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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Scottish Parliament may well have been over budget and delayed, but it was a success in the eyes of the may when the innovative building, designed by Enric Miralles, won the Stirling prize for architecture in 2005. The Scottish Parliament building. There are other issues at play that can cause your project to fail.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

2005) Work & Stress. The focus was on burnout in people who were working. Since that time, models have been created to measure levels of burnout [Maslach and Jackson (1981), and Kristensen et al. 2014), and Jugdev et al., DOI: 10.1108/IJMPB-02-2017-0020. Kristensen , Tage S.; Borritz, Marianne; Villadsen, Ebbe; Christensen, Karl B.

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What Makes Organisations Fail to Execute Their Strategy?

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Executives should ensure strong governance. Strong project portfolio management and strong project management are underpinned by strong governance. Strong governance provides ongoing quality assurance that we are performing the right projects and performing projects right. Academy of Management Executive 2005. [4]

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Business Model Canvas Explanation for Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

It was originally proposed in 2005 by Alexander Osterwalder, who has earlier worked on an ontology for Business Models. Here goes: Customer Segment(s) – Project managers in any industry, any type of company, nonprofits, and government organizations; organizations who can gain value by better project management.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Governance. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Probabilistic Schedule and Cost Analysis , prepared for NNJ051R, NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle, 2005. Governance. Program Governance Roadmap. Agile Project Management.

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Executing a Blue Ocean Strategy with Solid Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

The Blue Ocean strategy framework has become popular since around 2005, on the initial publication of “ Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant “, by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. ‘Blue Ocean’ is a way of thinking.