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. Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. What is a project board?

Governance 358

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

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.

PMO 52

PMO Cadence Governance Government 52

Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Joaquim’s response: The starting point was providing a governance framework that aligns the work of different roles to company objectives, KPIs, and cadence, with a good balance of rigor and flexibility. What was the biggest issue Santander encountered when incorporating the PPM solution with your existing PMO?

Agile 99

Agile Cadence PMO Governance 99

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. Identify which metrics are important to your stakeholders and governance bodies.

Governance 0

Governance Government Cadence Budget 0

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? And you know, the manifesto had just been written and I was working as a project manager in a company called CheckFree here in Atlanta and squarely like in the PMO. How do you go up into Portfolio Management? How do you go up into investment management, that kind of a thing?

Agile 140

Agile Consulting Influencer Underperforming Technical Team 140

Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

And I was working for this VP that was like really super cool, is very into agile and we were coming up with really creative things for like team formation strategies and agile governance, all stuff. And all that stuff’s like really super important, but we have this debate internally quite a bit with my leadership team.

2021 62

2021 Agile Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 62