1. - 1 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential McCormick Summer Internships Program Management Office Gary Doran, Jr. Summer, 2007

2. - 2 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Topics Introduction Projects –Research: Project Management Body of Knowledge –Metrics –Project Management Process: Proposals and Initiation –Mergers & Acquisitions Project Recommendations Conclusion

3. - 3 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Introduction What is the PMO? –Manages Project Resources –Defines Project Management Methodology (PMM) –Provides Tools/Templates/Techniques to Ensure Project Success What I’ve Done: –Research Best Practices through Project Management Organizations and Web Resources –Research McCormick’s Methodologies –Develop Project Tools/Templates

4. - 4 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Research: PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK): –Published by Project Management Institute (PMI) –Contains Best Practices Concerning Project Management –A guide for McCormick’s Project Management Methodology

5. - 5 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Research: Executive Board Executive Board: –An Internet-Based Resource Available to Subscribing Companies –Documents Best Practices Across Member Companies –Provides Tools/Templates that McCormick can use

6. - 6 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Research: McCormick’s PMM McCormick’s PMM: –Based upon standard PMI Methodology –Follows a Phase-Gate Approach –In the process of becoming the standard for GBS

7. - 7 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Project Tracking - Metrics Man-days/Test Cases Tracking Spreadsheet –Used for Support Stack Upgrade Project –I learned about many Excel Features, including Pivot- Charts and Macros

8. - 8 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Process Implementation McCormick’s PMM: –Making it the standard for GBS –Providing Necessary Templates and Training –Focus on Proposal and Initiation Phases

9. - 9 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Due Diligence Checklist –Ensures that all pertinent information about a potential acquisition is recorded prior to decision –Required input from contacts in GBS –Interns worked together

10. - 10 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential M&A Project Risk/Opportunities Assessment: –Template for capturing Risks/Opportunities of potential acquisition –Designed to complement the Due Diligence Checklist –Helps with risk/opportunity identification and prioritization

11. - 11 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Project Application Portfolio –Documenting McCormick and Acquired Company’s Applications –Used during Due Diligence –Scores Applications based upon 10 factors

12. - 12 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential M&A Project What Shall We Do Now? –Application Mapping –MS Project Plan to outline process –Narratives to describe process (who?, what?, when?, how?, etc.)

13. - 13 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Recommendations I wasn’t always busy. –Make a big list of things to do before the intern comes. –Everyone who might possibly have an intern should keep a list somewhere and jot things down throughout the year. –Make the limiting factor the

14. - 14 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Conclusion Introduction Projects –Research: Project Management Body of Knowledge –Metrics –Project Management Process: Proposals and Initiation –Mergers & Acquisitions Project Recommendations Conclusion

15. - 15 - McCormick & Company, Inc. – Privileged & Confidential Thanks!