Study Group Session: Processes: Cost management (Thomas Priess)
This session is about the finance performance domain. New PMBok® Guide Version (8) - old story: the key figures SPI and CPI stay part of the exam. This session will freshen up your memory on exam related content in the finance performance domain. More importantly, we discuss a real world example of how to define, measure and evaluate project performance.
Agenda
- Short introduction and knowledge query
- Bottom up: PM Book 8: how to get to SPI/CPI and further performance areas
- Best Practice: how to manage the performance analysis circle, from data collection to evalutation
- Eye-catcher: how does the exam looks like
About the Tutor
Thomas Priess, born on October 4, 1992 in Nuremberg, is a health economist with a focus on project management in the hospital sector. During his studies in health economics (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the University of Bayreuth, he gained his first practical experience as a working student in project management at the Cerner Corporation.
He began his professional career at Meierhofer AG, where he was responsible as (junior) project manager for the introduction of hospital information systems (HIS) and the telematics infrastructure, among other things. From 2022, he worked as a project coordinator at Jena University Hospital and supported the implementation of projects within the framework of the Hospital Future Act in the newly founded Project Management Office (PMO). He played an active role in shaping the digital transformation and coordinated a team of five project managers.
Thomas Priess has been back at Meierhofer AG as a project manager since October 2024. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and SCRUM Master (Level I and II) and has extensive experience in managing complex IT and digitalization projects in the hospital environment. He is characterized by a structured and solution-oriented way of working.
Information on registration / the event:
Language
The event will be held in German.
Waiting-List
There is a waiting list for non-members - persons without PMI Germany Chapter e. V. membership. The organizer does not guarantee that non-members will receive an event link. This is also on a first come first served basis.
Contact
Contact for requests: E-Mail to the Study Group Team
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8910815/
Event Information
| Event Date | 14.04.2026 18:00 |
| Event End Date | 14.04.2026 19:00 |
| Cut off date | 13.04.2026 19:00 |
| Available Place | 30 |
| Location | Online |



