Monthly Chapter Meeting: April 2019: Strategy Essentials for the Project Manager

Non-Members $25, Members $10, Volunteers $0.   No refunds will be provided for cancellations. 

Abstract

The Strategy Essentials for the Project Manager provides participants with the essential skills of modern project management within the context of a strategy focused organization. Delivered by a certified PMP® and a strategy experts at BSCI, this program bridges the gap between strategy and practical project management, and trains project managers how to prioritize and manage projects more strategically.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge of the Strategic Planning and Management process.
• An introductory understanding of how the corporate strategy translates to Portfolio, Program and Project Management
• Learn how project managers can execute projects strategically

Speaker Biography

Howard Rohm, President and CEO, Balanced Scorecard Institute

Howard Rohm is the Co-Founder and President of the Balanced Scorecard Institute and Founder of the Strategy Management Group, Inc., the Institute's parent company. He is a performance management trainer, consultant, and technologist with over 40 years' experience. Howard has trained over 3000 strategic management professionals from over 50 countries and helped dozens of organizations worldwide build balanced scorecard and other performance planning and management systems.

Wes Balakian, Director Project Management Group, Balanced Scorecard Institute

Wes Balakian is the Balanced Scorecard Institute's Director, Project Management Group with over 30 years’ experience in the business management field as a project management consultant, trainer, author and technologist. An internationally known speaker, facilitator, and trainer with over 200 presentations, Webcasts, and workshops to his credit, Wes is the original developer and author of  the “Ultimate Project Management training program” covering twenty different courses in portfolio, program and project management including exam certification.  He also authored Harnessing the Power of Project Management, and five other published books on project management. He developed TSI’s public workshop training curriculum which now spans close to 100 classes. He has authored and facilitated numerous planning off-sites, workshops, and training courses on strategic alignment, strategic planning, performance measurement and management, and information technology. Wes has trained several thousand people from more than twenty countries in how to build, implement, and sustain project management teams and PMO’s that are scalable and repeatable business delivery systems. 

Wes is a Project Management Professional (PMP), and is an active member of the Project Management Institute Global Operations Center leadership team for the past seventeen years. He has served on the Board of Directors, strategic committees, and held positions of VP of Education and elected Chair in various roles at the institute.  Currently Wes is an Advisory board member of the Registered Education Program representing North America. Wes was also newly appointed on a strategic planning committee as an advisor, coach and contributor with the Association for Strategic Planning.  He is a member of the Association of Talent Development, The Project Management Institute and The Association for Strategic Planning. In 2010, True Solutions Inc was named one of the top ten Diversity companies to work for in Texas.

Meeting Agenda

5:30 - 6:30 PM   Networking / Dinner

6:30 - 7:00 PM   NCPMI Business Announcements

7:00 - 7:45 PM   Featured Presentation: Strategy Essentials for Project Managers

7:45 - 8:00 PM   Q&A 

New member orientation will be held in the Windsor Boardroom from 5:30 to 6:30 PM