Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A good governance model requires every project to have a project sponsor and while you read about sponsorship all the time on blogs like these in reality I still come across people who don’t know who their sponsor is. They also are the main risk-taker and decision-maker on the project so it’s important to have them around.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. We’ll get to that in a moment as well as define project pipeline management. ProjectManager’s roadmaps help you manage your project pipeline.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

Project Stakeholder Management There are many ways to engage stakeholders. Let’s look at a different form of engagement–the use of an internal blog. Blogs are a form of pull communication used for large volumes of information or for large audiences such as an organization. What’s An Internal Blog?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. I’ll confess: when I started out as a project manager, this was a piece of jargon that honestly didn’t mean much at all? But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? Think intranet or policy library.

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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.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

Project Stakeholder Management There are many ways to engage stakeholders. Let’s look at a different form of engagement–the use of an internal blog. Blogs are a form of pull communication used for large volumes of information or for large audiences such as an organization. What’s An Internal Blog?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

Finally, we’ll see how project management software allows you to better manage your workforce. Strategic workforce planning is used by an organization or its project management office (PMO) to achieve its long-term plans. Both of these are ways to measure resource management and are interrelated.

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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. business objectives (strategic alignment, customer focus, risk reduction, etc.),

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Planview

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s enterprises are increasingly looking to the PMO to boost the bottom line. The risk of poor capacity is the inability to resource projects. This quote, from one of Planview’s global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) customers, characterizes the challenges and risks organizations face with resource planning. What’s the answer?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. Planning and managing these resource costs in an IT budget can be facilitated by project management software. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track IT costs.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Susanne Madsen. Susanne Madsen. Elizabeth Harrin.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As a PMO superstar, you know that Wrike is the solution you need to align your strategy with execution for end-to-end success. Here’s a peek into three exciting project management sessions that happened at Collaborate 2023. Aligning Strategy to Execution — Kalpesh Shah and Carolyn Lum Overview Kelpesh Shah, PMO leader at Radial, Inc.,

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Planview

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Regardless of whether you’re still learning how to prioritize projects or you’re a seasoned veteran, you can walk away from this blog knowing how to become a Savvy PMO. It may require a little experimenting to find the right method to match the needs of your PMO and organization. Here’s how. Gain Knowledge. Be persistent.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Could your work intake and demand management processes use some sprucing up? Have no fear, the Savvy PMO is here! This blog series is for you whether you are inundated with work requests, need a more streamlined process, require better scoring and prioritization, or have other challenges with demand management.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers are the point person in charge of a specific project or projects within an organization. We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. What Does a Project Manager Do? How Much Does a Project Manager Make?

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Wrike

MARCH 3, 2023

Among those humans are directors of project management offices (PMOs), portfolio managers, and program and project managers. Every PMO is different but they’re all focused on the same thing: success. As any PMO professional knows, project management and project delivery are two different things.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

When we did our roundup of the 50 best Project Management Blogs in 2017 it quickly became one of our most popular posts. You folks do like reading about project management! So, here then is our list of the 52 best Project Management Blogs for 2019. How do People Consume Project Management Blogs?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet. You can find free project management templates to download all over the internet.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

APRIL 18, 2019

There are further stats; 45% lack change management skills; 29% have poorly resourced initiatives; 27% lack project management skills. The report – Emerging Trends in Project Management and Project-Based Organisations – is telling us how much more projects and a project way of working have grown over the last 14 years.

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Inloox

APRIL 7, 2017

First off: The acronym “PMO” has many different meanings. Some use it to talk about the project management office, while others mean program management office or portfolio management office. In this blog series, however, we will use the acronym PMO to describe the project management office.

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Project Management Update Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Agile Portfolio Management. Project & Portfolio Management. Professional Services Portfolio Management. Agile Maturity & Change Management: 3 Steps for Achieving Executive Buy-In. And this hesitancy can create problems in allowing a PMO to advance its Agile maturity. Skip to navigation. Manufacturing ERP.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 22, 2022

Artificial intelligence can help project managers do their jobs more easily and efficiently. Here we are in the 21 st century, and the demands on everyone are for higher productivity and managing multiple priorities well (or should I say ‘trying’ to manage multiple priorities). Why is it a problem to have multiple priorities?

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Wrike

MAY 21, 2023

As an IT Project Management Office (PMO) leader, you understand how critical collaboration is to the success of your organization. When different teams work together effectively, the PMO can deliver high-quality projects faster and more efficiently. Let’s examine the many ways to maximize collaboration in your IT PMO.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This range accounts for the many factors that could affect the pace at which adoption occurs, including regulation, levels of investment, and management decision making within firms [3]. Risk Management. Effective risk management has to be proactive. Human Capital Optimization. Active Assistance.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As work commences, PMOs must monitor and mitigate risks before they knock projects off course. For too long, PMOs have relied on portfolio project management (PPM) tools to get by, but unfortunately, these only offer investment planning and portfolio management, financial planning, cost analysis, and maybe timelines.

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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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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Although 93% of organisations report that they use standardised project management practices , only 23% say that these practices are used throughout the organisation. When standardised project management practices aren’t used, it should come as no surprise that projects are failing.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. Let’s first define lean portfolio management and then delve into how it works. This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management. Learn more.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 2, 2022

As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, “a team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal.” In a previous blog] I proposed the idea of the ‘ digital dance ’.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Up your game with new project management resources If you had to pick a few people who are helping you grow and mature as a project manager, who would those people be? Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Susanne Madsen. Susanne Madsen. Elizabeth Harrin.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Project management is a discipline loaded with acronyms: PMP, PRINCE2, CPM, WBS, PMBOK, PMI… and about 150 others. Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” Definition of PMO.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JUNE 20, 2019

Last week it was the fifth PMO Conference in London. With over 400 PMO practitioners from around the globe and over 20 sessions to choose from, there’s a lot to learn about where PMO is heading right now. Staying with the reporting theme, data analytics will be a game changer for the PMO in the coming years.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

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Planview

MAY 4, 2020

Does your PMO provide the project visibility and insights required to help the organization deliver on strategy? For some PMOs, project visibility is limited to just project status. The Savvy PMO extends visibility and reporting to six key areas: Project Status and Health. Planned versus Actuals. Intake and Demand.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2018

And it has huge implications for people managing projects that store, capture or process personal data. But beyond the setting up of GDPR principles in your business, what does GDPR look like for project management? In this article I’ll look at 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting a new project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What Is Resource Forecasting in Project Management? It’s a tool used by project managers and their teams to see if they have the resources they need to complete the assigned tasks in a project. There are project management software solutions that address resource forecasting. Resource Forecasting vs. Resource Management.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

If there’s one thing that my career as a project manager has taught me, it’s that while the fundamentals of delivering a good project don’t change much, the environment in which we have to do the delivery is constantly changing. Here are five project management trends that have been top of mind for me.

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