WorkOtter

JULY 11, 2024

Creating a strategic PMO doesn’t require rebellion, here are some steps to take to bridge the gap between project management tactics and company goals. Project managers (PMs) and the leaders in the Project Management Office (PMO) are crucial resources in any efficient business. Step 1: Get outside the silo.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2024

Use these free 15 business report templates to create a project dashboard, progress report and workload analysis to make a strategy map, cost-benefit and balanced scorecard. It gives managers an instant status report to see if the project is progressing as planned, if costs are aligned with the budget and other metrics to help stay on track.

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WorkOtter

JULY 12, 2023

The points below will assist you in carving out a PMO strategy that’ll make a difference for you. Understand the Advantages and Usefulness of Roadmaps First things first, you need to get to know the benefit of a project management office (PMO) roadmap. As a rule of thumb, make sure that you are setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Start with this quick-start post to becoming a Savvy PMO. The Journey to Becoming a Savvy PMO.

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WorkOtter

JUNE 1, 2023

If your business gets big enough, you might need a whole project management office (PMO). That’s why it’s important to learn about setting up a PMO. It’s like a central hub that helps make sure projects are done right, on time, and within budget. Read on to learn more about PMOs. What Exactly is a PMO?

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This often comes in the form of completing the project on time, within budget, and within scope. Organizational Structure Type Project Manager’s Authority Project Manager’s Role Who Manages the Project’s Budget? Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). There are different types of PMOs.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. Do any of the projects link back to corporate strategy or goals? Remember, People + Process = Success.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 24, 2023

You’ve done the PMO Assessment. Then you created the PMO Business Case. You’ve been to meetings and finally got approval to establish your PMO. Now, I’ve seen PMO Establishment and Implementation called out as two separate steps. Ensure your PMO will properly staffed. Budgeting Control.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

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. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.

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WorkOtter

MAY 23, 2023

Setbacks in productivity can damage the success and growth of your business, which is why setting up a Project Management Office (PMO) to help handle and oversee various projects at once is a great way to avoid these issues. What Exactly is a PMO? Setting up a PMO can help with many different components of a business.

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Planview

MAY 9, 2023

In anticipation of International PMO Day, we began curating the stories for this PMO case study roundup several weeks ago. The PMO has a long history of driving significant benefits for the business. Partnering with Planview, Cognizant created a multidisciplinary team to build and implement the enterprise PMO roadmap.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 26, 2023

You’re a PMO Leader! Being a PMO leader has been one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of my career. Thankfully, I’ve had some really good mentors along the way who showed me being a PMO leader and a project manager are two very different things. So, what are the traits of a PMO leader? Good times!

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Once your PMO is up and running, operationalizing and doing continuous improvement (CI) go hand-in-hand. Sometimes CI may lead to changes to the PMO’s operations, but you’re only making more efficient something you’re already doing. Here are some aspects of operationalizing your PMO. PMO-Specific Reports.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. 6: Review the budget Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

It confirms that in-flight projects are: Still aligned to organizational strategy On track to deliver the forecasted benefits Still required by the business Still due to complete with the allocated funding Following good governance processes with adequate oversight. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow.

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Moira Alexander

MAY 2, 2017

To align business goals with project management (PM), leaders from the enterprise project management office (EMPO) or project management office (PMO) need to be involved in strategic planning sessions alongside senior-level management. The first component is building the institutional IT strategy. A big win for business.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

It’s operationalizing the new plans to ensure everyone keeps executing on strategy. But how do you quickly reprioritize work, shift resources, reallocate budgets, and realign teams – especially when you’ve got employees scattered across time zones, cultures, work methodologies, and now mostly home offices – or dining room tables?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

A risk audit can look at: Project-specific risk policies and guidelines The risk management plan The risk management and mitigation strategies chosen for each identified risk Whether the right risk owners were chosen and how effective they were Effectiveness of risk response plans and whether the right actions were done.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

The 9 types of artifacts are: Strategy Logs and registers Plans Hierarchy charts Baselines Visual data and information Reports Agreements and contracts Other – a bucket category for anything else. Strategy artifacts. The first category is documentation that relates to strategy and project initiation. Logs and registers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Where the leader announces a change in direction, the manager works to ensure that the new direction is the one that people follow Where the leader outlines a strategy, the manager endeavors to ensure the successful delivery of that strategy. Failure to execute strategy is seen as a project management issue.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JUNE 1, 2020

After some tapping on their laptop, they proudly showed me their new corporate webpages, proclaiming their ‘strategy’, ‘vision’ and ‘mission’ statements. [1] All we need to do now is execute that strategy! Strategy is not hard to understand: Where is our chosen market? How do they respond when budgets are changed?

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Planview

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A healthcare PMO today must have a strong constitution. Not only are they faced with challenges unique to healthcare, PMOs are also going through the trends mentioned in our recent post, “ Conquer Your Business Transformation.” Challenges Connecting Strategy and Delivery: “How do we ensure we are investing in the right things?”.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Here's an example of the creation and launch of a Project Management Office: "SocialPress (name of company) has many projects, but many do not align with the company's mission and strategies. Furthermore, less than 30% of the projects are completed on budget and schedule due to poor project management. Goals]" How About You?

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Planview

OCTOBER 7, 2020

How w e ll your Proj e ct Manag e m e nt Offic e (PMO) or E nt e rpris e PMO (E PMO ) functions is conting e nt on two things: th e minds e t of e ach of your e mploy e e s and e stablishing a strat e gic top-down proj e ct portfolio cultur e.   Director of IT overseeing strategy and our EPMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. 6: Review the budget. Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

65% of experts see AI as a catalyst for implementing advanced project management strategies. 25% of PMO directors say that AI has disrupted their PMO ( Capgemini ) – and I’m sure that number will only continue to rise. 28% of project professionals say lack of a clear strategy is the main barrier to adopting AI tools at work.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2024

By analyzing patterns and correlations in the data, AI can forecast the likelihood of specific risks occurring, along with their potential impact on the project’s scope, budget, and timeline.

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Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

Executives expect PMOs to be the catalyst for this change. Success requires becoming a more “Adaptive PMO,” evolving how you plan, govern, and empower delivery teams to do their best work. This transition can be uncertain, but Planview is working with PMOs to make it easier as this new video demonstrates.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. Partner with the PMO, they are your key stakeholder.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

Here’s the list: Strategy Logs and registers Plans Hierarchy charts Baselines Visual data and information Reports Agreements and contracts Other – a bucket category for anything else. Strategy artifacts The first category is documentation that relates to strategy and project initiation.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

It’s operationalizing the new plans to ensure everyone keeps executing on strategy. But how do you perform quick reprioritization, shift resources, reallocate budgets, and realign teams – especially when you’ve got employees scattered across time zones, cultures, work methodologies, and now mostly home offices – or dining room tables?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management. Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. The Ultimate Guide to Project Management Office (PMO). Establish Strategic Themes.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

Strategic workforce planning is used by an organization or its project management office (PMO) to achieve its long-term plans. Then they can create strategies that will make sure they have the workforce necessary to take on these new challenges by aligning their workforce with those new goals and objectives.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Why do you want a PMO? That’s a hell of a question to ask when you’re the consultant asking a client why they want to start a Project Management Office (PMO). Yes, they’d read about a company in the same industry that stood up a PMO and was successful. ” PMO was born. Sounds like sunk costs to me.

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Project-Management.pm

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Implementing PMO is the key to combat such issue. With this, PMO will take over various components of the agency such as strategy , quality of the products, and enhancement of resource management. PMO is crucial and a key instrument in for the success of any existing agency. Implementing PMO Step#1: Evaluation .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Summary review of Sciforma: Sciforma is a PPM tool that has powerful portfolio management features and will level up your PMO. Sciforma offers projects, portfolio, strategy execution, execution and resource management across the whole enterprise. Budget Management. You can build capex budgets. Website: [link].

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