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Operationalize Your PMO

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Once your PMO is up and running, operationalizing and doing continuous improvement (CI) go hand-in-hand. Sometimes CI may lead to changes to the PMO’s operations, but you’re only making more efficient something you’re already doing. Here are some aspects of operationalizing your PMO. PMO-Specific Reports.

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Conducting a PMO Assessment

Bridge the Gap Consulting

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 Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. Budget position. Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. Do I need a project board or a steering group?

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The Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned

Planview

At the same time, our traditional planning processes cannot keep up or sustain us anymore: The annual plan is most on-strategy the day you finish it. It’s difficult to react swiftly to change when your plans and budgets are set in stone. He not only owns the process for PI planning but also the logistics, tooling, and agenda.

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Use This Free Project Status Report Template for Fast and Easy Project Reporting

Project Bliss

Simplifies the reporting process for the project manager. If your PMO or governing body already has requirements in place, follow those. Project Budget. Report the Project Budget against what you’ve actually spent to date. You can share if the project is on budget, under budget or over budget.

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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

We learn as we go and take small steps with defined budgets, resourcing, and time-boxes. The attitude to risk The risk attitude of your customer, client, users, or sponsor will dictate not only what risks you are willing to accept (risk tolerance), but also the intensity of your risk management processes. That is completely wrong.

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Turning Good Project Management into Great Project Leadership

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Many organisations are investing in people, processes and structure to create teams focused on strategy execution, often by establishing project management offices (PMOs). As a senior project manager or head of a PMO, it is important to assess teams for any skill gaps that may be inhibiting or preventing project success.