The Lazy Project Manager
APRIL 6, 2021
What is a Value-Driven Project Resource Management? Project resource management by PMO has changed significantly in the last 20 years. It has evolved into a highly value-driven resource management solution. Best Practices of Enterprise Resource Management Software.
ProjectManager.com
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios.
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International Institute for Learning
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
I recall a time when I was the program manager of a large initiative, and the PMs who reported to me would constantly roll their eyes when they had to submit their weekly status reports to the PMO. We’ve determined that our PMO might not be reaching its full potential.
Henny Portman
JUNE 25, 2022
The book PMO Services and Capabilities – Including an overview of AIPMO’s competence framework – Competences per PMO service – Techniques and tools per PMO service is written by Robert Joslin. There are over 220 PMO services described in this book.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
APRIL 18, 2019
In a new report from Strategy Execution, 86% of organisations which are delivering change through programmes and projects struggle to prioritise work streams and resources. There are further stats; 45% lack change management skills; 29% have poorly resourced initiatives; 27% lack project management skills. For organisations delivering any kind of change which is crucial for their business now and in the future, any figure above 1% is too much.
Inloox
JUNE 15, 2021
Be it because of societal changes, political events or simply to stay relevant in their target market. Our world is in a constant state of change and those who don’t adapt will be left behind. What are the challenges in change management?
Lindsey Marymont
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Agile Portfolio Management. Project & Portfolio Management. Professional Services Portfolio Management. Agile Maturity & Change Management: 3 Steps for Achieving Executive Buy-In. Unable to keep the pace with rapid changes. The ROI of PMO.
Brad Egeland
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
A project management office (PMO) is an organizational entity usually tasked to centralize and coordinate the management of projects within an organization. A PMO oversees the management of projects, programs, or a combination of both.
The Lazy Project Manager
JANUARY 27, 2016
As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., and so it is sensible for anyone who is engaged to help an organisation set up a new PMO or advise on improvements to an existing PMO to reach out for some help. The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down.
PM Times
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The pandemic has taught everyone that anything can happen, and change is always just around the corner. While every industry has been reeling from its impacts, the pandemic has given us the opportunity to make our project management offices more resilient and sustainable.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Change management is one of the most challenging components of a project’s success, but having acceptance for the changes a project brings will help realise the benefits of the project. Otherwise known as leading change from the middle , this approach is achieved when project, programme and portfolio managers are equipped with the skills to respond to the complexity of rolling out projects, while at the same time accounting for inevitable change.
Henny Portman
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
AIPMO is developing the first ‘leading’ international PMO standard based on a combination of research findings and expert knowledge. P3O or IPMA PMO certifications are not comparable to AIPMO’s core certifications in terms of approach, content and outcome. PMO Services and Capabilities.
Planview
JUNE 30, 2022
In times of economic uncertainty, PMO value is critical. Maximum PMO value ensures the work delivered aligns with company strategy. Certainly, the PMO is not immune. The PMO is a valuable asset in planning and executing informed decisions in an unpredictable market.
International Institute for Learning
JANUARY 25, 2023
People settle back into their routines and don’t think about changing again until the following December. Those who accomplish their goals have a reason to change. PMOs Need to Transform How they Operate Likewise, PMOs in poor health need to make a major change to restore their health.
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. Such occurrence causes the PMO to fall into a disorganized chaos that disrupts the flow of the project. When PMO starts to stray, it will lose its function and purpose.
Project-Management.pm
MARCH 5, 2017
As the business industry evolves, organizations are looking for ways to keep up with the changes, creating new projects and establishing solutions and innovation to secure their foundation among existing organizations. New project mean managing more people, tools, resources, and implementing more successful processes. Why is there a need for establishing a PMO ? Establish a PMO : The 5 Steps to Adopt. Acquiring Support from Executives and the Management.
Brad Egeland
MARCH 22, 2020
A PMO dashboard contains the summary of all the projects being run by an organization. It is a helpful tool for the project managers and the senior personnel of the business who want to keep themselves updated with the status of any project handled by their team.
Planview
DECEMBER 13, 2019
A healthcare PMO today must have a strong constitution. These include realizing Agile-at-scale, embracing the changing world of work, and creating an innovation culture. Healthcare PMOs must frequently incorporate regulatory changes into the portfolio, for example.
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. Meaning of PMO, its role and responsibility. What are the benefits of the PMO?
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Projects are the future, a good portfolio office can influence and shape strategy and project management is the only way to holistically deliver improvements. Honestly, people are still talking about that as the role of a project manager. After all, we are great at implementing change.
LiquidPlanner
JULY 30, 2019
In your project management career, you’ll have multiple opportunities to perform different project management roles ranging from a project analyst to a program manager. A typical project manager career path takes this progression: Project Coordinator. Project Manager. Senior Project Manager. Program Manager. Portfolio Manager. One job role missing from the PM career path is a stint in the project management office.
Techno-PM
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Project Kick Off You have defined the strategy and objectives of your Project Management Office (PMO). You even wrote a PMO Charter. You are ready to go and start changing the complex and dynamic universe of projects in your organization. You have plenty of work to do, would love start issuing nice monthly portfolio dashboards right away and seeing stuff happen in your PMO. You can feel the smell of change in the air. What is for PMO kick off meeting?
Bridge the Gap Consulting
APRIL 22, 2021
So, what do Disney movies and PMO’s have in common? While having coffee with a PMO director, he mentioned the PMO he’s leading is maturing at a good pace. As he put it, “Not every story we tell in the PMO has to have a happy ending.”
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
APRIL 28, 2020
Maybe a bit complicated at times, but anyways manageable. It is not necessarily crazy, it’s just lots of factors are new and changing. CHANGE. Change means that the skills, tools, approaches, and mindset that tended to stay constant in the past, are no longer always the solution.
MPUG
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Welcome to the concept of the Project Management Office or PMO. In this article, we will learn about PMOs as organizational structures, about various types of PMOs, and about traditional roles within a PMO. Then, we will dive into the topic of Agile PMO, its relevance, and a number of roles that can be played by such a PMO. PMO Definition. As noted in the definition, a PMO is an organizational structure. Traditional Roles of PMO. Agile PMO.
MPUG
DECEMBER 5, 2022
My organization started an initiative to upgrade our project management methodology. At that time, our organization was a certified CMM Level 3 company, and we were already using our homegrown project management methodology based on CMM L3 processes. Does it include a PMO?
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.
Brad Egeland
MARCH 10, 2020
PMaspire's Baseline PMO Dashboard can make your project management office operate on all cylinders and help you create project success stories. Here's what Baseline PMO Dashboard has to offer. You can set Project Timeline, Budget, Requirement/Scope or even Project Manager.
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Some organizations lack clarity about who approves the project change requests. On one project, the sponsor tells the project manager to make the decisions. And yet, in other cases, senior management gets involved. Your project may morph into a two-headed monster without an integrated change control process, resulting in adverse impacts to schedule, cost, and scope. It’s critical that you define how change requests will be reviewed, approved or declined.
Tony Adams
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Delivering business change outcomes is tough work. The Emergent Change approach can help us to make sense of us make sense of a fluid, messy, unpredictable change environment. In my project management community, it’s always comforting to talk to others about things we have in common. The idea that projects deliver change is a universal maxim. How is Change Delivered? Is change delivered by projects? BUT is change delivered by any other means?
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
JUNE 1, 2020
Presumably, it will just happen now that senior management have expressed the strategic direction? Of course, it won’t: the figures depend on which report we’re reading, but as a good middle figure let’s pick McKinsey, who tell us that 70% of strategic change programs fail. [2].
Wrike
AUGUST 22, 2018
Project management is a discipline loaded with acronyms: PMP, PRINCE2, CPM, WBS, PMBOK, PMI… and about 150 others. 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.” Project management offices have exploded in popularity over the last decade. But what exactly is a PMO, and what purpose does it serve in project management and business?
Epicflow Blog
JANUARY 28, 2021
2021 is going to be full of both online and offline events for project managers engaged in different areas of business: construction and engineering, IT, healthcare, and many others. Biggest Online Project Management Conferences in 2021. 2020 Offline Project Management Conferences .
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Business leaders and corporate executives need to find the optimal way to achieve growth while at the same time, manage the risks. Risk management training teaches that an official budget – the base case – should be considered in the context of three scenarios: worst case, best case and most likely. Companies with the fundamental strategic skills and rigor will have the strength to continue growing even when the economic environment is changing rapidly around them.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
JANUARY 9, 2020
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. Of course, a good management and communication course can also help you to develop persuasive skills too.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
In addition, we also worked with our partners at Duke Corporate Education to analyse the state of project management and the project-based economy. You can read the report Emerging Trends in Project Management and Project-Based Organisations here. Many of those questioned (83%) want to see as much focus on building the right adaptive leadership mindsets as there is on boosting technical project management skills. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.
Tony Adams
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Delivering business change outcomes is tough work. The Emergent Change approach can help us to make sense of us make sense of a fluid, messy, unpredictable change environment. In my project management community, it’s always comforting to talk to others about things we have in common. The idea that projects deliver change is a universal maxim. How is Change Delivered? Is change delivered by projects? BUT is change delivered by any other means?
Bridge the Gap Consulting
DECEMBER 2, 2021
” “Organizational Change Management.” ” This was the gist of the conversation I had with another project manager in my department. A PMO consulting firm came in and did an assessment of where we were and where the new executive leadership wanted us to be.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
MARCH 7, 2019
Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. When we look back over the last decade we can clearly see how much has changed for people working in project management. and it may mean that a large proportion of the PMO may get swallowed up by the click of a button. Managing Changes in Change Management.
Planview
AUGUST 26, 2019
Throughout this series, we’ve discussed the five ways to become agile, addressed the primary issues and roadblocks, as well as the critical steps required to transform the PMO, all based on the whitepaper, The Agile PMO: 5 Steps to Driving Agility at Scale. Part 1: Driving Agile at Scale: The Agile PMO. The speed and flexibility of Agile make it an attractive working mechanism for the entire organization, and the PMO is in the ideal position to lead the way.
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