BPUG Congress Blog

The BPUG Congress in February 2008 promises two days of informative case studies from people running some of the world's most complex projects. The event offers a fantastic networking opportunity for people who value knowledge sharing. Sandra Lomax, Chair of BPUG, is using this blog to raise some of the important issues surrounding programme, project and risk management.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Free Seminars: don't miss out!

The Congress is now only a week away, and anticipation for the event is building up. The free seminar programme is generating a lot of interest amongst those registering for the event.

Featuring insights into OGC’s forthcoming P30 activities plus an insight into how PRINCE2: 2009 will look, the free seminar programme is packed with both practical advice and new ideas.

Sessions on Agile Delivery Management, Benefits management, capability performance assessments and how to become a leader will entertain and educate our delegates.

The free seminars close on the second day of the conference with a keynote from Eddie Obeng whose reputation as an excellent speaker is renowned throughout the world.

For details of the free seminar programme click http://www.bpugcongress.com/files/seminar_programme_16_jan.pdf

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Boardroom Workshop Programme: a chance to get involved

As well as the main Conference Programme at the BPUG Congress, the event features some alternative sessions which are free to attend.

The Boardroom Workshop Programme is a series of short interactive sessions where delegates can share their ideas. Lasting only twenty minutes, the sessions run throughout both days of the conference.

There is a wide range of topics to choose from where delegates will disccuss everything from managing global projects to making PRINCE2 deliver. All the sessions are led by senior executives from training organisations or associations.

Melanie Franklin, for example, the CEO of Maven Training, is chairing a mastercalss on the P3M3 Maturity Model. The masterclass willl provide delegates with an overview of the contents of the P3M3 model; a step by step guide and a discussion of the pros and cons of using a maturity model to assess capability.

For the full list of Workshops follow this link:

http://www.bpugcongress.com/files/boardroom_workshop_programme_16_jan.pdf

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Announcing the BPUG Awards

One of the highlights of the Congress will be an Awards Ceremony to celebrate organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to programme and project management. The ceremony will be held during the evening of the 6th February at the event and is sponsored by the Best Management Practice Partnership of OGC, TSO and APMG.

There will be six awards with the following categories:

Outstanding contribution to embedding PRINCE2 in the public sector
Outstanding contribution in an international sphere
Outstanding contribution made to development of qualifications
Innovation in a user organisation

The recipients of these four awards have been selected by the Board of BPUG in recognition of their outstanding contributions in their particular fields of endeavor.

Nominations are sought for two further categories:

Outstanding individual contribution to development of guidance
Innovation in training

The outstanding individual contribution to development of guidance will be nominated by BPUG members who can vote online via the members section of the Best Practice User Group website at www.usergroup.org.uk.

The Innovation in training award is nominated by APMG Accredited Training Organisations who have been invited to send their nominations to Richard Pharro at The APM Group.

I hope BPUG members will take the opportunity to vote and am looking forward to congratulating the winners on the night!