In our economic climate, thousands of organizations are faced with delivering value with fewer and fewer resources.
Your Project Management Office (PMO) is no exception. If you still have a PMO, but capital budgets are dried up and projects are slim, what can you do?
CIBER’s 60-minute Webinar will focus on how your PMO can add value through Application Portfolio Management (APM) – a practice that uses the same process used in Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to justify and measure the financial benefits of each application in comparison to the costs of the application's maintenance and operations.
CIBER experts Ashu Bhatia, Director of Delivery, Lisa Meek, Director, Principal Consultant and Woody Walker, Director, Project Management Office; along with Dennis Peters, Program Manager with Siemens Energy, Inc., will present the benefits of APM, including:
- thorough understanding of the “Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)” of the applications run by your organization
- reduction in application duplication and maintenance costs
- alignment of application development and business strategy
- opportunities for business process improvements
Agenda/Key Points:
- APM Defined
- APM Benefits
- APM Business Case
- APM vs PPM
- APM Advantages
- APM Implementation
- APM Summary
Webinar Speakers
Dennis Peters, Project Manager with Siemens Energy, Inc., has 15 years of application and project portfolio management experience. He began his career in the Healthcare industry where he developed and implemented an IT application strategy for Managed Healthcare practices and subsequently sold it across the state of Florida. Since starting with Siemens in 2000 he has been responsible for running a $32M SAP program, has been the IT Application and Project Portfolio Manager for North America, implemented an IT Operations Support off-shore strategy to India, and is currently running a $40M international engineering improvement program.
Dennis has taught Project Management at the University of Central Florida, been a presenter at SAP conferences, published articles with various technical periodicals, sits on the advisory board of a civil engineering firm, and in the spring of 2008 co-started a Portfolio Managers association in Central Florida where knowledge and experience is shared across various industries.
Ashu Bhatia is the Director of Delivery for CIBER’s Atlanta office. He has significant experience in IT and management consulting, solutions architecture, system design, and Lean Service Operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he is currently doing IT Strategy, Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, and Supply Chain Management. Holding a MBA from Carnegie Mellon, Ashu has held executive management positions with Accenture, Siemens, and American Express. Visit Ashu's blog 
Woody Walker is Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) for CIBER’s Florida office and is responsible for project delivery and adherence to CIBER Project Management Methodology (CPMM) standards. Woody holds a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Central Florida; a Master's in Project Management from the George Washington University and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Prior to joining CIBER, she held various positions in the Information Technology field including Director of Security Services, Director of IT Operations and Applications, and Director of the Project Management Office. Visit Woody's blog
Lisa Meek is one of CIBER’s Program Directors with a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of South Florida, a Master’s in Project Management from George Washington University, a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and SCRUM Master Certification. Prior to joining CIBER, Lisa held various positions in the Information Technology field including VP of the Program Management Office at Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Director of Applications at Harcourt Education, Manager Program Management Office at Dynamics Research Corporation and Delivery Manager at ePresence.
