Past PPSO Events - 2005 (March)

March 2005- Politics and the PPSO

The Venue

The Agenda

10.00 - 10.30 Registration, Welcome and Logistics - Mark Hygate

Full presentation Politics and the PPSO, Stakeholder Analysis and Quantitative and Qualitative Benefits > presentation <

10.30 - 11.30 Politics and the PPSO

PPSOs are frequently at the receiving end of a political environment. Over the years, I've asked a number of associates, "Do you live in a politically 'free' zone?" You all know what the answer is. "NO!"

Organisational politics exist! We will never live in an environment that is not influenced by politics! Working in or being responsible for a PPSO. how do we recognise the political impact that we not only create, but experience?

Politics, and the PPSO! How do we make it work? What needs to be considered?
- John Zachar

11:30 - 12.30 Stakeholder Analysis and Expectations Management

Stakeholders - you can't live without them - can you live with them?

Finding out and knowing who your Stakeholders are, followed by having an idea of how to manage them, can be the making of whatever it is you are trying to do. Not doing so can spell disaster. A workshop to brainstorm all the various types of stakeholders and what might be their individual foibles.

- Mark Hygate

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch and Networking

1.30 - 2.30 Quantitative and Qualitative Benefits Delivered by the PPSO

It is a question of survival. How can you justify the existence of your PPSO? Can you present the value of your PPSO to the key stakeholders? Can you start to think in terms of your PPSO starting to provide higher value than it does today?

This workshop will critically evaluate the benefits your PPSO provides and of course trigger thought starters on what next?

- Raj Shenoy

2.30 - 3.00 Tea

3.00 - 3.30 The Relationships - The PPSO and Project Manager/s

One of the key relationships for the PPSO is with the Project Manager.
We'll have a look at types of PPSO and Project Manager and identify some possibilities for harmony and friction.

Handouts for the presentation are > available here <

- Chris Walters

3.45 End of Conference