Sharing Best Practice to Improve Operational Efficiencies - May13-15

The CIO Network PMO Focus Group

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

Membership to the PMO Focus Group is for the PMO 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 PMO. PMO Focus Group members will have access to PMO discussion groups only and not other generic CIO Network discussions.

Members of the PMO Focus Group will be entitled to monthly discussion group on PMO topics nominated by PMO 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 PMO 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.

Developing Effective Project Prioritisation Models to Maximise your use of Resources

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 29 February 2012
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 28 February 2012
Led by by Stuart Develyn, Senior Manager PMO, Perpetual

Strategies to Monitor and Report Progress on Programmes and Projects Against Key Outcomes

•Getting stakeholders engaged
•The appropriate level of detail and tone
•Aiding and improving decision making
•Providing a forward look to realise strategic objectives

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 15 December 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 13 December 2011
Led by by Craig Wishart, formerly Head of Segment Program Office Institutional, ANZ

Drive Quality Across the Portfolio and Organisation to Provide Long Term Value

•Understanding quality and quality management
•Quality management systems – why do we need them and what value do they add?
•The role of the PMO – trusted advisor or compliance policeman
•Case study and strategy review – Bendigo Bank

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 29 November 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 1 December 2011
Led by Wayne Rundle, Head of Change Portfolio Office, and Carol Mitchell, Manager Quality and Governance, Bendigo Bank

Successfully Embedding Business Change

•Who plays the role of change management in the business and projects and who ensures embedding?
•Ensuring the business is ready
•Supporting people during the transition and building capability
•Changing the mindset and getting change as a focus
•Integrating change management activities into the project methodology
•Governance models
•Success stories

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, 25 October 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m 27 October 2011
led by Laurie Baron, Head of Value Management Office, AGL

Lesson Learnt in Creating Effective PM Competency Frameworks and Assessments

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, September 15 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m September 19 2011
led by Eric Van Zeyl, Sr PMO Manager, IAG

Key Attributes that Enable the Successful Transition of a Business Idea into a Project, Set up for Success

Most project failures started at the conception and definition of the project, what can loosely be referred to as 'Project Start Up', and are not necessarily a consequence of poor delivery execution. Find out how others have approached the topic of 'Project start Up' and what attributes of that process have delivered a higher propensity for project success.
Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, August 3 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m August 2 2011
led by Russell Nelms, Head of Group PMO, Westpac

Leveraging Lessons Learned to Drive Performance Improvements in Project Delivery

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, July 14 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m July 13 2011
led by Penny Dent, PMO Manager, South East Water

Creating Robust Project Estimation Models as a Project Progresses from the Unknown to the Known

Melbourne, 9 a.m - 12 p.m, June 21 2011
Sydney, 9 a.m - 12 p.m July 27 2011
led by Tenille Gray, EPMO Methods, Australia Post

Achieve Improved Program and Project Success through Effective Strategic Communication Planning

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, May 4 2011
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am May 2 2011
led by Peter Fitzpatrick , Area Strategy & Planning Manager, BAT Australia

Effective Project Benefits Realisation

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, April 4 2011
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am April 5 2011
led by Jan Carter, Quality Assurance Manager, Corporate PMO, SENSIS

Strategies for Effective Project Portfolio Prioritisation

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, March 10, 2011
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am March 9, 2011
led by Gareth Byatt, Head of Group ICT PMO, Lend Lease

Identifying and Managing Interdependencies and Relationships between Programs and Projects

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, February 9, 2011
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am February 8, 2011
led by Joyce Adu(PhD) Programs Office , Centrelink

Effectiveness of Common Portfolio Reporting Tools: Microsoft,HP,Computer Associates and Primavera

Having experienced various mergers and acquisitions,Westpac have also acquired various tool sets. Russell and attendees will share lessons learnt from each of these tools as well as which was found to be most effective in meeting business requirements.

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, December 10 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am December 9, 2010
led by Russell Nelms, Head of Group Program Management Office , Westpac

Using the Structure and Processes Created to Develop a “Pipeline” of Projects based on Organisational Priorities

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, November 30 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am November 29, 2010
Sydney session led by Ben Gamble, Executive Manager ES & GS Project Management Office,Commonwealth Bank
Melbourne session led Ryan Darby, PMO Manager, Sunsuper

Effectively Implementing Risk Management at the Portfolio, Program and Project Levels. Strategies for Differentiating the Requirements for Each and Gaining Business Buy-in.

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, 29 October 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am 28 October, 2010
led by Neville Thomas, Head of Risk Strategy and Group Program Risk , Westpac

Strategies to Ensure Ongoing Alignment of Programmes and Projects with Strategic Objectives and Targets

For years South East Water has been investing in maturing project management practices across the organization to achieve its strategic objectives. It is an arduous journey developing a constantly improving project culture, meeting stakeholders competing demands, implementing centralized tools and creating a “relationship” with the business.

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, 30 September 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am 29 September, 2010
led by Penny Dent, PMO Manager, South East Water

Upgrading to Microsoft Share Point 2010: The John Holland Experience

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, 26 August 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am 25 August, 2010
led by Les Oates, CIO, John Holland Group

Effectively Managing Stage Gate Boundaries For Projects

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, 18 August 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am 17 August, 2010
led by James Dibbs, PMO Manager, ING Australia Ltd

Strategies for Effective Resource Management

Melbourne, 8.30am-11.30am, 30 July 2010
Sydney, 8.30am-11.30am 29 July, 2010
led by Stephen Dawson, Head of Project People, AMP Ltd

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 PMO

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. Attendees from the same team/business unit can only attend a session once to trial our services.

Member
Trial member: $795 + GST (One session only. Refunded if you sign up as a member post discussion)
Corporate Subscription: $5000 + GST for the PMO team Subscription offers free access to all 12 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.

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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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