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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Software Review PMO Risk Management Closing 370

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Risk management. Project risk can be re-evaluated, and that can provide useful information for the program or portfolio team. Obviously there are regular project boards and other governance checks, but the practical implication is that we have freedom of action for low value initiatives that are low risk and things we’ve done before.

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Prince2 Governance Government PMO 396

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers plan, budget, monitor and report on the project with project management tools , sometimes pitching the idea of the project or being assigned to it once it’s already been approved. A project can begin and certainly is designed to fail if there first wasn’t a plan devised to see it through, on time and within budget.

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Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 441

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

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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PMO Cadence Underperforming Technical Team Monitoring 52

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. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.

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PMO Cadence Governance Government 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Brush up on your virtual leadership skills. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Look at your project schedule and consider whether you have truly incorporated enough change management activities (and time/budget for those activities) in the plan. What you can do.

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2022 PMO Risk Management Artificial Inteligence 484

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 26, 2023

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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PMO Finance Budget Executing 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

— Leadership. They run meetings inefficiently, which results in participant frustration and complaints to VPs of PMO. Instead, he or she provides recommendations and options as well as highlights potential risks to consider in order to estimate a given task. And how can you be a good project manager? Fred Obiero.

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2021 PMO Executing Risk Management 479

Velociteach

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Constance Dierickx lays out a new paradigm for leadership that offers a way to synthesize thinking, emotion, and behavior. Meta-leadership goes beyond conventional leadership attributes, emphasizing not only the possession of knowledge and skills but also a keen sense of observation and discernment. Who am I trying to please?

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Leadership Software Review Closing Technical Review 98

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.

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SCRUM PMO Governance Government 150

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

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

With digital project management skills like effective online communication, robust leadership, data literacy, adaptability, professional and personal life stress management, and adept virtual team management, you can lead your projects to completion. Don't let the digital age leave you behind. Focus on building trust and transparency.

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Technical Review Software Review 2024 PMO 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Budget position. Risks and issues.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

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. I’ve also included some low cost/high value resources that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets.

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 387

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

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. Teams are struggling against risks they should have planned for or avoided. Teams are struggling against risks they should have planned for or avoided. Conflict management.

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Leadership Technical Review PMO Cadence 65

Paymo App

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Suppose you’re a project manager and have all your ducks in a row: sufficient industry experience, a PMP accredited certification, and a handful of successfully delivered projects that recommend you for a leadership position. Don’t worry, you’re not going to read about a set of leadership skills. The road to project leadership.

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Leadership Certification Energy Risk Management 132

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The senior leadership team will apply lean principles to manage the portfolio. Portfolio management teams learn about enterprise strategy and how to execute that strategy by allocating the budget. Here you’ll plan from the top down your budget, estimating what funding you’ll need with cost-management planning.

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Lean Software Review Manufacturing Governance 331

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2021

The number of people in the team The project budget The duration The outcome. I managed a capital budget of £8.6m There is a big difference between someone capable of leading a team of 30 in a complex deployment and someone whose past experience has been on projects with no budget responsibility and a team of 3.

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Finance Technical Review Software Review Budget 379

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 22, 2022

That means that projects are likely to be delivered late and over budget because the priority isn’t clear and time becomes randomized trying to juggle too much. Understanding the lead time to support decisions is key to overcoming schedule risks. The work will all get done on time and within budget.

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Artificial Inteligence PMO Risk Management Risk 148

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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PMO Artificial Inteligence 2016 2018 64

Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

The Problem : Parts of the leadership—particularly the middle management—pay lip service at best to the idea of becoming an agile organization. Leadership is about being the first to explore unknown territory at personal risk, thus being a role model. My Budget, My Feature. Is Agile a Fad or a Trend?

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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 184

Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Consider these changes faced by PMOs in recent years: The call to infuse agility and become a modern PMO. The pressure to evolve is mounting for the PMO, which needs to adapt to new digital strategies – and more strategic, product, or initiative portfolios – while bridging traditional practices.

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2025 2023 Technical Review PMO 78

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Imagine navigating project risks confidently with efficient resource utilization, managing projects for maximum efficiency, and promoting a culture of transparency and accountability within your project team and organization. However, it's not merely about mitigating risks; it's about transforming them into opportunities for value creation.

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Governance Government Risk Management 2015 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

The most obvious are impacts on project success, team performance, budgets and timelines. Alternatively, you may see the senior management adopting a disrespectful tone and exhibiting poor leadership skills. Realistically assess the risks and challenges you would face if you raised the flag. The impact of bullying on projects.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMI PMO 195

Bridge the Gap Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

“Continually evaluate exposure to risk, both opportunities and threats, to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative impacts to the project and its outcomes.” “That’s a risk I’m willing to take” I responded. So what is the best type of risk identification and documentation approach?

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Risk Risk Management 2021 PMO 52

Moira Alexander

MAY 2, 2017

To align business goals with project management (PM), leaders from the enterprise project management office (EMPO) or project management office (PMO) need to be involved in strategic planning sessions alongside senior-level management. are done properly thus minimizing technology risk.". Final Thoughts. My thoughts on this?

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Technical Review PMO Sustainability Risk Management 249

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Now there were certainly many risks, and it could have all gone wrong. There are a few things you can do to make sure you’ll have all the info you need before you start your project: Budget more time up front for detailed planning and strategy. Get more input from your team to identify requirements. www.thelazyprojectmanager.com.

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Underperforming Technical Team Transportation PMO Software Review 158

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

Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

File sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt Charts, and budget management are the top five most used and requested features in project management software. Project Management Office (PMO) Statistics. PMO and EPMO: 80% of high-performance organizations - Champions - have a PMO. Capterra ). Capterra ).

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI 2018 PMO 127

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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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

The basics of good collaboration, communication, scheduling and managing risk might still underpin everything we do, but project professionals have to regularly adapt to the world around them. But what has been shaping the direction of project leadership in 2023? Get good at budgeting so you keep project costs under control.

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2023 Artificial Inteligence Generative AI 2025 158

Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since financial services institutions typically work within well-established practices to mitigate risks, new ways of working aren’t always immediately accepted. Financial services companies often operate with a traditional approach to project and portfolio management where annual budgets define how projects are funded and executed.

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2019 Agile Lean Governance 103

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

During the 1990s, PMI tripled its membership to 90,000 in 120 countries, under the leadership of then president Virgil R. Decisions like these can lead to dilemmas and even risks, which can leave a project manager puzzled over the right course of action. By 1996, PMI produced the first Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

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PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 279

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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PMO Technical Review Information Technology Governance 355

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 9, 2020

A major part of effective project leadership involves understanding the importance of continuing to learn and develop new skills. In particular, the constantly shifting world of work requires more adaptive leadership skills, so that projects can be successfully managed, even in the most unpredictable environments.

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2020 Artificial Inteligence PMO Leadership 73

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. In senior leadership meetings, he was even more quiet. So, he created strategy; the PMO Marketing Plan. Value Proposition.

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Planning PMO Governance Government 52

PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2021

The best help for you is a book on leadership. Here’s the truth: Every book on leadership I read contains only 10% of tips applicable to the project manager’s role. Solution: The efficiency of reading books on leadership is relatively low for a project manager. At a basic level, you must know Risk Management from day one.

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Certification Risk Management Project Life Cycle Leadership 118