Project Management “Best
Practices” abound. There are hundreds of books, reference
materials, academic resources, and consultancies available to
help. A simple search on the internet yields dozens of models
and methods to improve your Project Management effectiveness.
Given that, why do some
organizations still struggle to apply the most effective Project
Management techniques and practices consistently? Many
companies and government agencies spend millions of dollars in the
development of project management processes, templates, and tools,
based on industry “Best Practices.” The challenge in gaining
a return on those investments isn’t necessarily based on the quality of
the methods themselves, but in the consistent and effective use of them
across your organization.
How do you drive high rates
of adoption and real world application of best Project Management
methods in your organization? In this presentation, Marybeth Wootton,
Vice President of Performance Excellence at BAE Systems, will discuss
how to:
Promote adoption and proliferation of a Project Management
Methodology across a large, global organization
Overcome organizational (and human) obstacles, and to
change behaviors among a large and very diverse community of Project
Managers
Get the value out of using industry Best Practice methods
and tools
Ms. Wootton will address
these ideas from the perspective of her current experience building and
implementing a Project Management Methodology for services within an
operating unit of a $31 billion global company, and from her
more than 15 years as a project manager and consultant at
methodology-based consulting firms.
About the Speaker:
Marybeth
Wootton
Marybeth
Wootton is the Vice President, Performance Excellence for the BAE
Systems Customer Solutions operating group. Customer
Solutions is the services business for BAE Systems Inc., with nearly
14,000 employees and more than 60 locations. As VP,
Performance Excellence, Marybeth has responsibility for Project
Management, Process Improvement, Performance Measurement, Business
Integration, Knowledge Management, and Quality across the
business. Marybeth and her team are focused on improving
Project Management capability and maturity through the development and
delivery of new processes, tools, and training. The
Performance Excellence team also drives Business Transformation for the
operating group; including performance measurement, business
intelligence, process integration and automation, and advancing process
capability and maturity through model-based standards.
Marybeth joined BAE Systems in 2005 after 14 years in
management consulting at Price Waterhouse, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and
IBM, with experience in both the public and commercial
sectors. Just prior to joining BAE Systems Marybeth had line
management responsibility for a Special Program business unit in IBM’s
Business Consulting Services group. She has managed large programs for
commercial, Civilian, and Intelligence Community clients.
Marybeth is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Information
Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Master. Marybeth holds a
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton School of
Business at University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science (BS)
in Economics from Harvard University. She and her husband
Jeff live in Northern Virginia with their two sons.
Ron Taylor, PMP, President of
PMIWDC, and the August Dinner speaker, Marybeth Wootton.
Marybeth
Wootton is the Vice President, Performance Excellence for the BAE
Systems Customer Solutions operating group. Customer
Solutions is the services business for BAE Systems Inc., with nearly
14,000 employees and more than 60 locations. As VP,
Performance Excellence, Marybeth has responsibility for Project
Management, Process Improvement, Performance Measurement, Business
Integration, Knowledge Management, and Quality across the
business. Marybeth and her team are focused on improving
Project Management capability and maturity through the development and
delivery of new processes, tools, and training. The
Performance Excellence team also drives Business Transformation for the
operating group; including performance measurement, business
intelligence, process integration and automation, and advancing process
capability and maturity through model-based standards.