PMO Summit 2008, December 8-10 Coconut Grove, Florida

Extending the Value and Reach of the PMO
While Leveraging the Power of Social Capital

The PMO Summit 2008 is for PMO executives who want to take their project management office to the next level... moving beyond a strict focus on technology and accreditation, effectively incorporating the "soft skills" associated with team-building and leadership development to create a more holistic PMO strategy.

The International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) PMO Summit 2008 will feature:

• 4 Interactive and Practical Pre-Conference Workshops (3 hours each)
  • Successful IT Governance: Successfully Engaging Every Business Manager in Governance
  • Expected Behaviors for Team Performance: Road Rules, Not Road Rage
  • Business vs. Theory Driven PMOs: The Five Dimensions of the Modern PMO
  • Assessing Your Organization’s Project Management Maturity: OPM3 Assessment
• Conference Day 1 - Presentation Agenda
  • How Accident Fund Became PMO of the Year 2008
  • Dropped Calls: Communication and Risk
  • Achieving Executive Buy-In by Building The Business Base For The PMO Function
  • Delivering On The Business Case Promise: Program Design
  • The Zen Of Aligning Your Project Portfolio To Strategic Objectives
  • Transformation Of The PMO From Being A Project Oversight Organization To A Service Delivery Organization
  • Panel Discussion: Review the PMI's Organizational Project Management Maturity Model
  • Completing The Puzzle - Building A PM Development Framework
• Conference Day 2 - Presentation Agenda
  • PMO 2.0: Redefining The PMO As A Business Management Center Of Excellence
  • Leveraging Technology For Efficiently Managing Collections Of Corporate Projects
  • Focusing On The Soft Skills Of PMO: Leading Change
  • A Project Governance Model: Identifying Your Blue Chips & Controlling Your Projects From Initiation To Closure
  • What Is In Your Communication Toolbox?
  • Project Portfolio Management: Prerequisites, Perks and Pitfalls
  • The New Project Manager And Their Role In The PMO

To find out more about the PMO Summit 2008, visit the IQPC PMO Summit 2008.

Or, kindly contact Cornelius Fichtner of BOT International and The Project Management Podcast or Katrina Corns of the IQPC per the email links below:

• Cornelius Fichtner, Chairperson for the PMO Summit 2008
• Katrina Corns, Conference Director of the PMO Summit 2008