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The PMO Roadmap for Driving Business Agility

Planview

Portfolio Management Offices are in a prime position to deliver this business agility – with the right PMO roadmap. Peter, who wrote the book The Lazy Project Manager , drew upon his 30 years of experience building and leading PMOs to provide some guideposts. Part of this is empowering teams by providing “just enough” governance.

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Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding

Planview

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one first, “ What is Lean Portfolio Management ,” which you can find here . In this post, we’ll discuss a fundamental component of Lean portfolio management: funding. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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Does your PMO hinder or help your agile transformation?

Kiron Bondale

This might be a reasonable assertion as many PMOs were first formed to provide oversight over a portfolio of projects and enforcing standards sounds like the antithesis to agility. So what can a PMO do to actively support an agile transformation? Examining their own operational processes and leaning them out as much as possible.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

ProjectManager.com

The baseline is established based on different sources of information such as project files from previous projects or subject matter expert opinions. There may also be some background information about the organization or team tasked to reach this goal. It is also called a Business Case. It includes the plans to fulfill these goals.

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New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Four ROI, Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for The New IT Project Decision Maker

Project Accelerator News

When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Gain a deeper understanding of project performance and facilitate informed decision-making. Less broom, more polish! Contribute to a holistic portfolio management approach.

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Lean Portfolio Management Operations: An Agile Approach

Planview

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM?

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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Processes are too informal. “Oh, Informal processes cause you lots of problems. An informal attitude might tumble over into a, “I didn’t think it mattered” attitude and suddenly no one remembers why you spent £100k on something as nothing was documented about who signed it off. Fix by: Work with the PMO to review the processes.

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