2015 PMO Symposium
The team from Navy Federal Credit Union,
PMO of the Year, is flanked by event host Iain
Fraser, PMP, PMI Fellow (far left) and
PM Solutions CEO Kent Crawford, PMP,
PMI Fellow (far right).
Keynote speaker and SAP
Global CEO Bill McDermott.
PMO Leaders Must Think Strategy—
By Matt Schur
I N S I D E
A Look Back at 2015: Moving 3
Toward Our Envisioned Goal
Events Calendar 9
PMI China News 10
ROWS Focuses on Realizing 12
Benefits from Risk Management
Best Practice
Chapter Links 22
Meet the 2015 PMIEF
Scholarship Donors
and Recipients
rganizations can have the most
amazing portfolio of projects
and programs all delivered on
time and on budget—but it still won’t
deliver much ROI unless it’s tied to a vi-
sion. That alignment doesn’t just happen.
It takes a portfolio-minded culture that
empowers people to stay hyper-focused
on strategy, according to speakers and
attendees at the 2015 PMO SymposiumSM.
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The “one thing a leader will not be
forgiven is for having a bad vision or a
bad strategy,” SAP CEO Bill McDermott
told 800 senior-level attendees in the
symposium’s opening keynote.
Leaders must also know how to inspire
others to act. “Vision is not only what
and Results
you see,” said Mr. McDermott.
“It’s what you feel and it’s what you
make other people feel.”
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Keep It Simple
As part of the symposium’s knowledge
sharing and expert insights, PMI
unveiled the latest installment of
its Thought Leadership Series, The
