Summer Conference 2005: Project Management Maturity and Project Management Tools

Following the success of last year's Summer Event with over 80 participants, the board has decided to go one step beyond. In this year's full day conference, we will explore the topics "Project Management Maturity and Project Management Tools".

Focus

The use of various project management maturity models has grown over the years. With programmes such as PMI's Organisational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®), organisations can get new perspectives on how project management works. The conference intends to connect this topic with the use of project management tools to stimulate discussion on any of the project management maturity processes in use today.

This event establishes a link between project management maturity and project management tools and provides answers to the following questions:

• What are the benefits for my company if we reach a higher level of PM maturity?
• How can I assess the current level of PM maturity of my company?
• How can I improve the level of PM maturity of my company?
• How does a PM tool help me in achieving a higher level of PM maturity, what did other companies do (success stories)?
• What PM tool / what functionalities of PM tools do I need at which level of PM maturity?
• How can I improve the PM maturity by assessing my project managers and improving their skills?

Exhibition

Visit the vendor exhibition at the PMI Switzerland Summer Conference 2005 to discover solutions to a number of your core challenges in project management. You will be able to view and compare some of the latest project management software, training and other resources to help you increase and improve your project management knowledge and practice.

The current list of exhibitors includes Campana & Schott (Microsoft Project), SAP, Contec-X (NIKU), Artemis, SPOL Projektmanagement, ESI International, Afinion and PMI.

Agenda

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Why should YOU attend this conference?

• Access to premium networking opportunities with participants, peers and speakers alike during lunch, apéro and exhibition
• Three main presentations in the morning and in the afternoon a choice of two out of six parallel presentations, followed by a panel discussion
• Access to an exhibition displaying the products of the world's four leading project management software companies at one spot with the opportunity to have in-depth discussions with vendors and like-minded professionals
• Extensive hand-out material (CD containing all presentations, documentation folder, participants list)
• Unique opportunity to hear these international speakers in Switzerland
• Prolonged presentation time to provide in-depth information on each topic
• Easy-to-reach location from most parts of Switzerland (75 minutes from Zurich, Lausanne or Basel)
• Fair price for a high class project management event in a high class environment
• An opportunity for Project Management Professionals (PMP®) to earn six (6) category 3 professional development units (PDUs), towards maintenance of the credential.

In short, this is your opportunity to enhance your business reality and move another step towards project management maturity within your company.

Recommended Audience: Senior Program/Project Managers, Corporate Project Officers, Business Executive, Line Managers, CIO, COO, Technology Executive, CTO, IT Manager / Director, IT Professionals interested in improving business success through professional project management.

Note: As this is an international conference, all presentations, handouts and documentation are in English.

Photos

Click here to view some photos from the event.

Presentations

Each participant received a CD and paper handouts of each presentation. If you were not able to attend this event but would like a copy of the event presentation, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (large enough for a standard compact disc) to

PMI Switzerland Chapter
James Greene
Unterer Brunnacher 3
CH-4433 Ramlinsburg
Switzerland

As was mentioned at the event,some presentations on the CD were not printable, and have been updated:

Controlling IT Projects - Balancing Agility and Discipline by Dr. Peter Hruschka (329 KB, Last Modified: 24. Jan 2008)

Breakout Session: EPM-Maturity - How to adapt Microsoft Project according to your PM maturity

Breakout Session: An overview of SAP's Project Management related product portfolio (5.02 MB, Last Modified: 24. Jan 2008)

More Information

Detailed Agenda

Exhibitors

Who attended this event

Participant Feedback

For more information, please contact Martin Härri, PMP, VP Programs of the PMI Switzerland Chapter.