The Next-Generation PMO Is Coming After Your Portfolio
There is no aspect of business that is not heading toward its next big evolution. PMOs particularly seemed poised to transform into more robust entities that mean more for the business. In a post for...
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Wow the Business with Your New PMO in Just 100 Days!
This article is a continuation of “How to Set Up a PMO When You Have No Project Management Experience!“ To quickly recap, in Part 1 we talked about these things: The conventional and unconventional...
View Article5 Signs Your PMO Needs Direction
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark? A post at Duration-Driven flags five issues that could mean your PMO is losing its way. The first sign is a decline in motivation by your team. If they stop...
View Article3 PMO Setup Hurdles (& Solutions)
Have you heard of #PMchat? I hadn’t, until someone mentioned it to me lately and I was blown away by it. It’s been around for five years. It brings together an amazing community of project managers and...
View ArticlePMO as a Catalyst
There are numerous types of PMO, but in a post for HotPMO!, John McIntyre argues that they are all ultimately “catalytic PMOs.” Catalysts reduce the amount of energy needed to trigger chemical...
View Article4 Steps to Measure PMO Performance
“I’ll know it when I see it” is not always the best approach to measuring success in business. A PMO particularly will want to measure its performance, in order to be able to prove it is providing...
View ArticleHow to Connect Business Strategy with Project Management
The PMO is the bridge between worlds, and its input should be valued by senior management during strategic planning. Involving the PMO in strategic discussion is the most direct way to ensure strategy...
View ArticlePMO Building Block 1: The Type of PMO for Your Organization
This article will look at a few of the most common mistakes PMO leaders make when setting up or evolving a PMO. The big lesson will be—you need to identify your organizational appetite and needs....
View ArticleHow to Spot a Priority Project
Some projects inherently matter more than others to the business, though the reasoning may not always be obvious. In a post for Project Management Tips, Elizabeth Harrin identifies some of the ways to...
View ArticleThe Three Levels of Agility in the PMO Mandate
The efforts to marry the PMO with agility continue, not just for the sake of PMO survival, but for the good of business as a whole. However, agility means different things at different times. In a post...
View ArticleLeadership Is a Spectrum of Strengths and Weaknesses
The trend these days is to bemoan “managers” as old-fashioned and to hail “leaders” as forward-thinkers. That being said, job listings for managers are still more than double that for leaders. In a...
View ArticlePMO Building Block 2: The Lowdown on Methodologies
Implementation Methodology vs. Project Management In my mind, there is a difference between implementation methodology and project management discipline. They can work together quite seamlessly but...
View ArticleFast Tips for Better Project Management Training Programs
Nobody likes employing or reporting to a dumb-dumb manager, and that is why PMOs build training programs to create the fittest project managers possible. A post at Duration-Driven shares a few tips to...
View ArticleHow to Maximize the Strategic Impact of Projects
Great PMOs and project leaders look beyond the standard on-time, on-budget metrics of projects these days. They also want metrics to ensure that the projects are producing tangible value for the...
View ArticleTribe Mentality Is a Bad Look for the PMO
Too many people are just looking for an argument over the most trivial things. Even in the PMO, there are those who like to debate the merits of agile versus waterfall, scrum versus kanban, etc. etc....
View ArticlePMO Building Block 3: Which Tools Make a Difference?
The bottom line on tools is this: If you aren’t using it as it was designed or have chosen to customize it so that it barely looks like what you started with, you are going to degrade its functionality...
View ArticleDon’t Go Overboard with PMO Reinvention
When it becomes blatantly obvious that the PMO is not living up to expectations, you should rightfully take efforts to set it back on track. But going too far to reinvent the PMO can leave it in just...
View ArticleFast Tips for Better Project Management Training Programs
Nobody likes employing or reporting to a dumb-dumb manager, and that is why PMOs build training programs to create the fittest project managers possible. A post at Duration-Driven shares a few tips to...
View ArticleHow to Maximize the Strategic Impact of Projects
Great PMOs and project leaders look beyond the standard on-time, on-budget metrics of projects these days. They also want metrics to ensure that the projects are producing tangible value for the...
View ArticleTribe Mentality Is a Bad Look for the PMO
Too many people are just looking for an argument over the most trivial things. Even in the PMO, there are those who like to debate the merits of agile versus waterfall, scrum versus kanban, etc. etc....
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