PMI – Thriving within the ever-changing role of a Project Manager

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Jane (Stewart) Somerville (MBA, PMP®) has over 18 years of project management experience in the Information Technology industry. She has developed and taught courses in project management and international business and provides consulting services for project management, business management and quality initiatives. In addition to project delivery, her experience includes establishing corporate PMOs, leading Scorecard and Six Sigma Performance Management efforts, analyzing business risk and developing corporate training programs. Along with her PMP credentials, Jane also holds certifications as a PMI-Scheduling and Risk Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Never more so than today, Project Managers must not only adapt but thriveon the opportunities that an ever-changing project environment presentsto them. Meeting deadlines and ensuring projects don’t exceed budgetsare only two small components of our expanding roles. For ProjectManagers, change can come in the form of transitioning stakeholders,modified project objectives and more and more commonly, changes to our role as Project Managers.To cultivate, generate and sustain true bottom-line impact, ProjectManagers must be able to acknowledge and understand the change andremain passionate about leading the change effort.

During this discussion, participants will be asked to consider and comment on –

• How Agile methodology has impacted the role of the PM?
• Which PM skills remain the most influential and sought after within any project environment?
• Benefits and challenges of broadening a PM’s roles to include Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement, Business Analysis or Change Management skills?
• How to articulate and demonstrate the bottom-line value of Project Management?

Walk away with the desire and confidence to enrich the role of Project Management to Project Leadership and energize your Project Teams to bring about vital change.