Next week on the 2nd June there is a free session from the PMOSIG taking place at the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank. The event is open to anyone interested in P
MO and specifically in this session it’s the people challenges that will be covered.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows;
4.00-4:30 Registration Tea/Coffee
4:30 – 4:40 Welcome and setting the context
4:40- 5:40 Session I – Andy Taylor of People Deliver Projects
This session will take the form of a debate by the group i.e. not a presentation. We would avoid: Tools, methods, structures etc, and instead look at people and relationships. The eventual outcome would be a recommended ‘spec’ for the development needs for PMO professionals, but the main thrust of the debate would be to identify:
- The most important and challenging relationships for PMO members
- The behaviours that are encountered and need to be dealt with
- The people skills that the best PMO members exhibit
And it would be interesting to ask the overall key questions:
- How important is this need? And
- How well satisfied is this need right now?
To add some interest and robustness there would be an on-line survey which brings some parametrics to the table.
5:40- 6:40 Session II –Donnie MacNicol of Team Animation
PMO/EPMO/SEO – it’s not what you call it, its you do with it that matters
- Who is a PMO for? What value can a PMO add to them? How does business perceive and measure value? How well do we understand executives and what drives them?
- If a PMO is for the business leaders, how do you identify what is important to them and then maximise the value – objective and subjective?
- How do you design a PMO to fit the context and culture of an organisation? How do you engage the business and sustain that engagement?
- What skills are therefore required, as discussed in the earlier session from those who lead and manage the PMO?
6:40 – 7.00 PMOSIG Final Session
An opportunity to decamp to a local bar or pub for further networking after the meeting – depending on who is up for it!
To register your interest in attending you can book through the website and it’s free to attend
