Managing Digital Transformations
Speaker
Dr Alexander Budzier, Co-founder & CEO, Oxford Global Projects
Agenda
6:30pm - Introductions and announcements
6:40pm - Talk commences
8:00pm - Talk concludes with (optional) post-event networking
9:00pm - Building closes
About the Spring School
The 2025 Spring School focuses on avoiding project disasters.
Success requires much more than simply applying methodology - it requires knowledge, skills, leadership, governance and maybe good luck (or should we say risk management).
There is also the question of what to do when things are going wrong. Could you rescue the situation? Or, ultimately, should you kill it now to cut the losses?
Synopsis
This session dives into the latest research on digital transformations. 90% of companies are running a digital transformation but many of those fail to deliver the intended impact. Using data from 155 digital transformations we analyse which success factors are critical; and what approaches made them successful.
About the speaker
Alexander Budzier's research focuses on the challenges of managing projects, not only in the field of IT but also in hard and soft infrastructure, energy, mega events and organisational change. He teaches and develops courses on project and programme management, risk management, and systems thinking. At Oxford, he regularly teaches on the MSc for Major Programme Management, the MBA and at the Major Project Leadership Academy, a leadership development programme for the top project managers in the UK civil service.
Alexander works with private and public sector organisations to build their individual and organisational capabilities to master the challenges of working with, in and around projects and programmes. He completed his doctoral studies at Saïd Business School in 2014. Prior to joining Oxford, he worked at T-Mobile International and was a consultant with McKinsey's Business Technology Office in Düsseldorf and Chicago, where he advised clients on IT and operations issues.
Other sessions you may be interested in as part of the Spring School
Week 1 - Route to Success
Week 3 - The Role of Governance in Project Success
Week 4 - Soft Skills, People Issues and Panel Discussion
Ticket costs:
(Prices stated are inclusive of VAT and fees)
BCS members: £48.00
APM members: £91.80
Non-members: £108.00
Students / Unwaged: £24.00
All tickets include access to all four Spring School sessions.
Refunds/Cancellations:
A refund, excluding fees, will be issued if a cancellation request is received within 14 days of the booking date or by noon on Thursday, 27 February 2025; otherwise, name substitutions will be allowed after this date.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
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This event is brought to you by: Project Management specialist group (PROMS-G)
