Is your role within a Project Management Office (PMO) or are you interested in finding out how your PMO can enhance value to your organization? For many organizations, a struggle exists to define the PMO role, to position it for long-term success and to leverage the office to realize the benefits sought. Organizations that align their Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) to strategy report 27 percent more projects completed successfully and 42 percent fewer projects with scope creep. There will be 3 presentations follows by a panel discussion, which will allow the participants to identify a link between EPMO, Strategy and Benefits Realization. You can participate either in person or virtually. Join the PMO Branch and our expert speakers as we explore various aspects of EMPO, such as:

• Starting an EPMO or transitioning from a PMO(s): Pitfalls and Lessons Learned
• Aligning your EPMO with Organizational Strategy
• Link between EPMO and PM maturity of practice
• Three elements of PPM Success and a roadmap to PMO success

The guest speaker will be Haresh Desai. Haresh has over 22 years of experience aligning technical strategies to organizational goals within the financial services, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors. Haresh and his team at Symco were recognized as the runners up for this year’s PMO of the Year awards through PMI. Haresh will be joined by Andy Jordan and Wilson Ramirez. Andy Jordan is a Global Thought Leader, Speaker, Author and Instructor on Project/Program/Portfolio Management (PPPM) whose work spans multiple industries including the public sector, financial, telecom, and technology. Wilson Ramirez has 22+ years of senior management experience centred around program risk, large scale program and project management, program advisory and delivery, strategic management consulting and technology & business management. The session will take place on February 9th, 2017 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event will be held at KPMG, suite 4600, on 333 Bay Street in Toronto. To learn more or to register go to http://www.soc.pmi.on.ca/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=902773&group= Please share this event with anyone in your organization that may benefit from this session.