Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Start with this quick-start post to becoming a Savvy PMO. The Journey to Becoming a Savvy PMO.

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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. You can read that here. Strategic Alignment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. People will be assigned to lower priority work, meaning you don’t have the right skills or people available to work on your strategic initiatives. and define how leaders can secure resources. This happened to me in a past role.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

PRINCE2® requires at least two management stages: one to initiate the project and then however many you need after that to do the rest of the work. The phases of a typical predictive lifecycle are: Idea or concept phase Initiate Plan Execute Close. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 28, 2023

B Blue Project closed R Red Project is likely to deliver late/over budget A Amber Project has missed some targets but overall end date/budget is not at risk G Green Project on track As you can see, this equates to the acronym BRAG. Check with your PMO. The budget is overspent by more than 10%/outside tolerance.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. On the other hand, if an organization has underdeveloped management, the more likely that its projects will have trouble meeting deadlines and staying on budget.

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Planview

JUNE 28, 2019

Funding practices—that is, the way budgets are allocated throughout the organization—dictate nearly every business outcome. When implementing Lean-Agile practices at scale, organizations quickly realize that their push for agility conflicts with traditional budgeting and cost accounting practices. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Furthermore, less than 30% of the projects are completed on budget and schedule due to poor project management. Problems] The PMO Launch Project [Project Name] will be undertaken to implement a Project Management Office (PMO). Solutions] Our goal is to deliver 50% of our projects on budget and schedule in the next fiscal year.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 15, 2021

B Blue Project closed R Red Project is likely to deliver late/over budget A Amber Project has missed some targets but overall end date/budget is not at risk G Green Project on track. Check with your PMO. It could be over budget, running behind schedule or have uncontrolled scope changes (or all three).

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

Strategic workforce planning is used by an organization or its project management office (PMO) to achieve its long-term plans. This helps with workforce planning to achieve business objectives but also informs both employee development initiatives and hiring programs. This makes everyone work at capacity and keeps them productive.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

The first category is documentation that relates to strategy and project initiation. Here are some examples: Budget Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline. Your PMO may define mandatory artifacts: a list of project documents that you must create for each project. Strategy artifacts.

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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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Planview

OCTOBER 7, 2020

How w e ll your Proj e ct Manag e m e nt Offic e (PMO) or E nt e rpris e PMO (E PMO ) functions is conting e nt on two things: th e minds e t of e ach of your e mploy e e s and e stablishing a strat e gic top-down proj e ct portfolio cultur e.   Transparent adherence to a budget.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. Partner with the PMO, they are your key stakeholder.

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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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Planview

JANUARY 11, 2024

Elevate your Project Management Office (PMO) to become one of the most effective strategic partners in your organization. Adopting a sponsor’s mindset enables the PMO to drive value across the business, even when faced with disruption and economic uncertainty. How Does Your PMO Think? You have big plans for the new year.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

You’ll probably end up with a number of different types of reports going to different audiences: project reports, budget reports, briefings to senior managers, and others that you do on an ad hoc basis. Doing this part of governance is most likely in your project manager job description : it’s such an important part of the role.

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Project-Management.pm

MARCH 25, 2017

It’s safe to say that Project Management Office ( PMO ) has numerous advantages and the results it impacts to the organization have been effective and helpful. Every existing organization around the globe are swearing by PMO. Over the years PMO profitability seems non-existent. However, it has its downsides.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

Strategy artifacts The first category is documentation that relates to strategy and project initiation. Here are some examples: Budget baseline Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline. Your PMO may define mandatory artifacts: a list of project documents that you must create for each project.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

In the last decade, more and more corporations have developed a project management office (PMO) to benefit their business. To get started, you’ll want to learn more about PMO examples, how to set one up, and how to train your employees. What Is a PMO? PMO Examples. What is a PMO?

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EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The project management office (PMO) is typically an operating unit of a professional services firm. The writer worked for an extended period in two firms that may broaden the concept of the PMO. The writer worked for an extended period in two firms that may broaden the concept of the PMO. Introduction. Was it project-based?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

A Bad Project Manager does not understand domain areas , and they do not take the initiative to build up their knowledge base. They run meetings inefficiently, which results in participant frustration and complaints to VPs of PMO. They constantly make excuses when issues arise on their projects. Communication.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We planned for the lab costs in our project budget. Often the function is provided by the PMO or another business team. How to document your quality management approach/plan PRINCE2 talks about writing the quality management approach in the project initiation document. Split out quality assurance and quality control techniques.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

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.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

I started with the high level process steps – initiation , execution, testing and so on. This is a huge advantage for a PMO (even a fledgling PMO in a team that is just getting on the ladder with project management). As well as a baseline, you can track SPI, EV, and progress against budget. Yes, really!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

During project initiation you would have worked out the owners for each of the deliverables or at least the general team who will be receiving the handover. During project initiation and planning you would have worked out what deliverables would be required. Use the project handover templates from your PMO or make your own.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 25, 2024

While it works out great initially, this approach does not scale – and teams, customers and stakeholders struggle to stay on the same page while ensuring effective use of their investments.

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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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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2021

You will have to re-prioritize and replan your project investments and no one knows how to do that better than the Project Management Office (PMO). Here are three trending scenarios where the PMO can have a serious impact.  Digital Change Initiatives. Change Initiatives.  Digital Transformation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Use a standard template If your company does not have a standard template for minutes , make one up, or ask your PMO. For example, make a note of any project change requests that were approved or rejected, or budget decisions. People can scan down the right-hand column for their initials to see what actions they picked up.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It helps project managers to make decisions about how to best complete a project within the iron triangle constraints of time, budget, and scope – and all the other constraints that fall outside the somewhat outdated triangle model! What fits with your current PMO might not work in a new organization if change jobs. Define your goals.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The project schedule and its budget will greatly influence resource forecasting. Without resource forecasting (and resource planning), resource management wouldn’t be able to meet its mandate of optimizing and allocating resources to the right initiatives. Resource Forecasting vs. Resource Management.

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Wrike

MARCH 25, 2021

What is an Agile PMO? Aren’t all PMOs supposed to be Agile and support transformative change? Does my organization need an Agile PMO? Keep reading to discover the benefits of Agile development and the specific set of features and organizational structure an Agile PMO offers that regular PMOs simply don’t.

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

If you’re new to a role, instead of slashing or splashing budget and drastically altering project team structure, how about looking at the small step changes you can make that can quickly unlock ROI. Call Stoneseed to find out more about the P3MO Platform and PMO Services on 01623 374056 or click here. Less broom, more polish!

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