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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. What is Project Execution? Project Execution Steps.

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What Does Project Governance Really Mean?

ProjectManager.com

Projects like anything that involves a lot of people working together need governance. The government runs a nation and project governance in the same fashion runs the project. What Is Project Governance? The Three Pillars of Project Governance.

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Back to Basics: What is Project Governance?

MPUG

A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure. Project Governance. Project governance is an oversight and controlling function.

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Risk Governance

MPUG

I came to know that there were no consistencies within risk governance parameters, such as risk appetite , or risk threshold , for example. In this article, we will explore how to manage such massive gap at an organizational level considering Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Governance.

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Agile Governance Demystified

Leading Agile

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. So, we’re going to take the guesswork out of Agile governance and pull back the curtain on our three-tiered governance model.

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What Makes Organisations Fail to Execute Their Strategy?

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

I recently asked an executive where their organisation would be in 2 years’ time. All we need to do now is execute that strategy! So, assuming we actually have a strategy, what is it that goes wrong in execution? Executives must develop a clear strategy.

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The specifics of how you deliver really doesn’t matter (to your executives)

Kiron Bondale

Most executives don’t care how you deliver as long as business objectives are met. I’m not suggesting that executives shouldn’t want to know anything about how those results are produced. I’ve worked in the delivery space for thirty years.

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What Is Corporate Governance & How Can it Impact My Project?

ProjectManager.com

While making money is the overriding mandate of any for-profit enterprise, each individual organization is governed by its own set of standards and practices. Those standards and practices are called corporate governance, and they are going to influence your project. All these factors are counted and calculated into corporate governance. Therefore, if you don’t know about corporate governance, you better learn what it is and what it can do to your project management.

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Project Management Governance Model Template and Governance PMO

WorkOtter

Project Management Governance Model Template and Governance PMO The development of project management and the need for project governance As a discipline project management has come a long way since the early 1950s when the focus shifted from simply delivering technical specifications at cost to formalizing workflows. The post Project Management Governance Model Template and Governance PMO appeared first on SaaS Resource & Project Management Software | WorkOtter.

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The Road to Effective Project Management Governance

Project-Management.pm

What really is project management governance? With countless articles and books in the business spectrum conveying such practice, project management governance is in the sense, subjective. There’s no correct description of it and it’s safe to say that individuals or groups who employ and encounter project management governance have developed their own understanding of it. Governance and Decisions. To be more precise, project management governance.

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Blue Ocean Leadership: The Secret to Blue Ocean Strategy Execution

The Strategic Project Manager

The Blue Ocean Strategy framework is unique in that it incorporates execution into the strategy. They separately require strong execution, which usually takes strong project management. Apply this in for-profit, government, and not-for-profit organizations.

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Project Governance: Establishing an Effective Steering Committee

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Within the project management community, the concept of governance is seen as a fundamental project control, which is easy to grasp in principle. Getting the governance piece right requires insight and at times a few honest conversations about roles and responsibilities. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon that I see projects with one of the following dysfunctions in the governance area: It’s unclear to the project manager who the sponsor is.

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Everything You Need to Know About Project Management Governance

ProProfs Project Management

One of the major reasons is the lack of project management governance. . It is a fact that projects tend to be the reagent that triggers new income streams for a business, so they need to be executed effectively for optimum results. Meaning & Definition of Governance.

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Excel in Project Execution With These 5 Surefire Tips

ProProfs Project Management

Actually, project failure is a result of mistakes made during the project execution phase. . If we focus on the project execution gaps, these are the major ones: A lack of common vision . Ineffective corporate governance. What is Project Execution?

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Public access to Government research

Musings on Project Management

Since at least 2013, there's been a push from the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy to make as much as possible of government sponsored research available to the public for free.On August 25th, 2022, this policy initiative of access to government research got another push when OSTP published more detailed and aggressive guidance to the executive departments.What was behind pay.

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Executing a Blue Ocean Strategy with Solid Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

It was conceived as a way to forward execute on some of the latest thinking on innovation, particular the idea of disruptive innovation. And, as is the case with most strategies, the key is to execute well – which in large part takes effective project, program, and portfolio management.

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Your Basic Guide to IT Project Governance Framework

Project-Management.pm

IT project governance framework has since been the answer to this equation, but people seemed not to fully grasp its function. This article tackles the importance and significance of IT Project Governance Framework and its impact on the projects in the organization. Project governance is crucial component of every project since the responsibilities that come with it are interconnected with different business cases, as well as the project’s overall success.

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SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do?

Online PM Courses

SRO, Project Sponsor, Executive, or Director. The post SRO, Sponsor, Director, or Executive: What does your Project Owner do? Project Sponsorship Governance Project Director Project Executive Project Governance Sponsor SRO

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Using IT Portfolio Management Software to Empower Executives

Planview

But it can also be used to effortlessly provide executives with high-level, global data that enhances their strategic decision-making process. Kirsten Laaspere, Head of Strategic Governance & Communication at Akamai. Curate Data to Support Executive Needs and Goals.

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A Digital Service Canvas for Government and Enterprise

Scrum.org

Without robust sponsorship from senior executives, and a clear sense of urgency for change, any ambition becomes moulded to the organization’s current shape. If there is to be a game-changer, it will have to come from the market, or from government, or both. For example, the UK Government’s Digital Service Standard has promoted digital services as an enabler for “Government as a Platform”. W]e will transform many existing Government transactions in this way”.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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Vendor Showcase Recap: Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Rich Murphy’s showcase session, Triskell Software for Enterprise Governance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We have a lot… We’ve got several European government agencies.

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5 Governance Steps for Distributed Project Team Management

LiquidPlanner

Managing a distributed project team takes real skill and a definite commitment to putting a governance structure in place that enables success. Delivering Project Success via Good Governance. Governance is nothing more than how a project will be controlled to deliver intended outcomes. While a lot of effort can go into developing a viable governance structure, it doesn’t have to be that way on every project. Why is the project being executed?

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 Executive’s Guide To Large-Scale Agile Transformation & Sustaining An Adaptive Enterprise w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

– [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. What does it look like when we’re trying to figure out how to do agile governance?

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How To Improve Execution

Project Management Hacks

3 Project Management Traps To Guard Against From digital transformation to Elon Musk’s vision to travel to Mars, a lack of vision is no longer the problem for corporate executives. Today, the real problem is execution. In many cases, the execution burden falls on the shoulders of project managers. Unfortunately, many executives are unsure how to manage their projects and project managers effectively. Executives know there is a time and place for conflict.

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Efficient project governance should not be an oxymoron!

Kiron Bondale

Look up governance in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and you’ll find this definition “ The way that a city, company, etc., is controlled by the people who run it “ This is certainly an appropriate meaning of the phrase when applied to corporate governance, but is not the most empowering vision for how projects need to be governed. Most staff would view governance as a necessary evil. So what should right-sized governance look like?

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A Real-World Success Story: New Zealand Government Improves Project Delivery

Planview

Meeting the demands of ever-changing priorities within a government can lead to inconsistent processes, departments with limited visibility into what is being worked on, and no ability to monitor investments. New Zealand Government, like many other government agencies, was tasked with overcoming these obstacles to develop and manage project and investment portfolios to grow the economy to deliver greater prosperity, security, and opportunities for all citizens.

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21st century executive leadership - steps on the journey to adaptiveness & consciousness

Scrum.org

Executive (n): Person or group appointed and given the responsibility to manage the affairs of an organization and the authority to make decisions within specified boundaries. An executive is a person who owns the strategy or sets the direction of travel or sets justifications for spending. An executive could also be a regional president or one of her reports for an overall 100,000 person + organization. 21st-century executive leadership .

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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

The recent UK Government’s enquiry into the management of major projects was cut short by world events, but the interim report and oral evidence make for interesting reading. [1] And of course, for our projects and our organisations, we don’t have Governments to bail us out.

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Review: An executive’s guide to disciplined agile

Henny Portman

The book An executive’s guide to disciplined agile – Winning the race to business agility written by Scott W. Reasons to adopt a Disciplined DevOps approach are faster time to market, improved market competitiveness, improved customer service, increased dependability, increased staff retention, improved governance and lower cost. To order: An executive’s guide to disciplined agile – Winning the race to business agility.

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Giveaway! Filling Execution Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Filling Execution Gaps , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Today I have a fantastic book to share with you, Filling Execution Gaps: How Executives and Project Managers Turn Corporate Strategy into Successful Projects , by Todd C. Executive sponsorship. Effective governance. This article, Giveaway! It’s giveaway time!

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Strategy Implementation Needs Great Portfolio Management

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

In this article I talk about the latest developments in portfolio management, drawing on my own experience as Head of Portfolio Management for three leading multinationals, as well as the dozens of workshops with top executives and senior government officials that I have facilitated around the world. With the right portfolio management process, as well as an execution mindset in place, Nokia would still be one of the leading telecom operators in the world, I believe.

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The Project Revolution: How to Succeed in a Project Driven World

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

In The Project Revolution , revolution means ‘popular and often forceful revolt against a government or social order’, here the traditional ‘silo-based’ nature of most organisations, and the absence of a ‘CPO’ that is, Chief Project, Program and Portfolio Officer, amongst the more commonly found C-Suite officers (I have just realised that this new officer should really be called C3PO, but no joke was intended!). Leadership Project Management Strategy Execution

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Why You Should Align Strategy, Financials, and Execution

Planview

Now, let’s get into the first two process areas by examining why it is crucial for your organization to align strategy, financials, and execution. Forward-thinking organizations incorporate business processes for governance and decision-making, particularly regarding which investments should be made during the strategic planning process and ongoing checkpoints.

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The Insights Behind the Project Management Trends

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. Take a look at Accenture’s 2019 Technology Trends Report to get a flavour of what is keeping executives awake at night (DARQ, DLT, AI are just some of them!) Programme Management is Maturing within Federal Government. Project Management Strategy Execution

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Does your board need a business agility committee?

Kiron Bondale

It is not uncommon for a senior executive to change portfolios every two years, especially if they are being groomed for a C-level position. The likelihood that the primary executive sponsor or key members of the steering committee will remain the same over the journey is quite low.

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Tailoring project management for a home move (part 2)

Kiron Bondale

The execution phase of the project has been split into four sequential stages: Pre-move planning and preparations Moving day The first two weeks after moving day including high priority renos and upgrades The subsequent month covering the lower priority renos and upgrades.

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Context counts but whose?

Kiron Bondale

Outside the performing and receiving organizations, the environment within which the project is being executed needs to be considered. For example, running a project in a long-standing, large organization usually involves heavier governance and oversight than that for a startup.

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So this is why project management is failing.

Ron Rosenhead

Project Review/governance – ensure that there is strong project management review alongside project governance in place (Governance refers to the set of policies, regulations, functions, processes, procedures and responsibilities that define the establishment, management and control of projects, programmes and portfolios.). Give that person executive authority – within the companies governance processes!

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Becoming An Effective Leader In Government & Beyond: An Interview With Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop

Project Management Hacks

Have you ever considered the public sector and government for your next career move? Governments face interesting problems and that means there are opportunities to deliver new projects. government to launching his own venture, GovLoop. My thanks to Winnie Liem and the PMI-SOC Government Community for introducing me to Steve. Where do you see major opportunities in government to improve productivity, service and other improvements?

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