Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2023

During a dinner conversation after the conference, you further discover that PMO (Project Management Office) can support you in leading an Agile transformation and successful Scrum adoption, by covering governance and ensuring alignment across the enterprise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

The way tech, economic, social and environmental considerations are evolving – heck, even the way public health affects workforce planning – will impact the way projects are run. Leaders need to know how the world around them affects the work they are doing today, and how to plan to capitalize on those trends in the future.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

I do think that having a degree (of any kind, in any subject) is beneficial for securing a job, especially as project managers are expected to influence and lead, and many employers want to see evidence of the ability to operate at that level and use a degree as a benchmark for it. You’ll create project plans and carry them out.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2022

The best short answer is to appreciate what is within your realm of control and influence in order to create an action plan. That may give you an opportunity of influence outside the unit. Alternatively, you may see the senior management adopting a disrespectful tone and exhibiting poor leadership skills.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

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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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article.

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Project Pulse Journal

MAY 3, 2024

Step up your Program Management skills and see your projects through a new lens of strategic planning, alignment, and enhanced efficiency. These principles, including stakeholder engagement and benefits realization, form the strong leadership and backbone of successful program management.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The first thing the PMO Leader should do is to communicate how operations and projects complement each other. You can achieve similar results with projects by following this five-step treatment plan: Understand and communicate the relationship between project work and operations. What can be done? How Projects Align with Operations.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

With digital project management skills like effective online communication, robust leadership, data literacy, adaptability, professional and personal life stress management, and adept virtual team management, you can lead your projects to completion. Use these insights to anticipate project bottlenecks and adjust plans proactively.

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Planview

MAY 26, 2023

If you missed the first post in this series – where we introduced the company’s transformation goals, a 5-point plan for organizational change management, and more – head over now to read part one of their story. People were equally important for their leadership roles at multiple levels of the organization.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This software isn’t just critical for enterprise organizations, but any company that manages shared resources and has complex projects with succession planning components. Project management is a process used to plan, organize and execute a task, event or project. Scenario-plan when priorities change. Portfolio Balancing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

You can include a statement about communicating ethically in your project communications plan. The plan can include the principles and guidelines you commit to sticking to as a team that values ethics in communications. Tell your sponsor or your PMO manager that you feel there is a conflict of interest. Scroll down for that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. My own personal themes are around remaining comfortable with high levels of uncertainty and therefore having much more flexible/looser plans for the business. A well-documented plan? Let’s jump in. Mark Phillips.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members).

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 352

NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

When you know what you want to achieve and what the blockers are, it’s easier to create a plan. This person doesn’t have to be the most senior, or even a PMO team member. Set organizational goals and cascade these down through line managers so everyone’s success contributes to everyone else’s bonus plan.

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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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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Under my PMO Director experience, I used to manage different programs and projects that composed several portfolios; thus, it was a big deal to choose the right portfolio and to make correct distinguishment between portfolio and program. Plan your study with regard to current risks (COVID).

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Project Risk Coach

JULY 18, 2016

However, good leadership and stakeholder engagement lead to greater contentment among the troops. Develop and maintain a communications plan. How Strong Are Your Influencing Skills? I recently spoke with a project manager who works in a Project Management Office (PMO). 10 Doses of Happiness.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 31, 2022

Project management has been a job since the Egyptians mapped out plans for pyramids – and probably before that too. The tool is there as management support, and the sooner we get away from software being a PMO overhead, the better. Software should enable us, and our teams, teams to plan, predict and perform better.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 7, 2022

The best scenario for your organization is to consider slow growth, wise project and customer selection, and focus on profitability by planning, requirements gathering, and scope management. Or could influence you to invest in hard to find and expensive human resources when you simply have a short-term capacity constraint.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 23, 2024

When you know what you want to achieve and what the blockers are, it’s easier to create a plan. This person doesn’t have to be the most senior, or even a PMO team member. Set organizational goals and cascade these down through line managers so everyone’s success contributes to everyone else’s bonus plan.

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Infrastructure PMO Influencer Leadership 52

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 9, 2020

A major part of effective project leadership involves understanding the importance of continuing to learn and develop new skills. In particular, the constantly shifting world of work requires more adaptive leadership skills, so that projects can be successfully managed, even in the most unpredictable environments.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Baseline An original plan for measuring performance and tracking changes. Capacity Planning To identify the number of resources (e.g., Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., identify items such as benefits and costs).

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Looking at the 4 T’s in terms of your work life today, you may conclude that even the best project manager can’t influence the autonomy of their tasks and time. I will continue to share my predictions on How AI Helps with Productivity & Prioritization and also on Planning Intelligence. About the Author.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team PMO Initiating 158

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

These systems act as the connective tissue that ensures every project, stakeholders, the project management office (PMO), and core functions of the organization's undertaking are aligned with the organization's overarching strategic goals. Project planning involving agility and adaptability involves stakeholder communication at another level.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

But what has been shaping the direction of project leadership in 2023? Platforms that support demand management and dynamic resource planning are being implemented to help manage the challenge in sourcing resources. Here are five project management trends that have been top of mind for me. However, we’re all in this together.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

This method has driven companies to new heights of efficiency and innovation, enriching every facet of project execution - from planning to evaluation - and boosting effectiveness and adaptability. Focus on areas like agile methodologies, risk management, and leadership. References Center for Creative Leadership.

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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. Progress is measured based on compliance to plan, instead of actual business outcomes or customer satisfaction.

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PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2021

You need to manage people, but you don’t have influence or authority over them. The best help for you is a book on leadership. Here’s the truth: Every book on leadership I read contains only 10% of tips applicable to the project manager’s role. That’s a section of leadership that you won’t find even in the books.

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Resource Guru

MARCH 21, 2023

The team will include roles needed for project planning, development, and implementation. A project sponsor’s responsibilities include the following: Creating the project vision Earning buy-in from executive leadership Making critical decisions Approving the project budget 2.

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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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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Does your organization invest in a Project Management Office (PMO)? If you are reading this then you must be considering setting up a PMO or have concluded your approach to project management is not working and you are in the process of analyzing, dismantling and preparing to rebuild it. Put the right leadership in place.

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International Institute for Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

By Hassan Osman , PMO Director & Author | Cisco Systems. To learn more about Hybrid Work, watch Hassan’s session on “Hybrid Work Management: A four-part framework for building and leading a hybrid team in the workplace” at IIL’s Leadership and Innovation Online Conference, which opens on March 3.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Thinking of plan A, B, and C is a necessity any time you are in Alaska in the Winter, especially when you are mushing a team of dogs, there is cold, or hot (-40 to +30), there is rain, sleet and/or snow, vicious winds, and so forth. Some of the decisions and choices that were made influenced the following races.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 17, 2018

Identify any key stakeholders, their influence and expectations on the project. Who has influence over the project outcome? How often does the project communicate with mid-level management, senior management and / or the executive leadership team? Are there any formal milestones, gate review or PMO expectations for the project?

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Governance Government Software Review Manufacturing 95

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? 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. How do you go up into Portfolio Management? How do you go up into investment management, that kind of a thing?

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Lastly, change management requires a structured approach that includes planning, implementation, and evaluation. Organizations need to develop a comprehensive plan that outlines the goals, strategies, and timeline for the change initiative. The plan should be regularly reviewed and updated as the project progresses.

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