January 2022 Chapter Event - 1 PDU ( 0.5 Technical and 0.5 Leadership )

When:

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
7:00 a.m - 8:00 a.m

Location:

Zoom meeting only

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83158652509

Meeting ID: 831 5865 2509

Passcode: 973092

Speaker: Mike Fortezza

Title:  The Most Valuable Portfolio Management Skill They Never Taught You

Abstract:  In most project-centric organizations, the portfolio management role is fulfilled by the “project management office” (PMO), which has become synonymous with costly overhead, cumbersome processes, burdensome rules, and general heavy-handedness.  Even "Agile PMOs" too often emphasize standards and controls over helping the organization thrive.

This session will present a single high-powered technique to help transform any PMO into an impact-maximizing function. Mike will describe the typical “vicious cycle” that current PMO environments are typically stuck in, and show how any organization—with a bit of courageous leadership—can “flip” this vicious cycle to virtuous. The presentation offers a more mission-driven set of key performance indicators (KPIs), exposes the myths of consistency and compliance, and teaches a simple yet powerful technique any organization can use to get much closer to its true potential. Finally, Mike will share examples of organizations all over the world that have achieved impressive breakthroughs in both the public and private sectors.

Bio:  Michael Hannan is a renegade thinker and practitioner of innovative techniques to help organizations pursue dramatically higher levels of project portfolio performance.  He is the Founder & Principal Consultant at Fortezza Consulting, a best-selling author, professional speaker, and adjunct professor on portfolio management topics.  He also co-founded and serves on the board of the non-profit Project Management for Change, originator of the Project Management Day of Service.