Beyond IT: Discussion on Trends in Project Management

MTWblog readers, we invite you to join Margo Visitacion of Forrester Research and Addie Monson of Chase Paymentech for a discussion on current trends in project and portfolio management. The Webinar will be held this Thursday 12/18, at noon EST/ 9:00 a.m. PST and is geared toward executives, managers and PMO directors.

Margo and Addie’s conversation will be hosted by Tim Low from Daptiv and will cover the following:

• In tough economic times, companies are looking to PPM to optimize, economize and find business opportunities
• New software solutions are opening the door to more companies who need PPM
• PPM is only the tip of the iceberg – it’s time to think enterprise, and what that means for your organization
• Pragmatic PPM can help organizations become lean.

To register for the free Webinar, please visit: http://ow.ly/M0hS

Margo Visitacion is a vice president serving Application Development & Program Management professionals. Margo focuses on the areas of project management, project portfolio management, PMO, software testing, quality assurance, and Agile test methodologies. She has worked with Forrester for eight years, during which time she has covered project and program management, project portfolio management, project-based organizations, integrated IT management, requirements management, quality assurance, and testing processes.

Addie Monson has contributed to MTW blog on the topic “Top 5 Most Influential Changes in Project Management in the Last 10 years” and brings her first-hand experience to the conversation with Margo. Addie is the director of the Enterprise Project Office at Chase Paymentech Solutions. Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, is a global leader in payment processing and merchant acquiring, capable of authorizing transactions in more than 130 currencies.

• For current Daptiv customers, there is a free “Get the Most out of Daptiv” Webinar series going on that provides tips and perspectives to help everyone from team leaders to executives get the most value out of the software. Today’s topic, live at 2pm Easten/11 am Pacific, is “Getting the Most out of Scarce Resources.” Archives are available in case the live discussions don’t match up with your calendar.

Let us know if this PPM trends topic is relevant to you and if there are other topics you would like to see presented. We hope you can join and look forward to your feedback!