Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. Consider adding contingency time to the schedule if your project is unusual or innovative (for your organization). Tip: Avoid scope creep!

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

This method has driven companies to new heights of efficiency and innovation, enriching every facet of project execution - from planning to evaluation - and boosting effectiveness and adaptability. Continuous improvement, or Kaizen, has revolutionized business practices since its inception in post-war Japan. What is Continuous Improvement?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. A well-implemented PMO can transform your project delivery process , ensuring that every project is set up for success from the start. Discover how a PMO can be a game-changer for your organization.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tad Haas’ How Innovation & Portfolio Management Office Underpins Corporate Success webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Tad: The conversation today is built off a white paper called Innovation and Portfolio Management Office.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Thought leaders in project management have strong social media followings, are published authors, and are working as leaders for innovative companies and enterprises in the project management industry. We took each of these elements into consideration when developing our list of the 18 most influential people in project management.

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 3, 2024

It is a discipline that integrates various principles to ensure that programs are managed effectively and align closely with strategic goals. What is a PMO, and how does it lead within the organization? By standardizing project management processes, the PMO ensures consistency, efficiency, and quality in project execution.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, it’s time to look ahead at another new year and the opportunities, as well as challenges, it will bring. ” Business agility is the ability to successfully compete in the digital age by quickly responding to market shifts and emerging innovative opportunities. The Demise of the PMO.

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Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

This limits the flexibility required to drive change, foster innovation, and capitalize on opportunities. The brainpower and expertise needed to innovate requires cross-functional teams. For example, embedding digital into seemingly everything requires business and IT professionals to work closely together.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The streamlined Hassle Map is the basis for the disruptively innovative entry of Zipcar into the personal transportation market. Businesses can protect their strategic positions in large part by maintaining close touch with their customers. A Hassle Map can be used to rework the organization’s value chain.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation. This is done by performing work during initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing with a keen focus on meeting customer/client outcomes, and managing the schedule, cost, scope and quality the requirements/specifications.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

A project board can help deal with change while the governance model establishes the project's purpose closely aligned with strategic objectives. Innovation Facilitation Project governance systems can foster a culture of innovation by providing frameworks for experimentation and adaptation to new digital tools and processes.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

This approach ensures that every aspect of the project management process, from planning and execution to monitoring and closing , is designed to meet the project's unique needs. Factors such as the project's complexity, the required speed of delivery, and the level of innovation needed would require the use of a suitability filter tool.

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Senior leaders provide space to innovate, but not how. Teams work closely with customers, both internal and external, to identify the root of problems and innovate to solve them. There are many ways to determine whether a team is increasing its ability to innovate with agility and speed: Strategic importance.

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Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

Work with your PMO leaders to ensure your remote workforce is delivering on strategy? EPMOs should be exploring how the organization can be more competitive and innovative as we get beyond the current crisis. It’s important, of course, to reevaluate priorities, shift resources, and track progress closely.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

February 19-21, Sydney — The Seventh PMO Leadership Forum gathers PM experts of different levels to learn successful case studies on determining, evaluating, and broadcasting your PMO value, as well as examine strategies to improve your project delivery and PM processes in general, embrace digital transformation journey, and more.

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2020 Manufacturing PMO Construction 81

Wrike

MAY 19, 2023

One of the most hotly anticipated live webinar series of the year has just closed, with great feedback from participants and viewers alike. She was previously the Director of Supply Chain Continuous Improvement at Walmart Canada where she built their PMO. Can any process be streamlined, optimized, or eliminated?

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 19, 2020

We’ve been told that to achieve more innovation, more collaboration, or more agility, we need to adopt modern practices. Jesse Fewell is an author, coach, and trainer who helps senior leaders from Boston to Beijing transform their organizations to achieve more innovation, collaboration, and business agility.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

February 19-21, Sydney — The Seventh PMO Leadership Forum gathers PM experts of different levels to learn successful case studies on determining, evaluating, and broadcasting your PMO value, as well as examine strategies to improve your project delivery and PM processes in general, embrace digital transformation journey, and more.

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2020 Manufacturing PMO Construction 64

International Institute for Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

By Hassan Osman , PMO Director & Author | Cisco Systems. Synchronous work means that your team members need to communicate and collaborate closely in real-time to get their work done. Every organization is now considering moving to a hybrid work model for their workforce. Here is a simple explanation. The Hybrid Work Model.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It is easy for our minds to play tricks and drive us to our default thinking; but if we can overcome our bias and engage with a broad network to encompass other perspectives, innovation and forward thinking can come to light and present the best opportunities forward. Innovation is suppressed under stress.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

But over the years, project managers have learned to follow a strict project lifecycle, which helps them manage every step of the journey, from establishing initial goals to handover and closing. Real-world example: Now that James has his Gantt Chart completed, he works with his PMO to plan the resources he’ll need for the project.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

I was already several times assessor and judge for the PMO of the world award. You watch on your own a one-hour presentation of a PMO. You assess that PMO at six criteria: PMO’s journey, client service, best practices, innovation, community and value generation and summarize strong points and areas for improvement.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 7, 2022

That entails mapping Key Resources closely to the Value Creation block on the right of the business model canvas, as follows: Customer Segments – As the first defining choices made in the business model canvas, the Key Resources need to be capable of serving the target customer segments. Key Resources Drive Project Management.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

They work closely with executives and other stakeholders to understand the strategic direction of the company so that the product supports these objectives. They need to be able to think outside the box, come up with innovative solutions, and differentiate the product from competitors.

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International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Benchmarking is an excellent method to capture external best practices, possibly by using the project management office (PMO) or other internal organizations as the lead for external benchmarking activities. Step 5: Be able to implement the steps necessary to close the performance gap between your company and other companies/organizations.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

By providing a space for employees to share their knowledge, experiences, and best practices, these platforms promote collaboration, encourage innovation, and foster a learning culture within the organization. They can also facilitate ideation processes, enabling employees to contribute and collaborate on innovative initiatives.

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Wrike

MAY 19, 2023

The modern, fast-paced business environment has led to companies taking innovative measures to stay ahead of the curve and relevant in the competitive market. The goal is to achieve sustained high performance by leveraging technology, talent, and innovation.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. I would be in favor of a scaled framework that empowers teams to solve customer problems the way that Scrum does. SAFe is a great scaling FRAMEWORK that can be adapted to any organization.

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WorkOtter

JULY 26, 2023

In the banking industry, project management workflows involve: Identifying goals Creating project plans Assigning appropriate resources Tracking project progress Testing the end product As banking operations evolve, project management workflows keep pace by employing innovative AI, machine learning, and automation strategies.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 31, 2019

Gatherings are hosted to aid innovation; create visions and roadmaps; to resolve a problem or to provide information, knowledge share or even wisdom. As the article draws to a close, we’re reminded that closing is just as important as all the other elements of a good gathering.

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2019

To close out this series, we’re going to examine how IT departments are strategic partners to the organization and how they can change the business for the better. They are strategic partners who can play a role in helping their companies become more innovative and nimble. End-to-End Portfolio Management.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. Please note that I used Grammarly to correct typos and punctuation: While the cross-team big room planning is very useful, in my experience, SAFe is top-down.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This can be useful for tracking the progress of the project and seeing how close it is to completion. Typically, this task would be handled by a PMO or an administrator who has the knowledge and resources to set up these custom calendars. As you add or remove tasks, the duration will change accordingly.

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Wrike

JUNE 2, 2023

By keeping a close eye on progress, project managers can identify potential issues or risks early on and take corrective action to keep the project on course. By leveraging the expertise and resources of others, project managers can find innovative solutions and move past obstacles more efficiently.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2017

Courses include “Mastering Project Risk,” “Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects,” and “ PMO Design and Implementation.” A collection of free templates developed by certified PMPs, organized according to PMB O K process group, from initiation to closing. . Project Management Templates. Project Connections PM Templates.

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Online PM Courses

JANUARY 8, 2018

There, product managers created a five-stage process in 1986, which they called their ‘stage-gate innovation’ Then, in 1991, a senior Corning IT executive borrowed the process and moved it to a project environment. And of course, it isn’t just you who will be studying this evidence closely. Senior PMO staff.

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MPUG

AUGUST 8, 2019

This is something that we even want to go a little bit left of initiation and then as we go through, and plan and execute, provide change, control processes and close out a project that, that can continue as well. Then a focus if you have it, a PMO or a EPMO, where you can focus on capacity and best practices.

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