Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? Opportunities to influence the change initiative. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

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Governance Government Process Underperforming Technical Team 121

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

You’ve asked a lot of questions to a diverse group of stakeholders. Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 2, 2019

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. Creating a smooth escalation and governance process.

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong? Opportunities to influence the change initiative. My enthusiasm was about to be tested.

Governance 60

Governance Government Process Underperforming Technical Team 60

Bridge the Gap Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

PMO Failure. We hear about PMO’s failing all the time. Stats on PMO failure rates are all over the map based on your definition of “failure.” What follows is a list of reasons PMO’s fail from my experience and what I’ve gathered from others. Sure, PMO leaders can blame sr.

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PMO Influencer Governance Government 52

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. Coordinate Value Streams.

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Lean Agile PMO Engineering 74

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Cross-Functional Team A group of members with diverse skills and expertise (e.g., Project Management Office (PMO) An organization’s centralized office or department that oversees and supports all organizational project management efforts. Also known as Phase Gate.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. It is also changing how operational groups manage their work. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Once inside, there are many paths to travel. StratEx is poised to be your partner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 4, 2016

In a nutshell, stakeholders are individuals or groups that have interest in a company and are directly impacted by its decisions. Stakeholders: individuals/groups interested in a company and impacted by its decisions. Think about who will be impacted by the outcome of your project and who can exert influence on it as well.

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Influencer Energy Governance Government 177

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 17, 2018

The cheat sheet is grouped into several areas: 1. Project Governance. Identify any key stakeholders, their influence and expectations on the project. Who has influence over the project outcome? Project Governance. Are there any formal milestones, gate review or PMO expectations for the project? Project Log.

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Governance Government Software Review Manufacturing 95

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

Check #5: Governance. Is there a governance structure? 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. Who is your project sponsor? Check #6: Budget.

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PMO Governance Government 2007 150

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

I support project managers individually through 1:1 mentoring , and also through my small group membership scheme, Project Management Rebels. I’m constantly trying my best to bring great experts into the group and provide members with personalised responses to their questions. grow the influence of individual practitioners!

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Healthcare Influencer PMI Consulting 61

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can influence the outcome of the project, program or portfolio so they must be managed. That’s why project managers and their teams need to take time to identify enterprise environmental factors that might influence their projects and figure out an action plan to mitigate or respond to them in a timely, effective manner.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO Governance 336

The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Guidelines advising that people shouldn’t be in big groups – impacting the finish in Nome. The cancellation of the Awards dinner was due to concerns over gathering groups, with racers asked to return to their homes as soon as they and their dogs were rested, rather than stay for post-race festivities. This was really helpful.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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 is sometimes confused with project management, and many people use these terms interchangeably. Project Governance.

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Governance Government Project Life Cycle PMO 110

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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Agile Consulting Influencer Underperforming Technical Team 140

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. Rather, as with most years, your ability to thrive has much more to do with your ability to lead and influence. Speak up a little more often. Leigh Espy.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 295

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Guidance from your PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office). And what governance will you set over your change control process ? You will also need involvement from your sponsor and the governance tiers of your project. Likewise, your Project Board or Steering Group may need to sign-off on your plan. Ans: A Lot].

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Planning Governance Government PMI 89

Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Establish project governance: Project charter templates help to identify key stakeholders and team members involved in the project, e.g., project sponsors, project manager, and team lead, indicating who is responsible for specific tasks and who has the authority to make decisions.

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Project Life Cycle Risk Management Software Review Construction 36

The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

As has been already discussed the reality out there in ‘PMO land’ is that there is not a plethora of wise and experienced PMO managers, directors, leaders, heads, etc., and so it is sensible for anyone who is engaged to help an organisation set up a new PMO or advise on improvements to an existing PMO to reach out for some help.

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Planview

JANUARY 8, 2019

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. There are several ways to bring these groups into harmony.

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Executing Finance Governance Government 60

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2022

They will articulate the project objectives and goals to the PMO and anyone else who will listen! The role is predominantly assurance and governance, approving deliverables and making sure the work moves through any gate reviews and governance points as necessary. Without trust, influence is almost impossible.”.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The structure of your organization’s project management office (PMO) may be the difference between effective and ineffective project management. Your PMO structure must blend in with the organizational culture to ensure project management success. What is a PMO structure? PMO can also mean Program or Portfolio Management Office.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 36

MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

At the top of the list should be the projects that have a Red status and need input or decisions from your manager, client, project sponsor, or governance group. Focus on the initiatives that they need to be aware of for their work, because they can positively influence the outcome or remove roadblocks. Not sure where to start?

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Technical Review PMO Initiating Risk Management 52

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 6, 2017

PMOs and process specialists spend months developing standard processes, methods, and templates to achieve predictable results. Believe it or not, the PMO doesn’t create a new template or a new process out of sadistic pleasure. External pressures and politics influence project decisions over process.

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Manufacturing PMO 2017 Lean 111

Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

As the project manager, you may report to stakeholders, governance bodies, and anyone else who needs project information. Understand how market changes could impact or influence the project. This could be seen as more of a Portfolio Manager or Project Management Office (PMO) Manager role. Reporting.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Executing 235

Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

PMO London 2024 June, 18-19. London, UK The PMO conference is focused on issues related to the work portfolio, program, and project offices. The conference attendees will learn the insights from the latest PMO research, and learn about new PMO ideas, methodologies, and products.

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2024 Artificial Inteligence Aerospace Healthcare 52

Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

And I was working for this VP that was like really super cool, is very into agile and we were coming up with really creative things for like team formation strategies and agile governance, all stuff. We have to figure out how to install governance. None of the stuff on scaling was out there. We have to start getting predictable.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

So let’s go to the next poll, and this actually supports what we just talked about, and 75% of you are in a position to answer this, and that of course would be if you answered yes, either for yourself or your group, which groups are primarily responsible for the project management, getting these transformations, or these innovations, done?

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Innovation PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 40

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The company’s out of Redmond, they’re part of Microsoft now, and mentioned that the developers and technologists, how they influence every function in sales marketing and HR and Microsoft’s going to be infused with that for more agility going forward. Jump-starting apps, this is really where business rules are governed.

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2019 Technical Review Software Review Engineering 40

Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

Are you always the leader of your group who likes to keep everything and everyone organized and with a goal in mind? The UK government developed PRINCE2, so if you’re planning on working in the UK, you might want to give this certificate a go. What does being a project manager actually mean? The PRINCE2 Certification. PMI’s PMBOK.

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2018 Prince2 Certification Technical Review 111

PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

And so when we look at this and compare and contrast what an incredible incredible opportunity it was for us to really witness a an organization a group of people that really wanted to grow and really want to change. It was absolutely insane. And that's why it's it's going like wildfire through Costa Rica since being back.

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