Adam Skinner

Adam is a Director of P2Consulting and leads its 50 strong Portfolio & PMO Practice ensuring they deliver pragmatic Programme & Portfolio Control over both Waterfall and Scaled-Agile deliveries. He has established Portfolios, Programme & P3M Capabilities across a range of clients and sectors including retail, the regulatory sector, the financial sector and both central and local government and has a particular skillset in maturity reviews and capability transformations.

He builds on his Oxon MSc in Major Programme Management as a regular speaker and blogger on good Programme and Portfolio Management with his particular area of interest being psychological and technological innovation in the PMO space. He also actively promotes good portfolio management as a committee member of the APM’s Portfolio Management SIG – where he runs their Annual Conference.

Synopsis: How does a Portfolio Management Office differ from a Programme Management Office in the world of both Agile and Waterfall?

In this session Adam Skinner and Steve Leary will outline and discuss what Portfolio Management is and the role of the PMO, aligned to the new issues of the APM BoK and the Portfolio Management Guide. Contrasting this with the role of the Programme Management Office, they will also develop the implications of agile working, utilising practical experience and the findings from the Portfolio Directors’ dinner on this subject.