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The Next Wave of Project Management: Planning Intelligence

LiquidPlanner

In 2008 LiquidPlanner introduced the magic of predictive scheduling to planners everywhere. He has built and led some of the largest PMOs in the world with organizations such as Siemens, IBM, UKG, and now Ceridian, where he is the VP Global PMO. What Project Management Companies Offer Planning Intelligence?

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members).

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6 Barriers to customer centricity

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Remember, if you don’t know how customers see their projects, project managers and their supporting PMO organization are not able to undertake course correction actions before the situation for the customer becomes untenable. Project management was either seen as a tool for control or a leadership discipline. and Mullaly, M.

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DIPMF Review

Leading Answers

His presentation featured the 2017 PMI Thought Leadership Series publication “ Achieving Greater Agility ” and he highlighted the Agile Practice Guide that was released with the latest PMBOK® Guide. The financial slow down of 2008 -2009 saw its share of cancelled projects in Dubai.

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DIPMF Review

Leading Answers

His presentation featured the 2017 PMI Thought Leadership Series publication “ Achieving Greater Agility ” and he highlighted the Agile Practice Guide that was released with the latest PMBOK® Guide. The financial slow down of 2008 -2009 saw its share of cancelled projects in Dubai.

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A Real-World Success Story: New Zealand Government Improves Project Delivery

Planview

In 2008, New Zealand experienced a significant government shift in leadership. The newly-elected brought a greater focus on managing infrastructure and large project spend, that coincided with the growth of Portfolio Management Offices (PMOs). Slower projects are.

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Webinar Recap: Do You Know How to Recover a Project?

MPUG

I’m the director of the PMO, University of Washington. Bill Dow: I was at Microsoft for almost 14 years where I ran eight PMOs there. This year I was named one of the top 16 PMO leaders of the world, which is from the PMO Global Award, so was really exciting and hopefully you guys saw some of my presentations there.

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