During the presentation John will provide a walkthrough of a state-of –the-art portfolio and project management process using the PRIMMS® cloud solution. Throughout this hour long event John will cover critical practitioner concepts and tricks of the trade based upon his 20 years of practitioner experience in managing large-scale technology-based projects, programs and portfolios. Specific topics covered include:<br><br><br>• How project management cloud solutions work<br><br>• How to operate an efficient project request and prioritization system<br><br>• Resource loading and leveling made simple and useful<br><br>• Architecting multi-project structures for an easier management process<br><br>• Keeping projects at the right level of granularity using Quality Gates<br><br>• Utilizing advanced risk management tools based upon the “Voice of the Team”<br><br>• How to develop useful Portfolio level metrics of project performance<br><br>• How to develop project manager competency using the apprenticeship model<br><br><br>Event Details<br><br><br>Date and time:  Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:00 am<br><br>Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)<br><br>Duration:             1 hour<br><br><br>Dr. Aaron is president of Milestone Planning and Research, Inc.-- a project management consulting, project management training and software development company www.milestoneplanning.net. He was Dean and Director of one of the country’s first master’s degree programs in project management at DeVry University 1989-1991. He has been a project management practitioner working on large scale technology projects including SAP-ERP implementations, defense-aerospace projects, product development projects and information technology projects. John is the creator of the PRIMMS® web-based multi-project management system www.myprimms.com.During the presentation John will provide a walkthrough of a state-of –the-art portfolio and project management process using the PRIMMS® cloud solution. Throughout this hour long event John will cover critical practitioner concepts and tricks of the trade based upon his 20 years of practitioner experience in managing large-scale technology-based projects, programs and portfolios. Specific topics covered include:<br><br><br>• How project management cloud solutions work<br><br>• How to operate an efficient project request and prioritization system<br><br>• Resource loading and leveling made simple and useful<br><br>• Architecting multi-project structures for an easier management process<br><br>• Keeping projects at the right level of granularity using Quality Gates<br><br>• Utilizing advanced risk management tools based upon the “Voice of the Team”<br><br>• How to develop useful Portfolio level metrics of project performance<br><br>• How to develop project manager competency using the apprenticeship model<br><br><br>Event Details<br><br><br>Date and time:  Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:00 am<br><br>Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00)<br><br>Duration:             1 hour<br><br><br>Dr. Aaron is president of Milestone Planning and Research, Inc.-- a project management consulting, project management training and software development company www.milestoneplanning.net. He was Dean and Director of one of the country’s first master’s degree programs in project management at DeVry University 1989-1991. He has been a project management practitioner working on large scale technology projects including SAP-ERP implementations, defense-aerospace projects, product development projects and information technology projects. John is the creator of the PRIMMS® web-based multi-project management system www.myprimms.com.