programmes and projects need a PMO ASAP.
Quick Wins from Peter Taylor – The Lazy Nimble PMO Manager – takes a look at what are quick wins in relation to PMOs.
The fourth session looks at agile and agile PMO from Peter Measey.
Finally they will focus on behavioural skills and look at Strategies for Creating Rapport Quickly from Dr Peter Parkes.
Throughout the day there will be opportunities to network and connect with other PMO professionals. The conference will also include the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Peter Taylor is author of Leading Successful PMOs published by Gower.
The PM National Conference will take place in Ireland on April 19th 2012.
Gower author Michel Thiry will be presenting in Track 1 on Re-dimensioning the Project Management Space and in Track 2 on Program Management Practice in a Business Context.
Michel Thiry is author of Program Management published by Gower part of the Fundamentals of Project Management Series Edited by Professor Darren Dalcher.
Just three of the burgeoning Linked-in Groups associated with Gower Authors. Why not visit our webpage Gower on Linkedin to see more about these and other Groups and if you like the look of what you see, take the plunge and join the Group?
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The 200th episode of The Project Management Podcast is released today, celebrating 6 years of bringing project management topics to beginners and experts. The four-part episode includes interviews with twenty project management experts who all provide their unique opinions about the number-one challenge that project management is facing today. The project management gurus sharing their expertise with listeners include Mark Perry, Peter Taylor, Margaret Meloni, Andy Kaufman, Elizabeth Harrin as well as the presidents of the three leading project management associations: Mark Langley (PMI), Roberto Mori (IPMA) and Stacy Goff (ASAPM).
The show has received nearly 6 million downloads and is available for free through iTunes or The Project Management Podcast website.
Peter Taylor is author of the recently published Leading Successful PMOs and Elizabeth Harrin is author of Customer-Centric Project Management (both published by Gower).
Gower, in association with The Lazy Project Manager, APM PMOSIG, the National Centre for Project Management, BOT International and Project Magazine, announce the PMO Leader of the Year Award
The Award will be presented to the PMO Leader, nominated by their PMO team, who shows the most excellent leadership and understanding of what a PMO can deliver to a business. A panel of independent judges will review all submissions to consider how each nominee has led their PMO over at least the last 12 months and how they plan to grow the PMO under their stewardship in the coming months.
For full details, list of judges and entry criteria please go to www.gowerpublishing.com/pmoleader
The APM PMO SIG local meeting for London will be held this month at CAFOD, the international aid agency. The main presentation of the evening is by Peter Taylor, author of Leading Successful PMOs, and chaired by Lindsay Scott. This is the final local London meeting for 2011 and will feature two presentations.
Hosted by CAFOD, the international aid agency, the meeting will start with an overview of the PMO within CAFOD by Anke Bysouth, the PMO Manager.
Delegates will then hear from Peter Taylor, author of The Lazy Project Manager, and more recently Leading Successful PMOs. He will talk about how to build the best PMO for your business. The session will explore some of the research carried out by Peter Taylor for this book. The book brings together the experience and views of PMO leaders from around the world and the project managers that work within the PMOs, as well as those who are now seeking leaders for their PMOs. He will identify what it is that successful PMO leaders have and do that allows them to be successful and how the rest of us can learn from those proven experiences.
Registration is at 5.00pm, with the first presentation at 5.30pm. The event is held at the CAFOD Headquarters, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JB
Each local PMO SIG meeting allows time for networking with the opportunity to carry on the discussions at a local pub/bar. Click here to book onto this event.
