ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. The senior leadership team will apply lean principles to manage the portfolio. Of course, you have to find those inefficiencies first. Execute Lean Governance.

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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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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article. Business Analysis.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Nearly 70% of project professionals thought that team management was crucial, with 62% reporting they felt project control and governance was key. I documented this as a risk, and continued to communicate it up the chain to leadership, but nothing changed.

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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. The second component is leveraging a rigorous portfolio and project management governance process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Quick win for PMOs: Ask who wants to get certified next year and make it happen. There are plenty of low-cost training options and courses delivered virtually that will help your team earn their credentials. Here are some verbatim responses from people who had not considered leaving the profession: No direction from leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Nearly 70% of project professionals thought that team management was crucial, with 62% reporting they felt project control and governance was key. I documented this as a risk, and continued to communicate it up the chain to leadership, but nothing changed.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

I'd like to receive the free email course. Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Brain Sensei’s Complete PMP® Exam Prep course can be taken anytime and anywhere.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

A Chief Projects Officer (CPO) is typically responsible for providing governance over an organisation’s internal projects – external, or customer facing projects can be also covered but that is entering a slightly different world – with a focus on: Ensuring all projects support the current strategic objectives. Reports to the executive team.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

More often than not, you won’t be able to pick your team, establish the processes, or develop the PMO. Over the course of my career, I’ve had the good fortune of initiating a program one time. Project management is challenging regardless when you assume the leadership role. 7 Knowledge Areas for Leadership on Projects Underway.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JUNE 1, 2020

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]. Executives should ensure strong governance. Strong project portfolio management and strong project management are underpinned by strong governance.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Senior management must realize that they must actively function as project sponsors and serve on governance committees. They must also realize project governance is NOT the same as functional governance and must be willing to understand and accept new levels of authority, responsibility and decision making.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. Several hundred thousand people have taken Scrum Master certification courses with the expectation they will be prepared to lead a Scrum team. Introductory agile courses open the gateway to further learning.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

The really big projects of course have public and political dimensions and it is generally accepted that such projects are inevitably underestimated in order to gain approval. Of course, many will look back and say that it’s not about the cost, just look at that fantastic thing we built. Download our course catalogue to learn more. [1]

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The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Ellis – Colin started his career as a project manager in 1997 and worked his way up through program manager and PMO manager to eventually head up large project departments in the private sector and government in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

What leadership behaviors does the team need to draw on? Each village has different governance and the ambiguity also contributed to the complexity of the situation. And then of course – the overall risk for the project, even without the pandemic, is pretty significant. Browse IIL’s Project Management Courses here!

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

And whilst the use of the word ‘project’ has only substantially been with us since the start of the last century, its occurrence in media now far exceeds that of the words ‘strategy’, ‘operations’ and ‘marketing’, terms more familiar to us in the course of ‘business-as-usual’ operations.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How could an Agile PMO function and does that even make sense in the first place? And what about leadership in an agile organization, how does that work exactly? Change Leadership. Businesses need strong leadership to stay relevant and prosperous moving into the future. Today’s business landscape changes fast.

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The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Peter Taylor is a PMO expert currently leading a Global PMO, with 200 project managers acting as custodians for nearly 5,000 projects around the world, for Kronos Inc. It is about taking the best of both the traditional project world and the opportunity of the new social project world, the world of the Social Project Manager.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Over the course of a couple days and many conversations, I finally talked to the CFO. The governance committee was able to quickly review and decide which projects we were going to pursue, and which would get shelved. Someone on your leadership team, or your sponsor, has a framework they make decisions off of.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

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. And so, it’s that for a couple years, that group reorganized and I kind of find myself back in a regular PMO and I’m like, that’s not cool, right? Mike Cottmeyer 19:07.

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Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

For me this is about having a repeatable process and strong governance that covers every step of the chain from understanding what drives value in your organization, to identifying the initiatives that will increase value, to successfully implementing those initiatives. Government regulation and reform. Big data and data intelligence.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Leadership. Demonstrate leadership behaviors. As a PM, you might not have much influence over processes led by the PMO, but you can certainly input and offer feedback to try to shape how work gets done. In the first PM course I did, we didn’t talk about positive risk at all. I think this one is pretty obvious.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 24, 2020

How do you balance the need to collaborate with the governance and control that’s required in a project environment? How can you use social practices to mitigate the requirements and constraints for governance? I know that’s one of your hot topics given your professional interest and research into PMOs and sponsors.

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Project Bliss

OCTOBER 3, 2017

You need strong leadership and communication skills, which you can develop during your work in any level of project management. The Portfolio Manager may also establish portfolio governance standards and procedures for approvals, reporting and other needs. PMO (Project Management Office) Manager / Director. Program Manager.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 6, 2017

PMOs and process specialists spend months developing standard processes, methods, and templates to achieve predictable results. Believe it or not, the PMO doesn’t create a new template or a new process out of sadistic pleasure. Effective teams still need strong leadership, project management, and clear communication to deliver.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

March 15-16 — Digital Leadership Forum Online Edition 2021 suggests two days full of insights with a series of online sessions, workshops, and discussions on different topics including but not limited by digital transformation issues, leadership, and approaches to innovation. This day will be fully PMO-focused.

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Ganttic

JANUARY 6, 2021

Here’s one about leadership in the new year that can get you off to the right start. With topics ranging from staying agile, to project governance, and ways to deal with stakeholders. Online PM Courses. Community leader Margaret Meloni has a background in IT Project Management and PMO Leadership.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Not surprisingly, these questions have informed many of the choices I have made about the articles I write for this Online PM Courses site. A lot of the courses I run are for new and first-time Project Managers. Should I Take a Project Management Course? . Here at Online PM Courses, we focus on. But that's the hard way.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

One of the first questions to ask, of course, is, “How successful are the majority of companies at executing business transformation plans, and are they achieving their goals and their objectives?” Is it your PMO, individual project managers, or others? 55% PMO, and 45% individual project managers. 0% on other.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

17% say the leadership of certified Project Managers. Government – Federal. Government – City/State/Local. Online self-paced course – 24%. Project Management Offices (PMOs). PMO Popularity by Company Size: 61% of small organizations (<$100M) have a PMO. PMO is perceived as unnecessary overhead.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

strong leadership skills. Additionally, you can take some introductory online courses to get your first look at this subject. Usually, these courses provide tasks and assignments designed to make you interact with this business branch and see if you can handle its responsibilities. ability to monitor and control budgets.

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PM That Works

AUGUST 15, 2020

And of course, you know, the pm tribe has been going on but the latest announcement is radio MMC, which you can go to radio MMC calm, but it is now a radio station that's internet based, that plays solely music of those artists and people that are connected to the 90s version of the Mickey Mouse Club. And this huge list?

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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Under his leadership, over 100 professionals have earned the Agile Certified Practitioner, ACP certification, and many have written their detailed success stories. Then of course, Scrum Masters, Kanban Flow Masters They can also go for this certification. Of course, they can have the certification. Then team members.

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PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

And so we trained 15000 people in the course of a week through roundtable methods of values. But coming back just to wrap up the Costa Rica trip so that was brought together by Mejeremos Costa Rica the John Maxwell leadership Foundation and the John Maxwell team. That's what we mean by transformation. 00:24:42;04 - 00:24:49;21 Rick A.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

All right, we end up with, of course, the main topic here was Satya Nadella leading off with [inaudible 00:05:42]. Our apps are going to be a significant part of this, and then we’re back to working security, of course, the underlying piece of all of this. That is probably one of the main draws for partners around the world.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 4, 2018

However, when students attend a certification prep course, they quickly learn that additional time and effort will be required to become ready to sit the exam. Government contracts will require a certified project manager. Companies propose to government contracts because they are large and lucrative so you won’t get to lead those.

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