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Event Type: PMO Branch Event and Government Community Event

Topic: Putting the “E” in PMO - A Look at the Value Proposition of EPMOs in Strategy Fulfillment and Realizing Benefits

Overview:
Enterprise Project (Program) Management Offices are the way of the future. In theory, EPMOs can potentially play a critical role in delivering organizational value, yet many organizations struggle in moving to an EPMO, realizing the benefits, and positioning it for long-term success.

Effective EPMOs have a broad enterprise-wide responsibility and help direct strategy and focus on value delivery. Organizations that align their EPMO to strategy report 27 percent more projects completed successfully and 42 percent fewer projects with scope creep.

Join the PMO Branch and our expert speakers as we explore various aspects of EPMOs such as:

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

Benefits Realization:

• Connecting Project Execution to Strategy Fulfillment (What do EPMOs have to do differently to show bottom line impact for their organization?)
• Developing Strong Capabilities (achieving greater maturity as an EPMO). 

Speaker Bio:

Andy Jordan

Andy is also named in the field of Project Management as one the most inspiring and influential people today in the field – certainly he was the one who inspired this evening’s event on “Putting the E in PMO’s”

Andy Jordan is a Global Thought Leader, Speaker, Author and Instructor on Project/Program/Portfolio Management (PPPM) whose work spans multiple industries including public sector, financial, telecom and technology. Andy is the President of an Ontario based consulting firm (Roffensian Consulting Inc.) and is currently doing work for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

Andy will join us to speak on PPM, The Secret to EPMO Success and as a panel member

EPMOs are created for many different reasons, but sooner or later they are going to be expected to contribute to strategic success.  That drives the organization to look at portfolio management or PPM, and that’s where things can go very well or very wrong.  In this presentation global PMO and PPM thought leader Andy Jordan explores the three key elements of PPM success:

A meaningful mandate
Ownership and accountability for the portfolio lifecycle
Portfolio focused execution at all project delivery levels
Andy will not only explain how these elements work together, he’ll offer a roadmap for your journey towards PPM success and tips for gaining leadership buy in. Andy’s presentations are always engaging and he will challenge you to rethink your approach to EPMOs and PPM. Register now and see why Andy has been named to global top 10 lists for both most inspiring and most influential people in project management.

Evan Zelikovitz 

Evan Zelikovitz is PMI’s, Manager - Corporate & Government Relations for Canada, where he is responsible for PMI’s public affairs and government relations practice in Canada.  Evan works within PMI’s Organization Markets group where he is responsible for engaging with both government and private corporations in assisting them with their organizational project management capabilities.  Mr. Zelikovitz helps organizations better understand and recognize the value of project management with the objective of helping organizations realize project and business success. Evan's presentation title will be on "ePMOs and Benefits Realization".

Mr. Zelikovitz advises organizations on both Public Affairs and Strategic Communication matters with a particular focus on:

• Government Relations
• Crisis Communications
• Litigation Communications
• Stakeholder Relations
  Haresh Desai

Haresh is Vice President of the Enterprise Project Office for Symcor.

In addition Haresh and his team at Symcor were recognized as the runners up for this year's PMO of the Year awards through PMI.

A seasoned Business/ IT professional with over 22 years of experience in aligning technical strategies to organizational goals within the financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. Experience includes application development, program and project management for high availability, mission critical systems with strong emphasis on risk management. Employs abilities to foster excellent vendor management relationships that moves outsourcing to the level of strong partnerships. Forged strong client relationships by assisting clients in identifying and implementing solutions to increase productivity and reduce costs. 

Haresh Desai's presentation title will be on "ePMOs and Benefits Realization"

Wilson Ramirez

Wilson is the Principal of ProjectAdvisor.com. He is an expert in Program and Project Management Assurance. He has 22+ years of senior management experience centered around program risk, large scale program and project management; program advisory & delivery; strategic management consulting and technology & business management.

Wilson specializes in truly Complex Business Transformation and Enterprise Assurance and has worked alongside Executive and Senior Vice Presidents of large enterprise organizations.

Wilson’s strongest area of expertise is Complex Project Assurance and PMOs: designing and implementing custom tailored Management Control and Governance Systems and Tools to effectively eliminate, reduce or mitigate project and program risks and Quality Assurance Systems to ensure customer quality expectations are satisfied. 
He has developed a wealth of field-proven Intellectual Property and has hands-on implemented Project Assurance interventions for large projects portfolios of $2.5 Billion and corporate Crises for up to $1B of impact. 
Wilson’s will be speaking on “Governance of ePMOs”.

• What does it mean to add an “e” to PMO
• What are the most significant challenges with ePMOs
• Organizational positioning of an ePMO for effective Governance
• ePMOs and Effective Governance Mandate for Implementation

Agenda:
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Event Registration, Networking and Light Meal
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Intros and Presentations
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Panel Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Wrap up and Networking

Fees: (subject to HST)
PMI-SOC Members (login prior to registering) - $30.00
Non-Members (includes PMI Members, Students & Guests) - $40.00

Webstreaming: REGISTRATION CLOSED
PMI-SOC Members (login prior to registering) - $15.00
Non-Members (includes PMI Members, Students & Guests) - $20.00 

PDUs: 2.5 (1.5 Leadership/ 1 Strategic)

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