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Project Management Solutions News Archive 2006

Project Management Benchmarking Forum to Focus on Best Practices in Building and Maturing the Project Office


June 2006 event to be held in Philadelphia and hosted by the Center for Business Practices

HAVERTOWN, PA (March 8, 2006) – According to new research from the Center for Business Practices (CBP), improving an organization's level of project management maturity results in significant performance benefits. At the CBP's Summer 2006 Benchmarking Forum, Project Office Best Practices: Lessons Learned in Building and Maturing the Project Office (June 1-2, Doubletree Hotel, Philadelphia), senior project professionals will show how organizations have achieved these benefits by implementing proven strategies for building and maturing the project office.

In addition, the CBP will host two pre-forum workshops on May 31 that will focus on managing and controlling portfolio performance and designing and building high-performing project teams. The workshops will also be held at the Doubletree Hotel.

James S. Pennypacker, director of the Center for Business Practices, will host the Forum and present the latest research on project offices. Presentations will include:

  • Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office, Kent Crawford, CEO, PM Solutions
  • Project Office: Simplicity as a Best Practice, Bob Sullivan, Project Management Office, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Effective Resource Management, Jim Colton, Director Program Management Office, GMAC
  • Project Office Best Practices: Current Research, Jim Pennypacker, Director, CBP

"With the growth of project offices in organizations over the past five years, many best practices on what leads to success have been captured," said Pennypacker. "Attendees consistently grade our Forums high on the value they receive through the exchange of lessons learned among their peers."

The cost for the two-day forum is $795. Registration for a half-day pre-forum workshop is $495 per workshop. Discount pricing is available for attending both the Forum and workshops.

For more information and to register, contact the CBP toll-free at 877-813-5193 or visit http://cbponline.com/benchmarking/forum.htm.

About the CBP's Benchmarking Forums
The Center for Business Practices' Benchmarking Forums feature direct benchmarking among attendees who actively exchange best practices and participate in facilitated discussions with peers. They differ from traditional conferences in that presentations are used to direct the discussions and knowledge sharing among attendees – senior managers who bring their experiences as well as their issues, which are addressed by the whole group. Attendees leave the forum with a clear understanding of current best practices that they can immediately apply in their own organizations.

About the Center for Business Practices®
The Center for Business Practices (www.cbponline.com) is the research and publishing arm of the management consulting and training organization PM Solutions. The CBP promotes effective strategy execution through sound portfolio, program, project, and performance management by capturing best practice knowledge and integrating it into actionable, fact-based information available through research reports, books, and benchmarking events.

About PM Solutions
PM Solutions is a management consulting, training, and research firm dedicated to helping companies optimize business performance and successfully execute their strategies through project management improvement initiatives. Core services include on-demand project and program staffing, remote project controls support, project portfolio management, organizational project management maturity assessments, process and methodology development, project office deployment and enhancement, value measurement, and corporate training delivered through the PM College® (www.pmcollege.com). Headquartered near Philadelphia, Pa., USA, PM Solutions' diverse client roster includes some of the world's leading organizations.