Event Type: PMO Branch Event

Topic: Project Critical Success Factors and the PMO

Overview:
Organizations need to continuously adapt and restructure in order to survive and grow. Strategic management is an art of survival and project management is an output of this creative art. It is crucial to understand the link between project management and strategic management and its implications for project managers in order to enable the successful completion of project objectives.
It is one thing to say that a project is completed right, and it is another thing to say that the right project is completed right. So, this leads us to ask the following questions:

1. What are the critical success factors that project managers need to be aware of in a PMO?

2. What are the different levels of project success within a PMO?

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Wael Ramadan is a Professor of Project Management and Strategy at the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. He is an internationally experienced consultant, author and speaker. Wael’s contribution to the professional community includes serving on Boards of professional organizations including: Project Management Institute (PMI) - Lakeshore Chapter as President (2013-2014), Universal Journal of Management (UJOM), and Project World among others.

As an entrepreneur, Wael co-founded and lead two manufacturing businesses from scratch to market leadership and he enjoyed negotiating and winning two national bids.
Wael is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), LRQA - ISO Quality Auditor (2000), and Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2001. His academic background includes: B.Eng. in Biochemical Engineering - University College London (UK), MBA - Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands), PhD - Cleveland State University (US).
Wael is the recipient of seven scholarships including Fulbright and he is the author of the book "The Asset That Money Can't Buy". Wael has delivered 2000+ hours of PMP Exam Prep training and he is an occasional speaker at professional organizations.

Agenda:

6:00pm – 6:30pm = Event Registration, Networking and Light Meal

6:30pm – 7:30pm = Presentation with Q & A

7:30pm – 8:00pm = Wrap up and Networking

Fees: (subject to HST)
PMI Toronto Members (login prior to registering) -$25

Non-Members and Guests - $30

PDUs: 1.5 (1.0 Leadership / 0.5 Strategic)