ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

If human resources are your most valuable resource, you better give them the attention they need to get their work done. One way to make sure you’re supporting your team and project alike is with workforce planning. Workforce planning is important and we’ll show you why. What Is Workforce Planning?

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Planning Estimate Risk Management Budget 342

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers.

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 404

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

However, when you get your head around what they are and how you can use them, you’ll find that OPAs are pretty helpful for lots of reasons. You might have landed here for the same reason: studying for the PMP exam and wondering how to make sense of this nothing-y term. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)?

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Process Technical Review Software Review Influencer 422

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

You want to get some professional development time on your calendar. And frankly, you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it either. Professional development is all about how you build your skills in your field. As a project manager, you might take a short course to learn more about capacity planning.

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Software Review Certification PMI Technical Review 310

The IIL Blog

MAY 1, 2024

PfMP exam is more than 90% based on the real situations and checks your ability to make decisions quickly and effectively, and therefore you do not need to memorize the entire Portfolio Standard content. I want to emphasize that I did not need this at the exam. I want to emphasize that I did not need this at the exam.

Software Review 78

Software Review PMO Retail PMI 78

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. To do so, first one must understand project management maturity and what the project management maturity model is. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Software Review Budget 335

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You need to strategize and plan your resource allocation to ensure that every project has what it needs when it needs it. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management. Learn more.

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Lean Software Review Manufacturing Governance 329

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Before you engage with a new project, there are certain things you have to know. Can you get it done properly by the deadline? Do you have the resources? Resource forecasting is how you can answer that last question. Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. Keep reading.

Software Review 340

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team PMO Planning 340

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 8, 2022

After all, would you have brain surgery done by a surgeon who specializes in feet just because he or she happened to be free that day? Would you ask a colleague to give a presentation to the board, just because they happened to have some spare time? Here are my five tips for working out who is best placed to do the work.

2014 360

2014 PMO Budget Executing 360

Inloox

DECEMBER 18, 2017

We’ve also taken a closer look at the PMO’s role in project management in our PMO series as it plays an important part in an organization’s ability to deliver successful projects. This year, we also started our brand new series InLoox Best Practice , which aims to give you quick tips on how to get the most out of InLoox for Outlook.

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2017 2027 PMO PMI 101

NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

I called them and (despite not knowing who I was or why I was ringing) they answered and spent 20 minutes sharing ideas with me. This exchange got my project unstuck and was all I needed to stay on track. Where are you Starting From First, assess where you are starting from. You want to improve working practices but why?

Infrastructure 64

Infrastructure PMO Influencer Leadership 64

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2019

You want to get some professional development time on your calendar. And frankly, you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it either. Professional development is all about how you build your skills in your field. As a project manager, you might take a short course to learn more about capacity planning.

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Certification PMO PMI Technical Review 334

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Why are projects often delivered late? You will note that 1 and 2 are within my control – only myself to blame if this was the situation – whilst 3 and 4 are outside my control but where, wise project manager that I try to be, I added in contingency to cover the unexpected. Work projects are not so different when you think of it.

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Underperforming Technical Team Transportation PMO Software Review 158

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

As a consultant, I love doing assessments. My favorite is the PMO assessment. Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Though there are PMO maturity models, which are all good, I don’t like to talk about those right away.

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PMO Cadence Governance Government 52

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 22, 2022

You may think that artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that isn’t very relevant to your current work life. Perhaps you believe that this technology will be more relevant in another decade. Artificial intelligence can help project managers do their jobs more easily and efficiently. How AI Helps You Predict the Future.

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Artificial Inteligence PMO Risk Management Risk 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s a great honour to be asked to mentor someone, and whether that arrangement comes about as a result of an informal discussion or a formal corporate scheme, you should take the commitment to be a mentor seriously. Look at the mentoring relationship as a partnership and remember that you can learn as much as they can from your discussions!

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2014 PMO Planning 268

NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

I called them and (despite not knowing who I was or why I was ringing) they answered and spent 20 minutes sharing ideas with me. This exchange got my project unstuck and was all I needed to stay on track. Where are you Starting From First, assess where you are starting from. You want to improve working practices but why?

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure PMO Influencer Leadership 52

Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

Join me and explore the consequences of foreseeable failure patterns and what you can do about them in a little more than seven minutes. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Is Agile a Fad or a Trend?

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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 191

The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 18, 2019

Now I am not exactly sure why I do this as I absolutely don’t believe in it, but perhaps it is because the words each day range from the mildly entertaining to the bizarre with the occasional dollop of ‘well that fits’ – I’m sure I am not alone in this, be honest. You can’t get it out. Credit: Oscar Cainer [link].

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PMO Leadership 183

NimbleWork

APRIL 21, 2024

If you want to avoid the challenges of moving to a portfolio management approach without the headaches of a tricky adoption, you’re in the right place! If there are enough challenges in portfolio management to write an article about them, why would you want to do it? Why is Project Portfolio Management worth doing?

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Leadership PMO Risk Management Governance 59

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 27, 2022

Why Join the Digital Dance? An estimated 80% of what project managers do today, can be eliminated because AI can execute it more effectively and efficiently. Dancing with the Stars [1] , or in the UK Strictly Come Dancing as the original is named, pairs celebrities with professional dancers. Project manager and AI in beautiful rhythm.

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Artificial Inteligence 2030 PMO Leadership 147

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This blog is our attempt to answer some of them. Question: During an Enterprise Agility Transformation, there is often a tendency to strive for quick, short term financial gains, or other performance improvements; can you provide examples on how to find that balance to achieve longer-term sustainable growth?

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Agile Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 254

Project Accelerator News

JANUARY 25, 2024

A project management team’s new hire asked her onboarding supervisor a brilliant question – Why? They had plenty of know-how but limited know-why!! At the time I just chalked this up as an interesting anecdote and one that might make for a blog one day. IS LESS KNOW-WHY LIMITING SUCCESS?

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Risk Management Agile 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. What will you be doing in 2018 to have your most successful year ever? Some amazing, talented people responded: people whom you may know as experts in their field and others, equally as insightful, who will be new to you.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 300

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This is the last blog post of 2017! I wanted to use it to say thank you to all the people who have made A Girl’s Guide to Project Management possible this year. RapidStart PMO. Gord Sheppard, 7 Awesome Meeting Habits that Will Make You Money. Chris Cook, 3 Things That Stop You Making the Right Decisions at Work.

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Software Review 2018 2017 PMO 151

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 15, 2016

It sounds simple – we all know we should do it, but it’s hard to know where to start for a new PMO. This book is very practical (another excellent point – I love practical books that tell you how, not just waffle about theory). It’s everything a novice PMO Manager needs to know to support her project managers at work.

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PMO 2010 Estimate Initiating 150

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There are peaks and troughs in every workload, but when you’re struggling to keep all the balls in the air, how do you manage competing priorities? Competing priorities can distract from getting things done as you end up switching between many projects – and that’s not good for productivity. .

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Software Review PMO Estimate Software 143

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

And how can you Invest in great project management skills? Perhaps we might begin with the PMO. The best PMOs have the most experienced PMs in place and have a program underway to recruit the best PMs, develop their existing PMs into the best and to maintain this level of quality and experience.

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PMO 2014 Lean Leadership 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

After all, would you have brain surgery done by a surgeon who specialises in feet just because he or she happened to be free that day? Would you ask a colleague to give a presentation to the board, just because they happened to have some spare time? Here are my five tips for working out who is best placed to do the work.

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2014 PMO Budget Executing 298

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But before you dive straight into enrolling on a project management training course , you will have a much better chance of breaking into project management if you follow these steps. And once you know how to go about it, it will be much easier to get that first break. Read books, whitepapers and blogs.

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Prince2 PMO Certification Estimate 86

The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

If you think about CEO’s being most often fired for mismanaging change then it is a ‘no-brainer’ you would have thought if your portfolio is a significant one and – based on Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management – it is often more significant than you might think (see previous blog).

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PMO 2014 Finance Leadership 130

Wrike

MAY 19, 2023

Scalability: A Clear Path Forward for Modern PMOs” took place over three separate sessions, featuring a stellar line-up of speakers including: Carolyn Lum, Industry Principal for PMO at Wrike, is a strategic business transformation leader who has led large-scale projects, programs, and portfolios across industries.

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Technical Review PMO Governance Government 36

The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This took me to a separate box to explain why. When I returned to the original conversation, I asked it, giggling to myself… “Did you receive the “acknowledgment'” I sent about you in the personal response I sent? However, I’m here to assist you with any questions or tasks you have within this dialogue.

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ChatGPT Generative AI 2013 2006 78

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 8, 2017

It’s been insightful reading through the challenges you have engaging people on your projects. Why Do You Do Stakeholder Management? Stakeholder management is something we talk about a lot in project management, but what drives people to do it? My boss is making me do it. Here’s what we found out….

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2011 PMO Risk Management Closing 166

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s when all your hard work pays off and you complete a structured, efficient handover to the business as usual team. If that’s what it feels like for you too, keep reading! If you stood your project up in a week, you can probably shut it down in a week too. At least, that’s what I was planning for in my head!

Software Review 148

Software Review Closing PMO Risk Management 148

Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

If you want to follow project management conversations on Twitter… Or if you want to keep up with the latest articles, or products… #PMOT is a good tag to follow. And we mustn’t forget that there are other widely used hashtags in the #PMOT community, like #Agile, #PMO, and #PMP. Enthusiastic PMO bod.

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team PMI 73

LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

Asking yourself the right questions, and getting all the help you can is key to productivity. But when you ask most project management professionals what the number one challenge is, they will, almost certainly, say time. Is there a compelling reason for doing a task or not? If not, then don’t do it. Can you scale it?

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2011 PMO Engineering Risk Management 78