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Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It sounds simple – we all know we should do it, but it’s hard to know where to start for a new PMO. It’s everything a novice PMO Manager needs to know to support her project managers at work. Reading this was a pleasure; I’m sure I’ll refer to it again in the future – and if you work in a PMO, you should too.

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7 Factors of Good Governance

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Again, reuse documents that you have already produced to streamline the effort and ask around to see if your PMO or colleagues have templates that you can use. Set up a Terms of Reference for the project or include a section on roles and responsibilities for the team members in the Project Charter or Initiation Document.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Strategies for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

By providing clear directions, the PMO helps virtual teams operate cohesively and align with strategic objectives. Support The PMO provides ongoing support to virtual teams by offering resources, tools, and expertise to facilitate project execution.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

Most companies now seek project managers who follow the PMO processes like Waterfall or Agile and many C-Level executives support the PMO process. However, a formally adopted PMO process to implement and closely monitor projects and portfolios does not account for everything occurring in IT. 2016)” as explained by Chapman.

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

During 2018 I will be launching an update to my online PMO course, The PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down , I have brand new webinars in the works with materials never been shared before all based off of my Project Management Communication Tools book, and my PMO Lifecycle book. Colin Ellis. Colin Ellis.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

These systems act as the connective tissue that ensures every project, stakeholders, the project management office (PMO), and core functions of the organization's undertaking are aligned with the organization's overarching strategic goals. References: Alie, S. Project governance: #1 critical success factor. Müller, R., Shao, J.,

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Pass Your Competition… Fast

Planview

References: *Gartner 2016 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey Shows that Half of CEOs Expect their Industries to be Substantially or Unrecognizably Transformed by Digital. 2016 CEO Survey: The Year of Digital Tenacity. The post Pass Your Competition… Fast appeared first on Planview Blog.