Evolution of the EPMO at 7-Eleven

On the 7th of May at 4 PM GMT, Steve Barton, Director of the EPMO at 7-Eleven, will share how his organization has evolved their use of CA Clarity PPM over the years to adjust to the growth and maturity of the IT organization and the changes in the business climate.

I am looking forward to learning from the IT Challenges facing 7-Elevens EPMO and the role of the EPMO in supportin IT Governance. This is a great chance to see how CA Clarity PPM is being used to provide visibility and control over a large project portfolio.


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Enhanced CA Clarity PPM On Demand Announced

See my CA blog for details at http://community.ca.com/blogs/2271.aspx

May 12th Webcast: Critical Components of Effective PMOs. 3 of 6

Steve Romero's third IT Governance Enablement Webinars entitled Critical Components of Effective PMOs has been confirmed to broadcast live at 4PM GMT on the 12th of May, 2009.

Many organizations have established Project Management Offices (PMO) with the hope of improving project results. Despite the wide scale proliferation of these PMOs, many have had limited success. A well sanctioned and chartered PMO can overcome these struggles and greatly improve portfolio management processes and most importantly, project performance.

This webcast describes how a PMO needs to be much more than the keeper of methodology and the enforcer of project management processes, including an overview of:

- Portfolio and project management business issues
- The relationship between the PMO and Portfolio Management
- The major objectives of a PMO

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Anyone using CA Clarity to Manage M & A Programs

I know of one Insurance company doing this. I winder common it is to use PPM to manage M & A projects?

Service Portfolio Management Video

This is one of the clearest descriptions of SPM I have seen from Peter Hinssen.

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April 28th Live Webcast: Meeting Enterprise Goals through Project and Portfolio Management

Steve Romero is back with the second installment of his IT Governance series on April 28th at 4PM GMT.

Every enterprise must ensure their business priorities and investments are tightly linked. Project and Portfolio Management is the governance mechanism used to make rational and reasonable spending and investment decisions to enable companies to meet their growth strategies. The goal of Project and Portfolio Management is to ensure an organization’s overall portfolio investments is aligned with and contributing optimal value to the organization’s strategic objectives.

This webcast provides an overview of the discipline of Project and Portfolio Management and how it is used to enable an enterprise to meet its strategic goals and objectives, including:



The business case for Project and Portfolio Management
The relationship between Project and Portfolio Management and Governance
How Project and Portfolio Management is defined and viewed today
The “P’s” in Project and Portfolio Management (Project, Program, Portfolio)
The role and purpose of Project and Portfolio Management Governance
The multiple portfolios in Portfolio Management


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Fostering Successful PPM - Web Event One of Six

My favorite IT Governance Evangelist, Steve Romero of CA, Inc., just presented the first of a six part series of webinars. You will have to make do with a recording of the first one at:

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I will do a separate blog on the remaining 5, which you should be able to view live.

New Book Published Converging COBIT with IT Governance

The COBIT User Guide for Service Managers is available as a complimentary download for ISACA members and for non-members can purchase an e-book or hardcopy from the ISACA bookstore. The guidance is quite detailed and includes assistance on how to get started and includes a description of ITIL V3 processes with the corresponding COBIT 4.1 control objectives.

For more backgroud see Rob Storud's blog at the link below:
http://Rob Stoud on ITIL V3 and Beyond

Implementing SaaS with Clarity

Robin Bloor, renownd Industry Analyst wrote a complimentry blog about CA Clarity PPM On Demand at the link below that is well worth a read.

http://Robin's blog