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Roadmap to Developing a Strategic Plan For Your PMO

WorkOtter

The points below will assist you in carving out a PMO strategy that’ll make a difference for you. Understand the Advantages and Usefulness of Roadmaps First things first, you need to get to know the benefit of a project management office (PMO) roadmap. As a rule of thumb, make sure that you are setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Project Management Apprenticeships: A UK Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The formulation of business cases, risk and problem management, cost control, project scope, budgeting, and schedule management are among the fundamental skills that your apprentices will master in this environment.” It should make you much more attractive to employers as they know you’ve put your learning into practice.

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Traits of a PMO Leader

Bridge the Gap Consulting

You’re a PMO Leader! Being a PMO leader has been one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of my career. Thankfully, I’ve had some really good mentors along the way who showed me being a PMO leader and a project manager are two very different things. So, what are the traits of a PMO leader? Good times!

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How to Include Projects on Your Resume/CV

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I clearly remember being asked who was the Governor of the Bank of England during an interview with a bank – obviously I was faking being interested in the finance sector as I had no clue. The number of people in the team The project budget The duration The outcome. I managed a capital budget of £8.6m

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Why Do You Want a PMO? Questions to Ask When Setting One Up

Bridge the Gap Consulting

Why do you want a PMO? That’s a hell of a question to ask when you’re the consultant asking a client why they want to start a Project Management Office (PMO). I had a list of questions jotted down to ask the leadership team. ” PMO was born. Do I feel that PMO’s can add value?

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Free and Low Cost Project Management Resources

Rebel’s Guide to PM

But I understand that not everyone has the finances to buy templates or invest in training. Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. And training to choose from.

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Creating the PMO Business Case

Bridge the Gap Consulting

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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