Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

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.” The application process requires you to show that you have 5 GCSEs at C or above and A Levels or equivalent.

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Construction Engineering Certification Controlling 299

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2021

I spoke to Nada Abandah , a project manager in the PMO for the Dubai Health Authority, about what it’s like to work in healthcare during a discussion for the Project Management Club on Clubhouse. The response has shown us how much potential we have to throw away rigid processes. What’s it like being a project manager in healthcare?

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Healthcare PMO Finance Certification 391

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

The PMO will want a copy and you should also send one to the project sponsor and any other senior stakeholders. Double-check that the PMO has the lessons too. Part of the project completion process is to get in touch and tell them. Close out the budget and contracts. Tell everyone the project is closed.

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Closing PMO Budget Finance 419

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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PMO Governance Government 2014 52

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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PMO Executing Finance Risk Management 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. 6: Review the budget. Is the budget approved? Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

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). Yes, they’d read about a company in the same industry that stood up a PMO and was successful. ” PMO was born. Sounds like sunk costs to me.

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PMO Finance Consulting Leadership 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done. We create estimates mainly for project budgets and project schedules. The answers to these questions will allow you to pull together a project timeline and a budget. Why estimate? Expert judgment.

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Estimate Budget Technical Review Software Review 388

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Summary review of Sciforma: Sciforma is a PPM tool that has powerful portfolio management features and will level up your PMO. The good thing about configurable tools like Sciforma is that they allow you to tailor workflows to your existing processes. Budget Management. You can build capex budgets. Website: [link].

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Software Review 2021 PMO Project Life Cycle 392

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

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. Nope, neither did I.

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 387

Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

Executives expect PMOs to be the catalyst for this change. Success requires becoming a more “Adaptive PMO,” evolving how you plan, govern, and empower delivery teams to do their best work. This transition can be uncertain, but Planview is working with PMOs to make it easier as this new video demonstrates.

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PMO Agile Planning Governance 78

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example: PMO or Finance department in a company can affect how the budget has been used, this can impact how much we can build. Once you have made some decisions they also want to know about how you are spending the budget. For me, the most important part is the user’s goals, needs, motivations, and pain points.

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Influencer Finance PMO SCRUM 197

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Talk briefly about your approach to delivery, what project life cycle you are going to follow, and the project planning process. This section shows how the different teams fit together, who is on the Project Board, how the PMO fits in, who is leading the different workstreams and so on. Execution strategy. This is the ‘how’.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 322

Scrum.org

APRIL 2, 2023

For example: PMO or Finance department in a company can affect how the budget has been used, this can impact how much we can build. Once you have made some decisions they also want to know about how you are spending the budget. This article is part 1 of the Effective Stakeholder Engagement series.

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Innovation Finance PMO Budget 193

Planview

APRIL 18, 2019

In my last blog, “ Agile Transformation: The PMO’s New Paradigm ” we covered the significance of embracing different types of work and the role that continuous planning plays in becoming an Agile PMO—but that’s only the beginning. Project schedules can no longer be the PMO’s core focus. Redefine Success.

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PMO Lean Finance Agile 106

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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PMO Budget Risk Management Finance 107

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. 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? What you need is adequate governance for the project. Call your meetings anything you like.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 11, 2018

I think if you want to overcome the C-Suite concerns, then you really need to be asking for any project or PMO how does this link to the incoming expenditure or profit loss? It says, “They see the PMO as a Panadol, not an antibiotic.” Elizabeth: Tarik’s left another comment now, let me bring that up. Elizabeth: Yes.

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PMO Finance Budget Consulting 177

Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

We also outlined how EPMOs and finance leaders should work together with the C-suite to make the best decisions possible in both the short and long terms: Part 1: Dynamic Planning and Rapid Reprioritization: Resilience Amid Disruption. PMOs are in a position to smoothly facilitate all this. What’s the next level of dynamic planning?

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Planning PMO Technical Review Budget 125

Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

As executives consider changing priorities and reducing or reallocating budgets, enterprise portfolio or program management offices (EPMOs) are in the right position to take center stage. EPMOs and Finance, together, can ensure the leadership team is making the best decisions now and for the future.

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Planning Finance 2020 Executing 109

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

Perhaps we might begin with the PMO. Since PMOs lead the project management community – either directly or indirectly, according to your PMO model (see appendices) – then by considering what the best PMOs offer we can gain some insight and see that: The best PMOs have consistent, repeatable PM practices across the enterprise.

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PMO 2014 Lean Leadership 186

Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

We also outlined how EPMOs and finance leaders should work together with the C-suite to make the best decisions possible in both the short and long terms: Part 1: Dynamic Planning and Rapid Reprioritization: Resilience Amid Disruption. PMOs are in a position to smoothly facilitate all this. What’s the next level of dynamic planning?

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PMO Technical Review Budget Executing 78

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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Planning PMO Governance Government 52

EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Do you have an agreed process of prioritizing? An agreed process of mediating competing evaluations of priority? Increasingly, companies have full-time project-management offices (PMO) with staff and budgets to pursue project planning, management, and evaluation full time. Is it within budget?) Making choices.

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Information Technology 91

Planview

APRIL 9, 2020

Measure time and budget spent on strategic initiatives vs. maintenance activities. Balance teams, finances, and priorities across all operations. Cherwell IT Service Management streamlines and automates work processes to improve IT operations efficiency and maturity as well as deliver business results.

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2019 Initiating Finance PMO 109

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Check #6: Budget. Is the budget approved? Action if the answer is No: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action: Talk to the PMO again. Go back to the PMO, they should be prioritising initiatives.

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PMO Governance Government 2007 150

Bridge the Gap Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

Learning that process helped me see the bigger picture and how the pieces of the strategic puzzle fit together. Finance and Accounting : This is the language of business. Then, more finance related topics about assets and calculations that go into capital investments. Processing…. Those strategies turned into projects.

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Cadence Finance 2021 Manufacturing 52

Planview

JANUARY 8, 2019

The following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. Now, let’s get into the first two process areas by examining why it is crucial for your organization to align strategy, financials, and execution. Funding and Budgeting.

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Executing Finance Governance Government 60

The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 3, 2017

Capacity for knowledge and the ability to acquire it – projects also require a continuous learning process to understand the change that is being delivered, the lessons that are there to be learned. Project (or Program) Management Office (PMO) activities and focus (supportive, directive, controlling).

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Technical Review 2014 Executing Leadership 186

Planview

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

While the strategic plan can feed annual plans to ensure enough of the annual budget is set aside for strategy, the real value comes into creating a continuous planning process that creates strategic agility to ultimately drive faster delivery of success. Finance is about financial control. Why is this important?

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Finance Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Budget 60

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Project management is a process used to plan, organize and execute a task, event or project. At its core, PPM is a process that links project management to more specific enterprise management goals. . The software can organize a ranking system to determine projects by value, risk, budget, and resources required.

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Software Review 2022 Software Planning 88

Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In this article I lay down the processes that you need to follow for selecting the right project management software for your business. What is our budget for PM software? project budgeting. Finance / budget management software (Quicken, Mint etc.). Teams having PMO. Are we a startup or established company?

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Software Review Software Aerospace Development Team Review 119

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 1, 2019

Once Upon Another Time , Business Analysis was only performed in large companies, with large mainframes and even larger teams that spanned IT, marketing and finance. It is during the second step that BAs need to map those requirements to a set of features which can be implemented within the project budget and project timescale.

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2018 Finance PMO Estimate 65

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 17, 2018

What are the project constraints (budget, time, mandatory deliverables)? Are there any formal milestones, gate review or PMO expectations for the project? This checklist item includes reviewing the communication plan but it also includes all the governance processes to ensure the project is executing correctly. Project Schedule.

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Governance Government Software Review Manufacturing 95

Planview

JANUARY 22, 2019

The following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. Process Area 5: Product Portfolio Management for IT-Developed Products. Process Area 6: Application Portfolio Management.

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Infrastructure Finance Innovation Budget 92

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 4, 2019

In recent years, portfolio management has evolved from an administrative process, in which projects are selected and prioritised, to one of the key ways in which organisations can focus on strategy implementation. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. This fatal decision was due to poor portfolio management.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Telecoms Executing 72

Proofhub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

prioritize and delegate accordingly and manage the budget. Now here is the paradox, apart from the processes, Project Management has a strong human element to it, which in my opinion is the most critical part. Such a setup gives the PMO a lot more control to ensure that nothing falls through the cracks.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2030 PMO Artificial Inteligence 60