Blog Exercises Governance PMO 
Bridge the Gap Consulting
APRIL 11, 2023
My favorite is the PMO assessment. Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Though there are PMO maturity models, which are all good, I don’t like to talk about those right away. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.
Planview
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
First, let’s acknowledge that it’s not easy to establish an effective prioritization process when your PMO and teams are in high demand. This disconnect points to the struggle PMO directors face to identify and enact an effective prioritization process. Just enough governance involving the right people, timing, criteria, and methods.
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LiquidPlanner
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Ask your PMO for a blank project closure template, or create your own checklist. Complete a project management review and lessons learned exercise (more on that below). How did the project management processes and governance work for us? Use a project closure checklist. Pay final invoices.
The Lazy Project Manager
JUNE 22, 2017
Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. Leads, and is aided by, the PMO. Sadly, I have yet to see a future ‘C’ work their way through the project arena, the PMO, the project management practise. Reports to the executive team.
Jez Lister
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
I first came across the Project Management Office or PMO concept twenty-five years ago whilst working as a project manager for a large systems integrator. Most of my colleagues – myself included were initially unclear about the purpose of the PMO and assumed that we were all to be relocated to new offices. PMO as a Service Provider.
EasyProjects
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Suppose your organization’s annual planning exercise comes up with 50 projects that would cost perhaps $10 million, but you have the capacity and financial resources for only $2.5 Where the list is long, this is work for the PMO or an ad hoc project-prioritization committee. Best practices to prioritize projects.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
The practices we implement need to add value rather than being a ticking boxing exercise. This mistake happens when project managers see planning as a tick-boxing exercise rather than a fundamental prerequisite for successful project execution where all building blocks need to be analysed and accounted for. That’s not ideal.
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