Advisicon 2011 News and Events
December 9, 2012
New book Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World released!
The first printing of the first edition of Microsoft Access in a SharePoint World was released today. This book has been co-authored by three of the top experts in the field: Tim Runcie, George Hepworth of Grover Park Consulting, and Ben Clothier.
The first 10 orders from our store to use the coupon code "save10bucks" (without the quotation marks) get $10 off the cover price!
November 14, 2011
Doc remembers Eric Jenett
PMI co-founder Eric Jenett Died at the end of October this year. In this blog post, Advisicon's VP of Sales Doc Dochtermann shares his experience meeting the project management genius.
October 24, 2011
Advisicon Presents at the PMI Congress in Dallas, October 24-25th
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA
11:15-12:30 CT: Introduction to a Project Portfolio Management Maturity Model
Doc Dochtermann, Lynn Olhausen (contributor)
Scheduling is often seen as the beginning, and almost the finest deliverable, of project management (PM) practices within an organization. But scheduling is not, and definitely should not, be a finite practice. As organizations begin to mature and develop deeper and broader PM practices into a more Enterprise Project Management (EPM) framework, scheduling must mature as well. This presentation will address the growth of scheduling within a maturing organization through alignment within a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) maturity model. The history of EPM is reviewed, as well as current EPM application within an organization, and the scalability of the PPM maturity model and its effects on organizational growth and expansion of PM practices.
4:15-5:30 CT: Get in Sync with Project & SharePoint
Cindy Lewis
This session will discuss project management maturity levels/goals in portfolio management and recommend a software selection for each level. There will be a demonstration that illustrates the advantages of SharePoint 2010 and how it can be integrated with Project Professional and Project Server 2010.
In this presentation, you will review and discuss the benefits of portfolio management and how the project management office can be involved in the project management maturity level of the organization. You will learn about the features and capabilities of SharePoint 2010. You will learn about the integration of Project Professional 2010 with SharePoint 2010 and you will see the portfolio and business intelligence advantages of using Project Server 2010 with SharePoint 2010. By the end of the presentation you will have a better understanding of the combinations of technologies that are recommended for various maturity levels in an organization and will be able to tie this information back to your organization.
About the Speakers
Doc is a Vice President with Advisicon, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience working for large organizations including IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Kellogg's, the State of California Department of Child Support Services, MCI, the International Institute for Learning (IIL), and the 1988 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee. Doc is a certified Project Manager and a Scheduling Professional with the Project Management Institute (PMI), a certified Information Security Specialist with the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and a Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). Doc is currently manages Publicity & Marketing for the Scheduling Community of Practice (formerly known as the PMI College of Scheduling), and is a founding member of the Technology Member Advisory Group, for PMI Global.
Cindy is a Senior Project Advisor at Advisicon, Inc. She brings 17 years of experience in training and managing large projects. As a professional project manager, Cindy has focused her career on Information Technology projects specializing in company-wide system implementations spanning industries such as financial, manufacturing, medical, education and high tech. Cindy has in-depth expertise in lifecycle management, organizational project/portfolio process development and management, and customized curriculum development and execution.
Lynn has developed curriculum and taught project management best practices and certificaiton exam prep for the CAPM and PMP. She delivers high quality customer-focused business solutions based upon project management and collaboration methodologies and technologies.
October 17, 2011
You Have Created a Schedule… Now What?
Our very own Cindy Lewis will be speaking at PMI Michigan's Professional Development Day.
Did You Miss This Topic at the Battle Creek PMI Meeting? It is Being Repeated at the Lansing PMI Professional Development Day
Most schedules are expertly planned and then promptly ignored when you begin work on your project. In this session, you will learn some of the critical considerations when using Microsoft Project 2007 for keeping a schedule current and for monitoring progress. Some areas that will be covered include:
- creating a dynamic schedule
- working with dependencies
- working with the baseline
- learning the importance of the status date
- proper task tracking techniques for a dynamic schedule
Throughout this event you will probably pick up a few tips and tricks along the way as Cindy showcases some of her extensive knowledge in Microsoft Project.
Register for Professional Development Day now!
September 26, 2011
Mike Kremer is Speaking on Office 365 for Work Collaboration in the Cloud—With or Without Project
Advisicon's Doc Dochtermann and Microsoft's Mike Kremer are going to be presenting at San Francisco's MPUG. It is a registration required event, but admission is free for MPUG members (only $15 for everyone else).
Mike and Doc are Microsoft Project Portfolio Management experts. Mike will be speaking on the use of Office 365 for Project Management and Doc will be talking about Portfolio Management using Project Server 2010. Both will be demonstrating the capabilities of these solutions from Microsoft.
See more of the details in this pdf.
August 19, 2011
Advisicon Sponsoring PMI-Portland's 'Managing Projects, Programs and Portfolios' Annual Conference
Please join Advisicon at the 8th Annual Managing Projects, Programs and Portfolios Conference on Friday, August 19th, 2011 at the DoubleTree Lloyd Center in Portland, OR.Advisicon President Tim Runcie will be presenting: Supercharge Project, Program and Portfolio Management with Technology.
In this session, you will learn about the latest tools from Microsoft that support Project, Program and Portfolio management, and you will also learn how to apply a blended, balanced and lean approach to utilizing technology, methodology and training to achieve results in Demand Management Planning, Resource Capacity Planning and Strategic Capability Forecasting.
Advisicon VP of Sales Doc Dochtermann will be presenting: PMI Virtual Communities of Practice – When You Need to Learn.
Over 75% of the half million PMPs are from the under 30 generation. These folks have grown up using Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn and use Social Media to network, communicate, share information, and learn. Come learn about PMI's new Communities of Practice from one of the key leaders involved with the formation of the PMI Scheduling Community of Practices.
July 21, 2011
Advisicon to present "Strategic Project Controls: Scheduling across the Enterprise" at PMI SCoP Webinar, July 21, 2011
During this webinar, participants will learn about strategic project controls as it relates to scheduling across the enterprise. . Tim Cermak, "Doc" Dochtermann and Lynn Jesus-Olhausen will present the key aspects of enterprise scheduling and illustrate key challenges beyond individual / standalone project scheduling. Participants will learn about what they will need to know to successfully "Go Enterprise" within their organizations and maintain this endeavor. Also a demonstration of an enterprise Strategic Project Controls System will be given during the webinar.July 13, 2011
Advisicon VP of Sales, Doc Dochtermann presented at the 2011 Microsoft World Partners Conference.
Advisicon VP of Sales, Doc Dochtermann presented, "Strategic Project Controls: Translate Strategy into Action", at the 2011 Microsoft World Partners Conference. The presentation covered enterprise project portfolio management using Microsoft Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 and how to match organizational PPM maturity and business objective alignment across the enterprise.8
