Wednesday 27 January 2010

Time:   18.00 – 20.00
Venue:  Transport for London
            Floor 5, Albany House, 
            94-98  Petty France Road
            London
            SW1H 9EA  
Map:     Please click here for map to venue (Closest Station: St. James's Park)
RSVP:   22 January 2010

What really leads to Programme Success?

Dr Penny Pullan, consultant in project and programme management, ProgM member and Chair of the WiPM SIG, will lead a discussion on what really makes programmes work. Whilst the 'hard' skills of planning and scheduling and the like are important, she suggests that today's programmes need a lot more from us. She feels that we need to be skilled communicators, able to facilitate stakeholders and team members alike to achieve lasting change and benefits.

But what do you think?

Penny's session will give us all a chance to discuss our own experiences with our peers and to identify ProgM's top tips for success.   

More about Dr. Penny Pullan

Penny has around twenty years experience of projects and programmes, from 'hard' engineering through to cultural change in Africa. After working for Mars Inc, AstraZeneca and Logica, she founded Making Projects Work Ltd. and ConferenceCallsMadeEasy.com. She works with multinational organisations such as Abbott Laboratories, Capital One, National Grid, Cummins Turbo Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Astra Zeneca, Quintiles, Manchester and Open Universities, CAFOD, Save the Children and Christian Aid. She's written several articles for ProgM over the years.

Penny  is currently writing  "A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management: Engaging People to Identify, Own and Manage Risk",  co-authored with Ruth Murray Webster and published by Gower 2011 ISBN 978-1-4094-0730-0),  which supports her thesis that 'hard skills' on their own don't work for risk when groups of people are involved. She is looking forward to hearing the points of view of ProgM members and hoping that these will improve the book!