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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

High-level View of the PMO Functions The PMBOK 6th Edition defines the Project Management Office (PMO) as having functions to standardize and improve project management practices. Performance Measurement Implementing and maintaining performance measures and metrics is essential for assessing success.

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Cone of Uncertainty Bibliography

Herding Cats

I work in a domain where the CoU is baked into the Integrated Program Performance Management (IPPM) processes flowed down from the buyer, in this case, the Federal Government. The CoU paradigm defines the needed reduction in uncertainty is some performance metric. This can be the confidence in the estimate for any variable.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

For approaches that have been implemented on existing systems, obtaining such understanding may require measurement and analysis. For scenarios where the project under consideration does not yet exist, performance prediction using analytical modeling or simulation is necessary. 1-11, January 2014.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Implement/enhance performance measurement process – 39%. [13]. Consistent application of defined processes – 44%. InformationWeek: Enterprise Project Management Survey 2014. Project Management Institute: Pulse of the Profession 2014 – The High Cost of Low Performance. March, 2014.

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