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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.
Gower author Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is one of the speakers who has recorded a podcast for ca technologies’ Global IT Illuminaries ’12, a virtual event featuring IT innovators. Nieto-Rodriguez who is Professor of Project Management at the Solvay Business School and Head of Portfolio Management at BNP Paribas Fortis, is speaking on Selling Project Portfolio Management to the C-Suite. This 24hr virtual event is on 29th February – for further information and to register click here.
Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is author of the forthcoming Gower title: The Focused Organization: How Concentrating on a Few Key Initiatives Can Dramatically Improve Strategy Execution.
Most projects have two factors in common i.e. they involve people and they bring about change. These two factors are fundamental to the success of any project yet they are given only scant reference in the ‘models’ of project management.
The psychology of managing people and change is increasingly emerging as a significant success factor in project management. In Wellingtone’s Project Management Blog Sharon De Mascia offers a plan to ensure you pay these factors sufficient attention.
Sharon De Mascia is the Director of a business psychology consultancy by the name of ‘Cognoscenti’. She is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and a member of the Chartered Institute of People and Development. She is also Prince2 qualified. She is a visiting Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University and a Supervisor on the global MBA at Manchester Business School. De Mascia is the author of Project Psychology 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
APM Project Management Conference chairman and founder and director of the National Centre for Project Management, Professor Darren Dalcher, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Association for Project Management. Professor Dalcher is also Series Editor of Gower’s Fundamentals and Advances of Project Management Books. He has built a reputation as leader and innovator in the area of practice-based education and reflection in project management and has worked with many major industrial and commercial organisations and government bodies. He received international recognition in 2009 with appointment as a member of the PMForum’s International Academic Advisory Council, which includes leading academics in project management from some of the world’s top universities and academic institutions. The Council showcases accomplished researchers, influential educators shaping the next generation of project managers and recognised authorities on modern project management.
Professor Dalcher is a Fellow of both APM and the BCS as well as a member of PMI, the Academy of Management, the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a member of the PMI Advisory Board responsible for the prestigious David I Cleland project management award. In 2008 he was recognised in Project magazine top 10 for his contribution in “integrating and weaving academic work with practice”. He has been chairman of the agenda setting APM Project Management Conference since 2009. He is Professor of Software Project Management, at Middlesex University and visiting Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iceland. Professor Dalcher will receive his Honorary Fellowship at the APM Project Management Awards on 20th October 2011 at the Brewery, London.
As part of his popular podcast series, Peter Taylor (aka The Lazy Project Manager) talks to fellow Gower author David Cleden about bid writing for project managers:
At what stage in the process do commercial projects go wrong? Some of the worst problems (unrealistic objectives, faulty assumptions, and poorly understood constraints) are ‘programmed in’ at conception when the bid is written, long before the project manager is brought on board. If the bid is misconceived, no amount of clever project management is going to recover the situation. Getting the bid right is the essence of planning for project success, the main theme of David’s book.
Peter Taylor is the author of the forthcoming Gower titles Project Branding and Leading Successful PMOs. David Cleden is author of Bid Writing for Project Managers and Managing Project Uncertainty which is part of Gower’s respected Advances in Project Management Series, edited by Professor Darren Dalcher.
Peter Taylor, otherwise known as ‘The Lazy Project Manager,’ has been busy this month and appears in both CIO magazine with his article ‘What is Productive Laziness’ and in Wellingtone’s PM Blog with ‘Selling Project Management’.
In CIO magazine Peter discusses ‘the keys to adopting a focused approach to project management, to exercise effort where it really matters’ and notes that:
‘Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.’ Robert Heinlein (1907-1988)
Whilst in Wellingtone’s PM Blog he lists tricky scenarios and suggests ideas on how to address some of the most common ‘pushbacks’ when selling project management.
Peter is the author of the forthcoming ‘Leading Successful PMOs’ published by Gower. More information can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com – and through his free podcasts in iTunes.
Roger Davies’ video interview around value management highlights the continued problems in project and programme management; the fact that we persist in doing the wrong things, for the wrong reasons and, what’s worse, we do them rather badly. Roger posits value management as a process for ensuring the effectiveness of big programmes. Roger Davies is author of Value Management: Translating Aspirations into Performance, published by Gower.
Gower author Peter Taylor (also known as The Lazy Project Manager), has been guest blogging for PM Bistro, with a post entitled The Campaign for Real Sponsors:
“Critical to any project’s success is having a good project manager, but after that it is pretty important to have a good project sponsor. However, like the saying goes, ‘you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your relatives.’ The same is true of project sponsors. “
Peter goes on to outline the typical project sponsor responsibilities, as well as a look at “The good, the bad, and the confused,” before making his plea for support and investment for anyone working in this role.
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Peter Taylor is author of the forthcoming; Leading Successful PMOs, How to Build the Best Project Management Office for Your Business published by Gower in November 2011 as well as,The Lazy Project Manager, and The Lazy Winner.
