Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 18, 2024

The application process requires you to show that you have 5 GCSEs at C or above and A Levels or equivalent. Whether you want to work in hospitality or construction, healthcare or finance, most large employers have project management teams. The professional review panel will want you to do your best.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The importance of having an IT budget is to align technology requirements with an organization’s business strategy. You can’t manage your IT finances without an IT budget. But IT budgets also fund the streamlined provisioning of this process through effective planning and optimizing utilization. Let’s explore some other reasons.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Why do you want a PMO? That’s a hell of a question to ask when you’re the consultant asking a client why they want to start a Project Management Office (PMO). Yes, they’d read about a company in the same industry that stood up a PMO and was successful. ” PMO was born. Sounds like sunk costs to me.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

We also outlined how EPMOs and finance leaders should work together with the C-suite to make the best decisions possible in both the short and long terms: Part 1: Dynamic Planning and Rapid Reprioritization: Resilience Amid Disruption. It’s operationalizing the new plans to ensure everyone keeps executing on strategy.

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Planning PMO Technical Review Budget 125

Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

Executives expect PMOs to be the catalyst for this change. Success requires becoming a more “Adaptive PMO,” evolving how you plan, govern, and empower delivery teams to do their best work. This transition can be uncertain, but Planview is working with PMOs to make it easier as this new video demonstrates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if there is no budget plan or information: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again. Where does the project fit in the overall business strategy?

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 7, 2022

This post provides an overview of the Key Resources block on the business model canvas, provides related considerations for organizational strategy, and outlines the impact on project management. Strategy – Ensure the Right Key Resources. I recommend these strategy resources (paid link): —————————————-.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2020

We also outlined how EPMOs and finance leaders should work together with the C-suite to make the best decisions possible in both the short and long terms: Part 1: Dynamic Planning and Rapid Reprioritization: Resilience Amid Disruption. It’s operationalizing the new plans to ensure everyone keeps executing on strategy.

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PMO Technical Review Budget Executing 78

Scrum.org

APRIL 2, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer I consider successful Stakeholder Engagement as a 4 Step process, which include: Stakeholder Exploration Stakeholder Analysis & Mapping Stakeholder Communication Strategy Inspect & Adapt In this article, I will cover Step 1 — Stakeholder Exploration. “Stakeholder.” What does It Mean?

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Planview

AUGUST 7, 2018

If you’ll recall, we previously got you set up to translate your organization’s strategy into a top down vision with metrics in the blog, “ Failing to Deliver Strategy… Slowly.” But no one can do this alone—you need a strategy planning team to set up a strategic plan that the organization can deliver… fast.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Summary review of Sciforma: Sciforma is a PPM tool that has powerful portfolio management features and will level up your PMO. Sciforma offers projects, portfolio, strategy execution, execution and resource management across the whole enterprise. Languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Hebrew, Japa, Polish, Portugeuse, Arabic.

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Software Review 2021 PMO Project Life Cycle 392

Planview

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

So far in this blog series, we have defined strategy, covered the basis of strategic planning, and discussed who to include in your strategic planning team. If you need a refresher on the first two phases of this rescue mission, read through parts 1 and 2 below: Part 1: Failing to Deliver Strategy… Slowly. Step 1: Start with strategy.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

Stakeholder Persona Canvas Sometimes, I have found that Empathy Mapping can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. They will help you in building a sound product strategy and also be actively involved in taking key decisions about the future of the product. I have developed a lightweight tool, Stakeholder Persona Canvas.

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Planview

APRIL 18, 2019

In my last blog, “ Agile Transformation: The PMO’s New Paradigm ” we covered the significance of embracing different types of work and the role that continuous planning plays in becoming an Agile PMO—but that’s only the beginning. Project schedules can no longer be the PMO’s core focus. Redefine Success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Execution strategy. Talk briefly about your approach to delivery, what project life cycle you are going to follow, and the project planning process. This section shows how the different teams fit together, who is on the Project Board, how the PMO fits in, who is leading the different workstreams and so on. This is the ‘how’.

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Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

Nearly 70 percent of finance leaders are taking cost containment measures and considering postponing or canceling planned investments, according to PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Surveys (March 30, 2020 and April 13, 2020). EPMOs and Finance, together, can ensure the leadership team is making the best decisions now and for the future.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Call your meetings anything you like.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. And since each strategy gives birth to one or more projects this adds to the portfolio constantly. Leads, and is aided by, the PMO. Reports to the executive team.

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Planview

JANUARY 8, 2019

The following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. 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.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JULY 4, 2019

In recent years, portfolio management has evolved from an administrative process, in which projects are selected and prioritised, to one of the key ways in which organisations can focus on strategy implementation. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Effective Portfolio Management.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Telecoms Executing 72

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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

You can never build the perfect process and everything changes over time, so by focusing on delivering the value today you get an immediate return. Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., And I really mean active engagement.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 11, 2021

But, out of respect for the PMO manager who asked not to be named or have this published until his retirement in March of 2021, I held off. One of my first PMO managers had an Actuary background. He needed to tell a story; what the PMO was doing to advance the company’s goals and the teams involved in making that happen.

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Planning PMO Governance Government 52

Planview

APRIL 9, 2020

Like the human brain, an organization can rewire itself in response to disruptive events , creating new models for connecting strategy and delivery. There’s a renewed urgency here, and Planview is committed to helping our customers navigate this strategy to delivery transformation, pivot quickly, and rewire as conditions change.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

Here are some of the key things I’ve learned in addition to project management, building those other “professional muscles”: Strategy : This was a HUGE eye opener. But in the end, they aligned the company’s mission to long-term goals, to what the top strategies were. Those strategies turned into projects.

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EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

What is its strategy for achieving those goals? 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.

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Planview

AUGUST 30, 2018

See if this sounds familiar: your organization’s strategic plan is constructed at the executive level, broken down into an annual plan that is led by finance, then operationalized by the PMO and other groups in the organization. You can instead start with your demand management processes. Understand your organization’s process.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 7, 2017

In terms of a ratio that typically might be at around 4:1 (apply your own business factor here you should be able to find relevant figures in your business case approval process). There would be no point in investing £1 to gain £1, there must be a return on investment. Therefore, investing £1 would gain a return in investment of £4.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JULY 3, 2017

Capacity for knowledge and the ability to acquire it – projects also require a continuous learning process to understand the change that is being delivered, the lessons that are there to be learned. Project (or Program) Management Office (PMO) activities and focus (supportive, directive, controlling).

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Technical Review 2014 Executing Leadership 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if the answer is No: Back to the PMO or your Finance team. Action: Talk to the PMO again. Where does the project fit in the overall business strategy? Check #6: Budget. Is the budget approved?

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Project management is a process used to plan, organize and execute a task, event or project. At its core, PPM is a process that links project management to more specific enterprise management goals. . Portfolio balancing is a core feature of the portfolio management process. What is Project Portfolio Management?

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

However, with the right tools and strategies, you can streamline the repayment process and stay on track toward becoming debt-free. In this article, we will explore the ins and outs of loan repayment and guide you on how to effectively use an amortization schedule Excel template to simplify the process.

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2019

The following content is taken from the whitepaper, “Portfolio-Driven Performance: The 7 Process Areas That Drive IT and Business Results,” written by Jerry Manas. Process Area 5: Product Portfolio Management for IT-Developed Products. Process Area 6: Application Portfolio Management.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 1, 2019

Once Upon Another Time , Business Analysis was only performed in large companies, with large mainframes and even larger teams that spanned IT, marketing and finance. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Then they moved into mobile phones, and smart traffic lights and more recently ‘black boxes’ for automotive insurers.

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2018 Finance PMO Estimate 65

Proofhub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Now here is the paradox, apart from the processes, Project Management has a strong human element to it, which in my opinion is the most critical part. This information gathering role of the PMO should be reduced and replaced by smart machines that link goals, strategies and the potential and actual investments that support them.

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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? Mike Cottmeyer 20:22.

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Meisterplan

MARCH 8, 2018

Today, data processing is a bit different. Software helps us process more data in an ever shorter time period, all while making it flexibly available. If the software has too many functions, it only complicates the whole process. The PMO, in turn, needs the overall view to resolve resource conflicts. #5

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