PMI SOC Greater Toronto
Information Systems Branch

Presenter

James Walker, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

 

Host

Date of Event

Thurs. Oct  20, 2011
 

Time

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 

Location

The Conference Centre at the OBA
200-20 Toronto Street
Toronto, ON M5C 2B8
(east of Yonge, north of King)

Nearest subway:  King Street
Parking:  Street parking, ample parking lots

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James Walker
 

Functional Sizing and Estimation Specialist


James Walker is currently a Project Manager for Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) and has 10 years' experience working in Enterprise Computing and over 7 years experience working in the field of Project Management.

His list of multi-million dollar programs consist of innovative cloud computing initiatives, large scale office tower moves, along with several financial, ITand marketing system deployments.

Early in his PM career, James designed and implemented the PM Methodology for FMC and he is wll versed in the tactical challenges of implementing a formal PM Methodology from square one.

James' presentation will illustrate the evolution of the PM Methodology; past, present and future, while sharing his experiences, strategic philosophies and his unique brand of adaptive service oriented project management.
 


 

Presentation synopsis

Project Management continues to grow in many organizations around the world. Today, more businesses are injecting formal project management best practices into the central nervous system of their organization. As companies expand to respond to booming Market needs, or budget cuts to comply with an industry recession, the PM Methodology is always evolving.

In the past, many organizations reactively first incorporated Project Management into their environment to address internal efficiency issues. This first step in siding with formal Project Management tools, techniques and best practices is often the first major stage of the PM evolution. This adoption stage can often be seen as the Governance phase.

After Project Management successfully establishes a proven track record and the benefits are truly realized, the last major stage in the evolution is when the PM Methodology becomes self-serving within an organization. In this stage of the evolution, all areas of the business are adopting Project Management philosophies by initiating the need for Project Management assistance and injecting PM ideals into their individual business units.

This presentation will showcase the journey of a leading national law firm’s Project Management Office from its early beginnings to present day, while illustrating how a PM Methodology can evolve from a governance based model to an in-demand service oriented platform.
 

Presentation Chapters:

Chapter One: Governance and Inception
• Create the concept of Project Centricity
• Introduce industry best practices
• Introduce PM Scorecards and promote Resource accountability
• Ensure validation, change management and proper signoff

Chapter Two: Progressive Elaboration
• Improve internal processes
• Incorporate increased business analysis
• Increased risk response planning
• Introduce metrics and trending
Chapter Four: Self Serving
• Tailor concepts for non-project managers
• Promote Methodology ease of use
• Strategically increase core competencies

Chapter Three: Adaptive Elaboration
• Expansion response planning
• Recession response planning
• Assessing the Economies of scale

Chapter Five: The Future, Aiding in Innovation
• Migrating to organic/iterative requirements management
• Accepted risks for the greater good
• Changing the mindset of lessons learned
 

Agenda

Timetable:

6:00 PM Doors open for registrations and refreshments will be served
6:50 PM Announcements & Introductions
7:00 PM Presentation starts
8:30 PM Event closes
 

Registration Fees

PDU

PDUs: 1.5

Knowledge Area: 10 (All)

Process Area: 06 (All)

Application Area: 09 (Information System)

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