MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. How is this competence being realistically tracked and documented? Assessing Your Current Condition.

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WorkOtter

MAY 23, 2023

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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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

My favorite is the PMO assessment. Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Though there are PMO maturity models, which are all good, I don’t like to talk about those right away. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

If your project is facing a gate review, then it’s highly likely you will also have a set of documents or expectations to complete in order to kick off the process and move the work on to the next stage. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow. Step 1: Create documentation. Step 2: First document approval.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

You start off with a company template, but then you need to write the executive summary of the 15-page document you just wrote. Place emphasis on the financial ROI and the possible risks of the project described in the document. You could, for instance, ask it to help find additional details to enhance and support your document.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The activities include: Identifying the deliverables (which PRINCE2 calls products) and documenting expectations around customer satisfaction about what quality standards they will adhere to. However, we do set acceptance criteria, even if these are only documented in the project charter or a high-level business request document.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Perhaps you’ve been asked to mentor an apprentice , or someone new to the PMO or team. However, you might find that as a project manager in the PMO, you are mentoring others across the business who are doing projects but who do not work in the PMO – they can feel the same about the role being isolating.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

There are plenty of different ways to spread what you have learned from your project around the PMO, project managers and teams. This is a good way to reach a wider audience with your lessons learned as you can invite members of other project teams or the wider PMO community to come along and hear what worked on your project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you have worked on projects before then it’s highly likely that you can copy and paste from previous documents so don’t get too hung up on the idea that a fully-fledged plan is going to be days worth of work for your tiny project. We recommend: Project Management Plan Template. You have clear reporting. Your stakeholders are engaged.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 24, 2022

Create and circulate the project closure document. This is a document that summarizes how the project went. Basically, it’s a document that compares what you planned to do with what was actually done and explains the variances if there are any (there will be – trust me). Any other useful documentation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 30, 2023

The PMO Pilot Project. We test out PMO best practices and gather lessons learned. The PMO matures more quickly. When it’s time to establish and implement your PMO , conducting a pilot project should be part of the process. Here are some things to consider when running a PMO pilot project. Totally worth it!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

The project manager , another project manager, a PMO person, or a risk audit person could carry out the audit. Audits are part of internal controls on a project and fall under the governance arena, so if you have specific PMO team members who look at governance, they are the ones to ask. Who carries out the risk audit?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Document Controller: If paperwork is your thing, this is the job for you! A document controller is responsible for filing, managing and looking after all the documentation created by a project. Instead, people with PMO job titles are in a crucial support function. PMO Manager: The person who leads the PMO team.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

And you’re staring at a system full of project documents and some emails that have been forwarded on. Worst case, you’ll find out that there are hardly any plans, documents and methods of control over the work. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 2, 2019

A few years ago, I was hired as a Project Management Office (PMO) consultant for a software products company. My assignment was to setup their PMO, implement best practices, and oversee projects for twelve months before handing over the setup to the client. Setting up a PMO is very challenging task. Step III – Create Templates.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

First, let’s acknowledge that it’s not easy to establish an effective prioritization process when your PMO and teams are in high demand. This disconnect points to the struggle PMO directors face to identify and enact an effective prioritization process. Monthly or more frequently —Savvy PMOs face constant change. block quote].

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Wrike

MAY 21, 2023

As an IT Project Management Office (PMO) leader, you understand how critical collaboration is to the success of your organization. When different teams work together effectively, the PMO can deliver high-quality projects faster and more efficiently. Let’s examine the many ways to maximize collaboration in your IT PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

An informal attitude might tumble over into a, “I didn’t think it mattered” attitude and suddenly no one remembers why you spent £100k on something as nothing was documented about who signed it off. Read next: 5 golden rules for writing project documentation. Fix by: Work with the PMO to review the processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

They run meetings inefficiently, which results in participant frustration and complaints to VPs of PMO. Documentation. A Good Project Manager produces artifacts – they have all the documentation readily available and organized in one place. Action items should specify the owner of that item, with a description and the deadline.

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Project-Management.pm

MARCH 5, 2017

It’s sometimes hard for organizations to keep up with these, hence the need for establishing a PMO , a standard structure to help projects have a constant process and operation to help them achieve their objectives or the stakeholders ’ requests. Why is there a need for establishing a PMO ? Establish a PMO : The 5 Steps to Adopt.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. By following these project pipeline management stages a PMO, program or portfolio manager can better deal with the complexities of juggling multiple tasks.

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Planview

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Regardless of whether you’re still learning how to prioritize projects or you’re a seasoned veteran, you can walk away from this blog knowing how to become a Savvy PMO. It may require a little experimenting to find the right method to match the needs of your PMO and organization. Here’s how. Gain Knowledge. What are your drivers?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

This includes reviewing documents such as policies, procedures, templates, checklists, reports, lessons learned from previous projects, and any other materials related to the project’s objectives or goals. PMI splits OPAs into two categories: Plans, processes, and documents.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

That’s not a strategy, it’s a document. OK, you need the document first, as a communication tool to explain the strategy to everyone, but you know what I mean. A pretty document doesn’t change the way you run your business or help you achieve your goals. If you are in a PMO , you might have this challenge. People do that.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. Templates are static documents that need to be manually updated, which isn’t efficient. The following professionals will handle the actual creation of the project strategy.

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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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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you have a PMO, see if they have a risk management plan template. Much of the value of the plan is not in the physical document - it's in the discussion and interaction with your team. […] The post How to Create a Project Risk Management Plan appeared first on Project Risk Coach. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A closure document is a formal sign off that marks the end of the project work. The closure document talks about what you did and how that compared to what you set out to do. I start a handover document towards the end of a project or phase and use it to make notes of what information to pass on.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Have no fear, the Savvy PMO is here! The Savvy PMO knows that employees are a great source of ideas, but they need an easy way to submit them. The Savvy PMO sets stages such as those depicted in the image below. Collaborate : Savvy PMOs make it easy for people to communicate, track the process, and complete the work.

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Inloox

APRIL 7, 2017

First off: The acronym “PMO” has many different meanings. In this blog series, however, we will use the acronym PMO to describe the project management office. The project assistance is only assigned to one specific project, while the PMO is the central point of contact for all projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What’s it like running big projects/a PMO/working in X field? Having read the policy/process document/standard operating procedure on Y, I have a few questions. Which of these do you think would be the best fit for me? Which certifications do you have and what was your experience of getting them? Can we go through the list?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2023

If you have a linear, predictive plan, or you have a PMO with a closure document template, then you can use that as the basis for your early close plan. Document the tasks you have to do and make sure the team stays around long enough to help you do them.

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Project-Management.pm

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Implementing PMO is the key to combat such issue. With this, PMO will take over various components of the agency such as strategy , quality of the products, and enhancement of resource management. PMO is crucial and a key instrument in for the success of any existing agency. Implementing PMO Step#1: Evaluation .

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

10 Tips for writing meeting minutes Here are 10 tips for meeting minutes that will ensure your documents are a good record of what actually happened, without taking up too much of your time. Document actions and owners During the meeting, you will have written down the new actions from this meeting and who will do them.

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