PMI June Meeting
Wednesday, June 4th
Presentation by Dave Hartman: Portfolio Management and Business Metrics

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We are proud to offer our next dinner meeting at Normandie Farm Restaurant located at 10710 Falls Road, Potomac, MD (Phone: 301-983-8838, web site http://www.popovers.com ) on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.
 
Directions: Take Rt 270 to the Falls Road exit.  Proceed south towards Potomac.  Normandie Farm is 3 1/2 miles on the right.
 
Alternate directions: take the beltway, RT 495 to exit 39.  Proceed west on River Road 3 1/2 miles.  Turn right onto Falls Road and proceed 3/4 mile to Normandie Farm on the left.
 
Our Meeting agenda is as follows:
 
5:00 to 6:30 PM  Informal Social/Networking - A cash bar will be available
6:30 to 7:45 PM  Dinner
7:45 to 8:00 PM  Announcements and Introductions
8:00 to 9:00 PM  Presentation by Dave Hartman
 

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Note: Please plan to arrive by at least 6:15 PM so that we can process everyone in and be able to start serving dinner by 6:30 PM as planned.

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Bio:  Dave Hartman
Dave Hartman is President of Hartman Business Technology (HBT).  Founded in 2004, HBT provides strategic and executive level business and technology services to mid-sized and growing businesses.  HBT features a proprietary service called the "IT Value Matrix," a comprehensive assessment designed to analyze and improve an organization's ability to deliver greater profitability and efficiency through technology and improved business processes.

Dave brings over 20 years of leadership and management experience, including 15 years within the Information Technology sector, supporting Healthcare, commercial, retail, government and non-profit industries.  He is well recognized for his ability to analyze internal company resources, as well as consulting relationships, to develop systems and solutions that maximize profitability or minimize corporate expense. 

Prior to leading his own consulting practice, Dave served as the Senior Director of Information Technology for several highly respected healthcare and commercial companies in the Maryland area.  Dave is a former Naval Flight Officer for the US Navy and got his start in enterprise application integration as a consultant for Andersen Consulting.

Dave's articles and features have recently appeared in both the Baltimore Business Journal and the Business Monthly.  Dave also speaks regularly on the topic of IT Business Value to business and leadership groups throughout the East Coast..

Topic:  Portfolio Management and Business Metrics Tips to Ensure Your Projects Survive the Cost-Cutting Ax
Creating business value in the projects we manage is always critical.   In tough economic times, it may be a matter of project, and job, preservation.

This presentation looks at Project Portfolio Management and Key Metrics Tracking from the Executive's perspective.   Dave will review the criteria that he uses with his executive clients to review project value, and will offer insights into why projects that seem just right never get funding or lose funding half-way through.  Do your projects contribute to the strategic direction of the company?  Do they provide greater impact than the effort required to complete them?  These are questions that Executives should ask, and that you should be prepared to answer.

Dave will also look at effective business metrics, and discuss how understanding what metrics are most critical to your boss can help you design and implement projects that won't ever get cut.  Dave's presentation will share valuable insights into how Executives  look at business metrics and how IT leaders can design a project portfolio that addresses critical gaps in their company's ability to track key metrics timely

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So please bring your boss, coworkers, spouse, or anyone else who you believe would be interested or could benefit from attending this great dinner meeting.

This dinner meeting presentation will be worth one (1) "category 3" PDU.

The cost for dinner is $30 for PMI Montgomery County, MD Chapter members and $40 for all others.

Pay on line via credit card or cash or check at the door.
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Our mission is to provide a forum for Professional Project Managers to promote the principles of Project Management Institute (PMI) through networking with other Project Managers, sharing project experiences, providing and receiving training, and supporting Project Management Professionals in their certification efforts.  Our intent is to provide this forum in a place that is convenient to those who either live and/or work in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Please click on the following to view June's presentation:

Project Prioritization Exercise

Presentation handouts

Metrics Matrix

Metrics Scorecard
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