1. Project Management Center of Excellence Project Management Community Meeting October 8, 2008

2. 2 Agenda Welcome EPLC Status Update Presentation Future Meetings and Locations

3. October 8, 2008 3 Program Presentation Mr. Tom Lourenco Vice President, Aegis.net, Inc. (www.aegis.net) Topic: Making the Business Case

4. October 8, 2008 4 Upcoming Program Presentations PMC Monthly Meetings November 12, 2008, Fernwood Bldg, 3E02 Topic: Why Projects Fail Speaker: Mr. Stan Maoury, ICF International December 10, 2008, Fernwood Bldg, 3E02 Topic: Project Cost Estimation Speaker: Mr. Todd Carolin, Booz Allen Hamilton January 14, 2009, Natcher Bldg, Conf Rm D Topic: Requirements Management Speaker: Jose Lopez, NIGMS

5. October 8, 2008 5 Upcoming Program Presentations PMC Brownbag October 21, 2008, Fernwood Bldg, Rm 3E02 Topic: Use of Microsoft Project Server Speaker: Mr. William Hill, CIT/DNST November 25, 2008, Fernwood, Rm 3E02 Topic: EPLC Panel Discussion Speaker: Jane Small and NIH project managers

6. October 8, 2008 6 Topics From the Floor Quarterly Newsletter  Questions and Answers  Success Stories  PM Laughter PMCoE/PM Community  Thoughts/Comments/Suggestions/Ideas  To join the community LISTSERV: PMCOE-L  Holiday Social Event? PMCOE@mail.nih.gov Contact: Carmen Cheng, chengc2@mail.nih.gov, 301-402-4453chengc2@mail.nih.gov Presentation Slides and Meeting Schedule: https://ocio.nih.gov/cio/PMExcellence/pmcommunity.html https://ocio.nih.gov/cio/PMExcellence/pmcommunity.html