Meetings
Next Chapter Meeting

Date:
Wednesday, 8 September 2010, 5:30pm for 6pm start

Location:
City West Receptions
45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth

Guest Speaker(s):
Chris Bragg PMP, B.Sc.
Managing Director, Middle East
TenStep

Topic:

Project Management as a core competency for Strategic Success – enter the Strategic Project Management Office (SPMO)

The recent financial crisis induced some extensive soul searching in the business schools, governments and board rooms globally, asking questions about sustainability and successful execution of strategy, as opposed to just 'having a strategy'.

This has added volume and credibility to those voices (one of whom has been the PMI® itself) stressing that a sound strategy must incorporate both strategy formulation and strategy execution. In a more practical and immediate context, we are hearing more and more senior executives, high ranking government officials, and company owners, asking how they can improve their success rates with strategic execution.

We see increasing awareness and recognition that project management, the ability to make critical strategic changes happen as planned, is a core competency for successful strategy execution. This applies equally to internal projects (e.g. ERP implementations or restructuring) and external projects (for projectised organizations and the service industry)

This presentation presents a high level view of a simple, practical structure, the Strategic Project Management Office (SPMO) that has been developed by experience working to help organizations meet real practical needs, rather than on any business school theory. While it is honed by practical considerations, it has a solid base in 'state of the art' best practices. We make reference to a recent case study to illustrate the concept.

The SPMO combines the processes used to drive Strategic Performance Management and Strategy Formulation with the Project Portfolio Management and Project Management processes used to drive Strategy Execution in a way that avoids replication and redundancy.

Central to the idea (as in project management) is the need to maximise communication, consensus and commitment at all levels, and the notion that 'you can't manage what you can't measure'.

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General Information.

Meetings are generally held on the second Wednesday of every month.

Time:

Registration from 5:30pm for a 6pm start

 
Location: City West Receptions
45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth
Cost: Free for PMI WA Chapter Members, $25 non members
Parking: Street parking is free after 5pm, along Plaistowe Mews or Sutherland Street. There are hundred os bays located across the street, behind the complex and under City West (Scitech) - no ticket required after 5pm. See here for more details.

 
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Venue Details

The venue is located close to the City West train station and has plenty of free parking available behind the complex, on the street or undercover in the City West complex a few minutes walk away.

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The Cambridge Room
City West Receptions
45 Plaistowe Mews, West Perth

 

 
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