Sharing Best Practice to Improve Operational Efficiencies - May13-15


Applications Focus Group

The CIO Network is proud to launch the Applications Focus Group enabling Applcations teams from larger organisation's in Australia to share best practice and leverage peer experience to address common challenges.

Membership to the Applications Focus Group is for a team within the organisation or business unit, depending on the size/structure of the organisation. Organisations with several business units like banks would need separate memberships for each business unit if each business has their own Applications group. Applications Focus Group members will have access to Applications discussion groups only and no other CIO Network focus groups discussions.

Members of the Applications Focus Group will be entitled to monthly discussion group on application related topics nominated by applications executives, practical library of notes created from all our discussion groups, 1-1 engagements with peer companies via teleconference or face to face, mentoring service to enable executive development and access to discounted industry events to name a few.

To enable organisations to trial our services, we are offering Applications executives the option to attend the discussion group as a non-member so as to help make the decision to join the focus group as a member easier.

More discussion topics to be announced shortly.

Managing Impact of Social Media & Collaboration Tools on Traditional Application Development and Management

•Improve Customer engagement
•How is this approach effectively used by Development Teams?
•Understand the benefits, risks and limitations of using social media in software development at the team, project and organisation levels.
•Right-sourcing in a coordinated fashion for the best outcome

Led by Eitan Franklin, Enterprise Applications Architect, Westpac

Sydney, 12 December 2011, 9am-12pm
Melbourne, 8 December 2011, 9am-12pm

Leveraging a Test Driven Approach to Application Development to Improve Quality and Drive Efficiency Gains

• Understanding test driven development
o What is it?
o How is it used?
o What are the benefits?
• Practical experiences and lessons learned
• How can you use it within your teams?

Led by Mark Murphy, Systems Development Manager, TAL

Sydney, 21 November 2011, 9am-12pm
Melbourne, 23 November 2011, 9am-12pm

Choosing the Cloud for Enterprise Applications - Strategies for Success

• Selecting the best candidates to go cloud
• Determining the model - Infrastructure as a Service vs Software as a Service
• Dealing with data sovereignty – is it an issue?
• Developing the business case (needs, benefits, risk, real costs)
• Getting the best out of your provider (the contract, and service management

Led by Greg Rowntree, Senior Manager, Corporate Application Services, IAG

Sydney, 6 October 2011, 9am-12pm

Embracing Agile – The right way at the right time

- A retrospective on an Agile transformation. What went well, what went badly, and what was missing?
-What are practical, low cost techniques that have great results?
-How to pick a pilot project, and what to expect along the way

Led by Rachel Berry, Project Services Manager,Insuranceline

Sydney, 6 September 2011, 9am-12pm
Melbourne, 31 August 2011, 9am-12pm

Strategies for Effective Application Portfolio Management

•Changing the culture of the enterprise from the loudest voice winning the projects they want
•Creating the courage to terminate underperforming projects
•Being confident enough to decline projects which do not fit into the enterprise drivers

Led by Jamie Vachon,IT Manager AMP Capital Partners

Sydney, 28th June 2011, 9am-12pm
Melbourne, 27 June 2011, 9am-12pm

Application Management: Effective Integration of Project Planning into a Sustainable Resource Forecast

  • How much input is given into sustaining planning during project planning (resources required pre and post go live)
  • Processes for integrating project planning cycles into sustainable planning
  • How to integrate and sustain project planning processes into application portfolio management

Led by Milorad Mrvic, A / ERP Portfolio Manager, Railcorp

Sydney, 23rd March 2011, 8.30am-11.30am
Melbourne, 24 March 2011, 8.30am-11.30am

Non-members can only attend once to trial our services by paying the fee below.

Please complete details below:

First Name

Last Name

Name of Organisation

Number of People in the Applications Team

Address

Job Title

State

City

Phone

Postcode

Email

Fax

Attendance is restricted to end user companies and vendors are not permitted.
CIO Network reserves the right to refuse registration. Please select a session fee:

Member
Trial Member: $795 + GST (You will only be invoiced if there is a no show on the day)
Corporate Subscription: $5000 + GST for the Applications team Subscription offers free access to all 8 sessions per year plus member benefits. You may also nominate more than 1 person per session.

We offer a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE if you do take up a corporate subscription and dont find our services of value after attending the first session.

I would like to be kept informed of upcoming discussion groups

Cancellation Policy (Non Members): Submission of this form is considered as confirmation. If you are unable to attend, substitutions are welcome. Due to restricted number of attendees, no refunds will be made unless a waitlist is in effect or if a registration can be resold. A credit note for a future discussion group will be issued for cancellations received in writing (letter, fax, and email) up to eight days prior to the event. Cancellations received seven days prior to session will incur a 100% cancellation fee. For any event cancelled by the CIO Network, registration fees are fully refundable. If a discussion is postponed and can not be attended by confirmed participant, a credit note will be issued for a future discussion group.
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