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PMI-GTISLIG
Networking and Workshop Meeting
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Date: Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Host: Jennifer Assaly and Ed Streich
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street Dinner: Room 308 & Presentation: Room 309 Metro Hall is located in downtown Toronto – nearest intersection is Wellington St. W & John St. If you take TTC, it is close to the St Andrew subway station. If you drive, Public Parking Lots are available in the area.
Speaker profile:
Mohan Babu K, PMP
Executive Consultant and Technology Architect
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Technology and business executive with over 12 years of experience in applying Information Technology to improve organizational effectiveness and create new business opportunities. His responsibilities have included managing projects, clients and teams; analyzing system needs, coordinating system installations and training users.
He has worked in several industries and verticals including Telecommunications, IT Services, State Government, Finance and Retail Credit Processing.
He has developed a strong insight into the life cycle of systems development and Global Delivery Model. Having lived and worked in India, UK, US and Canada, Mohan has gained an international perspective on business and society, along with an ability to think through complex problems.
Mohan has also authored a book titled "Offshoring IT Services: A Framework for Managing Outsourced Projects" . (Publisher: McGrawHill, India, 2006). Mohan is a prolific writer and has written papers and articles in journals including Business Integration Journal, IEEE Computer, Computerworld among others. Writes weekly columns on Tech-Biz trends for Express Computers and BizIndia magazines.
Presentation synopsis:
Technology executives and managers are increasingly being expected to deliver on enterprise globalization strategies. Though best practices, theories and body-of-knowledge on managing projects are well established, there is a distinct void when it comes to practices on managing offshored projects.
Executing and delivering IT application development and maintenance projects involves several layers of complexity; and the chain is only as strong as the weakest link. Managing projects gets more nebulous when it involves orchestrating the efforts and schedules of individuals, teams and resources from across the globe.
Mohan will lead a workshop on offshore outsourcing of IT Services and introduce an Offshoring Management Framework (OMF), to set the context for managing global IT projects. We will attempt to look at some of the intricacies of offshore outsourcing with a specific emphasis on managing and executing projects and initiatives. The author will share best practices, guidelines and risks of managing across time-and-space boundaries. The workshop will also present case studies and examples from the field and participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and observations for the collective learning by the group.
AGENDA
6:00 PM. Doors open for registrations and dinner will be served
6:50 PM Announcements & Introductions
7:00 PM Presentation starts
8:25 PM Thank you note
8:30 PM Event closes |