A PMI Lakeshore Chapter Professional Development Event

Strategy Deployment for Value Driven Project Management

Four PDUs can be claimed by certified PMPs for attending this presentation.

Presentation Abstract

The business purpose of a project should be to help the organization achieve its strategic objectives.  Yes, you still need to be concerned about budget and about schedule.  However, an on-time, on-budget project which does not deliver to the strategy may not move your career forward.  So project managers need to better understand how what they are asked to do fits into the organization’s strategy and whether a project is likely to contribute to their personal success.   Even if achieving strategic success is not your direct responsibility, it is better to know where a particular project stands, than not to know.  I call this defensive project management – kind of like defensive driving.  An accident may not be your fault, but you are still stuck with many of its consequences.

There are three laws of Change Management:

  1. Change without progress is waste.
  2. Progress without change is an illusion.
  3. Change is always rewarding to someone, but not necessarily everyone, including you.

As a project manager you are significantly more likely to succeed personally, if your projects deliver change that represents progress and that is rewarding to everyone. 

This half day session will present a framework for connecting strategic intent to functional execution. We will explore the following questions and provide tools for answering them:

  1. How do you connect a strategic intent to a functional process?
  2. How do you evaluate if a strategic intent has been achieved?
  3. How do you measure the degree to which it has been achieved?
  4. How do you determine what performance measures need to change in order to achieve the intent?
  5. How do you translate strategic measures to process measures?
  6. How do you systematically and verifiably determine if a particular project addresses a specific strategic intent?
  7. How can you improve program management by connecting to the strategy?
  8. How do you evaluate the likelihood of your project achieving business success and how do you ensure that you will be properly rewarded?

Project Delivery is a vertical process.  Value delivery is a horizontal process.  If you’re still trying to prove that project management delivers quantifiable value, you are wasting your time.  Projects delivery value indirectly.  So project value can’t be measured directly.  Learn why this is important and why your career progress depends on understanding the difference between direct and indirect value measurement.

Speaker - Angelo Baratta PMP, CMC

Angelo’s focus is to move from best practices to scientifically engineered practices, the next level in Process Design and Project Delivery.   He has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Project Management and Process Performance Management.  He is a presenter, author, instructor and coach and has presented at numerous recent PMI Global Congresses, chapter meetings and symposiums.  He is on the faculty of the Schulich Executive Education Center and an avid researcher.  Angelo has developed  the ePPM Blue Ocean Design™  framework – the art and science of designing near perfect processes and projects.

Angelo is also a past president of the PMI Lakeshore Chapter and the current chair of the CMC Business Process Improvement SIG.

Date: Saturday, April 17th, 2010
 
Schedule: 8:30 - 9:00 am Registration & breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Presentation
Location: University of Toronto at the Mississauga [Erindale] Campus
Lecture Theatre 2072
South Building the entrance is across the road from the Recreation, Athletic & Wellness Centre - if using parking lot #8 (paid parking) – go up main staircase or take elevator at far end of hall to 2nd floor.
3359 Mississauga Rd N.,
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
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Parking: ***Please note change in parking: Please park in parking Lot #8 across the road from the Recreation, Athletic & Wellness Centre. Parking Lot #9 is currently under construction and has very limited parking spots.
Cost:
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Registration (pay online by credit card only) $40.00 $60.00

Payment: By Visa or MasterCard: On-line prior to the registration deadline only. No credit card payment will be accepted at the door. Receipts are issued and e-mailed to you at time of payment. No walk-ins will be accepted.
 
Deadline and policy for registration and cancellation: Registration and cancellation deadline is 5:30 pm on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010.

All registered attendees are required to notify the PMI Lakeshore Chapter of any cancellations by sending an e-mail message to cancel@pmi-lakeshore.org with your cancellation request. To expedite your cancellation, please include the transaction ID number from your receipt or the event code that starts with "C193" in your request.

Cancellation before the deadline is subject to an administration fee equal to 6% of the amount billed rounded off to the nearest dollar. If you cancel your registration after the deadline there is no obligation for the refund of the registration fees.
 
Register: Registration has closed for this event
 
Program Number: C193-100417 (4 PDUs can be claimed against Category 3 for attending this seminar)
 

Contact

If you have questions or comments on the event please contact the Chapter, by email at professionaldevelopment@pmi-lakeshore.org.