PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Miles Shepherd in the UK

PMForum has been named a media partner for the 6th Annual Best Practice Showcase, an event showcasing best practices in programme and project management, which will take place at the QE11 Conference Centre in Westminster, UK on June 24th 2008. Project and programme managers are invited to attend this free learning event, which will also include an exhibition by companies offering leading programme and project management products and services.

According to event PR manager Kate Winter, “The Best Practice Showcase has historically been aimed at UK programme and project managers. This year we want to bring it to the world’s attention, to attract more international participants. We hope the media partnership with PMForum raises the event’s profile in the international project management field.”

The 6th Annual Best Practice Showcase will include the following:

• Interactive Seminar Session


• Ask The Expert Panel - Beyond MSP: Attitudes, Benefits or Challenges


• Question Time: Ask the Author – with Sue Vowler, P3O Lead Author, Rod Sowden, P3M3 Lead Author and Andy Murray, PRINCE2 Lead Author.


• Ask The APM Group – Alan Harpham, chairman of The APM Group, will field questions related to “what’s new?” with PRINCE2 and MPM.


• Interactive presentation by Nick Fewings, Director of The Colour Works - ‘Fired Up For Success! Managing Change Effectively’, how the Shropshire Fire Brigade became one of the leading Fire & Rescue services in the UK.


• Guidance Briefing: P3O™ (Portfolio, Programme and Project Office) - new P30 guidance from OGC by Sue Vowler, P3O Lead Author.


• Guidance Briefing: The Best Practice Crib Sheet - by John Edmonds, Head of Training & Patrick Mayfield, Founding Director, pearcemayfield


• Methodology Briefing: Agile Project Management - by Keith Richards, author of ‘Agile Project Management: Running PRINCE2 Projects with DSDM Atern’


• Programme & Project Sponsorship Qualification - The launch of the Programme and Project Sponsorship (PPS) qualification by The Home Office, the UK government department responsible for protecting the public from terrorism, crime and anti-social behaviour.

The popular ‘Birds of a Feather’ sessions, where delegates discuss issues around a boardroom table, will be featured again this year. Examples of these sessions include ‘Project Leadership Techniques: benchmark your own experiences against the ‘leadership lifecycle’ and choose the right leadership technique to solve commonly occurring difficulties’ hosted by Melanie Franklin, Chief Executive, Maven Training. Paul Major, Director, Program Framework, will also host a session entitled ‘The Change Directorate. What does a Change Directorate actually do? Understanding and unpacking this concept’!

The Best Practice Showcase will be held at the QEII Conference Centre, in the heart of London and a minute's walk from the Palace of Westminster. It is free to attend for programme, project and risk managers. Information and registration is available at www.bestpracticeshowcase.com.

As a PMForum media partner, the 2008 Best Practice Showcase will receive a listing and banner ad on PMForum’s global PM Events Calendar, pre-event news coverage of announcements and developments, live breaking news reported directly from location during the event, and post-event reporting. Examples of PMForum media partners and associated articles and news coverage can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/events/partner_program.htm.

Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and is one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum also produces the monthly online PM World Today eJournal where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.

Miles Shepherd International Correspondent UK based in London Mr. Miles Shepherd is an International Correspondent for www.pmforum.org in London, UK. . Miles has over 30 years experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, rail and business projects for the EU. Past Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). Additional information about Mr. Shepherd can be found at www.pmforum.org/pm forum team/. Miles can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uka