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Past Events

This page contains details of PROMS-G events which have taken place since 2002 (where available). In most cases we have both an event report and normally a PDF version of the speaker's handouts. The event summaries lead to detail pages for each event.

Please see here for details of our future programme.

DateTopicSpeaker
2013
Tue May 14Estimates: its all in the mind?Martin Shepperd and Carolyn Mair
Tue Apr 23How to get a business case gloriously wrongMichael Blackstaff
Wed Feb 13Work Breakdown Structures and MilestonesGeoffrey Darnton
Tue Jan 8Agile Lean and Kanban Project ManagementPeter Measey
2012
Tue Dec 11Driving Jaguar Land Rover Growth with CAE and HPCAndy Searle
Tue Nov 13Using Agile Project management to combat Identity CrimeGary Miles
Tue Oct 9AGM and talk: systems thinking and projectsPaul Summers
Tue Sep 11Social networking and the weatherPaul Craig
Tue Jun 12Agile Project Management and Project AssuranceSue Clarke and Carol Long
Tue May 15Beyond PRINCE2: future directions for project management standardsMiles Shepherd
Tue Apr 17Project Assurance: A Framework for Measuring the Health of ProjectsTim Podesta and Roy Millard
Tue Feb 7Delivering critical operational IT projectsJonathan Nevison
Tue Jan 10Use agile and take PRINCE out of its comfort zoneKeith Richards
2011
Tue Dec 13Olympic Safety and Security ProgrammeSteve Whatson
Tue Nov 8System Error: Reducing the Risk of Project FailureJohn Wright
Wed Oct 26Microsoft Project - Why Use ItChristopher Pond
Tue Oct 11AGM and talk on Shared Services ProjectsSimon Berlin
Tue Sep 13How to run a successful off-shoring engagementKarim Hyatt
Wed Jun 8UK IT Industry Awards IT Project Team of the Year - Radical Website Improvement ProgrammeAdrian Blair and Alice Ainsworth
Tue May 10Green IT Project ManagementBob Crookes
Tue Apr 12Outcomes Based Agreements and Delivering Value Through ContractingGavin Bowden-Hall and Philip Standing
Tue Feb 15Tolls and Tribulations: The Severn Crossing and IT ProjectsPaul Love
Tue Jan 11Using Kanban to Get Knowledge and Continuously ImproveBenjamin Mitchell
2010
Tue Dec 7Setting and Tracking Project Objectives - The Tom Gilb ApproachTom Gilb
Tue Nov 9Organisational Mindset Implications for Project ManagersBob Marshall
Wed Oct 20The Lazy Project Manager and The Art of Productive Laziness preceded by AGMPeter Taylor
Tue Sep 14How do you stop MURDERs happeningAndy Waters
Tue Jun 15'Priceless Projects - Making the difference at the V and A'Sarah Winmill
Tue May 18Education versus Training - The DebatePanel - Melanie Franklin, Bob Hughes, Miles Shepherd, John Zachar
Tue Feb 16Risk Management: Hard and Soft ApproachesIan Thornton Bryar and Penny Pullan
Tue Jan 19What IT Needs to Become an Organisation's Greatest AssetIan Carvell - Innotas
2009
Tue Dec 15A Guide to Herding Cats While Spinning Plates in the UK Games IndustryChris Viggers
Mon Nov 9Titanic Lessons for IT ProjectsMark Kozak-Holland
Tue Oct 6Prince Refresh ProjectAndy Murray - Lead Author
Tue Sep 15ONSide - An Agile Framework for Delivery SuccessIan Shopland, Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Tue Jun 16AGM and Social Event - Under The Blogoscope'Project Eye'
Tue Apr 21 Contract Law for Project ManagersJeremy Newton
Tue Feb 17Realising the Benefits - a fool's errand?Stephen Jenner, Director, Criminal Justice Information Technology [OCJR, Ministry of Justice]
2008
Tue Dec 16Is There Really a Project Management Skills Gap?Panel - Nick Hayes, Vince Hines, David Reynolds and John Thorpe
Tue Nov 18Cross Cultural Project ManagementDr Naomi Brookes and Lars Baumann
Tue Oct 14Getting the best out of your PMOChris Churchouse
Tue Sep 9Project Manager Briefing: Why and How to Become AgileAllan Kelly
Tue Apr 15Making Projects Work - through effective meetings and workshopsDr Penny Pullan, Making Projects Work Ltd.
Wed Feb 13PPM : How the Programme Support Office adapts to the ever changing needs of businessPaul Allen, Senior Planning Manger, Yell Group
Thu Jan 17Benefits Realisation ManagementAnn Watts
2007
Wed Dec 5Directing Change: Governance of ProjectsDr. Peter Parkes
Wed Nov 14Why is EPM key to a successful PPSO?David Dunning, CPS (Corporate Project Solutions)
Wed Oct 17An Extension Project on the DLRRalph Harding
Tue Sep 18How to promote yourself more effectivelyAngela Hickmore, Gary Fay and James O'Loughlin
Thur 1 Mar Dashboards Tina Cousins, IBM
2006
Wed 6 Dec Heathrow T5 Nick Gaines, BAA
Wed 15 Nov Scorecards Tina Cousins, IBM
Tue 19 Sep Project Management in the Film Industry Aidan Boulter,Guild of British Camera Technicians
Tue 27 Jun Tricks & Traps Tony Grout, FMI Solutions
Wed 14 Jun Software Estimating Andy Langridge, Galorath
Tue 4 Apr Managing Stress on IT Projects Stewart Hill, ISMA
Wed 15 Feb Collaborative Approach to Project Management Tim Curry, Capgemini
Wed 18 Jan Serving Up another Wimbledon Winner Roger Blake, IBM
2005
Tue 6 Dec London 2012 Chris Payne/Mark Scholey, London 2012 Olympics Bid team
Tue 15 Nov PMI BoK Does it Work? Peter Gammon, Contact to ContRact
Thur 15 Sept Formula 1 Project Management David France, BAR Honda F1
Tue 22 Feb/1/8/15 Mar Spring School: Benefits Management Various
Tue 22 Feb/1/8/15 Mar Spring School: Estimating Various
Wed 2 Feb New Age Project Management: Objectives and Execution as One Jim Warren, JD Warren Associates
Tue 1 Feb Confessions of a Remote Project Manager Steve Murphy, Hewlett Packard
Tue 11 Jan NATS: A Case Study Rob Witty, Andy Beaumont NATS
2004
Wed 8 Dec Iterative Project Management - A Scaleable Approach to Project Management Ian Spence, Reqtrix Limited
Tue 16 Nov Emotional Intelligence: Does it make a difference? Mark Russell, Oakhill Consulting
Jacqueline Land, Jacqueline Land Associates
Tue 9/16/23/30 Oct Autumn School: Estimating Various
Thu 16 Sep An Approach to Benefits Driven Project Management David Marsh, MMP
Tue 15 Jun National Automated Fingerprint Identification System Stephen Dines, PITO
Tue 21 Apr Annual Conference with ProgM - "Mind the Gap" Terry Dailey of Campion Wilcocks & Associates
Mark Crowne, Panasonic Mobile Communications Development
Mike Attwood, Sainsburys
Mark Gilligan, Syrris
Vince Fisher, AWE plc
Tue 2 Mar - Tue 23 Mar Spring School - Soft Skills for Project Managers Andrew Lees, Keay Consulting
Patrick Mayfield, Pearce Mayfield
Paul Frost, Learning and Skills Council
Ron Rosenhead, The Project Agency
Wed 11 Feb The Implications of Security on Project Management Adam McElroy, Hewlett Packard
Tue 10 Feb Through the eye of a sponsor Derek Usher, HBOS Card Services
2003
Wed 10 Dec The Use of RUP in Development Projects Ian Spence, Rational Limited
Wed 19 Nov Making Your First Million Brian Swindells, Utility Link
Wed 12 Nov The Use of Open Source Tools in Complex Development Projects Dean Margerison, DeKaM Limited

Thu 16 Oct

Thu 2 Oct

Outsourcing and Procurement

The Commercial Project Manager

Stuart Wilde, Siemens Business Services

Ian Henley, Contact to Contract

Thu 11 Sep Succeeding When You Have no Time for Testing Barry Varley and Tom Norris, Acutest
Tue 25 Mar DSDM - Managing Iterative & Incremental Development Jennifer Stapleton, Empower Dynamics
Thu 13 Feb Project Collaboration and Control on the Web Eric Stewart, ESNA Limited
Thu 16 Jan CMM, ISO 9000 & more - Herding Cats in the Public Domain William Robertson, Business Driven Quality
Roger Hines, Kyson Point
2002
Tue 10 Dec Implementing Best Practice Project Management at EMC Ian Henley, Contact to Contract
Steve Larkin, EMC
Tue 22 Oct Maximising the Value from Change Peter Hawkins & Nick Excell, Lloyds TSB
Tue 15 Oct Managing Risk Jean Morgan, Wilhen Associates
Mike Bath, Project Framework Solutions
Tue 10 Sep Managing the People Aspects of Change within Major Projects and Programmes Tim Potter, Innermost Consulting Ltd