ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals.

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Planview

APRIL 27, 2023

Consider this statistic from Gartner: “The typical organization today has undertaken five major firmwide changes in the past three years — and nearly 75% expect to multiply the types of major change initiatives they will undertake in the next three years.” Back to Gartner: “Half of change initiatives fail, and only 34% are a clear success.”

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The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., and so it is sensible for anyone who is engaged to help an organisation set up a new PMO or advise on improvements to an existing PMO to reach out for some help.

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Henny Portman

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

AIPMO is developing the first ‘leading’ international PMO standard based on a combination of research findings and expert knowledge. P3O or IPMA PMO certifications are not comparable to AIPMO’s core certifications in terms of approach, content and outcome. AIPMO’s core PMO certifications covers much more! IPMO Certifications.

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Planview

JULY 5, 2019

The past four blogs in our series are based on the whitepaper, The Agile PMO: 5 Steps to Driving Agility at Scale and have centered around how the PMO can guide the enterprise towards greater agility. It requires that the PMO start embracing agile. Part 2: Agile Transformation Requires Just Enough PMO Governance.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Maybe you’re part of a newly-minted project management office (PMO). Or perhaps you’re a tenured PMO leader and looking to refine your skills. You’re valiant and ready to spearhead the challenges ahead for developing process and governance. The post 5 Characteristics of A Successful PMO Leader appeared first on Planview Blog.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

It’s a password-protected page of the blog with direct links to everything for you to download. Inside the resource library you can also find: A multi-project report template on a page A project initiation checklist A project organisation chart. They have: Business case Project brief Project initiation document. Project Bliss.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

These responsibilities usually fall under the purview of a project management office (PMO) and can be facilitated by using project management software. Initial Process This is when an organization has yet to implement standardized project management processes and there’s no consistency between projects.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 2, 2019

Within the project management community, the concept of governance is seen as a fundamental project control, which is easy to grasp in principle. Getting the governance piece right requires insight and at times a few honest conversations about roles and responsibilities. Creating a smooth escalation and governance process.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

In the last decade, more and more corporations have developed a project management office (PMO) to benefit their business. To get started, you’ll want to learn more about PMO examples, how to set one up, and how to train your employees. What Is a PMO? PMO Examples. What is a PMO?

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Planview

APRIL 12, 2018

Meeting the demands of ever-changing priorities within a government can lead to inconsistent processes, departments with limited visibility into what is being worked on, and no ability to monitor investments. The New Zealand Government Case Study. The New Zealand government serves approximately 4.7 million people.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article. Business Analysis.

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Planview

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Simply read what you can now, then bookmark this blog so you’ll have it saved for later. The best gift for your PMO: Portfolio and Resource Management tips. Your PMO @ Hyper-speed Workshops [Webinar]. Hyper-speed Revisited: The Role of the PMO in the Agile Enterprise [Webinar]. The Zombie PMO Outbreak [eBook].

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Planview

MAY 29, 2020

Does your PMO generate portfolio dashboards for stakeholders and executives? Does it help your PMO be seen as a value driver? The Savvy PMO recognizes this and makes access to highly visual, useful data an imperative by providing comprehensive portfolio dashboards. In a 2019 Deloitte survey of 1,000 U.S. Real-time Analysis.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the initiation phase, the project sponsor will present the business case, and lobby to get the project selected. They will articulate the project objectives and goals to the PMO and anyone else who will listen! Some information in this article first appeared on the PMO Perspectives blog. During kick off.

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Project Accelerator News

MAY 24, 2024

Blog by Nicol Cutts, Head of Projects, Professional Services at Stoneseed. A Business Analyst to define the business case and provide data-led insight and an effective Project Management Office to oversee planning and governance are becoming essential assets. It seems there’s an IT Project Management lesson everywhere you look!

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 24, 2020

The project sponsor is in direct communication with the client or customer who is the reason the project has been initiated. Project Management Office (PMO). However, if it does exist the PMO will decide on the processes used in a project and how to follow them. Project managers are supported by the PMO.

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Even in organizations where teams were already practicing Agile, it was common for senior leadership to favor the more traditional portfolio management due to their comfort with detailed project plans and heavier governance. Agile teams are largely self-governing. Senior leaders provide space to innovate, but not how.

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Wrike

MARCH 15, 2021

PMO vs. EPMO: what is the difference? While PMO has greatly helped many organizations, EPMO is the way of the future. . While PMOs are on the ground taking care of day-to-day activities, EPMOs have a high-level view of the project. . They actively work to correct many of the now outdated practices of the traditional PMO role.

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Planview

JUNE 28, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. Adopting Lean-Agile budgeting practices helps to decrease funding overhead and friction while maintaining financial governance, helping to align budgeting practices with Lean-Agile goals. Business units present their ideas to the PMO in an annual planning meeting.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. In the first two installments of this series, we talked about the key elements of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) and how funding practices must adapt to better support LPM initiatives. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM?

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Wrike

MAY 19, 2023

Scalability: A Clear Path Forward for Modern PMOs” took place over three separate sessions, featuring a stellar line-up of speakers including: Carolyn Lum, Industry Principal for PMO at Wrike, is a strategic business transformation leader who has led large-scale projects, programs, and portfolios across industries.

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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 Services.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. They grant you initial permission to explore the wide and wonderful world of agile. This blog post is written by Strategy Execution Instructor Alan Zucker. Once inside, there are many paths to travel.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

If you think about CEO’s being most often fired for mismanaging change then it is a ‘no-brainer’ you would have thought if your portfolio is a significant one and – based on Challenge 1 – Invest in the right portfolio management – it is often more significant than you might think (see previous blog). Reports to the executive team.

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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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NimbleWork

APRIL 21, 2024

Stand up your PMO with the resources required to manage the software , the projects and the reporting. Lack of executive support Any new initiative needs exec support to make it work, so having a sponsor who believes in the value PPM can bring is crucial. You can’t expect project managers to do it.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2021

A project manager is a person being in charge of the project from its initiation to the delivery stage. PMO Job Titles. PMO Manager is very similar to the traditional project manager role but it’s more theoretically-based. But how to distinguish between them? Project Manager. Portfolio Manager .

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is generally initiated by the customer/client or stakeholders. This is done by performing work during initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing with a keen focus on meeting customer/client outcomes, and managing the schedule, cost, scope and quality the requirements/specifications. of a project.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In reality, it ended up more like a rush to get everything on the project closure checklist ticked off, complete the project wrap up and move on to the next initiative. Ask your PMO for a blank project closure template, or create your own checklist. How did the project management processes and governance work for us?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

Check #5: Governance. Is there a governance structure? For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if the answer is No: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action: Talk to the PMO again. Who is your project sponsor? Check #6: Budget.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on business. What are the top issues you face as a PMO leader? I believe there are several challenges facing the PMO leader, which are shared across the organization : 1.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2021

Regardless of the industry your PMO operates in — IT, construction, business services, finance and banking, or manufacturing — success depends on delivering projects on time and on budget, as well as demonstrating the ROI of your PMO to the organization. Unfortunately, roughly 70% of projects PMOs start actually fail.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

We’ll be looking at Milestone planning, dependency management, multi stakeholder management, governance across multiple projects. So let’s talk about Project governance. Combining project governance is actually very similar. So what do we mean by governance? formal reporting is another governance function.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In this blog, we will go over the elements that make up software development project management and everything you need to know about software development project management. In fact, software development initiatives are sophisticated enterprises. The team during the initial phases of the project will define the software processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

We worked on every stage of the initiative, from initiation and planning through to all the facets of execution, iterative review and expansion of the program over time with each success. In my past corporate role I was part of a team managing organisational change integrating sustainability throughout the business. That’s interesting.

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