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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., and so it is sensible for anyone who is engaged to help an organisation set up a new PMO or advise on improvements to an existing PMO to reach out for some help.

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What Is a PMO? (Infographic)

Wrike

Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

File sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt Charts, and budget management are the top five most used and requested features in project management software. Project Management Office (PMO) Statistics. PMO and EPMO: 80% of high-performance organizations - Champions - have a PMO. Capterra ). Capterra ).

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Budget position. Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. Take minutes, or co-opt someone from the PMO to help. Do I need a project board or a steering group? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. 18% — Delivered within budget. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Number of projects completed on budget – 44%.

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Project Prioritization: Stop Working on the Wrong Projects!

Meisterplan

Resources (and possibly budgets) are allocated according to the ranking from top to bottom, until there is no capacity left. Zero-Based Budgeting/Risk. Each factor creates more work for your PMO, your portfolio board, or your project managers, depending on who is responsible for the project evaluation.

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