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Portfolio HEADWAY: Selecting the Right Projects: Just Because It Is A Great Project Doesn't Mean It Is The Right Project

by Craig Curran-Morton

September 22, 2009 | 56:51 | Views: 1,922 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.08 / 5

A major step in any portfolio is ensuring that the organization selects the right projects to proceed with at the right time. While most projects have some merit, that merit has to be weighted against the value that other projects will bring to an organization. Not every project should be done right here and right now. This Portfolio HEADWAY webinar will examine the process of selecting a project--from documenting and screening the original idea, developing a business case, making the final selection and then prioritizing those selected projects. Join us for this webinar! This might just be the right presentation at the right time for you.

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Business-Driven PMOs: Setting Up a PMO

by Mark Price Perry

September 03, 2009 | 61:29 | Views: 569 | PDUs: | Rating: 4.09 / 5

This webinar will discuss considerations and techniques for setting up or refreshing a PMO and will explain and provide examples of how PMO Architecture can ensure the success of your PMO.

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Portfolio HEADWAY: Project Portfolio Management - Where Do I Begin?

by Craig Curran-Morton

August 18, 2009 | 60:25 | Views: 989 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.03 / 5

As a company grows and matures, so too should its view of project management. Accordingly, there is often an inherent recognition (or sudden realization) that the company manages projects and programs and needs to do so with solid project management processes. With this new awareness comes the opportunity to manage projects and programs in a coordinated fashion--thus the birth of a portfolio within an organization. But where should you begin? What needs to happen in order to set up that portfolio? In this Portfolio HEADWAY webinar, we will be examining project portfolio management and the foundations that must be in place to ensure that the portfolio is there for the long haul.

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Change HEADWAY: Extreme Project Management - Building the Bridge as You Walk On It

by Craig Curran-Morton

July 21, 2009 | 58:39 | Views: 1,422 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 3.90 / 5

Remember the last project management basics course you attended? The instructor probably talked about the importance of the project plan and that by doing "proper" planning on your project the project will be successful. The plan becomes the silver bullet and if you manage to it, the project will be fine. While great in theory, there are many of us who are finding the traditional approach to project management just simply does not work for us anymore on some of our more dynamic projects. Our projects seem to be in constant flux, always changing, often requiring frequent changes in direction as the end goal of the project is moved, our stakeholders change and we are required to shift our project management approach. The notion of "on-time, on-buget, on-scope" seems to be more of a myth than reality and the idea of being able to plan the whole project at the beginning and sticking close to our project plan is long dead. Join us in our next Change HEADWAY webinar where will be examining the concept of extreme project management and exploring some of the opportunities this project management approach presents and the pitfalls we should avoid.

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Project HEADWAY Webinar: Selling Project Management to Your Organization: Are They Buying?

by Craig Curran-Morton

June 16, 2009 | 57:57 | Views: 1,437 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 3.95 / 5

Project managers often express frustration that those in the executive and management roles within their organizations do not 'get' project management. They don't appear to believe that project management has any value or , if they do, they often pay it lip-service but do not appear to be committed to actually implementing and using it. As project managers, we can often see the direct benefits of the structure, rigour and control that project management brings and would like our organizations to take project management to the next level. But how? Where should we start? What approach should we take? Why isn't management listening to us? In this Project HEADWAY webinar, we will be interviewing Mark Mullaly, the President of Interthink Consulting Incorporated and a co-lead of PMI's Value of Project Management research study. Mark will provide insights into the challenges that we experience and offer suggestions for how we can try to gain the support and commitment of management to the project management process.

PMXPO 2009 Keynote: Fourth and Goal: Making the Tough Calls that Make Leaders Successful

by Bill Cowher

May 14, 2009 | 19:50 | Views: 630 | PDUs: | Rating: 4.31 / 5

Every year, as summer fades, 32 organizations kick off the same project with the same goal, but only one can finally achieve it. That's what we call the NFL season, and the ultimate measure of success is that elusive Super Bowl ring. As head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bill Cowher tackled that project 15 times, and he knows how sweet that success can be.

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Scrum in the Waterfall

by Dave Prior

May 08, 2009 | 45:42 | Views: 1,946 | PDUs: | Rating: 4.23 / 5

Just because you are working in a waterfall organization doesn't mean you can't be Agile. Join Dave Prior as he walks you through a case study on implementing Scrum in a waterfall environment. He offers some key practices and data points that will enable you to be successful in both keeping the team productive and providing the information needed to build trust and confidence with the Project Sponsors and Senior Executives you need to support your Agile implementation.

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Project HEADWAY: Managing a Virtual Team: It's More Than Just The Phone

by Craig Curran-Morton

April 21, 2009 | 60:06 | Views: 1,792 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.16 / 5

An increasing number of projects now involve team members from multiple locations across the city, the state, the country or even the world. As a project manager, you may now be managing projects where you rarely, if ever, interact face to face with your entire team. While the telephone is a critical means of communication in these instances, it is only a tool. You will still need to manage the distant team. This Project HEADWAY webinar will examine virtual teams and provide thoughts and suggestions on how you can manage them more effectively. Please join us because it really does involve more than the phone.

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Project HEADWAY: Managing the Team Status Updates: Making It More Than A Bored Meeting

by Craig Curran-Morton

March 24, 2009 | 60:22 | Views: 1,620 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.13 / 5

We all attend a lot of meetings. In fact, on projects, it often seems like an inordinate amount of our time is spent in them and they are not always as productive as we would like them to be. One of those meetings is the status meeting where the project team and the project manager will sit down and discuss that activities for the latest reporting period. This Project HEADWAY webinar will examine how to make this meeting more effective for both the project manager as well as the other meeting participants, ensuring everyone meets their objectives and gets out on time! Please join us. Make your next status meeting a valuable one, and not a bored meeting.

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Change HEADWAY: The Value of the Lessons Learned Exercise: Gaining Understanding From Our Projects

by Craig Curran-Morton

February 10, 2009 | 60:23 | Views: 1,264 | PDUs: 1.00 | Rating: 4.00 / 5

Every project has a story to tell and from each story comes the chance to change and improve the way we do the next one. Unfortunately, and for a variety of reasons, we don't often take this opportunity as we rarely complete lessons learned exercises and integrate their results. It can be a very powerful learning tool for individuals, teams, and organizations to examine what went well and what didn't. A good lessons learned session is more than just an exercise in asking questions. It is about the willingness to hear the answers and make the necessary changes to avoid the same problems on current and future projects. It is not about finger pointing. It is about collectively assessing opportunities to build stronger projects. This Change HEADWAY webinar will explore what makes a good lessons learned discussion work.

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