International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

How do we know PMOs are in poor health?  Check out the latest stats from the 2022 Research Report from The PMO Squad: Only 43% of PMOs would rate themselves as successful,  78% don’t have a process in place to measure PMO Value, and  Only 59% measure executive leader satisfaction.  Don’t be a statistic.

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PMO 2022 Consulting Leadership 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

You’ll receive broad direction from your leadership team. These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. A program manager is responsible for: Defining, facilitating and completing programs, including setting the approach. Practical experience as a project manager or operational (line) manager will also help.

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PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 276

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

For simplicity, and because the UK government uses the terminology of gate review, that’s what I’m going with in this article. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow. If you are new to the idea or thinking about implementing one for your PMO, here is an example so you can see how it works. Then communicate it.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? And this article is a summary of what they replied. I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. Let’s jump in.

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 402

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? This article is for you! For example, let’s say you have a job as an IT team leader or marketing manager. A project management position is a good entry point into an organization. What kind of jobs can you get with a project management degree?

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Technical Review PMO Healthcare Retail 391

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this article, we’ll cover the basics: what are organizational competencies, and why should you, as an individual, care about them? You can also build competence across the business as a whole by hiring new personnel with the necessary skills or by making changes in leadership. Leadership. Change management.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Innovation Leadership 356

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Note: At the time of writing, the PMBOK ® Guide – 7 th Edition has not yet been published, so this information is taken from various sources of publicly available information from PMI webinars and articles. I’ll update the article when more information is available. Leadership. Demonstrate leadership behaviors.

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Technical Review Software Review PMI Influencer 357

LiquidPlanner

JULY 30, 2019

Project managers wonder where the PMO fits in their career as many project managers are rewarded with more projects and higher complexity and scope—not detours into process, methodology, and compliance. Is joining a PMO a good career move? Will I be stuck if I go into the PMO? Five Reasons to Join a PMO.

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PMO Infrastructure Risk Management Governance 102

Planview

OCTOBER 7, 2020

How w e ll your Proj e ct Manag e m e nt Offic e (PMO) or E nt e rpris e PMO (E PMO ) functions is conting e nt on two things: th e minds e t of e ach of your e mploy e e s and e stablishing a strat e gic top-down proj e ct portfolio cultur e.   Changing mindsets starts with education and training.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Executing 78

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

This would be a good book for people new to the workforce or taking a team leadership job for the very first time. It’s also very expensive for the amount of pages, so see if you can get your PMO to invest in it! A short book that includes 42 short ways that you can engage others and communicate more effectively.

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Prince2 Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO 408

Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Change management is a critical aspect of any successful project. By effectively managing change, organizations can minimize disruption, build stakeholder support, and achieve project objectives. One of the key factors in successful change management is clear and consistent communication.

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Change Management Initiating Leadership Risk Management 36

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Jeff Zircher , MBA, is currently a servant leader at Caterpillar Inc, with over 30 years of leadership experience in IT, Logistics & Distribution, Marketing & Product Support, Product Development, and Project Management. Jeff is presenting at this year’s Leadership & Innovation 2024 Online Conference!

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2014 Finance 2024 Logistics 88

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry. The Goals & Standards of PMI. PMI Founders.

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PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 276

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2018 to make 2018 their most successful year ever? I’m sure you do. But what does it take to get there?

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 299

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Soft skills, interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence – whatever you call it, these are crucial and stakeholder management and communication come out top time and time again. Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Let’s jump in. Mark Phillips.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 291

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 9, 2020

A major part of effective project leadership involves understanding the importance of continuing to learn and develop new skills. In particular, the constantly shifting world of work requires more adaptive leadership skills, so that projects can be successfully managed, even in the most unpredictable environments.

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2020 Artificial Inteligence PMO Leadership 73

Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

#PMOT is the Twitter hashtag used by Project Managers on Twitter. If you want to follow project management conversations on Twitter… Or if you want to keep up with the latest articles, or products… #PMOT is a good tag to follow. It’s not the only tag project managers use. Project Management People.

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team PMI 74

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

AI-enabled project management tools can then identify risks/issues that require direct intervention, providing recommendations and progress reporting to the project manager and intervening directly if needed. Rich is the co-founder of EarthPM, LLC, a company devoted to integrating sustainability thinking into project management.

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Artificial Inteligence 2023 Generative AI 2022 97

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

PMO London 2024 June, 18-19. London, UK The PMO conference is focused on issues related to the work portfolio, program, and project offices. The conference attendees will learn the insights from the latest PMO research, and learn about new PMO ideas, methodologies, and products.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Many of those questioned (83%) want to see as much focus on building the right adaptive leadership mindsets as there is on boosting technical project management skills. Project managers also need to build a portfolio of management skills, according to 83% of those asked.

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Executing 2019 PMO Leadership 65

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g.,

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2024

Companies contract with MSPs for a variety of reasons, including cost savings, efficiencies, scalability, and taking responsibilities off your plate and having someone else manage IT for you.  If you’re a small to medium-sized business, this article is targeted towards you. Larger Business Justification.  I ” No s**t! 

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Technical Review Software Review Infrastructure PMO 52

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Leadership moves from telling and motivating individuals, to maintaining a systemic balance such as to permit both enough “order” for the team to feel as one, while at the same time permitting enough “chaos”, i.e., individual action and change, to enable innovation.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MARCH 7, 2019

Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. When we look back over the last decade we can clearly see how much has changed for people working in project management.

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Technical Review 2027 PMO Governance 49

MPUG

DECEMBER 23, 2020

I’m the director of the PMO, University of Washington. Bill Dow: I was at Microsoft for almost 14 years where I ran eight PMOs there. This year I was named one of the top 16 PMO leaders of the world, which is from the PMO Global Award, so was really exciting and hopefully you guys saw some of my presentations there.

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PMO Construction Development Team Review Executing 52

Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2017

April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting,” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. That’s where the bigger set of skills around change management and emotional intelligence that take a lifetime to learn come into play.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. 17% say the leadership of certified Project Managers. Agile Project Management. 2% — Other. [6].

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Wrike

APRIL 12, 2017

Courses include “Mastering Project Risk,” “Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects,” and “ PMO Design and Implementation.” RMC Project Management hosts live, instructor-led online classes on project planning, scheduling, communication, work breakdown structures, and more. The Lazy Project Manager Podcast.

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Certification Technical Review PMI Risk Management 50

Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

And to illustrate what it’s all about, I’ll requote part of a quotation the report uses, from Chintan Oza, the PMO Director at a major telecommunications company. The project manager is no longer just a cheerleader in the game. Change Management Practices. Project Professionals taking a Lead. This one I love.

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2018 Technical Review PMI 2017 65

Workzone

APRIL 5, 2022

Teams looking for this type of solution often have formal project managers and a PMO (project management office.). Communicate benefits to leadership. According to the Journal of Change Management, 70% of all organizational change initiatives fail. Did you know?

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Software Review Software Underperforming Technical Team Budget 49