ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2024

Then we’ll help you with the workforce planning process and explain the benefits of using workforce planning in your projects. Finally, we’ll see how project management software allows you to better manage your workforce. Workforce planning also involves the process of forecasting the gap between capacity and demand.

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Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Planview created the Savvy PMO Guide Series to give organizations actionable guidance on how progress PMO leadership.

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2022

In this post, we’ll show you how to become a modern PMO that enables your organization to adapt to an ever-changing professional landscape. But first, let’s look at the key benefits that come from transitioning into a modern PMO. Why You Should Become a Modern PMO. Let’s get started.

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PMO Governance Government Executing 88

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. Planning and managing these resource costs in an IT budget can be facilitated by project management software. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track IT costs.

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Budget Software Review Infrastructure Monitoring 345

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Scroll down and you can download it instantly. Scroll to the bottom to download it. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate.

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PMO Governance Government Budget 505

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

I have researched the best places to get free project management templates for download online. But before we get to the template websites, let’s have a quick recap about how to use the stuff you download. How to Use Free Project Management Templates. And listed them all out for you below.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 345

Planview

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Do you have a process to figure out what to do first or to identify the work that will bring the most value to the business? First, let’s acknowledge that it’s not easy to establish an effective prioritization process when your PMO and teams are in high demand. Let’s start with the first step in the process.

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2019, Wellingtone , a UK-based PMO consultancy, surveyed 150 organizations about the state of project management. They found that “poor resource management” is the second-largest project management challenge among respondents, trailing just a few percentage points behind “poorly trained project managers.” .

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Planning Consulting Controlling 2019 98

Planview

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s enterprises are increasingly looking to the PMO to boost the bottom line. The risk of poor capacity is the inability to resource projects. This quote, from one of Planview’s global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) customers, characterizes the challenges and risks organizations face with resource planning.

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PMO Planning Initiating Risk Management 88

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. Who has a say in your prioritization process? Now, it’s time to choose a prioritization process that works to deliver the best results. Here’s how.

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PMO Risk Management Risk Monitoring 78

Planview

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Could your work intake and demand management processes use some sprucing up? Have no fear, the Savvy PMO is here! This blog series is for you whether you are inundated with work requests, need a more streamlined process, require better scoring and prioritization, or have other challenges with demand management.

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PMO Initiating Innovation Risk Management 103

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. Let’s first define lean portfolio management and then delve into how it works. This will give you an idea if it’s the right strategy to execute your portfolio management. Learn more.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

There are several ways of categorizing project cost for your project budget: Direct costs Indirect costs Capital costs (capex) Operating costs (opex) Project deliverable costs Project management costs And your organization may have other standard ways of thinking about cost categories. Let’s look at each of those in turn.

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Budget Project Cost Estimate Finance 307

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 5, 2019

Think about it—in the project charter process, project sponsors and managers have the opportunity to engage key stakeholders for the express purpose of defining the vision of a project. Not everyone, mind you, but we do want the key stakeholders involved in the project charter process. Download a Project Charter Template.

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Techno-PM

AUGUST 24, 2021

When it comes to project management processes, benefits realization management remains one of the most challenging ones for many reasons. Download Project Benefit Realisation Templates ! The checklist is an aid for the project manager, project sponsor, and beneficial owners, that is, it is not exclusive to a certain role.

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Process PMO Defining Risk Management 69

Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s true for all disciplines and describes the project portfolio management (PPM) market for several reasons. Consider these changes faced by PMOs in recent years: The call to infuse agility and become a modern PMO. Why is the project portfolio management market continuously evolving?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Often an internal senior department manager, client account manager or supplier project manager/representative.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

MPUG

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I am kidding, of course, about loving a tool, but not joking when I am talking about using PowerBI in a project management environment. In fact, PowerBI has the power to make project managers smarter about their project’s data! I really did create some great dashboards that served up my PMO data in ways I had never seen before.

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PMO Risk Management Budget Risk 105

Planview

OCTOBER 22, 2018

As a global PMO team member for the world’s leading aviation trade organization, his work days are often extremely stressful. Not only must he help monitor work across three continents and 12-time zones, but he must ultimately manage a portfolio of about 45 projects per year, all while operating out of spreadsheets.

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PMO Lean Web Development Agile 60

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s a free project status report template that is based on one I use myself for weekly updates to my manager and team. The free downloadable template is a really simple progress update report. Get access to over 20 project management templates, ebooks, checklists and more. Why Status Reporting is Important. I'm in!

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PMO Governance Government Controlling 278

Planview

MAY 29, 2020

Does your PMO generate portfolio dashboards for stakeholders and executives? Does it help your PMO be seen as a value driver? The Savvy PMO recognizes this and makes access to highly visual, useful data an imperative by providing comprehensive portfolio dashboards. In a 2019 Deloitte survey of 1,000 U.S.

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Planview

MAY 4, 2020

Does your PMO provide the project visibility and insights required to help the organization deliver on strategy? For some PMOs, project visibility is limited to just project status. The Savvy PMO extends visibility and reporting to six key areas: Project Status and Health. Planned versus Actuals. Intake and Demand.

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PMO Budget Risk Management Finance 107

Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

The Problem : Parts of the leadership—particularly the middle management—pay lip service at best to the idea of becoming an agile organization. With a lot at stake for management folks, why not wait and see? Leadership is about being the first to explore unknown territory at personal risk, thus being a role model.

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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 188

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2017

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. So what does go in the project management plan? Below you’ll find 20 things that make up a comprehensive project management plan. Scroll to the bottom to download this list as a handy print-and-keep PDF. Risk Management Plan. Click To Tweet.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 180

Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

And your manager doesn’t want to find out about project issues from the customer. Simplifies the reporting process for the project manager. Helps you as the Project Manager manage the messaging and communication around your project. Click Here to download your free Project Status Report template.

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Governance Government Cadence Budget 0

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Scroll to the bottom and pop your email in the box to download it today. In most project management software, there are four ways to link tasks together to build a schedule. It includes a dependency log as well as ways to track risks, issues, actions and more. Project Dependency: A Definition. What is a project dependency?

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Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

Executives and managers often struggle to translate the strategy to employees’ daily work on an organization-wide, cross-functional scale. Product teams must collaborate with the project management office (PMO), enterprise architects, developers, and others to plan, execute, and deliver value to the market quickly.

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Technical Review Innovation Executing Initiating 97

Wrike

JULY 21, 2023

Project management offices (PMOs) are busier than ever these days, juggling fewer resources and higher expectations amid increasingly unpredictable circumstances. Using advanced features , cutting-edge AI , and time-saving automation , Wrike connects every part of your PMO — all in one powerful platform. Try Wrike for free 1.

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PMO Retail Construction Certification 28

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2017

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. So what does go in the project management plan? Below you’ll find 20 things that make up a comprehensive project management plan. Scroll to the bottom to download this list as a handy print-and-keep PDF. Risk Management Plan. Click To Tweet.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 151

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

APRIL 20, 2020

Ahead of its January meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum published its Global Risks Report 2020, based on the input of 750 experts and outlining the biggest risks faced by economies over the next 10 years [1]. And if the WEF didn’t see a risk coming, then what hope do we have? Surely no-one could have predicted Covid-19?

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2020 Risk Risk Management Technical Review 95

Techno-PM

JULY 17, 2018

This pearl of wisdom is true for everyday life, yes, but equally true if you are managing a project. The planning phase is mainly focused in the development of the different subsidiary management plans that form the Project Management Plan. However, make no mistake, my friend: you are beholding a powerful tool.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team PMO Risk Management 37

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

The previous project manager might have moved on to do something else and you’ve got the project as part of an internal reshuffle of resources. Scroll down and you can download it instantly. Scroll to the bottom to download it. You won’t know if the risk log is sound and the resource planning sensible until you investigate.

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PMO Governance Government 2007 150

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

If you ask founders and managers of startups why they want to become an agile organization, they typically name reasons such as: Becoming more efficient in software delivery, Delivering faster, Improving the predictability of software deliveries. And just relabeling the positions of the old middle management rarely works.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 291

EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Do you have an agreed process of prioritizing? An agreed process of mediating competing evaluations of priority? Increasingly, companies have full-time project-management offices (PMO) with staff and budgets to pursue project planning, management, and evaluation full time. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Information Technology 91

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. She’s inspired a ton of businesses to shake up how they manage their projects. So how did you get into training project managers about sustainability?

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Sustainability Lean Construction Engineering 168

Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Employers’ needs for an efficient project manager and the expertise of candidates to actually fill the role are twin challenges. The population of job seekers adept in project management skills is lagging far behind the number of open job positions. million new project management roles annually through 2027.

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2027 Monitoring Executing Budget 36