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15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

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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. There are three types; supportive, controlling and directive and each has varying degrees of involvement. Learn more 3.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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It helps to complete projects on time, manage risk, achieve project goals, deliver more benefits and handle change with minor disruption. These responsibilities usually fall under the purview of a project management office (PMO) and can be facilitated by using project management software.

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How to create a project budget

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are planning a budget for a project proposal i.e. pitching to someone else for them to secure your services to deliver a piece of work, then read this article about preparing a budget for a proposal. What is included in a project budget? I find this helps me establish what’s in the project budget and what isn’t.

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Who Approves Your Project Change Requests?

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On other projects, the sponsor makes the decisions. Your project may morph into a two-headed monster without an integrated change control process, resulting in adverse impacts to schedule, cost, and scope. So, who should approve project change requests? Three Options for Approving Change Requests Project Sponsor.

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Project Cost Management – The Essential Things to Know and Do

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Project Cost Management often puts people off. But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Project cost over-runs are common. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

And FEL does not begin at the start of the project, rather it begins much earlier with a rigorous business case, containing a thorough analysis of options, project costs and of the benefits to be realised. Schedule and Cost Control Starts with Good Estimates. Having Controls Doesn’t Mean That You’re in Control.

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. What does it mean to “do” project quality? You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right.