Presentation 1 of 3: Fix It or Forget It? Dealing With Troubled Projects
Abstract: All too often, project challenges go unreported until it is too late to change course- which can have negative (and, in the case of U.S. Department of Energy research and development projects, very public) results. At the same time, the PMO (sometimes branded as the PM COP because it polices projects) is held accountable for reporting troubled projects to organization leadership. While some project failure is inevitable, the Project Management Coordination Office works toward a “culture of no surprises” for senior leaders and the public. This PMO minimizes the danger of failure by using an early warning system for risk in the companies and organizations that we fund. This session will demonstrate our tools, known as PRISM and P-Quest, which integrate regular reporting on health indicators with financial information to provide this early warning. The session will highlight our regular engagement and visits with project leads allow us to assist with issues or renegotiate terms. In addition, we’ll illustrate how to develop requirements for regular decision points that result in either increased oversight or the discontinuation of failing projects. Lastly, we will highlight the Independent Project Review, which enables our PMO to provide unbiased reviews that root out and resolve problems with projects. This session provides attendees with the tools to either fix troubled projects—which begins with the right project health information—or cancel them, which requires rigorous policies that direct discontinuation of projects.
PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Strategic and Business Management
Presentation 2 of 3: Change Management: Love The New Baby!
Abstract: When an organization transitions from legacy IT systems to an integrated enterprise wide system, growing pains are inevitable. Some if not the majority of users will be unhappy with any solution; simply because the organization is changing the way they do their job (even if it is for the better and/or if it is required to comply with high-level guidance). As such, it is imperative that a well thought out change management plan is developed and implemented in advance of the roll-out of the new system, otherwise there will be a lack of desire to embrace the new arrival. Since there’s no going back, this session will discuss lessons learned and best practices regarding how best to prepare for and position the user community to “love the baby”.
PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Strategic and Business Management
Presentation 3 of 3: Panel Discussion – Project Management Training for Federal Employees
Abstract: Three leading federal government professionals describe how they built and manage excellent project management training programs in their agencies. This is an interactive session in which participants are encouraged to dialogue with established experts in government project management training.
PMI Talent Triangle Skill: Strategic and Business Management
Biography:Scott Hine is a member of the executive leadership team within the Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE/EERE) where he is the Director of the Information Technology Services Office. He has over 30 years of direct portfolio, program and project management experience within the federal R&D domain.
As a collateral duty, Scott is also the Executive Sponsor of the Federal Government’s Program and Project Management Community of Practice (FedPM CoP) with members from over 80 federal activities.
Scott has recently given program and project management presentations at the following: PMI Washington DC Chapter Project Management Symposium; PMI PMO Symposium; PMI Global Conference and an ACT-IAC Advancing Government event.
Outside of work, Scott is actively engaged in the George Mason University Alumni Association and also serves as a Commissioner on the Fairfax County Consumer Protection Board; he was appointed to this position by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 2006.
Scott holds a BS degree in Decision Science, MS in Systems Engineering, and PMP, CIO, DAWIA, Information Security, ITIL, Acquisition Professional, and FAC-COR certifications.
