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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

ProjectManager.com

These operational projects aren’t necessarily aligned with the organization’s strategic planning goals but are needed to keep the organization running. Some examples of operational projects are routine maintenance, training programs and upgrades to the IT infrastructure.

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Starting a PMO

MPUG

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves. Remember, People + Process = Success.

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Scheduling and Cost Control in a Complex Environment

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

Prof Flyvbjerg gives the example of Eurotunnel: it’s hard to argue that it’s a magnificent achievement, but it has been shown that at the time of construction, economically there were many better infrastructure projects to spend £8bn on. And of course, for our projects and our organisations, we don’t have Governments to bail us out.

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Episode 196 – The Hidden Value: Understanding Benefits Realization

Velociteach

And the thing I like about Bent is that he spent, well, 20-something years gathering a lot of data about projects and their performance. And one of the interesting takeaways from his recent book is that four out of five projects cost more than expected and deliver less benefits than we had hoped. You have really done your job.”