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10 PMO Problems and How to Manage Them

Project Risk Coach

I highlight 10 of the 40 PMO problems and provide ways to manage them. 10 PMO Problems and Solutions 1. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. How to manage: Typically, a senior leader in your organization must make the decision to implement a PMO. In this article, we go a step further.

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PMOs Shifting from Watchdogs to Strategic Enablers

Project Risk Coach

First, organizations implement PMOs with a lack of clarity. Why does the organization need the PMO? What is the role of the PMO? How will the PMO engage with the senior leaders? Second, the PMO fails to ask for feedback and incrementally evolve. How PMOs Can Become Strategic Enablers 1.

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Ultimate Guide To Setting Up a PMO In Your Business

WorkOtter

Setbacks in productivity can damage the success and growth of your business, which is why setting up a Project Management Office (PMO) to help handle and oversee various projects at once is a great way to avoid these issues. What Exactly is a PMO? Setting up a PMO can help with many different components of a business.

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Book review: Risk Happens

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Mike Clayton defines risk as “uncertain events that can affect outcomes,” in his book, Risk Happens!: Clayton defines it as 3 things: Processes to make the project more predictable Tools to deal with the real world as it happens Behaviors and attitudes that allow us to cope when change does happen. Mike Clayton.

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How to take over an existing project [Free checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Projects should have objectives that result in clearly defined outputs and benefits. Action if they aren’t clear: Ask the project sponsor to hold a workshop on defining this and providing ultimate clarity for everyone. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place.

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5 Tips for Scrum Masters: Collaborating with Project Management for success in a transforming landscape

Scrum.org

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise. Effective goal communication ensures coordination and avoids misalignment.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). They serve the same purpose – to influence the context and environment for the project – except they are external influences instead of internal influences.

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