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PMO Leadership: How PMOs Can Evolve into Savvy PMOs

Planview

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The PMO leadership journey to becoming a Savvy PMO builds on a collaborative approach to adapt processes, support multiple work methodologies, and relook at their toolset. Guidance, collaboration, and planning.

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What Is a Balanced Scorecard? (Example & Template Included)

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It’s a common management tool worldwide, used across industries, including government and nonprofit organizations. This was originally used for nonprofit organizations but later expanded to for-profit businesses and government agencies. It features all four perspectives and the KPIs to track your progress over five years.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. What is a project board?

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What Is Lean Portfolio Management? A Quick Guide

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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. Download Excel File. Execute Lean Governance. Try our roadmap template to get started.

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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The creation process for an organization’s project strategy is in the hands of leadership and management. They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

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Ineffective corporate governance. Lackluster leadership. To make sure strategies get put into motion, you must make sure you have the talent with the right project leadership skill sets to manage the project. Make sure not to micromanage, and adjust your leadership style based on the situation and the team member.

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

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Front of mind are resources and intangible things like leadership, experience and general know-how. Besides the examples above, an operational process asset can be any practice or knowledge from anything used to execute or govern the project, even lessons learned from previous projects and historical data.

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