WorkOtter

OCTOBER 8, 2019

“How do you sell management on the relevance and importance of the PMO to the organization?”. This is one of the top questions pondered by the majority of PMO leaders I have met in the workshops I have presented over the years. To do this the PMO must become aligned with the organization’s strategies, goals and objectives.

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PMO Governance Government Monitoring 60

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. Execute Lean Governance. Lean governance is overseeing and making decisions on forecasting and budgeting , measurements of portfolio performance and coordinating continuous compliance.

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Lean Software Review Manufacturing Governance 331

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. However, it has its downsides.

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PMO Estimate Risk Management Governance 87

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

In the last decade, more and more corporations have developed a project management office (PMO) to benefit their business. To get started, you’ll want to learn more about PMO examples, how to set one up, and how to train your employees. What Is a PMO? PMO Examples. What is a PMO?

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Budget 52

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Stakeholder Analysis The definition we discussed in the previous article. This definition is quite broad and hence the list of stakeholders could be quite big. Internal or External governance such as Finance, Legal, PMO, Risk, and Audit may fall into the category. Not all of them are going to be equally important.

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Influencer Governance Government Consulting 204

Wrike

APRIL 12, 2021

Regardless of the industry your PMO operates in — IT, construction, business services, finance and banking, or manufacturing — success depends on delivering projects on time and on budget, as well as demonstrating the ROI of your PMO to the organization. Unfortunately, roughly 70% of projects PMOs start actually fail.

Software 41

Software PMO Finance Manufacturing 41

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

The Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA) arranges and manages project assurance reviews for the UK governments’ complex and high risk projects. There are lots, so it’s definitely worth taking a look to save yourself a job. The product launch template in GanttPRO. Infrastructure & Projects Authority assurance templates.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 345

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. PMO Definition. As noted in the definition, a PMO is an organizational structure.

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Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Perhaps the most significant reason for the slow growth of many needed project management changes was due to senior management’s desire for standardization of governance and execution for the multitude of traditional projects managed for external clients. The PMO and Project Pipeline Interfacing. This is not success.

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2001 Governance Government 2009 78

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

PMO Failure. We hear about PMO’s failing all the time. Stats on PMO failure rates are all over the map based on your definition of “failure.” What follows is a list of reasons PMO’s fail from my experience and what I’ve gathered from others. Sure, PMO leaders can blame sr.

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PMO Influencer Governance Government 52

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Frage 3: "Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einem Akzeptanzkriterium und der Definition of Done?". Definition of Done: Die Definition of Done ist eine formale Beschreibung des Zustands des Increments, wenn es die für das Produkt erforderlichen Qualitätsmaßnahmen erfüllt. Definition of Done ist ein Bestandteil von Scrum.

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SCRUM PMO Governance Government 138

Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

If you have a PMO, see if they have a risk management template. Companies with strong risk governance may require that you use a standard set of risk categories.). Definitions – Define risk management terms such as probability, impact, risk, issues, risk appetite, and risk tolerance. Who will own the project risks.

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Risk Management Risk Planning Monitoring 199

Jez Lister

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I first came across the Project Management Office or PMO concept twenty-five years ago whilst working as a project manager for a large systems integrator. Most of my colleagues – myself included were initially unclear about the purpose of the PMO and assumed that we were all to be relocated to new offices. PMO as a Service Provider.

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PMO Governance Government Monitoring 40

Celoxis

MAY 30, 2017

Government projects are prone to corruption, even in countries where anti-corruption laws are strongly enforced. …

Governance 49

Governance Government PMO Software 49

Planview

JULY 9, 2019

Traditionally, in an effort to maintain alignment and consistency across the portfolio, organizations have dedicated a centralized Program Management Office (PMO) to planning, program management, and solution definition. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM? Support program execution.

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Lean Agile PMO Engineering 74

Henny Portman

APRIL 12, 2024

These two books can be enjoyed independently, yet they share a significant connection through their central theme of principles and the fact that a PMO is part of the broader PPM environment too. It begins with an in-depth exploration of the fundamental PMO principles, enriched with descriptions, insights, and illustrative examples.

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PMO Governance Government Sustainability 59

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. Identification of governance and leadership effectiveness. Third, there is no uniform definition of success on a project.

Aerospace 59

Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

There is no single, perfect definition of a project sponsor that all the professional bodies like APM and PMI agree on. They will articulate the project objectives and goals to the PMO and anyone else who will listen! Some information in this article first appeared on the PMO Perspectives blog. That’s what they should be doing.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Influencer Executing 320

LiquidPlanner

JULY 23, 2019

You are definitely not the first project manager to have this problem, and you won’t be the last! A sponsor is part of the framework of good governance on a project. If it was, they’d be prepared to make time for oversight and governance, because they’d know the implications if the project failed. Why Sponsors Don’t Engage.

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Governance Government Executing PMO 116

MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure. Project governance is sometimes confused with project management, and many people use these terms interchangeably. Project Governance.

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Governance Government Project Life Cycle PMO 110

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

If you haven’t heard the term before, we’ll begin with a definition of strategic project management and explain how strategic projects differ from operational projects. Usually, companies have a project management office (PMO) that will oversee the portfolio or program to ensure it meets strategic goals.

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Planning PMO Manufacturing Logistics 398

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

External factors around projects are constantly changing at a breakneck speed which makes it challenging to definitively control the outcome without frequent course correction. Joe Pusz is President of The PMO Squad , a project management consulting firm. He has 20+ years as a project manager and PMO leader. Leigh Espy.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 300

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). A PMO is setting the tone for how projects are managed and should structure its activities as they demand projects. But there are only so many resources in which to do this and, therefore, the PMO must prioritize projects. That’s normal.

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Process PMO Software Review Estimate 352

International Institute for Learning

MAY 19, 2020

Ironically, if your PMO, Center of Excellence, or other standards group has defined their process playbook by merely copy-pasting a textbook approach from PMI, from Google, or from Spotify… they are violating the ASNI standard for project management. Moreover, these adjustments are not optional. That’s how it works.

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Agile 2013 2020 PMI 112

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Guidance from your PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office). And what governance will you set over your change control process ? You will also need involvement from your sponsor and the governance tiers of your project. What has Project Governance Ever Done for Us? Definition Process. Ans: A Lot].

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Planning Governance Government PMI 86

Troubled and Failing Project

OCTOBER 21, 2015

After nearly 30 years of project work, I struggle to understand the role of a project management office (PMO). Even though, I have written of the pros and cons , and read a plethora of articles, opinions, and how-to guides little has been done to convince me that the PMO is reducing project failure.

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PMO Leadership Executing Governance 40

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

A lot of my focus ended up working with the PMO to improve the process of identification of risks and opportunities, trade-off analyses, decision making, and stage-gate reporting for improved performance in environment, safety and inclusion of external stakeholder needs. Definitely!

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Sustainability Lean Construction Engineering 168

The Lazy Project Manager

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It should be a self-regulating activity with the team contributing and providing knowledge and wisdom to each other, it is when the sum of the parts is definitely greater that the whole. The Social Project Manager, Balancing Collaboration with Centralised Control in a Project Driven World Dec 2015, Gower (Peter Taylor).

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO 2014 2015 150

Tony Adams

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Definite beginning and end. The PMO has the unique authority to go beyond aligning and prioritising projects and programs across portfolios, to understand the wider change environment and identify those critical bottom-up change drivers. The idea that projects deliver change is a universal maxim. Temporary endeavour.

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2006 PMO Influencer 2016 72

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Project A project is something that has a definite start and end (i.e., Project Management Office (PMO) An organization’s centralized office or department that oversees and supports all organizational project management efforts. it is finite). It is unique, complex, and interconnected, all to produce a desired outcome.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

Labelling something like a ‘project’, (when it may in fact be an initiative of low value or low complexity) may even have negative consequences in terms of additional governance and control costs that may not be necessary, as well as creating prioritisation problems. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Governance Government 2017 2014 52

Planview

APRIL 16, 2021

The role of the PMO is changing. We recently got an in-depth look into this new face of the PMO during our webinar – “What’s Ahead for the PMO?” She and I discussed the responsibilities, expanding skill sets, and strategic capabilities of the modern PMO – and how to advance in that direction. Types of Today’s PMOs.

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PMO Development Team Review Governance Government 99

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. Each organizational unit is unique, each organizational unit needs its own set of PMO services.

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PMO Governance Government Consulting 115

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Poor governance : Not having a clear escalation process or a well-established steering committee that is summoned on a regular basis. It’s often a challenge for project managers to assert themselves and ensure that an effective governance process is established. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Risk Estimate 46

Tony Adams

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Definite beginning and end. The PMO has the unique authority to go beyond aligning and prioritising projects and programs across portfolios, to understand the wider change environment and identify those critical bottom-up change drivers. The idea that projects deliver change is a universal maxim. Temporary endeavour.

2006 40

2006 PMO Influencer 2016 40

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

And I definitely know that feeling, and I’m having it this week. We’ll be looking at Milestone planning, dependency management, multi stakeholder management, governance across multiple projects. So that’s if you wanted to official definition, that’s what I would use. So let’s get started.

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Software Review Governance Government Technical Review 264

Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

That’s way we need to place a high priority on both Project Definition from day 1, and excellent change control procedures subsequently. Government regulation and reform. They found that 52% of projects experienced scope creep. Mature Value Delivery Capabilities. Big data and data intelligence. Competition. Political uncertainty.

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2018 Technical Review PMI 2017 65