What Really Leads to Project & Programme Success?

Date	Wednesday 21st April 2010
Time	7.00 - 7.30 pm Networking & Buffet 7.30 - 9.00 pm Presentation, Q&A
Venue	Holiday Inn Hotel, Marlborough Rd, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6AQ
Presented by	Dr Penny Pullan, Chairman of Women in Project Management SIG
CPD	2 hours (find out more about CPD)

Dr Penny Pullan, consultant in project management and Chair of the WiPM SIG, will lead a discussion on what really makes projects and programmes work.

Whilst the 'hard' skills of planning and scheduling and the like are important, Penny suggests that today's projects and 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 our own top tips for success.

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.

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 members of the Swindon chapter and hoping that these will improve the book!