Build an Effective Project Team in a Challenging Organizational Culture

An enterprise-wide project can often expose the true health of an organization. During normal operations, endemic issues are often ignored or accepted as the routine. In the environment of a major project these issues can become prominent and have significant impact on the effectiveness of a project team. As the project manager without direct authority over resources, you may be challenged with minimizing the effect of these issues while ensuring the success of the project. This presentation will use a recent software implementation at a city government to illustrate common organizational issues that often have significant impacts on projects and identify the techniques used to minimizing these issues while maximizing the effectiveness of the project team. ( Full Article )

Anchor Every Project to Your Key Business Strategies

Projects are most effectively planned and delivered when anchored in a governing strategic plan. Project managers are often put in a position where the scope and objectives of a project are, at best, informally linked to a strategy. The loose association between a project and its governing strategy can create an environment where obtaining resource commitments are difficult, scope and requirements frequently change, or competing projects continually appear. Learn how senior management at a Global 100 company were able to apply four key techniques to stabilize the project environment, deliver the project successfully, and prepare for the launch of an enterprise-wide CRM Program. ( Full Article )

Implementing Enterprise Program Management in an Organization

Enterprise Program Management (EPM) is the most effective business discipline and system for guiding your organization to deliver your business plan. EPM provides a means for an organization to translate its vision, mission, and objectives into an executable set of programs and projects, providing a 360-degree view of your organization's collective efforts. Moving an organization from a siloed view to the 360º view of EPM is a shift that is both technical and cultural. This presentation will provide you with the 3 critical elements that can make or break the implementation, and an effective 7-step process for your organizational shift to EPM. ( Full Article )

Presentations

We believe that the best solutions arise from open collaboration among professionals in the project management arena. Shelley Gaddie and senior Project Corps consultants are available to provide complimentary educational presentations to your organization, whether it is the staff in your department, a professional association meeting, or another educational event. Please contact us to find out how we can contribute to your organization or event.

We invite you to explore the recent presentations given by Project Corps:

How to Sustain and Evolve Your EPM Program Post Software Implementation

• April 28, 2004, PMI San Diego Chapter
• October 13, 2003, PMI Portland Chapter

Build an Effective Project Team in a Challenging Organizational Environment

• September 21, 2004, PMI Olympia Chapter, Olympia, WA
• April 21, 2004, PMI Global Congress Europe 2004, Prague, Czech Republic

The Road to Portfolio Management

• April 12, 2004, PMI Puget Sound Chapter

Enterprise Program Management: Delivering in Your Multi-Project Environment

• February 23, 2004, PMI Mt. Baker Chapter
• October 21, 2003, PMI Portland, Oregon Chapter
• October 20, 2003, CIPS ICE Conference 2003, Edmonton, Alberta
• July 10, 2003, Premera Blue Cross Project Management Community, Seattle, WA

Anchor Every Project to Your Key Business Strategies

• October 20, 2003, CIPS ICE Conference 2003, Edmonton, Alberta
• September 17, 2003, PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
• August 14, 2003, City of Seattle Project Management Special Interest Group
• May 25, 2003, PMI Global Congress 2003, The Hague, Netherlands