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PMOs Shifting from Watchdogs to Strategic Enablers

Project Risk Coach

First, organizations implement PMOs with a lack of clarity. Why does the organization need the PMO? What is the role of the PMO? How will the PMO engage with the senior leaders? Second, the PMO fails to ask for feedback and incrementally evolve. How PMOs Can Become Strategic Enablers 1.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Organizational Process Assets (OPAs) are the collective knowledge, experience, and information that an organization has accumulated over time. They might be influenced by market conditions (risk appetite statements might change, for example, if the market suddenly gets a lot more competitive). They influence how we do the work.

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How to take over an existing project [Free checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You can leave the detailed stuff until your review is finished but having something at high level will eventually inform your detailed project planning for the next 6 months. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Who is your project sponsor? How do you spend it?

PMO 301
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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One hour of reading equals one PDU , so it’s a great way of keeping up your informal learning. It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. PDU claim: 2 hours.

PMI 354
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Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping: Part 2 of 4 Steps of Stakeholder Engagement

Scrum.org

The Stakeholder Persona Canvas includes four parts: General Information Goals and Purpose Challenges and pain points Information Stakeholder Need or Provide Very similar to Empathy Mapping, it can help us stakeholders better. These are assumptions only and we might not have all the information when you first use these techniques.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Being able to influence and get results, even when you aren’t in charge, is so important if you want to collaborate effectively with the team. Lots of real-world advice on coping strategies, focusing really around thinking through what you are going to say and making it relevant. Strategies for Project Sponsorship.

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Creating the PMO Business Case

Bridge the Gap Consulting

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. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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