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How to Create a Powerful PMO Mission Statement

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s a lot riding on getting your PMO mission statement right. After all, the mission statement is what will guide the PMO as it strives to achieve its goals and objectives. Creating a powerful PMO mission statement doesn’t have to be difficult – but it does require some thought and careful planning.

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12 Sure-Fire Ways to Improve Project Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

Mike was a functional project manager in an organization where I managed a PMO. But his projects were trending in the wrong direction and his manager was not happy with Mike's performance. In a one-on-one meeting, I asked Mike how he was identifying, analyzing, and managing his risks. People resist change.

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Project Risk Audits: What you need to know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you looking for a way to better manage the risks associated with your projects? Risk audits are an effective tool that can help project managers and program managers identify potential issues before they become problems. What is a risk audit in project management? Who carries out the risk audit?

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Conducting a PMO Assessment

Bridge the Gap Consulting

My favorite is the PMO assessment. Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Though there are PMO maturity models, which are all good, I don’t like to talk about those right away. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.

PMO 52
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How Do You Prioritize Your Work as a Savvy PMO?

Planview

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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12 Wonderful Ways To Improve Your Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

John Smith was hired as a new project manager at a leasing company, and he was assigned a small project with a team of six people. How well did John use risk management to accomplish his goal? He and his team completed a project plan and identified project risks. Improving Risk Management.

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The Future of Work: It’s Already Here

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The PMO Flashmob has been looking at the role of robotics in the PMO recently, as one example. I know that a lot of project management is administrative, but I’m not paid for my ability to fill in a risk log. If you do a similar exercise you might find that you get results from another type of behaviour.

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