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15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

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A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios. We’ve collected 15 free templates that are suitable for a PMO.

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Organizational Project Management (OPM) Basics

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It can also improve estimating, deliver projects closer to the planned deadlines and achieve better performance and results. This is done by a variety of skills and techniques, led by a project manager and includes defining project scope, identifying deliverables, managing risks and effective communication across teams.

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How to Manage Your Project Pipeline With Software

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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. Then we’ll identify the stages of project pipeline management, what to track in your project pipeline and the tools that can help. What is a project pipeline?

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Real-life tips for managing Red projects and getting back to Green

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It is something you can handle, so let me share my top tips for surviving the Red stage and let’s get you tooled up to talk to stakeholders and get back to Green. Maybe your estimates were poor or you forgot to add something into scope that you really should have worked out in advance. Assess the level of risk. It happens.

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10 common resource management problems and how to fix them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. Resource management is difficult because work is unpredictable and people aren’t very good at estimating! I suggest adding the relevant ones to your risk log so they are constantly under review.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It helps to complete projects on time, manage risk, achieve project goals, deliver more benefits and handle change with minor disruption.

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Workforce Planning Basics for Businesses and PMOs

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Strategic workforce planning is used by an organization or its project management office (PMO) to achieve its long-term plans. It addresses external workforce factors that might impact the larger business and maintains organizational capacity while minimizing risk exposure. Download Excel File 3.

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