Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit

Michael:

I attended in 2010 and got a lot of good concepts out of it. It doesn’t always fit in higher ed’s culture. I cycle through events like this every several years, not every year. Thanks, ML

Hi,

I also attended several years ago and then again last year.  I also think it tends to be higher level and doesn’t always take into account the higher ed culture.  However, there usually are about 10-20 folks from higher ed institutions there.

Thanks,

Christina

Christina L. Griffin

Director, Division of IT PMO

The George Washington University

44983 Knoll Square, Suite 380

Ashburn, VA 20147

Phone:  703-726-1911

Fax:  703-726-3606

Email:  cgriffin@gwu.edu

Hi all;  I attended Gartner’s PPM summit a couple of years ago too, and found a few friends and colleagues there from higher education.  Most attendees are not from higher ed though.   However, if you are starting down the PPMO or EPMO path, and want to see a lot of products in one place to determine what to evaluate, and you want to hear Gartner strategists talk about planning and implementing a PPMO, then I think this is a most worthwhile event in which to collect a lot of information.  It will have more project and program management content than you will find at Educause.  I was actually a bit disappointed at how few the PM sessions and events were at Educause this year.   The constituent group meeting was full and active - maybe we can get more worked into it next year.    

Deb

Deborah B. Whitten

Assistant Vice President for IT Planning and Programs

Arizona State University

P.O. Box 870101, Tempe, AZ 85787-0101

(480) 727-0050 Fax: (480) 965-0028

deborah.whitten@asu.edu

Michael,

I also went a couple of years ago.  I agree with Mary’s description.  Although it presented some good concepts,  I didn’t feel that many fit into the HE environment.  I also felt it was expensive when I compared it to the PMI Congress and PMO Symposium which are two events I felt provide equal or greater value.

Chuck

What I find interesting is that I submitted the same PM presentation to both Educause and the PMI Global Congress this year and Educause did not select my presentation and the PMI Global Congress did.  I’m not sure Project Management is as high a concern for the national Educause convention in general as it once had been.

I agree with Dale. I was also previously shot down, but I presented at the Midwest EDUCAUSE to standing room crowd (due to the topic). It seems that project management is not a priority for national EDUCAUSE even though there appears to be a large unmet need. If there was more PM sessions at EDUCAUSE I would make more of a priority to attend; currently my conference priorities are PMI and Project Server conferences.

Dale,

Would it be possible to share your presentation?  Is it available on the web or can you personally send it to me.

Thanks,

Michael G. Abelaj

Director, Project Management Office

Barnard College, Columbia University

3009 Broadway
New York, New York 10027
212-851-9694
mabelaj@barnard.edu
www.barnard.edu/bcit