In today's PMO environments, a clear understanding of PMO management’s leadership role and responsibility is absolutely essential for a successful evolution, from project management to program management to portfolio management organization. This presentation will focus on the expanding role and vision of PMO management while exploring the corresponding project/program/portfolio management essentials and dynamics necessary for collaboration and organizational success.

By attending this session, you’ll learn:
 

1. Are you ready for a position of PMO leadership in your future? What's necessary to ensure the success and growth of your PMO organization as well as your own?
2. What is the true role of PMO management? 
   Hint: It’s not simply to establish and/or maintain a Project Management Office.
3. As a project management professional, what's your leadership role in PMO development and organizational strategy? Where is your influence absolutely essential? Here's a hint, It’s not at your current level.

Agenda
3:30 Career Fair 
5:30 Registration & Networking 
6:00 New Member Orientation
6:30 Dinner
7:15 Webstream broadcast begins 
7:20 PMI-MN Chapter Business / Intros
7:30 Presentations
8:20 Q & A

Reservations by 4/3/17: 
PMI members $27, non-members $37
Partners: PMI members $25, non-members $35

Reservations from 4/4/2017-4/17/2017:
PMI-MN members $32, non-members $42 
Partners: PMI members $30, non-members $40 

Reservations for Speaker Only:
PMI-MN members $15, non-members $25
Partners: Members $14, non-members $23
Speaker Only Walk-ins: $25 

LIVE Webstream - Register by 4/17/2017:
PMI-MN members $20, non-members $30
Partner discount does not apply

Ruffin Veal III, founder and Principal of Ruffin Veal and Associates, Inc., is an information technology and management professional whose career spans over three decades of ever increasing experience and responsibility. He has been employed both full-time and as a consultant in multiple industries including manufacturing, banking, retail and government. He is a published author whose industry related articles can be seen in the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Virtual Library as well as in national and international publications. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and an M.S. degree in Project Management.