Transforming Government: Better Outcomes for Citizens - http://www.betteroutcomes.ca/

Time is running out for registration for what is promising to be a very informative and exciting event.

This event is about sharing successes, inviting participation and hearing from some of industry and governments' foremost leaders on transformation and modernization of government.

This 3-day government-wide educational forum:

• Communicates the Government of Canada vision for transformation
• Identifies what governments have achieved towards transformation
• Provides a Blueprint, Agenda and Tools for better Outcomes for Governments

A combination of workshops, presentations and facilitated forums, from participants across government, across Canada, sprinkled with lunchtime discussions from the likes of Stephen Lewis on Canada's leadership in the battle against AIDS will ensure that there is learning and stimulation from participants at all levels.

From Chartwell, on September 12th, our partners are presenting in forums which will interest government attendees from all jurisdictions. They are:

Workshop 1: Public Sector Business Design: The alignment of government to citizen outcomes, John Bruder, Chartwell

This Business Architecture training day is for business architects, analysts, projects managers and business solutions professionals, program and service managers alike, who want to better understand how their work fits in to the bigger picture of the program's goals and business requirements. Our curriculum has been attended by well over 300 public sector employees, and our testimonials attest to the satisfaction of our participants.

John's style is engaging, fun and you will learn practical tools to raise your contribution to the organization. These methods are standardize

d across public sector, be first on your block to learn about it.

September 12 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Business transformation planning, design and implementation Business / IT Alignment Program outcome and target group definition Service and program alignment Horizontal service design and accountability Work design Linking expenditures to results

Workshop 4: Aligning / Integrating Business Models: Skip Lumley, Chartwell

Skip Lumley is the originator of government's public sector reference models. The GSRM ("Governments of Canada Strategic Reference Model") as being developed in the BTEP (Business Transformation Enablement Program) in Treasury Board Secretariat.

All of the standard public sector reference models ("MRM", "PSRM", and "GSRM") use a common formal "service concept". This concept is equally applicable to public services or ICT services. The GSRM in particular provides a set of standard service patterns that can be leveraged and rapidly customized to any public sector initiative to describe and analyze both business and ICT services.

Whether you are a program manager, a business solutions person, an architect, a senior business analyst or project manager, these methods will resonate for you and help bridge the ever traditional gap between IT and business models for your organization.

September 12 8:30 am - Noon

Understanding the Business Model Methodology Achieving Strategic Alignment Through a Business Model Applying Infrastructure Management to Achieve Integration Basic integration techniques to Achieve Alignment

Chartwell is hosting the Enabling Transformation stream, on September 13th and 14th, and facilitating discussions from all jurisdictions, across government, across Canada, please see the web site below for more details.

This promises to be this years most diverse and exciting conference. For more information and registration details, please see http://www.betteroutcomes.ca/. or e-mail Norm McKee at: norm.mckee@golcommunications.ca