Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are there projects missing deadlines, going over budget, or failing to meet expectations within your organization? A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. Discover how a PMO can be a game-changer for your organization.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

PMO Failure. We hear about PMO’s failing all the time. Stats on PMO failure rates are all over the map based on your definition of “failure.” What follows is a list of reasons PMO’s fail from my experience and what I’ve gathered from others. Sure, PMO leaders can blame sr.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

But, out of respect for the PMO manager who asked not to be named or have this published until his retirement in March of 2021, I held off. One of my first PMO managers had an Actuary background. He needed to tell a story; what the PMO was doing to advance the company’s goals and the teams involved in making that happen.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

Use this project status report template if your Project Management Office or governing body doesn’t have a standard template in place. 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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There’s a lot riding on getting your PMO mission statement right. After all, the mission statement is what will guide the PMO as it strives to achieve its goals and objectives. Creating a powerful PMO mission statement doesn’t have to be difficult – but it does require some thought and careful planning.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Improved Resource Management - Digital tools allow for more precise tracking and allocation of resources, ensuring that projects are completed within budget and on time. A Digital PMO can offer support in technologies, resources, governance frameworks, and alignment with organizational goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. I think 2018 is going to bring more focus on business success metrics and less about scope, schedule and budget. Bill Dow , PMP, is a recognised expert in developing and managing Project Management Offices (PMOs.) Ranjit Sidhu. Vasily Klimko. Vasily Klimko.

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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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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

hours, personnel needed, and/or tasks) to ensure that a project can be completed on time and within budget. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g.,

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EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Increasingly, companies have full-time project-management offices (PMO) with staff and budgets to pursue project planning, management, and evaluation full time. In other words, project prioritizing today is not limited to the equation between capacity and budget, on the one hand, and a possible project list on the other.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I regularly provide project management advisory and Project Management Office (PMO) related consulting services to my clients. Although assumptions are inevitable to some degree, it’s never fair to assume that a project has unlimited resources and/or and unlimited budget. Every project has limited resources and limited money.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

The recent UK Government’s enquiry into the management of major projects was cut short by world events, but the interim report and oral evidence make for interesting reading. [1] Professor Flyvbjerg’s evidence showed that out of 12,000 major projects studied globally, fewer than half were on budget, fewer than 8% also on schedule, and only 0.5%

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

We like to consider ourselves kind of a full stack consultancy in the sense that you know, obviously, you have to deal with the work surface levels and what the teams are doing but you know, how do you orchestrate teams across dependency boundaries? And he’ll come in and consult for you and customized model for you and do all those things.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What is our budget for PM software? project budgeting. Finance / budget management software (Quicken, Mint etc.). consulting or staffing companies. Teams having PMO. Projects in government. Are we a startup or established company? Is it the first time we are using project management software? Google Drive.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cost overrun This is the actual cost that exceeds the estimated cost in the budget, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun. E – Project Management Terms Earned value management (EVM) A way to measure project performance, and is commonly used in government projects.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Such tools provide a solution to establish a prioritization process for projects that helps organizations govern their existing and future efforts. The software can organize a ranking system to determine projects by value, risk, budget, and resources required. Budget scenario planning . Portfolio Balancing.

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Wrike

JUNE 27, 2022

You might issue an RFP whenever you have a large, complicated project with a significant budget. Typically, government agencies issue RFPs to solicit private bids, opening up price competition between bidders and maximizing the quality of results for the price. Government agencies. This is particularly true in the public sector.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Needless to say that this mistake often results in rework as well as time and budget overruns later down the line. Many project managers intuitively produce a plan in consultation with team members. But true collaboration is much more than consultation. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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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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Project Management Hacks

OCTOBER 29, 2016

From AT&T To Project Consulting Success: A Profile of Frank Saladis, PMI Fellow Profile. Governments, companies and patients around the world want better healthcare services. How Symcor’s PMO Improved Performance and Client Satisfaction. Do PMOs improve project performance or do they simply add bureaucracy?

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Velociteach

MARCH 4, 2024

He is a partner, a consultant, and advisor from Implement Consulting Group , and he is the author of the book “ Benefits Realisation: The Change-Driven Approach to Project Success.” Rasmus is an author, a speaker, and a renowned expert within benefits realization and organizational change. Our guest today is Rasmus Rytter.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It included dollars values of projected development costs, marketing budget, and ROI over a 3-5 year period. The governance committee was able to quickly review and decide which projects we were going to pursue, and which would get shelved. There are people way smarter than me on my project or in the PMO.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 6, 2023

Starting up or revamping a PMO is tricky and complex. If a PMO will help navigate these turbulent waters, it should not be on one or two people to determine its direction. Committed organizations will setup a PMO Steering Committee. I’ll start by saying a PMO Steering Committee is not a guarantee.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

We are a project management consulting company in the Baltimore Washington area. Background myself, I’ve been doing project program, PMO management for going on, I guess, 30 years now. Having spent half my life in the commercial space and half in the government space, the questions are always there.

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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 if you know that you want, if you know them, and you think that they need to hear something about the budget, or they’re really interested in the plan. So what do we mean by governance?

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 5, 2024

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT We measure how successful our projects are all year round, in terms of Return On Investment (ROI), budgets, delivery times met, etc but an IT Project Management Capability Assessment checks in on how effective the delivery frameworks and processes that underpin project success are.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. So, that’s done a lot more in the commercial space than it ever is in most government spaces. By education and training.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The structure of your organization’s project management office (PMO) may be the difference between effective and ineffective project management. Your PMO structure must blend in with the organizational culture to ensure project management success. What is a PMO structure? What is a PMO structure? Controlling PMO.

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Project Bliss

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Portfolio Manager may also establish portfolio governance standards and procedures for approvals, reporting and other needs. PMO (Project Management Office) Manager / Director. You’d also oversee budgeting and work with Finance and stakeholders to determine budget forecasts and projections for the year. Consulting.

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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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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Instead, you must act with determination to understand project cost management and implement all the tools at your disposal to control costs and bring in your expenditure on 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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MindGenius

JUNE 1, 2020

At my next organization that was the case with my PMO Director. It was the case at one early company where I was leading large multi-million $$ government contracts. But professionally – on projects and consulting engagements, thankfully, I’m much better at it.

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

Creating the budget. As you identify all the resources you need for your project, you’ll be able to create the project budget. This post provides instructions and a template for creating a project budget. This could be seen as more of a Portfolio Manager or Project Management Office (PMO) Manager role. Reporting.

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Ganttic

JANUARY 6, 2021

Coach, consultant, author, speaker and more, Peter Taylor is anything but lazy. Alexis Nicole White, certified senior project manager (PMP) and scrum master (SMC) - ANW Consulting "I’m a reader of The Lazy Project Manager blog. The blog presents ways to work smarter, not harder in order to complete projects on budget and on time."

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PM That Works

AUGUST 15, 2020

My consulting business, really just kind of went away, and so did the speaking business. So in my consulting career and working with a lot of organizations, I've worked with almost 150 or so organizations now implementing what we call project portfolio management software. So that just launched this week. Guess what they do?

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