March 2011 - Implementing an Enterprise Project Management tool and Project Office

This presentation will look at a real world, implementation of an enterprise Project Management tool (Primavera P6) that drove the formation of the Project Office at Guardian Insurance. This is an IT, ‘green field’ environment that, over time, evolves into a successful and mature project organization. It will cover aspects that include structure, roles, adoption and some of the many cultural issues associated with these types of implementations.

About Jon Swain:
Jon Swain has more than 27 years of experience in the project management field working in many different industries including IT, Financial Services, High Tech, Telecom and Oil & Gas. His international experiences are: as a customer successfully implementing enterprise wide project management, working for leading project management tool vendors and working for management consulting organizations. Jon is currently responsible for all operations at Ten Six Consulting, specialists in enterprise project portfolio and earned value management.

Prior to joining Ten Six Consulting, Jon was President of Pinnacle Management Systems overseeing many enterprise implementations of project and earned value management systems. Before this, he was Vice President, US Operations for AMS, overseeing all sales, consulting and training for project management products and services in the USA. Previous roles included, UK General Manager for Artemis where he had operational P&L responsibilities for sales, marketing, consulting, training and support for the UK. Prior to Artemis, Jon has worked on projects and implemented project management solutions across Europe, Scandinavia and Australia. He has presented numerous white papers at industry events, including major UK IT Forums, Special Interest Groups, User Conferences and in Washington DC where audiences have included US Congressmen and Senators.