PMI Pune Seminar - "Business Analysis and IT strategy" & "Portfolio management in SMB in recession" December 12, 2008

PMI Pune Deccan-India Chapter is pleased to invite you for interesting and thought provoking seminars on:

Business Analysis and IT Strategy by Prof. Pradeep Pendse

Role of PMO in Portfolio Management within SMB enterprises in a Recession Driven Economy by P. Seenivasan, PMP, CSQA

Venue: Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Cummins Auditorium, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & S. M. Joshi hall, Pune 411030. Reception (Tel) - +91(20) 24534190 / 24530214

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008

Time: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Topic 1: Business Analysis and IT Strategy

The talk would focus on the following:

- The changing paradigms of Information in the context of organizations

- Ever widening Dimensions of Business Analysis

- Business Analysis for Innovation in Product, Process and Customer/User Experiences

- Visualizing Information Architectures and Information Strategy

- Formal Frameworks for formulating and evaluating IT Strategy.

Speaker 1: Prof. Pradeep Pendse

Prof. Pendse is dean of Welingkar Institute of Management Mumbai – which is ranked among the top 20 B-Schools of the 1700+ B-schools in India. He has experience of nearly 25 Yrs – includes 20 Yrs in Industry and about 15 Yrs of concurrent Part time and Full time Academics. He has written first Indian Book on Business Analysis – Prentice Hall India – July 08.



20 years+ in varied roles:

· Systems /Business Analyst

· CIO / IT Consultant

· Founder /CEO of a 100 strong IT Solutions Company thru which he served nearly 50 reputed corporates over a 15 year. This includes the role of a CIO for KEC International Ltd, Mahindra Ugine Steel, Modern Group, Mattel Toys, Murphy, VK Pumps etc managing software and IT Infrastructure projects.



Prof. Pendse received following awards:

· Dewang Mehta Award for Best IT Teacher in Business School – Oct 08

· CSI Chapter Patron Award for outstanding contribution

· Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Narsee Monjee Institute of Mgmt



Topic 2: Role of PMO in Portfolio Management within SMB enterprises in a Recession Driven Economy

The last decade has witnessed the evolution of Project Management from being a part-time effort into a full-time profession. Project Management is regarded now as a strategic competency for the organization. Accompanying this tactical initiative is a vast amount of intellectual property that must be effectively managed. Thus there is a need for the existence of a Project Management Office (PMO). While the physical existence of PMO is not new, using PMO as a direct enabler to the strategic planning process of the organization is. This perspective is crucial to realizing benefit within the SMB enterprises. The PMO becomes the extended arm of the senior management which then focuses on operational vis-à-vis execution excellence, which in turn aids business continuity even in times of critical change such as now. The PMO becomes the nerve center of project management intelligence and coordination. This talk hopes to provide some insights into why PMOs are crucial to the success of especially projects-driven organizations and also some of the bottle-neck issues that exist and attempts to identify some of the root problems that executives, project managers and the PMO face. This talk will also give the participants a glimpse of how organizational portfolio management can be used as a strategic weapon.

Speaker 2: Mr. P. Seenivasan, PMP, CSQA

P Seenivasan PMP, Director, Progressive Ventures, Hyderabad, (seenivasan@proventuresindia.com) has nearly 30 years of experience in the domains of Project Management, Process Quality and Software development. He has a B.Tech degree in chemical engineering from University of Madras with a Master degree in Business Administration. He is a Certified Quality Analyst (CSQA) from QAI, USA and certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through PMI, USA. He is a certified lead assessor in ISO 9000 Quality Management System through BSI, London. He is a trained appraisal team member (ATM) in SCAMPI –CMMI Appraisal. He steered one ISO 9001 implementation project and one CMMI level-5 implementation project from the grass root till completion. PS was one of the founder directors of PMI Pearl City Chapter, Hyderabad and served the chapter during 2001 – 2006. As part of this chapter he handled extensive development activities within the Project Management community. This includes two national/International conferences, a student competency development program, a number of PMBOK workshops and Professional development seminars. He worked as a PMI volunteer for the OPM3 project. He has been involved in New Product Development in ERP and web applications. Currently as part of Progressive Ventures he handles a number of workshops focused Project Management concepts, application and tools.