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Project Management Committee Initiatives and Accomplishments

Note: Priority votes, if any, cast by Strategic Planning Session participants are noted in parenthesis at the end of the initiative.

For the PM Community of Practice (open to all)

In September 2004, in conjunction with the Project Management Institute Upstate NY Chapter, an Executive Symposium Panel and Luncheon was held on the importance of the Project Management Office: A Necessity for Today's Complex Projects.
In September 2004 in conjunction with GTC, a session was held on Estimating Techniques and Tools for Project Managers.
In April 2005, a session was held on Project Management Quality Assurance

For the PMO Roundtable (open to all agencies currently implementing a PMO or PM Practices)

The PMO Roundtable met several times on the following topics:

MS-Project Server at NYS Tax and Finance
PMO Lessons Learned
'Considerations in Selecting and Protecting your IT Investment' NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA) was the guest speaker
Status Reporting Techniques

The PM Standing Committee members met monthly to plan and execute the above activities as well as the following Special Projects:

Developed Peer Review Process for Proposed Projects in conjunction with the OCIO, and the CTG, and the CIO Council.
Developed Business Case/Proposal template in conjunction with the CIO Fiscal Subcommittee
Issued our first PM Committee Newsletter in February
Substantially grew the artifacts in the PM Repository (hosted by OFT)
Developed Resource Matrix of Agency SME's, with their various PM skills/experiences, who are willing to share their expertise
Updated PM Committee web pages to emphasize the PM Tools available to members
Continued to work with interagency committee and the Department of Civil Service on development of a PM Title Series

There are 17 active agencies that participate in the PMO Roundtable!

There are 151 people in the PM Community of Practice!

Field Test and refine the Peer Review Process for In-Flight Projects in conjunction with the OCIO, and the CTG, and the CIO Council. (4)
Finalize the Business Case/Proposal template in conjunction with the CIO Fiscal Subcommittee (2)
Continue marketing efforts by publishing additional PM Committee Newsletters (2)
Continue to grow the artifacts in the PM Repository (1)
Work with the OCIO on a program on Project Portfolio Management in Support of the ATP process (5)
Work with the Upstate NY Chapter of the PMI on joint programs to benefit both communities
Continue to work with agencies on the PM Title Series
Work with GOER and member agencies to gather existing PM curricula; repurpose existing content; develop new content; resulting in a modularized standard PM curricula that any agency could utilize. (5)
NEW (suggested at July 15th Strategic Planning Session)
- Develop collaborative efforts across agencies and with other providers to afford greater training opportunities for agency staff (6)