Public Sector: Implementing Project Management at the Town of Cary

Implementing Project Management at the Town of Cary

Presented by Mark E. Fournier, PMP, IT Project Manager, Town of Cary

What do you do when a public sector organization does not have a project management approach in place to effectively manage its large number of business and technology projects? How do you begin to maximize value as quickly as possible and gain buy-in from staff?

-       Assess what is right for the organization’s structure and culture

-       Implement the appropriate level of project management required for understanding basic concepts

-       Obtain management support to shepherd a new way of managing projects

-       Develop a practical phased project management approach

-       Develop and utilize deliverable templates and standard processes

-       Communicate with staff to determine where refinements are needed

-       Ensure continuous process improvement

The successful implementation of a project management methodology as it matures is achieved by continually monitoring projects and implementing required changes for the organization.

About the Speaker

Mark is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified IT Project Manager with over 29 years of business and Information Technology experience in project management, ITSM, SaaS and ERP implementations, applications development, process development, and systems analysis.  His industry experience includes mortgage banking, magazine fulfillment, and federal, state and local government, for the last 20 years.

While working for the City of Raleigh, Mark developed and implemented project management methodologies and managed the implementation of the Workfront work management tool to automate the city’s project management methodologies.  This led to the City of Raleigh receiving Workfront’s Lion Award in May 2016 for optimizing processes the City uses to implement technology projects.

In August 2016, Mark joined the Town of Cary as an IT Project Manager.  He is currently in the process of developing and implementing project management best practices as well as the Workfront tool initially for the Technology Services department.

Mark has lived in Raleigh, NC for the last 20 years and he enjoys reading and cooking.

 

Agenda

5:30-6:00 Informal Networking

6:00-7:00 Introduction, Speaker Presentations and Q&A

Location

MATRIX Resources Training Room - 7001 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC

Please note that attendance is restricted to those that register.  Attendance is free to members who pre-register on-line.  If room capacity is not filled by registered attendees, unregistered walk in attendees may attend.  There will be a $5 charge for non-members to attend committee meetings if they pre-register online. The walk-in fee for non-members is $10.