Planview Announces PMO 2.0 Leadership Forum in Los Angeles, June 10, 2008

Speakers and panelists including early warning services and Hitachi Consulting will reveal PMO best practices and trends

Austin, TX — June 10, 2008 — Planview®, the leading independent provider of enterprise-wide portfolio management solutions, today will host the next installment of its PMO 2.0 Leadership Forum series in Los Angeles. Following recent events in Philadelphia and Charlotte, Planview is hosting the latest PMO 2.0 Forum as part of its series designed to explore and discuss best practices, trends and issues related to the PMO.

Who

Moderated by Terry Doerscher, Planview Chief Process Architect, the half-day event will feature a case study and panel with Sue Burgess, Vice President of Project Management at Early Warning Services. Arizona-based Early Warning Services helps financial institutions and other businesses assess risk when establishing and servicing their customers through a suite of Early Warning fraud solutions, resulting in billions of dollars in annual loss avoidance. In 2007, they screened over 42.2 million identities and processed more than 3.4 billion inquiries. Burgess will discuss using portfolio management to do the strategic analysis of potential investments, track and break down costs of specific projects, and review, analyze and discuss the IT portfolio's success against each asset class and strategy.

Panelists for the event include:

• Jeff Paradowski, VP, Pacific Southwest, Hitachi Consulting
• Fred Maxie, Independent Planview Consultant

What

Building on eight successful events across the country, Planview is bringing the PMO 2.0 Leadership Forum series to Los Angeles, where regional PMO Directors and IT executives will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with their distinguished peers. Today's agenda will include concepts and insights from previous Forums, a PMO case study, directed Q&A to panelists, networking opportunities and an optional product demonstration of Planview Enterprise. Forum topics include:

• How is your PMO perceived in the organization?
• How and where does your PMO need to fit into the organization to be most effective?
• How do you staff the PMO to meet new demands?

When

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Main Event: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Optional Product Demo: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Where

The Westin Los Angeles Airport
5400 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045

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