Steve Leary

Steve has over 25 years’ experience of business and IT change through portfolio, programme and project management. He has managed major portfolios and programmes with over 100 onshore and offshore staff, developing strategy, motivating teams, embedding change and delivering benefits.

Roles have included consultant and interim manager in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, banking, finance, government, utilities and education sectors. Steve is a Practitioner in both Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and PRINCE2, a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the APM and co-chair of the APM Portfolio Management Special Interest Group. Currently Steve is a Managing Consultant at TCS, leading major programmes and portfolios for clients.

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.