PM Connect
Kick off
March 23rd 2011
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs,
Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Information Technology Division
Agenda
Introduction
Commonwealth Leadership
Team
20 Min
Focus of PM Connect
Tom Skinner, PMO Director,
EOEEA
15 Min
Project Management Survey Results
Mike Blade, PA, Capital PMO
15 Min
Participants Introductions: Why we are
here?
Mike Blade, PA, Capital PMO
40 Min
Professional Development Resources
Steve Goliger, PA, Capital
PMO
15 Min
Tricia McConville, LearnIT
Program Director
Q&A/ Wrap up/ Next Steps
Darrel Harmer, Director,
Capital PMO
15 Min
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Introduction
“A Very Brief History of Project Management”
Commonwealth Leadership Team
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John Letchford - Acting Commonwealth CIO
Marcie Desmond - SCIO, ANF
John Glennon - SCIO, EOLWD
Sharon Wright - SCIO, EOE
Mary-Joe Perry – SCIO, MassDOT
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Darrel Harmer - Director, ITD IT Capital PMO
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Tom Skinner – Director, EOEEA PMO
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Clay Martin – Director, EOLWD PMO
Great PROJECTS through History
Great Pyramids – Giza (2550 BC)
• 20K – 30K workers
(mostly paid, not
slaves!) over 80 years
• 2.3M blocks of
limestone each
weighing 2.5 – 15
tons – no machines!
• Tallest building on
Earth for 4500 years
until 1889 (Eiffel
Tower)
“The Origins of Modern Project Management”, Patrick Weaver, www.mosaicprojects.com.au, 2007
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Great PROJECTS through History
Coliseum – Rome (72 AD)
• 4 contractors managed
construction
• Took 8 years to build
• Contracts contained
detailed work specs &
requirements,
guarantees, payment
methods & completion
time
• These approaches
disappeared after collapse
of Roman Empire in 5th
century; re-emerged in
Europe during
Renaissance
“The Origins of Modern Project Management”, Patrick Weaver, www.mosaicprojects.com.au, 2007
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Great PROJECTS through History
Astronomical Clock – Prague (1410)
• The fate of the “project manager” – fact or fiction?
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Great PROJECTS through History
Empire State Building – New York (1930)
• Competition with Walter
Chrysler to build world’s tallest
building
• 3500 workers for 7M hours
• Tasks scheduled to the minute
and often overlapped to avoid
wasting time
• Completed in 410 days
• 3 months ahead of
schedule
• $18.3M under budget
“The Evolution of Project Management”, Beki Grant and Kymberly Kelly (UoPhx 2009)
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Great PROJECTS through History
Apollo 13 Mission (1970)
• Mission: explore “Fra Mauro”
highlands on the Moon
• Original pilot replaced due to
false alarm about measles
• Oxygen tank exploded 200K
miles from Earth – mission (i.e.
scope) changes from “Go to the
Moon” to “Get home, alive!”
• Getting astronauts home
required several unprecedented
solutions
• Epitome of risk management &
mitigation (“Failure is not an
option”)
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“Apollo 13”, Wikipedia
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Great PROJECTS through History
Avatar (2009)
• Development began 1994. Original
release to be 1999; actual: 2009
• Total costs – original: $100M;
actual $400M - $450M (est.)
• Production delayed because
camera/filming technologies had to
be invented to achieve James
Cameron’s vision
• More than 1,000 people worked on
production
• FOX Studios almost walked away
• First film to gross more than $2B
worldwide
“Avatar”, Wikipedia
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Great PROJECTS through History
Other Notable Projects
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The Emergence of Project Management &
Project Managers
Date
Milestone
1910 – 1915
Henry Gantt invents “Gantt” chart. Radical idea then!
1950’s
First common references to “Project Manager”
1962
US DOD invents the “Work Breakdown Structure” (WBS)
1969
Project Management Institute (PMI) founded by 5
volunteers (PMI now has 340K members/417K PMP’s)
1986
Scrum published in a Harvard Business Review article
1987
“Project Management Book of Knowledge” (PMBoK) white
paper released; now 4th ed. w/ 3M+ copies in circulation
2006
PMI’s PMP certification recognized as an ANSI Standard
“A Brief History of Project Management”, Duncan Haughey, www.projectsmart.co.uk, 2010
“PMIToday”, Project Management Institute, 2011
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CommonWay published!!!
2011
1st Meeting of PM Connect
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Focus of PM Connect
Tom Skinner, PMO Director, EOEEA
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Top 10 Trends in Industry
1. Leadership skills will be critical
2. No industry will be spared from the war to find
qualified talent
3. PMs will team with “change partners” and use structured
methods to facilitate adoption
4. Agile will be seen from what it is ….and isn’t
5. Competency Models will be core to managing
professional development and promotions
6. Experiential learning will be the norm rather than the
exception
7. Informal learning will gain momentum
8. The PMP will continue its domination, but will no longer be
enough
9. Outsourcing will remain a risky business
10. Project sponsorship will become an area of focus in South
Asia
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Goals of PM Connect
• Align with industry trends
• Develop strong, vibrant, and unified voice
• Help the Commonwealth deliver projects better
– Meet business and technical objectives
– Ensure maximum return on its project investments
• PM Forum will provide an environment to:
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Exchange ideas
Collaborate with other PM’s
Learn from each other
Build a stronger PM community
Develop skills, both technical and people
Become a better PM
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What do we mean by “better PM”?
• Everybody is a PM at some point
• Given the job w/o formal training and do well
• But, many Projects fail because…
– Forgot to get tech team involved, no Production
– No Marketing Plan, good system but no users
– Didn’t gather good requirements, solution doesn’t meet
business needs
• You all have stories you can share
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Our Purpose
• To get like-minded people together
• Expose you to good PM practices and trends
– PMI PMBOK and CommonWay
• Deliver better projects (start small)
• Be a Central Repository for PM information
• Know who else you can call
• Know that you are not alone
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How to make this happen…
• We need your help!
• Charter will be the foundation
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ITD, EOEEA, and EOLWD co-sponsors
Demonstrates we are a formal organization
Can sustain PM Connect for years to come
Fluid document
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Meeting places
Speakers
Program Content (establish the agenda)
WIKI management
• Quarterly meetings (June 15th, 10-noon)
• Potential topics with outside guest speakers
– PMI MassBay President
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How to make this happen…Round Tables
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Smaller groups that focus on one specific area of
interest (6-12 members)
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Discussion on a specific topic
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Led by a Volunteer
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Meet at least once a month
 Group decides where and when
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Report back to PM Connect
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Eligible for PDU’s!
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Index cards – let us know if you’re interested
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Possible Round Table themes
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Establishing and Maintaining a PMO
 Interested? Put on index card or email Tom Skinner
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Implementing Agile at the Commonwealth
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Troubled Projects
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Large Projects
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PMP Prep
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Others?
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Post on Wiki and broadcast to members
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Project Management Survey Results
Mike Blade, Project Advisor, Capital PMO
Project Management Survey Results
Indicate your level of Interest in the PM Forum
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Project Management Survey Results
What are your objective(s) in participating in the PM Forum?
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Project Management Survey Results
How many years have you been involved in Project Management?
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Project Management Survey Results
In what types of projects are you currently involved?
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Project Management Survey Results
Do you currently hold any of the credentials listed below?
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Project Management Survey Results
Are you currently pursuing, or planning to pursue in the near
future, any certification(s)/degree program(s)?
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Project Management Survey Results
In what types of sessions are you interested?
8%
8%
34%
21%
29%
Training
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Methodology
Communication
Business Process
Security
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Project Management Survey Results
What could we do to make this PM Forum most effective for you?
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Participant Introductions: Why we are here?
Mike Blade, Project Advisor, Capital PMO
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Participant Introductions: Why we are here?
• Team Setup – 20 min
 See your Index card for group identification
 Move to specific locations
 Identify your spokesperson
• Small group discussions
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Introduce yourself
Your Name & Role
Project management experience
Current Projects
Areas of interest
• Each group spokesperson to report your areas of interest
from PM Connect - 5 min each group
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CommonWay
Steve Goliger, Project Advisor,
Capital PMO
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CommonWay
CommonWay Project Management Overview
Origination
Stage
Initiation
Stage
Planning
Stage
Execution &
Control Stage
Closure
Stage
• Scalable project management methodology for delivering
projects
• Based upon PMI-PMBOK
• Improves overall project performance
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CommonWay Stage Details
1. Purpose & Inputs
3. Outputs
2. Process Workflow
4. Templates & Training
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CommonWay Wiki Organization
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LearnIT OnDemand
Tricia MacConville, LearnIT OnDemand,
Program Director
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LearnIT on Demand
To improve upon our current
level of services and meet future
needs, we are delivering on a
new vision for our IT workforce:
Create a stronger IT
project management
community
We have made significant
progress towards this goal…but
we still have much to do to
fully realize this vision.
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LearnIT on Demand
Launched LearnIT! in July 2010
• Curriculum comprised of core online
training and advanced instructor-led
training in three areas:
• Process & Methodology
• Technology
• Management/Leadership/Professional
Fostered 1200+ training
engagements to date
• 165 in instructor-led programs: 70 in
Project Management
• New instructor-led IT Project
Management class designed internally
and delivered by Capital PMO staff to
great acclaim
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LearnIT on Demand
Planning rollout of LearnIT! OnDemand
for all 1500+ IT employees
– A scalable delivery model to provide
ongoing training to all IT staff
– An exponential increase in the number of
our curriculum offerings
Access to comprehensive resources
– Multimodal delivery channels:
• Self-paced e-learning courses
• Live and recorded instructor-led
webcasts
• Up-to-date books, articles
• Live “Mentor” SMEs
– Development tied to competencies
– Ability to use social media collaboration
tools
– Leverage “informal learning”
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LearnIT on Demand
IT Business Process & Methodology
• Project Management certification prep
courses
- CAPM
- PMP
- PRINCE2
• Business Analysis (CBAP prep)
• Qualify for PDUs, CEUs
Technology
• Software development
• Internet and network technologies
• Operating systems and server
technologies
• Enterprise database systems
• Web design
Leadership Development
• Project Team leadership, supervision,
communications, critical thinking,
problem-solving and many others
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Help select our Logo!
Darrel Harmer, Director, IT Capital PMO
PM Connect Logo Designs
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Q& A / Wrap up / Next steps
Darrel Harmer, Director, IT Capital PMO
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Q& A / Wrap up / Next steps
• Next PM Connect meeting (June 15th, 10-noon)
• Index Cards
CommonWay
Click here
PM Connect
Click Here
Presentation Material
Click Here
LearnIT OnDemand
Click Here
Generic Mailbox
It.Capital.Projects@state.ma.us
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