PDP Information:

Program Number: C020-04152003  Program Title: "Planning and Conducting an Effective PM Maturity Assessment"  PDUs: 1.5  Category Type: 3  Subject Areas  Knowledge: 10  Process: 06  Application/Specific Interest Groups: 30  Activity Sponsor: NJ/PMI Chapter

 
 

Howland Blackiston,  IIL Once you've decided that a PM Maturity Assessment is right for your organization, you'll be faced with the somewhat daunting realization that now you've got to actually plan, organize, and implement the assessment. Where do you start? And how do you turn all that assessment data into a meaningful action plan? In this exciting presentation, Mr. Blackiston provided some helpful guidelines and checklists focusing on the following:  Why conduct an assessment?  Ways to avoid cultural resistance  Picking a maturity model that's best for your organization  Developing an effective communications plan  Customizing a model to create the right fit  Maturity models: how do they compare?  Establishing responsibility for the assessment  Choosing an appropriate delivery method  Turning the results into an action plan  Deciding who should participate  Keeping top management informed  Developing a remedial training curriculum  Benchmarking your results to others  Doing it again…  Prior to joining IIL Mr. Blackiston was co-founder and President (for 20 years) of Juran Institute, Inc. (pioneers in quality management.) Howland has published numerous papers and has been the featured speaker at hundreds of events and broadcasts all around the world.  He is the creator and executive producer of more than 150 multimedia-training programs.  Collectively these publications have been translated into 16 languages and have been utilized by thousands of organizations in over 40 countries. Howard's abstract and view graphs can be downloaded.

Penny Lewis presents an award to Howard.

 
 
 

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