The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Senior management must realize that they must actively function as project sponsors and serve on governance committees. They must also realize project governance is NOT the same as functional governance and must be willing to understand and accept new levels of authority, responsibility and decision making. Harold Kerzner (M.S.,

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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. Support Program Execution.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

This is a good one if you want to work in energy, utilities, construction and engineering as those industries tend to have more need for people with project controls job titles than, say, marketing. At the end, you get a Level 3 Diploma in Project Control Practice and you can apply for membership of the Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE).

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Project Accelerator News

JULY 28, 2023

PMO and BA – THE END-USER ADOPTION ADVOCATE? In my experience, IT Projects with an effective Project Management Office (PMO) seem to do end-user engagement the best. PMOs create a culture of governance, purpose and basically great project management best practice that organically lend themselves to end-user buy-in.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As organizations adapt to new work methodologies, new approaches to planning, funding, and analysis will develop, shifting to ‘just enough’ governance and a more lean approach to portfolio management. Today’s PMOs are challenged to let go of rigid-highly controlled governance in place of flexibility and agility.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

He has a master’s degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemical Engineering with an Academic background. He gives strategic directions on project portfolio prioritization to the Confectionery business and supports project delivery with continuous improvement techniques and root cause mindset using rigorous Black Belt Lean 6 Sigma methodologies.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 23, 2019

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. Talk to your PMO first and then make plans to transition the project to another sponsor. Why Sponsors Don’t Engage.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

I don’t have stats on this specifically, but I’d venture a guess of close to 50% on average, which was about the case when I was in school many years ago in geological engineering. How did your career start out? Some educational programs are bringing sustainability into project management degrees. Click To Tweet.

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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. The steps can range from four to ten steps.

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Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 59

EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Increasingly, companies have full-time project-management offices (PMO) with staff and budgets to pursue project planning, management, and evaluation full time. Where the list is long, this is work for the PMO or an ad hoc project-prioritization committee. Another difference is how project prioritizing is built into the company?

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The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Alana is an energy industry veteran with an engineering and IT background, which she has leveraged to help develop talent in organizations worldwide. Hill – Alana has had a colorful career in project and program management spanning more than two decades, several functions and multiple continents.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 18, 2019

The emergence of projects as the economic engine of our times may have been silent, but it is incredibly disruptive and powerful. such as the organisation, the constraints, the governance, the rationale and purpose of the project, within the Project Canvas these are treated as one inseparable whole.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 7, 2020

Peter is the author of the number 1 bestselling project management book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’, along with many other books on Project Management, PMO development, Executive Sponsorship, Transformation Leadership, and Speaking Skills. PMO design, build and re-engineering expert. www.thelazyprojectmanager.com.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2018

Your PMO should have a DPIA template, and any project that touches personal data should be required to complete it. This is something your Information Governance Manager or DPO can help with. The risks to individuals (your data subjects). The measures you can take to mitigate those risks. A more realistic example is buying insurance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

He started his career as a project manager in 1997 and worked his way up through program manager and PMO manager to eventually head up large project departments in the private sector and government in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Colin joined us on one of the Rebel’s calls last year. Stenbeck, PMP.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

I think when we think about how we are delivering our projects, we need to focus on Business Value, Customer Satisfaction, Governance and less about coming in on time and budget. 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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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

engineering, IT, human resources, etc.), Project Management Office (PMO) An organization’s centralized office or department that oversees and supports all organizational project management efforts. Project Governance The framework and guidelines for decision-making, responsibility, and accountability within a project.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Engineering teams. Teams having PMO. Projects in government. Freelancers. blogger scheduling their posts. Option 3- Collaborative project management. Startups with more that 5 employees in their projects. Teams with less than 500 members. Software development teams. Medium to Large marketing teams. Medium to large sales teams.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO: Multiplying ROI at Warp Speed , Gerald Kendall and Steven Rollins. A Rich, Systems Engineering Subdivision, The Aerospace Corporation. The Program Management Office: Establishing, Managing and Growing Value of a PMO , Craig Letavec. Eslinger, K. Owens, and M.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

And you know, the manifesto had just been written and I was working as a project manager in a company called CheckFree here in Atlanta and squarely like in the PMO. And so, it’s that for a couple years, that group reorganized and I kind of find myself back in a regular PMO and I’m like, that’s not cool, right?

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

Background myself, I’ve been doing project program, PMO management for going on, I guess, 30 years now. Having spent half my life in the commercial space and half in the government space, the questions are always there. And then I came back and started using it in larger government programs. What’s happening now.

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Project Management Hacks

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Governments, companies and patients around the world want better healthcare services. How Symcor’s PMO Improved Performance and Client Satisfaction. Do PMOs improve project performance or do they simply add bureaucracy? Symcor’s PMO shows that PMO processes and governance can add value!

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Such tools provide a solution to establish a prioritization process for projects that helps organizations govern their existing and future efforts. When priorities shift, scope changes, or resource allocations are made, the scheduling engine automatically updates task priorities and timelines across the entire portfolio.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. I actually got my degree in software engineering and moved up into project management like a lot of us did back in the day.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Program Manager ‘s job involves running programs to meet the strategic goals of an organization, including managing plans, budgets, and resources ; Program Management Office (PMO) Executive is another name for a program management officer, an employee responsible for project and program success in an organization. PMO Job Titles.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The event brings together experienced project management practitioners from various industries: finance, technology, pharma, telecommunications, engineering, and more. 15th IRNOP Conference June, 11-14, Stockholm, Sweden IRNOP annual conference brings together scholars who have a background in business, engineering, economics, etc.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on business. What are the top issues you face as a PMO leader? I believe there are several challenges facing the PMO leader, which are shared across the organization : 1.

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MPUG

AUGUST 8, 2019

Then a focus if you have it, a PMO or a EPMO, where you can focus on capacity and best practices. ” Those things have been addressed and there’s been a reasoning now where unless it’s a government facility that’s out the door. What about my security?” The IT said that’s okay.

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

My sisters have careers she’s a bit more familiar with: chemical engineer, civil engineer, real estate development. As the project manager, you may report to stakeholders, governance bodies, and anyone else who needs project information. When I took my first job as a project manager, my mother asked what I do. Reporting.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

2021 is going to be full of both online and offline events for project managers engaged in different areas of business: construction and engineering, IT, healthcare, and many others. Since many 2020 conferences have been cancelled, probably you miss networking and would like to enrich and share your occupational knowledge.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Government – Federal. Engineering. Government – City/State/Local. Project Management Offices (PMOs). PMO Popularity by Company Size: 61% of small organizations (<$100M) have a PMO. 88% of mid-size companies ($100M-$1B) have a PMO. 90% of large enterprises (>$1B) have a PMO. [16].

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

It’s his number one priority and it’s something that he’s got clear, ethical principles that he’s brought forward, guided, regulated the AI, but also a layer of cyber security to make sure that there’s a part of that in everyday engineering. The next piece that he really highlighted was around numbers.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Even the engineers, hardware engineer, software engineer, mechanical engineer. Now you’re thinking, how about mechanical engineer I just said. It is applicable across product managers, Scrum master, team members, engineers everywhere. If it is governing PMP, as well as ACP.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Tim is an accomplished speaker, consultant, educator and PMO expert, supporting PMI for over 25 years. We’ll talk about that hybrid, best of breed that may be a great solution for organizations that maybe aren’t super big or have a massive enterprise PMO. Engineering doesn’t … they built it, it works.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

The UK government developed PRINCE2, so if you’re planning on working in the UK, you might want to give this certificate a go. Alejandro Roman, Integrative Technology Projects Engineer – Project Management Office @Huenei IT Services. The PRINCE2 Certification. This certification has three main levels: PRINCE2 Foundation.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Audit: The process of analyzing a project to ensure that it is being governed as intended. Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO): A dedicated department within an organization that's responsible for the governance of projects, programs, and portfolios across the organization. A project sponsor can request an audit.

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