Special offer to BCS members

Seminar - Improving the Success of business Projects

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Most projects have similar – if less public – problems, and yet some are very successful

Improving the Success of Business Projects

Wednesday 21st March 2007
8:30am for 9:15pm Seminar
1pm lunch
2pm – 4pm Optional Clinics

The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE

This practical seminar aims to:

Share repeatable approaches and judgments to apply to business projects
Ensure the right focus for successful business projects
Provide an opportunity to discuss issues with some executives and programme managers who consistently succeed in delivering business changes

Seminar content

Why do projects fail? An IoD View
Jim Norton - Senior Policy Adviser e-business and e-government at the Institute of Directors

CRM at HSBC
Mike Livermore - Head of Global Banking IT, HSBC Bank: led arguably the most effective CRM project in the UK to date

Merger integrations at ScottishPower
David Jones - ex-CIO Scottish Power IT: Charismatic leader who successfully integrated two acquisitions at ScottishPower to deliver planned business value of those acquisitions

Serving up another Wimbledon winner
Roger Blake - Value Plus: ex Technical Director, IBM Global Services and IBM leader at Wimbledon

Recovering Troubled Projects
David Harris - Value Plus: ex IBM Executive Project Manager: responsible for the method used by IBM’s project managers worldwide

Summary and Discussion – panel of Speakers andValue Plus Directors: Dilip Thaker,
Rick Jones, David Foster: Value Plus Directors: ex IBM Business Consulting Principals and Executive Consultants who have been Programme Directors of many large business projects and have a strong IT heritage.

Special BCS Offer

BCS members and their guests are invited to attend this seminar at the special price of £200.00 + VAT. This offer is valid right up to the event - early cut-off doesn't apply.

Apply using the special BCS enrolment form available below.

Thhis discount may not be combined with any other offer.

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Value Plus

Value Plus Consulting and Services Limited has around 70 professionals, most of whom are ex-IBM. We offer Management Consulting, Senior (business and IT) Programme Directors and Technical Architects. Value Plus is unique in our collection of such talented, successful and practising professional leaders with an average 25+ years of experience from blue chip companies.