David Dunning

Founder of BIG CIC, Co-Founder of Deepteam and Director of the International Association for Strategy Professionals (UK)

David Dunning has over 30 years’ experience across engineering, consulting, business leadership, project and portfolio management, PMO, governance and strategy delivery.

David is the lead author of the Business Integrated Governance Body of Knowledge, which explores how organisations connect purpose, strategy, governance, accountability, information and delivery. His work challenges the idea that PMO value is simply about better project control, arguing instead that organisations need integrated capability to prioritise, govern and deliver across change, operations and value creation.

David has presented for organisations including APM, PMI, APMG, IASP, AIPMM and the Good Governance Academy. He brings a practical and thought-provoking perspective on the evolving role of the PMO in supporting strategy implementation, decision-making and business performance.

Session | Connecting PMO to Strategy

Most organisations are better at developing strategy than implementing it. Strategy is agreed, objectives are delegated, investments are approved - and then the organisation is expected to make it happen while also running the business, serving customers, managing risk and innovating.

This session would position strategy implementation as the real organisational gap that PMOs, strategists, governance professionals and executives need to address together. BIG provides the frame: strategy delivery spans BAU, value creation and change, and needs integrated governance, information, accountability, assurance and Business Support.

The question for PMO is whether it wants to be a passive reporter of the gap, or a protagonist in helping the organisation close it.