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Add to the C-Level

The Lazy Project Manager

A Chief Projects Officer (CPO) is typically responsible for providing governance over an organisation’s internal projects – external, or customer facing projects can be also covered but that is entering a slightly different world – with a focus on: Ensuring all projects support the current strategic objectives.

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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

And of course, for our projects and our organisations, we don’t have Governments to bail us out. 2] Easy to say, harder to do: use a rigorous estimating process and remember that the best estimators incorporate benchmarking within their processes. Having Controls Doesn’t Mean That You’re in Control.

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Lean Change Management – 4 Years Later

Agile Coach

Then I worked for the organization that the book is based on, wrote the first version in 2012 chapter by chapter on LeanPub and then re-wrote it for Happy Melly Express in 2014. That’s the reader’s digest of my life from 2008 to 2014. The workshop developed over time by practicing what I preach.

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The Most Popular Project Management Hacks Articles of 2016

Project Management Hacks

It’s great to see that many articles in the archives continue to attract attention including a few from 2014. His thought process and determination to achieve incredible goals like settling Mars are inspiring. A recent survey I read claimed that about 1/4 of Americans listen to podcasts regularly.

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Why Most People Fail At Career Change

Project Management Hacks

Each year, there are new surveys on employee engagement that suggest millions are frustrated with their current job. In fact, Jobvite’s 2012 Social Job Seeker Survey found 69% of Americans they were either “actively seeking” a new job or “open to” a new job. You’re not alone.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Having a knowledge transfer process in place boosts the chance of project success by over 20%. [6]. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Poor purchasing processes: 23%. 18% use word processing documents. 9% use an IT methodology.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Epistemic uncertainty ?