NCPMI Satellite Meeting – August 1, 2017

The North Carolina Chapter of the Project Management Institute (NCPMI) presents its first Satellite Meeting on August 1, 2017 sponsored by Deutsche Bank in Cary, NC. The NCPMI Satellite Meeting is a networking and professional development opportunity that features relevant project management topics and trends in practical use of project, program, and portfolio management, similar to our NCPMI Monthly Chapter Meetings, given to a smaller audience (75 project management practitioners), supported by NCPMI Corporate Sponsor, Deutsche Bank.

 

Join us in our pilot presentation by a respected PMI Global Volunteer Leader and PMO expert, who was Director, PMI Board of Directors (2014-2016), currently serving as NCPMI VP Programs, Victoria Kumar, PMP, CSM, CSPO.

 

It's another excellent opportunity to earn 1.5 PDUs at no charge to members and non-members.

 

Scroll down to view the featured presentation details and register for the free event.

 

Presentation Title:  Delivering Successful Projects …Every Time

 

Presentation Description:  Although many successful project management practitioners are “accidental project managers,” successful projects should not be “accidental.” By utilizing major contributors to project success and avoiding the leading causes of project failure, project success should be predictable and repeatable, instead of a hit-and-miss occurrence.

As project practitioners, regardless of our project role (e.g., developers, project leads, QA, testers, release managers, project managers), we all have a responsibility to do our part in contributing to successful project delivery.  Delivering successful projects is a team effort.  Successful projects are a team success.

Research studies have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success.  This presentation describes an approach for consistent delivery of successful projects, by focusing on three major contributors to project success, implemented in collaboration with stakeholders:

1. Effective Requirements Management:  Research studies have identified poor requirements management processes (or lack thereof) as a leading cause of project failure. PMI’s 2014 Pulse of the Profession® on Requirements Management – A Core Competency for Project and Program Success found that 47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management.
2. Embracing Project, Program, Portfolio Management (PPPM):  PMI’s 2015 Pulse of the Profession® on Capturing the Value of Project Management found that organizations that create a culture of project management with highly mature PPPM through standardized practices and by aligning projects and programs to their strategy deliver 64% of their projects successfully.
3. Executive management support and sustained commitment: Multiple research studies, including PMI’s 2014 Pulse Research show that having actively engaged executive sponsors is the top driver of project success.

 

The presentation will also cover the latest PMI Pulse Research findings that showed that for the first time in the last five years of Pulse of the Profession® research, project success rates are rising and monetary loss declined by 20%.  As more projects are meeting original goals and business intent and are being completed within budget, research results on how high performance organizations are experiencing more success in implementing strategic initiatives, completing projects and programs successfully (and with greater focus on expected business benefits) will be discussed.

These research findings and the recommended approach for delivering successful projects every time present various recommendations to enable participants to develop their own approach in improving their organizational project performance (success rates).

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand results of research studies that have identified the reasons for project failure and reasons for project success
• Learn to capitalize on three major contributors to project success for consistent delivery of successful projects—the recommended approach for delivering successful projects every time
• Develop participant’s own approach in improving organizational project performance (success rates)

 

Presenter’s Bio: 

Victoria Kumar, PMP, CSM, CSPO served as Director, PMI Board of Directors (2014 – 2016).  She is past president of the PMI North Carolina Chapter (NCPMI), having served in various board member positions from 2003 to 2007. She also was a member of the PMI Leadership Institute Advisory Group in 2010 and 2011.  She currently serves as NCPMI VP Programs.

Ms. Kumar’s professional career includes project development management with IBM Canada, and PMO program management for organizations in both the private and public sectors.

Ms. Kumar has served the North Carolina State Government for several years as Project Management Office (PMO) Program Manager / Senior Project Manager with the NC Office of the State Controller and the NC Department of Transportation, managing large-scale government information technology programs and projects and participating with the state’s Enterprise PMO in the IT governance process as a statewide approver for statewide IT projects and programs.

She also served as Sr. Program Manager with AIG United Guaranty leading the EPMO in its transformation effort into Enterprise Agile.  She has travelled worldwide, presenting on leadership development and project management in seminars and conferences.  She published several conference papers as part of PMI global congress proceedings, including

• Program and Project Managers as Creative and Innovative Leaders
• Delivering Successful Projects …Every Time
• Effective Requirements Management
• Take Your PMO to the Next Level PMO
• Essential Leadership Skills for Project Managers

Ms. Kumar holds master’s degrees in pure mathematics and in computer science from University of Waterloo (Canada), where she has also earned PhD credits in management science. She has a master's certificate in IT Project Management from George Washington University. She is a graduate of the PMI Leadership Institute Master Class and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®).

Satellite Meeting Agenda

5:00 PM   Check-in at Reception (Security) Desk (present a photo ID)

5:15 PM   Networking, Refreshments 

5:55 PM   Meeting Start

6:00 PM   Featured Presentation: "Delivering Successful Projects …Every Time”

7:15 PM   Meeting Closing

7:30 PM   Meeting End