Solutions Presentations
Visitors will have the opportunity to attend FREE presentations at the solutions presentations zone. The aim of these sessions is to provide delegates with a deeper insight into some of the solutions currently available.
Each day of the show there will be 5 different solutions presentations offered.
A full list will be available soon but in the mean time please review the presentations below from our most recent shows.
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Wednesday 12 March 2008 - 10.30 am
Title: The Fundamentals of Business Analysis
Speaker: Wendy Walker Business Analysis Consultant, Business Analyst Solutions Limited
Content: There is only one scientific method. Each science has its own tools and techniques to implement it but they all make use of the ‘scientific method’ whose objective is discovering new facts.
Business Analysis is not about discovering new facts - it is about defining requirements for change. Is there a 'scientific method' for Business Analysis that all the business analysis methods and approaches use? This talk gives an answer to that question, it aims to debunk the subject area and expose what is – in essence the simple (if hard) process of business analysis. It will conclude with practical advice on how to apply it in the real world of business. www.BusinessAnalystSolutions.com
Wednesday 12 March 2008 – 11.30 am
Title: Enabling PRINCE2® with the Microsoft® EPM solution’
Speaker: David Dunning, Projects Director, Corporate Project Solutions
Content: Controlled project management means programmes get delivered better, faster and more cost-efficiently. Often, project management happens within rudimentary frameworks that are not necessarily effective, standardised and are not supported by the appropriate enabling technology causing project delivery and benefit realisation to suffer.
David Dunning of Corporate Project Solutions will present P2EPM, CPS PRINCE2® based customisation of the Microsoft® EPM solution. David will demonstrate the solution from capturing the initial Project Mandate, through project initiation, detailed project control and monitoring to project closure. David will highlight how implementing the appropriate technology to support the appropriate project management methodology will directly affect bottom line performance.
Wednesday 12 March 2008 - 12.30 pm
Title: The emerging use of Mobile and Wireless Technologies within Project Management
Speaker: Malcolm Graham, CEO SensoryNet Ltd
Content: Solve problems instantly and communicate efficiently anywhere, anytime using mobile and wireless technologies to improve project management. Potential solutions reviewed include Real Time Progress Tracking, Time Sheets, Fleet Management Solutions and Dispatch Tools.
Who is using these solutions and what are the benefits? Why are these solutions being deployed: The presentation will also cover implementation, support and health and safety issues of these solutions within the project management arena.
Wednesday 12 March 2008 - 13.30 pm
Title: The BRM Adventure
Speaker: Gerald Bradley, Chairman, Sigma
Content: This session will explore the challenge of applying Benefit Realisation Management (BRM) to a project or programme. It will briefly examine the whole change journey from a recognised start through to the achievement of the ultimate reward – financial and non-financial benefits aligned to business strategy.
It will consider some critical success factors and hazards to be avoided and describe tools to make the journey secure, reliable and effective, utilising recognised guidance such as MSP.
Wednesday 12 March 2008 - 14.30
Title: Agile Project Management – running PRINCE2 projects with DSDM Atern
Speaker: Keith Richards, Director, Keith Richards Consulting
Content: Last year the interest in Agile Project Management reached a tipping point and most organisations are now embracing ‘agile’ in one form or another. In this session you will learn to identify the critical components of ‘being agile’. You will be guided on how to adapt PRINCE2 by integrating it with DSDM Atern, a proven agile framework.
The aim of the session is to provide you with an approach to agile project delivery that delivers the right product at the right time without compromising strong project governance.
Thursday 13 March 2008
Thursday 13 March 2008 – 10.30 am
Title: Do you feel confident? Using Risk Analyses in Projects
Speaker: Ian Wallace, Trainer and Consultant , Palisade
Content: Often good project management boils down to having confidence in what you are doing; not only in meeting targets and deadlines but also in achieving the desired outcomes, some of which may take years to accrue.
When everyone is confident or at least aware of the risks, resources are easily available, morale is high, clients are happy and generally a project manager's life is a lot easier. However, this precious commodity called 'confidence' is fickle and easily lost, so it pays to have a robust method of measuring and demonstrating your confidence. Ian Wallace from Palisade, talks about his experience as a project manager and how he builds ‘Monte Carlo’ probability analysis into project plans so that his clients can answer difficult questions such as 'what are our current chances?
Thursday 13 March 2008 - 11.30 am
Title: Putting the WOW factor back into Project Management with Microsoft Project 2007 and the 2007 Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution
Speaker: Kelvin Kirby, Director, EPM Consulting Group, Technology Associates International
Content: Using the latest suite of software tools from Microsoft and Technology Associates, this session will demonstrate how to be really effective in managing, presenting and taking control of projects. You will discover how putting the “WOW” factor back into project management can dramatically improve delivery and execution of projects whilst reducing costs.
Technology Associates International is a Microsoft Enterprise Project Premier Solution Provider, a Microsoft Gold Partner and an award winning company currently working on a number of Microsoft Project implementation including the UK's largest deployment of EPM 2007.
Thursday 13 March 2008 - 12.30 pm
Title: The Power of Portfolio Management
Speaker: Jonathan Ward, Managing Director, Severn - Tefen
Content: This paper provides a practical insight into the application of Portfolio Management. Since the turn of the century there has been a growing trend for organisations to see more in terms of strategic gain from their investments.
Portfolio Management techniques are designed to address shortfalls in investment funds and critical resources. The paper will illustrate how in practice PPM is often inhibited by organisational culture and inefficiencies.
Thursday 13 March 2008 - 13.30 pm
Title: Are you looking for an alternative to Microsoft Project?
Speaker: Andy Woodward, Asta Teamplan Customer Consultant, Asta Development
Content: If you are looking to improve the performance of your organisation you needn’t look any further than Asta Teamplan.
Asta Teamplan, Project Portfolio and Resource Management Software is comparable to Microsoft Project but also offers an integral resource management tool, a richer view of what is happening, top quality presentation of the project plan and is significantly easier to use. Find out more www.teamplan.co.uk
Thursday 13 March 2008 - 14.30 pm
Title: The Importance of Earned Value for Project Control
Speaker: Dr John Henry Looney, Managing Director, PSMJ Resources (UK)
Content: With respect to project management this is probably the most important topic you need to know. Leading the project team and controlling the project rests solidly on the shoulders of the project manager. Others may market the work and negotiate contracts, or even create the initial project budget and schedule for a project. But, when it comes to managing and controlling the project—the project manager has full responsibility, no one else.
Therefore it is critical that each project manager develops the project control skills required to complete each project successfully, and you cannot do this without understanding Earned Value. This seminar sets out the background briefly but focuses on a real work practical method for controlling your project and meeting your scope, schedule and profitability.
Wednesday 19 September 2007
Wednesday 19 September 2007 - 10.30 am
Title: Business Analysis methods, fads and fashions
Speaker: Guy Beauchamp, Business Analysis Consultant, Business Analyst Solutions Limited
Content: Business Analysis methods fads and fashions - they come and they go. Why? Analysis of business changes MUST all cover the same subject matter to analyse business requirements for a new business solution, so why are there so many methods for doing it? Could it be that analysis is hard and every method claims to miraculously make it easy? Could it be that some methods are designed to help developers develop code and not the business develop the business solutions? Could it be that there is money to be made in 'new' methods?
This talk aims to debunk the subject area and expose what is - in essence - the simple (if hard) process of business analysis. We will uncover the framework that is behind every method and make the case for a pragmatic and practical use of that framework in the analysis of business changes.
Wednesday 19 September 2007 - 11.30 am
Title: Getting timesheets to work
Speaker: Paul Bamforth, Sales Director, Asta Development
Content: Timesheets have an important part to play in effective project and programme management, however often the prospective timesheet users are reluctant to adopt them because of their “Big Brother” connotation.
This session explores the reasons behind these negative attitudes and the benefits timesheets offer both organisations and individuals, especially when they are linked directly into project plans. The session then looks at practical ways of removing the stigma and getting timesheets accepted culturally, including a number of real life examples.
Wednesday 19 September 2007 - 12.30 pm
Title: Simplify Project Planning with Mind Mapping®
Speaker: Brandon Conrad, Commercial Account Manager, MatchWare, Inc
Content: Mind Mapping allows you to brainstorm and plan, schedule and manage and finally present your projects to a wide range of audiences. All of this can be accomplished without recreating the data through the life cycle of a project. Use Mind Mapping to help every member of your team fully understand the project, contribute to planning, follow the project timeline and clearly visualise all tasks in an organised manner. Some Mind Mapping tools allow you to transform the mind map into a Gantt chart without having to re-enter data. To allow further collaboration many Mind Mapping tools have strong integration with MS Office and free viewers available.
This presentation will focus on how to simplify the project plan by demonstrating concrete tactics and techniques in Mind Mapping.
Wednesday 19 September 2007 - 13.30
Title: Using EPM in a Collaborative Environment
Speaker: Kelvin Kirby, Director, EPM Consulting Group - Technology Associates International
Content: The 2007 Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management solution provides organisations with excellent programme and project management capabilities and provides powerful collaborative functionality to assist in managing and communicating with teams and resources, as well as stakeholders. Executives, Programme, Project and Resource managers can review projects and resources to stay on track with budgets, deadlines and schedules through a collaborative approach.
Technology Associates International is a Microsoft Enterprise Project Premier Solution Provider, a Microsoft Gold Partner and a finalist in the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year award (EPM Category). The company specialises in deploying Microsoft Office EPM solutions and is currently working on the UK's largest deployment of EPM.
Wednesday 19 September 2007 - 14.30
Title: Resources Management with PSNext
Speaker: Ken Cooper, Sales and Marketing, Le Bihan Consulting
Content: With multiple strategic projects in motion, and many more on the horizon, how do you control the capacity of your departments? And the overload of a critical job, or competency? How does a member of your team keep track of his or her time and how do you update your projects with his or her actuals?
PSNext is a standard toolset for projects, resources and portfolio management enabling you to use the appropriate solution to the above questions.
Thursday 20 September 2007
Thursday 20 September 2007 - 10.30 am
Title: Benefit Realisation Management - pathway to project success
Speaker: Gerald Bradley, Chairman, Sigma Consulting
Content: Gerald will introduce some of the hindrances to effective benefit realisation and then outline a proven approach for addressing these challenges and for ensuring that projects and programmes deliver appropriate business value. He will show how stakeholders can be engaged and motivated and how a high percentage of the benefits (financial and non-financial) realisable from change, can actually and demonstrably be delivered.
He will also show how this approach fully supports the new version of MSP.
Thursday 20 September 2007 - 11.30 am
Title: Cradle to Grave Project Management using the Microsoft Project Server and Portfolio Server 2007 solutions
Speaker: Christopher Pond, Senior Consultant, Corporate Project Solutions
Content: Christopher Pond of Corporate Project Solutions will present the Microsoft EPM solution comprising Microsoft project Server and Microsoft portfolio Server.
Christopher will demonstrate the solution from capturing initial structured business case information, alignment to strategy and prioritisation of projects through to project initiation and detailed project control and monitoring.
Christopher is a Senior consultant with CPS and has Nine years experience in implementing and training on project management solutions. Corporate Project Solutions is the UK’s leading Microsoft EPM implementation partner and are exhibiting on stands 101 and 103.
Thursday 20 September 2007 - 12.30 pm
Title: Introducing the ITIL Service Lifecycle
Speaker: Jane Clark, Consultant, ConnectSphere
Content: The presentation will introduce ITIL Service Management Best Practice, its history and relationship with ISO/IEC 20000.
Initially introducing ITIL Service Management V2: Service Support and Service Delivery Processes. Service Support focuses on the more operational aspects of Service provision, with Service Delivery on the other hand concentrating on the less obvious processes.
ITIL has also moved on with the recent release of ITIL V3. Jane will overview the need for change and will introduce the structure of the ITIL Service Lifecycle. Finally, we will take a look at a few of the new concepts introduced in ITIL V3. You will also gain an understanding of the qualifications systems associated to both versions and the supporting publications available to bring it all to life.
Thursday 20 September 2007 - 13.30 pm
Title: Enterprise Project Management and Customer Relationship Management - An Integrated Approach
Speaker: Michael Wignall - Chief Technology Officer - Tubedale Communications Ltd
Content: Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM); two very different solutions, one integrated approach.
This presentation will demonstrate a fully integrated approach that combines Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management Solution with Microsoft’s Customer Relationship Management solution. Developed jointly by Tubedale and Microsoft, the solution allows users to combine the capabilities of both CRM and EPM to create through life, integrated, business processes. By supporting information flows back and forward between the EPM and CRM systems, users are better able to manage all activities related to customer contact, project fulfilment and service management.
Thursday 20 September 2007 - 14.30 pm
Title: Project & Programme Risk Management - the psychology in practice
Speaker: Mark Swabey, Managing Director, Risk Reasoning Ltd
Organisation: Risk Reasoning Ltd
Content: Risk management should be an integral part of project and programme management - but do we understand the way people behave when involved in risk management? This talk explores our attitudes to identifying, assessing, responding and managing risks. Some of the common psychological pitfalls of each step are exposed. Suggestions on how they can be avoided are provided with practical examples.
Wednesday 14 March 2007
Wednesday 14 March 2007 - 10.30 am
Title: Benefit Realisation Management – pathway to project success
Speaker: Gerald Bradley, Chairman, Sigma Consulting
Content: Gerald will introduce some of the hindrances to effective benefit realisation and then outline a proven approach for addressing these challenges and for ensuring that projects and programmes deliver appropriate business value.
He will show how stakeholders can be engaged and motivated and how a high percentage of the benefits (financial and non-financial) realisable from change, can actually and demonstrably be delivered.
Wednesday 14 March 2007 - 11.15 am
Title: Do you feel confident? – Risk Analyses within projects
Speaker: Ian Wallace, Project Risk Consultant, Palisade Europe Ltd
Content: Whether you are a client or a supplier, at the end of the day, project management boils down to confidence; not only in meeting deadlines but also in achieving the desired outcomes, some of which take years to accrue.
When people are confident, resources are easily available, morale is high and generally a project manager's life is a lot easier. However, when confidence is lost, life gets very tough as, suddenly, everyone 'deserts the ship'.
This precious commodity called 'confidence' needs to be closely guarded. Ian Wallace, an independent consultant, talks about his experience as a project manager and how he incorporates Risk Analyses into his project management. Using Monte Carlo simulation and probabilistic analysis within his project plans so difficult questions such as 'what are our chances?' can be answered.
Wednesday 14 March 2007 - 12.30 pm
Title: Best Practice; ‘How to create and maintain your plan using Microsoft Project’ sponsored by Microsoft
Speaker: Ivan Lloyd, Managing Consultant, Corporate Project Solutions
Content: Microsoft Project is the standard toolset for millions of people creating and maintaining project plans; and yet many users have had little or no training and are unaware of key functionality and best practice for effectively using the product.
Ivan Lloyd of Corporate Project Solutions will present the do’s and don’ts of how to easily build and update your project plan using Microsoft Project. Ivan is a Managing consultant with CPS and has fifteen years experience in implementing and training on project management solutions. Ivan also represents the UK on Microsoft’s advisory council in the US advising on future developments of the Microsoft Project platform.
Wednesday 14 March 2007 - 13.45 pm
Title: The 10 Step Software Estimation Process for Successful Software Planning, Measurement and Control
Speaker: Andy Robinson, Consultant, Galorath International
Content: An effective software estimate provides vital information for making project decisions, projecting performance, and defining objectives and plans, as well as providing an objective way of addressing expanding business requirements that most project managers are faced with.
This presentation details a 10-step estimation process that describes project metrics, building a viable project estimate, sizing the software, generating the estimate, and performing risk/uncertainty analysis.
Wednesday 14 March 2007 - 15.00 pm
Title: Making the right PPM decisions
Speaker: David Smith, Solutions Strategist
Content: With multiple strategic projects in motion, and many more on the table, consistently selecting the right projects is no easy task.
This presentation will investigate which initiatives an organisation should invest in, and having chosen those important investments, how an organisation should manage the delivery of those activities effectively. We will discuss how a PPM tool can assist an organisation to prioritise its strategic investments, evaluate budgetary and resource constraints and then execute the delivery process.
Thursday 15 March 2007
Thursday 15 March 2007 - 10.00 am
Title: Know your process: an introduction to dynamic process models for keeping projects on track
Speaker: Andy Carmichael, VP International Operations, Ivis Technologies
Content: An understanding of process, and how processes vary between the projects in your programme or portfolio, is fundamental to effective Enterprise Project Management. The models of the process behind projects can provide teams with immediate access to the standard and best practices within an organization. However static or inappropriate process models can lock teams into outmoded or inefficient practices that reduce their effectiveness and inhibit collaboration within and between teams.
This session looks at how the process behind projects can be modelled using task patterns, artifact patterns and process types. It shows how projects can benefit from process improvements that occur during project execution, and how these changes, as well as those to estimates, priorities and resources, can be tracked and continually assist management decision making. The session will draw on a case study from a software development project for a financial services product, and show how the agile process adopted by this team was enhanced, and more effectively controlled, by their dynamic process model.
Thursday 15 March 2007 - 11.15 am
Title: Effective resource management: the key to project success
Speaker: Paul Bamforth, Managing Director, Asta Development plc
Content: People, your most valuable resource, are the most important element of all projects. It’s therefore vital to ensure they are used as effectively as possible.
This session looks at the resource management benefits of project portfolio management and the results of independent research into key issues in the management of staff time. It then focuses on key resource issues in three different scenarios: teams who deliver projects for external clients, internal teams and teams delivering billable work such as consultants or trainers.
Thursday 15 March 2007 - 12.30 pm
Title: A day in the life of a project manager through rose glasses
Speaker: Kevin Gould, Product Manager, Strategic Thought Group
Content: Projects always run to plan don’t they? OK, so they don’t, but how can we learn from what the leaders in delivering some of the largest programmes ever undertaken are doing to address this using risk management and advanced levels of integration and collaboration with their customers, senior executive, colleagues and suppliers to understand and manage expectation, deploy it, deliver against it and at the earliest opportunity identify when something needs to be escalated because something has changed or failed.
Thursday 15 March 2007 - 13.45 pm
Title: Realising the benefits of Microsoft's 2007 EPM Solution
Speaker: Kelvin Kirby, Director EPM Consulting Group, Technology Associates International
Content: The 2007 Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution helps effectively manage and prioritise projects and resources across your organization. Microsoft designed the EPM Solution for organisations needing strong team coordination, standardisation across projects and programs, centralised resource management, as well as high-level reporting about projects and resources. We will demonstrate the new features of this solution as well as showing the advantages of a fully hosted version of the EPM solution.
Thursday 15 March 2007 - 15.00 pm
Title: Project Risk Assessment – Why and How?
Speaker: Simon White, UK Professional Services Manager, Pertmaster International
Content: A talk presenting the arguments in favour of adopting a risk assessment strategy:
What are the benefits to the business? What do the project team get out of it? How do the stakeholders benefit? How is it driven by the needs of the business?
Also presenting some example risk assessment strategies, including some best-practice risk assessment techniques.
Tuesday 19 September
Tuesday 19 September - 10.30 am
Title: Benefit Realisation Management – pathway to project success
Speaker: Gerald Bradley, Chairman, Sigma Consulting
Content: Gerald will introduce some of the hindrances to effective benefit realisation and then outline a proven approach for addressing these challenges and for ensuring that projects and programmes deliver appropriate business value. He will show how stakeholders can be engaged and motivated and how a high percentage of the benefits (financial and non-financial) realisable from change, can actually and demonstrably be delivered.
Tuesday 19 September - 11.30 am
Title: The REAL benefits of Project Portfolio Management
Speaker: Michael McCullen, MD, Asta Development Plc
Content: What do you think are the business benefits of Project Portfolio Management? We recently conducted an industry-wide survey to find out what really matters to the people managing multiple projects, costs and resources on a daily basis.
The session will focus on the results of the study, providing a true insight into what people in business and industry think are the benefits of PPM. This industry-wide perspective can then be used to promote PPM and improved work practices within departments and organisations.
Tuesday 19 September - 12.30 pm
Title: Confessions of a Head of Projects
Speaker: Eddie Borup and John Earwood, ILX Group plc
Content: Eddie Borup and John Earwood were part of the senior management team leading the programme and project management group for a large global organization with 106 project staff before becoming one of the first registered consultants in programme and project management.
Eddie, John and his team are now leading the way on helping organizations improve their programme and project management capability using the Office of Government Commerce(OGC) Maturity Models.
Eddie and John will bring alive through examples and practical hints and tips how the forward think organizations are getting better at delivering their business goals by switching their focus from outputs to outcomes.
Tuesday 19 September - 13.30 pm
Title: Introducing the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Timesheet Solution
Speaker: Ivan Lloyd, Managing Consultant, Corporate Project Solutions
Content: With the 2007 release of the Microsoft EPM solution, Microsoft has invested significantly evolving the time collection functionality into an Enterprise level timesheet solution. This session will provide an insight into how the solution can support organisations of all sizes with both project and non-project related time collection requirements.
Tuesday 19 September - 14.30 pm
Title: "If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here" – Getting Enterprise Risk Management into your Organisation
Speaker: Mark Swabey & Stuart Gruszka, Risk Reasoning Ltd
Content: Risk management is all too often a set of disparate activities carried out by individuals. The results are fragmentary and impossible to correlate across an organisation.
The authors illustrate the problems that this can cause, demonstrate the ways to overcome them with a collaborative Enterprise Risk Management approach and yet show a positive return on investment.
Wednesday 20 September
Wednesday 20 September - 10.30 am
Title: Enterprise Project Management and Portfolio Project Management - Introducing Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007
Speaker: Christopher Pond, Senior Consultant, Corporate Project Solutions
Content: Add value to your strategic development programme with Project Portfolio Server, recognised by industry analysts as a leading PPM solution that helps organisations to gain visibility, insight and control. This new technology is causing a high level of interest in all business sectors and complements the Microsoft EPM solution implemented globally by CPS.
Wednesday 20 September - 11.30 am
Title: Are Tools the Total Project Solution?
Speaker: Steve Wickham, WPM Group
Content: Consistently good project management relies upon a combination of a sound method and appropriate tools for the job, but how often are these integrated?
When busy managing your project and wanting to refer to your organisation’s method document, is it convenient? This presentation describes a solution having a multi-project data repository for documentation, project logs and plans alongside contextual PRINCE2-compliant method help that can be tailored to the organisation.
Wednesday 20 September - 12.30 pm
Title: The Emerging Influence of Project Intelligence
Speaker: Sarim Khan, CEO Pertmaster Ltd
Content: The importance of managing risk and uncertainties on large projects has never been greater for many project-led organizations. In some cases initial poor portfolio selection and subsequently weak project planning, delivery and closeout has led project-led organizations into difficulties on many levels; financial, competitive and legislative. The project and portfolio challenges facing these companies spread across the entire project lifecycle and portfolio selection, this is also the case for large capitol investment and asset management projects. In this presentation Sarim will focus on 5 key areas:
- Assessing Candidate Selection for the Portfolio
- Realistic Assignment and Forecasting of Project Funds
- Modelling & Reporting “Real World” Events
- Intelligent Risk Mitigation Scenarios
- Accurate Portfolio Analysis & Intelligence Reporting
Positive management of these difficulties in their changing business environment is crucial for the future success of many of these companies. Today companies are seeking out project intelligence solutions to enable their staff to improve confidence on reporting, managing and forecasting project and portfolios.
Wednesday 20 September - 13.30 pm
Title: Managing an Effective IT Governance Solution
Speaker: Kerry Litten, Senior Principal, INS
Content: In an era of stringent cost management and strict legislative requirements, IT governance has never been more critical. An effective IT governance solution can provide organisations with a resilient platform driving greater efficiencies in management and promoting business innovation and growth. IT becomes empowered and aligned with the overall business strategy and decision making structures.
INS will provide a demonstration of how the Microsoft Office System can enable a strong foundation for an IT governance solution. This solution has three major components to it. The first is an IT scorecard that reflects the IT strategy and alignment with the business. The second is collaboration, document management and workflow to support governance. The third is project & portfolio management. This comprehensive solution utilises multiple Microsoft technologies, including Business Scorecard Manager, Project Server, SQL Server with Analysis and Reporting Services, UMT Portfolio Manager, SharePoint, and many others.
Wednesday 20 September - 14.30 pm
Title: PRINCE2: Torbay or not to be - that is the question...
Speaker: Paul Bradley of SPOCE Project Management Ltd
Content: ...Here is the answer. Over the last 18 months Torbay Council has conducted a training programme for PRINCE2 consisting of boardroom briefings, introduction events, and foundation level distance learning using P2 Passport from SPOCE.To ensure the training was effective and culturally embedded through the Council, a project management system has been developed to provide guidance on how to manage projects within Torbay Council. The guidance includes step-by-step process information, project templates and guidance on techniques.
Wednesday 15 March
Wednesday 15 September - 10.30 am
Title: Benefit Realisation Management - pathway to project success
Speaker: Gerald Bradley, Chairman, Sigma Consulting
Content: Gerald will introduce some of the hurdles and hindrances to effective benefit realisation and then outline a proven approach for addressing these challenges and for ensuring that projects and programmes deliver appropriate business value. He will show how a high percentage of the benefits (financial and non-financial) realisable from change, can actually and demonstrably be delivered.
Wednesday 15 September - 11.30 am
Title: Earned Value – is it really all its cracked up to be?
Speaker: David Dunning, Director, Corporate Project Solutions Ltd
Content: Earned value – there are books, papers, conferences and tools on the topic. David Dunning suggests that there is nothing special about a technique which he believes is simply a natural consequence of good project management in organisations with the maturity to handle it. As director of Corporate Project Solutions, David's job is to develop and implement enterprise project management solutions for organisations in a variety of sectors – and yes, that can and does include configuring EV systems, particularly in industries such as defence
David believes that there are three basic requirements if EV is going to be worth doing and really add value:
- People and their skills
- Clear, well defined processes
- Technology to support the people and the processes to function more effectively
David will present the basic principles of EVM, and make a case for a maturity based implementation process.
Wednesday 15 September - 12.30 pm
Title: Artemis Public Sector Solution
Speaker: Brian Harrington - Public Sector Business Manager, Artemis
Content: Artemis International Solutions is a leading supplier of programme and project management solutions and is celebrating 30 years in the industry. Artemis provides industry based solutions that help organisations address their specific business requirements.
The Artemis Public Sector solution enables improved programme and project delivery, funding management and the effective monitoring of performance against key Public Sector targets. The solution features include:
- Multi-dimensional views of links between objectives and programme characteristics
- Key performance indicators to ensure consistency between schedules, budget, funding and actuals at all levels
- Full collaborative environment for sharing programme data with all stakeholders
- Full lifecycle benefits and target tracking including non-fiscal and non-fiscal efficiency gains targets
Wednesday 15 September - 13.30 pm
Title: Project Risk Assessment – Why and How?
Speaker: Simon White, UK Client Services Manager, Pertmaster Ltd
Content: A talk presenting the arguments in favour of adopting a risk assessment strategy:
- What are the benefits to the business?
- What do the project team get out of it?
- How do the stakeholders benefit?
- How is it driven by the needs of the business?
Also presenting some example risk assessment strategies, including some best-practice risk assessment techniques.
Wednesday 15 September - 14.30 pm
Title: Delivering Best Practice Project Management in your organisation
Speaker: Olivia Reynolds, Senior Pre-Sales Solution Consultant, EMEA, Clarity Division, BSO (formerly Niku)
Content: Many organisations recognise that they need to improve their efficiency in the management and delivery of projects, making the best use of their people and financial resources. How can a unified (and simplified) solution help organisations execute their projects with control and predictability by ensuring their best practices are leveraged across their entire project portfolio.
If you would like to receive a copy of Olivia Reynolds presentation Delivering Best Practice Project Management in your organisation please contact laura.sirs@ca.com.
Thursday 16 March
Thursday 16 September - 10.30 am
Title: PRINCE2 the solution?
Speaker: Cyril Caulkin ILX Group
Content: Cyril will explore how to assess the business needs and focus on the outcomes and business benefits.
How do we do this?
By introducing PRINCE2 on a pragmatic basis to show how organisations can produce the right products which leads to these end results.
Thursday 16 September - 11.30 am
Title: Governance in Programmes- command and control or value creation?
Speaker: Kevin Parry - Director, Consultancy Services - Program Management Group Plc
Content: Kevin will talk about managing programme portfolios through effective governance. What do we mean by governance? What is the right level and what does best practice look like? He will look at some common mis-conceptions, how to select the right information and what a governance body needs to include – and exclude! Today, governance is critical to all companies and this needs to connect the business governance with the governance of key projects and programmes. There is no single formula to do this but Kevin will cover what to look for and how to get started.
Thursday 16 September - 12.30 pm
Title: Pitfalls in Risk Management – A Bakers Dozen!
Speaker: Mark Swabey, Managing Director, Risk Reasoning Ltd
Content: Risk Management it should be straightforward – shouldn’t it? Too often, simple pitfalls defeat the best intentions, leading to serious risk mismanagement. The author identifies the most common pitfalls, from his own experiences in providing consultancy and tools to support risk management. Simple, straightforward solutions are proposed to remedy the pitfalls and make risk management easier.
Thursday 16 September - 13.30 pm
Title: Microsoft – Project & Portfolio Management Solution
Speaker: Graham Shakespeare, Solution Specialist - EPM, Microsoft Ltd and Yorai Linenberg, Founding Partner, UMT
Content: Following on from the recent acquisition of UMT’s technology and portfolio framework, Microsoft can extend the Office EPM Solution to offer an end-to-end enterprise project & portfolio management solution. This will enable Microsoft to quickly deliver on our vision of bringing project portfolio management, prioritisation and selection capabilities to all levels of an organization. This session will showcase this solution, its capabilities and integration with the Microsoft Office EPM Solution.
Thursday 16 September - 14.30 pm
Title: Enterprise Project Management and Accountancy – I.Q. for Enterprise Projects
Speaker: Kevin Finn, Executive Technical Director – Queue Associates UK Limited and Chris Marriott, Managing Director – Intellient Limited,
Content: Single-point of entry, integrated systems from Microsoft, financial control to the heart of your projects. Kevin and Chris will show how a fully integrated solution will help your organisation take control of your project resources and finances. If you are interested in the financial control of your projects linked to your resource management then you must not miss this presentation.