Executive Breakfast for Government: The New IT Investment Governance - A Path to Responsible Federal Program and Information Technology Management

Potomac Forum, Ltd. Executive Breakfast for Government Series

The New IT Investment Governance: A path to responsible Federal Program and Information Technology Management

Special Keynote:
The New IT Management in the Federal Government
Honorable Roger W. Baker
Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and
Chief Information Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Implementing the New OMB Governance Model to Track and Manage Programs and Better Prepare for Oversight and Reviews

Many Government organizations currently use technologies such as Microsoft Project as part of their program management solution. This Executive Breakfast will show how to leverage this investment to implement improved program management and compliance with the new OMB 25 Point plan for IT Reform.

Government and Industry are Invited
at this "Widely Attended" Public Event
Government Attendance is Complementary

Presented by:
Potomac Forum, Ltd
as part of its continuing series of educational programs for the government

Potomac Forum Thanks Our Sponsor:
Microsoft Corporation
and Co-Sponsor
UMT Consulting Group  

What Government Executives, Managers, Staff and Industry partners Need to Know to respond to the new OBM 25 POINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.

Agency Executives Need to Have Internal Program Management Data to provide oversight of programs and management information before it goes public

What You Will Learn

How Microsoft Project can help in tracking progress and functionality results in support of the new OMB 25 POINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (Dec 9, 2011) to improve program management and track project performance using modular and Agile system development

• How Executives can Align investments to strategic objectives, budget and resource availability and investment review
• How to Managers can Track project objectives against actual project execution
• How to Manage projects in a modular, gated and flexible way to be alerted of issues and adjust to stay on track and meet release cycles
• How to Identify and assign issues and risks and tack their mitigations
• How to Incorporate a collaborative environment to collect community comments, response to deliverables and suggestions
• How to Create budget tracking that aligns with modular development
• How to Take advantage of existing It investments and training 
• How Project/Program Information Can be Used by an Executive or Manager to Monitor Project Performance

Who Should Attend

• CIOs, Deputy CIOs and Executive/Management Staff
• CFOs, Deputy CFOs and Executive/Management Staff
• Department/Agency Executive Management
• Program/Project Executives and Managers
• Contracting Officers
• Capital Planners
• IGs, Auditors and Staff
• Government Executive, Managers and Staff responsible for Program/Project Management and Reporting
• Senior managers responsible for Program Performance and Reporting New Large Program Executives appointed in response to the OMB 25 POINT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO REFORM FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (Dec 9, 2011)
• Members of Department/Agency IT Investment Review Boards who want to better understand IT Program Reporting

Why You Should Attend

• To learn how to take advantage of existing investments to implement Investment Governance
• Prepare for the new OMB and Congressional Oversight and increased focus on IT Investment Review Boards
• To hear from your peers how they are addressing their own challenges

Format

• Presentations by experts
• Panel discussions led by experienced government and industry experts