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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. Causes of project failure. There are many factors that contribute to project failure.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

IDENTIFYING THE SIGNS Understanding and controlling project burnout is a three-step process: Identify the signs of stress and burnout Identify the causes that created stress and eventually burnout Identify the steps that can be taken to reduce further issues Project managers should not ignore the signs of potential team member burnout.

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What Makes Organisations Fail to Execute Their Strategy?

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Maybe by some magical process of osmosis? Is it all part of a global, coherent aligned process, all pulling together, or is it a mish-mash result of perceived priorities, local constraints, cultures, and ways of doing things? Executives should ensure strong governance. 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

Managment Processes. Project Governance. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. Basis of Estimate Process.

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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. This process, and those outlined above, is simple to explain, but that does not mean they are trivial to accomplish.