Highlights:
120 project managers, speakers, and guests enjoyed two days of presentations and networking. The networking event at the ADFA Officers Mess built on the first day.
Program:
10th May:
Masterclass: A Practical Guide to Project and Contract Surveillance
11th May:
The Symposium Day 1. Download the 2016 program.
Networking event at the ADFA Offices Mess
12th May:
The Symposium Day 2. Download the 2016 program.
Photo Gallery:
Patrick Weaver Kym Henderson
Geraldine Barker Lisa Wolf Jane Halton Prof. Michael O’Donnell
Speakers
In speaking order.
* = presentation available for downloading.
Key Note and Plenary speakers:
Kym Henderson, Chair Organising Committee: Opening remarks*.
Prof. Michael O'Donnell, Head School of Business UNSW Canberra: Opening Address.
Dr Tom Ioannou, Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group Australian National Audit Office (ANAO): The Australian Perspective (speaking notes)*.
Ms Geraldine Barker, Director, National Audit Office (NAO) United Kingdom: Project Governance and Controls - The UK Perspective on the Approaches, Challenges, and Lessons Learned in improving Performance of Major Projects at Individual and Portfolio Levels*.
Mr Kim Terrell, General Manager Portfolio Project Manager, Department of Human Services: Going the extra mile....*.
Mr David Bryant, Director of AIPM: ICT Project Success and the suitability of key persons*.
Mr Mark Dickson, Director, Vice Chair 2016 PMI Board of Directors: Benefits Linkages - Creating connection between purpose, governance, and controls*.
Professor Russell Kenley, Professor of Management, Swinburne University of Technology: Implications of Location-based Planning for Defence and Government Projects*.
Mr Andrew Pyke, Keyholder Australia: The Challenges of and Potential Solutions to Scope Definition Issues on Complex Projects*.
Ms. Roxanne Kelley, One Defence Implementation Office Lead: "One Defence", The Reasons For Change and the Way Forward focusing on the Challenges and Opportunities for the Defence Project Governance and Controls Community*.
Ms Melinda Penna, General Manager Project Delivery Community of Practice Chief Project Office, Telstra: How to Turn Project Controls Data Into An Executive Level Presentation.
Ms Lisa Wolf, Earned Value Management and Purchasing Systems Focal Point for Booz Allen Hamilton, USA: Project Surveillance*.
Ms Jane Halton, Secretary Department of Finance: The Finance Transformation Program*.
Mr David Hudson, Australian Institute of Project Management: Project Controls and the Implications for Enterprise Project Management*.
Kym Henderson, Chair Organising Committee: Closing remarks*.
Controls Stream
Yiding Hu, Weapons and Combat Systems Division, Defence Science and Technology Group: Can We Improve Project Risk Management?*.
Robert Bolton: Complex Projects - how to reduce the schedule RISK and ensure the desired returns*.
Academic Stream
Dr. Chivonne Algeo, Associate Professor – Project Management Monash University: Exploiting Project Knowledge to Enhance Project Governance and Control*.
Group Captain (Retired) Dr Keith Joiner, UNSW Canberra at ADFA: Key opportunities to achieve best practice in capability development*.
Education Stream
Patrick Weaver: The art of predicting project completion. A good schedule is not enough!*.