A Unum Case Study: Successful IT Transformation to Business Relevance

According to Forrester Research, customer obsession has
created a business environment of continual disruption. And in order to adapt in an environment where change is the new normal, PMO leaders are looking for ways to scale Agile across the enterprise and transform into a value-focused organization.

But scaling Agile to the enterprise requires a significant
shift in the way business is run. Join this webinar with Forrester Analyst, Margo Vistacion, and CA Technologies Director of Agile Management, James Chan, as they discuss best practices for making the transition to Agile and how to levrage a modern, value-based
portfolio management framework.

You will learn:
The changes modern PMOs can take to embrace Agile across the organization and bring
executives on board
How to adopt an Agile framework that is flexible enough to keep pace with your changing
environment
How to transition your focus from project delivery to delivering value

Are your teams building the right things, the right way? How do you know? Are they working on projects that deliver the highest value to the company? Can your company rely on you to deliver what you promised, on time? The struggle to meet these expectations is real and organizations all over the world are trying to go agile to better connect their business strategy to the execution of work.  
 
Join us on Tuesday, September 20, 10am PST / 1pm ET, for a unique look into how CA Technologies GIS organization took on an agile transformation. During this webinar, you’ll learn: 
 
•The obstacles faced as they embarked on this journey and how they overcame these obstacles 
•The benefits almost two years later 
•Their vision and roadmap for scaling agile further in their organization 
 
No one can tell you agile is easy; the shift requires executive buy-in, culture or behavior change and ultimately the desire to provide your customer with what they need to be successful. Spend some time with us and ask questions. We’ll help you get to a point where your organization can stop starting and start finishing.   

The power of CA PPM is in the information it can put at your fingertips. The Jaspersoft Ad Hoc reporting feature enables users create their own reports without specialized programming knowledge. With Jaspersoft, users can create their own custom reports in a number of different formats. Users can add or remove columns, format data, add filters and more without any help from developers.

In his 60 minutes webinar we’ll cover:

•An introduction of Jaspersoft Ad Hoc reports in CA PPM
•Understanding Jaspersoft and report writing terminology
•Stepwise creation of different types of Ad Hoc views and reports - Tables, Charts, Crosstabs
•Personalizing Ad Hoc reports
•Best Practices

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) began life associated with PMOs, but for many organizations it shifted to other functions – strategy offices, organizational change management departments, etc. Now the pendulum is swinging back to PMOs, and this time those PMOs have to make it work. Join well known PMO expert Andy Jordan and CA guru Jeff Moloughney for this thought provoking look at how PMOs can deliver PPM success, including:
•Formal vs. informal portfolio management
•Enterprise vs. departmental portfolio management
•Strategic project execution
•Full lifecycle management
The combination of practical concepts and real world success stories promises to provide an not-to-miss webinar, presented in Andy and Jeff’s up tempo and entertaining style. Join us to help drive your PMO to PPM success.

To be a high performing business, you require effective metrics and measurements that will help you gain valuable performance insights which will help drive informed and strategic decisions for your organization. Join Andy Jordan, ProjectManagement.com as he discusses what people are doing wrong when it comes to Agile metrics and provide guidance on how to get it right – the first time. Andy will also discuss the risks of using common metrics between Agile and waterfall approaches as well as why organizations need to focus on value-based metrics rather than arbitrary metrics of progress.

This session is approved for 1 Project Management Institute (PMI) PMP PDU Credit.