January 18 Monthly Event: Enterprise Project Management

Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver - Le Pavillon I and II, 791 West Georgia Street

Wednesday 5:00 - 8:00 pm

This session will provide you with a high-level view of Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) using the power of Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint 2010.  You will also learn about the end-to-end Project and Portfolio Management capabilities and how to help your organization drive maximum business value from its investments.

In addition to learning about what EPM is, a demonstration will also be given showing the new tools available within this discipline. A discussion of best practices, implementation and change management approaches and description of 5 quick wins that any organization can implement in under one month to lead to real and measurable organizational benefits.

Time will also be spent on understanding how the new reporting functionality works. The “art” of Business Intelligence is getting to trusted data and can really improve communications throughout your organization on priorities, projects and return on investments made.

Presenter: Keith Deighton, B.Sc. M.B.A., Director of Sales Enterprise Project Management, 
                  Arbutus Solutions

Keith Deighton is the Director of Sales for Arbutus Solutions who specialise in implementing Enterprise Project Management solutions based on Microsoft technologies.

Originally from Scotland, Keith has extensive sales, marketing and business consulting expertise, both in Europe and Canada, and has held senior and executive management positions.  He has worked for companies ranging in size from small entrepreneurial start-ups to large multinational organizations, and has a passion for leadership and vision for creative business solutions.  Keith lives in Burnaby BC and when not in front of clients he can be found out on the open road on his favourite past-time, his “Harley”.

Please bring your ticket to the event. Payment for the event is by credit card via this registration site. As this event includes a dinner, you must be registered to attend.

Walk-Ins Strongly Discouraged. $85 Cheque or exact cash only - regardless of time of arrival.

Corporate Credit Cards are often a problem when registering online with Eventbrite. If not successful, please use your personal card or contact Pavel Margolin director.programs@pmi.bc.ca

Late Arrivals: Dinner will be served until 6 pm.  If you must arrive after the speaker has commenced, please enter very quietly and sit at the back, near the door.

Membership:

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Refunds:

Due to event arrangements, cancellations and refunds will be accepted until seven days prior to the event (January 11th) after which the tickets will be non-refundable.

To cancel or request a refund email Pavel Margolin director.programs@pmi.bc.ca

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