"Beyond Strategy: Why project managers need to see beyond strategy to understand their place in the organization"

Project managers seem obsessed with strategy and strategic alignment today. Maturity models and experts boast of their ability to execute strategy.

Project managers are not strategists, though. Sometimes to do the best possible job on a project, you need to look beyond strategy.

This session will help you understand what strategy is, and what strategy is not. There is a war of words being fought around strategic planning and project management. This presentation will help you identify the major players.

You will a list of key questions to understand the importance of your projects, whether or not your projects are "strategic".

Strategy is important. Experienced project managers know, though, that strategy is not everything. Learn new ways to look at the value and importance of your projects in this one-hour session.

• Teacher: Alex Brown, PMP IPMA-C