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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. At the roundtable discussion about project management in the collaborative age way back in 2012, the talk turned to how project managers could shape strategy.

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The Inloox Blog Turns 10!

Inloox

Image: The InLoox blog from 2012 to 2022 Since the first blog post, almost 1000 more have been added, written by 11 authors and countless guest authors. 9: The PMO Series (1): Definition and Function of a Project Management Office. #10: Can you still remember the previous iterations of the blog and can you spot all of the changes?

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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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6 Barriers to customer centricity

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from Customer-Centric Project Management by Elizabeth Harrin and Phil Peplow (Gower/Routledge, 2012). A way to handle this is for the PMO to reassure project managers that scores will not be used to rank project managers. Transparency can also manifest itself in cultural issues.

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

Project Management Office (PMO) Statistics. As we wrote earlier, creating a project management office (PMO) can drastically improve productivity and bring greater clarity to your PM processes. PMO and EPMO: 80% of high-performance organizations - Champions - have a PMO. It's not always a rosy picture for PMOs.

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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. Take minutes, or co-opt someone from the PMO to help. Parts of this article first appeared on The ICPM website in 2008 and on this site in 2012. Do I need a project board or a steering group? What you need is adequate governance for the project. and Fortune, J.

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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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