Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Grab a cup of coffee as I share seven influencers that I follow. If you are starting a PMO or you are managing an existing PMO, check out Bill’s book The PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down. I am grateful for these leaders and their influence in the world of project management.
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.
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Henny Portman
JUNE 26, 2020
Happy and proud to be one of the TOP 15 Semi-Finalists for the 2020 PMO INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR AWARD organized by PMO GLOBAL ALLIANCE. Congratulations to the other fantastic professionals for their significant history of contributions to the global PMO community.
Project Risk Coach
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Perhaps these individuals are influencing you through a blog, online videos, online courses, or books. Grab a cup of coffee as I share seven influencers that I follow. If you are starting a PMO or you are managing an existing PMO, check out Bill’s book The PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down. I am grateful for these leaders and their influence in the world of project management.
Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 18, 2021
I highlight 10 of the 40 PMO problems and provide ways to manage them. 10 PMO Problems and Solutions 1. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. The PMO doesn’t understand the organization’s culture. Need some help with your PMO?
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. The risk to not doing so is to, at the very least, slow the return on investment of the new PMO down. Is the PMO model the right one?
Brad Egeland
APRIL 11, 2022
Are your project managers growing, expanding their careers, gaining needed training and certifications and mentoring colleagues the way a successful project management office (PMO) should be operating? You can have the best project managers that money can buy, but if your PMO leadership is lacking or is basically non-existent then you will always struggle with PMO success and usually fail in the end.
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.
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. The AIPMO has introduced deeper learning for PMO practitioners – for practitioners at different stages of their career. Influence.
Brad Egeland
JULY 20, 2022
I am available for 1 on 1 mentoring, team discussions, analyzing and fixing your PMO, or coming onboard as your newest Project Manager. Contact me or email me and tell me what you need. I can be available immediately if needed.
International Institute for Learning
JANUARY 25, 2023
Check out the latest stats from the 2022 Research Report from The PMO Squad: Only 43% of PMOs would rate themselves as successful, 78% don’t have a process in place to measure PMO Value, and Only 59% measure executive leader satisfaction.
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?
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. PMO Joe is an internationally recognized leader in the Project Management and PMO community. By Joe Pusz. It’s happened to all of us before.
Techno-PM
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
PMO KPI Dashboard - Excel While more and more IT organizations have a project management office (PMO) in place nowadays, the percentage of IT PMOs which are terminated after just a brief period of time is far from encouraging. Download This Template PMO KPI Dashboard This scenario can have several causes; however, a common reason is the lack of communication of the value of the PMO to the organization. The PMO delivers so many more services, why not measure these too?!
Brad Egeland
JANUARY 31, 2022
Do you need long term or one-off expert project management help right now? Tech PM or just a very experienced real world go-to Project Manager to come in and help take charge? I can do remote or onsite, full-time or part-time, W2 or 1099. Contact me by email or through my contact form here. Let's discuss. Thanks! You're only as successful as your last customer thinks you are." What does your organization look for in a consulting professional? A 'yes' man?
Brad Egeland
JANUARY 28, 2022
Do you need long term or one-off expert project management help right now? Tech PM or just a very experienced real world go-to Project Manager to come in and help take charge? I can do remote or onsite, full-time or part-time, W2 or 1099. Contact me by email or through my contact form here.
MindGenius
APRIL 9, 2020
Are your project managers growing, expanding their careers, gaining needed training and certifications and mentoring colleagues the way a successful project management office (PMO) should be operating?
Bridge the Gap Consulting
APRIL 22, 2021
So, what do Disney movies and PMO’s have in common? While having coffee with a PMO director, he mentioned the PMO he’s leading is maturing at a good pace. As he put it, “Not every story we tell in the PMO has to have a happy ending.”
MPUG
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Later in my career and during the Y2K scare, I was assigned to a large project and became friends with one of the IBMers who was part of the PMO. The post The Influence of a Mentor appeared first on MPUG. Mentoring is the sharing of one’s knowledge, skills, expertise, experience, etc.
Techno-PM
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
PMO KPI Dashboard - Excel While more and more IT organizations have a project management office (PMO) in place nowadays, the percentage of IT PMOs which are terminated after just a brief period of time is far from encouraging. PMO KPI Dashboard This scenario can have several causes; however, a common reason is the lack of communication of the value of the PMO to the organization. The PMO delivers so many more services, why not measure these too?! PMO Concepts
Planview
DECEMBER 21, 2018
During the event, I had the opportunity during one of the keynotes to present some of the views of 451 Research on how to embrace change and keep the PMO relevant. For the PMO and project management professionals, this new manifesto for modern work execution has a number of implications. Unlike traditional PMO-centric work, WorkOps also places growing emphasis on tooling the decentralization of work everyone essentially becomes a project manager.
Planview
MAY 7, 2018
Today’s PMO is not only under pressure to work at hyper-speed but also to satisfy customers who have higher expectations about their digital experience. To enable your PMO to keep up with the pace of digital transformation, it’s time to transition from tactical to strategic planning. Before I jump into just how you can smoothly achieve this transition, check out the blog, “ Your PMO at Hyper-speed ,” which covers the first webinar in this series. Ready to become one such PMO?
MPUG
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Governance is the act of governing, which includes steering, guiding, controlling, regulating, and influencing. Project Management Office (PMO) is a central body that comprises of technical, business, and management personnel. Does it include a PMO?
Jez Lister
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
I first came across the Project Management Office or PMO concept twenty-five years ago whilst working as a project manager for a large systems integrator. Most of my colleagues – myself included were initially unclear about the purpose of the PMO and assumed that we were all to be relocated to new offices. Eventually we all realised that the PMO was there to formalise previous reporting and administrative arrangements. PMO Types. PMO as a Service Provider.
Project Risk Coach
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
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. Third, some PMO managers lack authority and relational influence in the organization.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
JANUARY 30, 2020
A good agile coach or Scrum Master will: Be a servant or facilitating leader understanding how to guide and motivate teams and influence decision-makers without formal authority; Understand multiple product development lifecycles to optimize how value is delivered; and.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
JANUARY 9, 2020
As Lindsay Scott explained in a previous post for the PMO Perspectives blog, project-based work is becoming increasingly strategic. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
JANUARY 6, 2020
This is why we launched the Adaptive Strategic Execution Program together with Duke Corporate Education in 2018 – to create leaders who are prepared when objectives and market dynamics seem increasingly volatile and where work is mostly done through networks and influence.
The Squad Report
MARCH 7, 2018
The PMO, the Project Management Office. Imagine the responsibility and burden on the PMO leader. I've also found through working with many clients and talking with peers, that starting or improving a PMO should be done by simplifying the approach. Simplify to get early wins, and then start to expand influence within your organization as you build trust through successful delivery. Running a PMO is similar.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
The ability to adapt to changing conditions and continue to translate and align strategy, design innovative solutions to new challenges, and collaborate more intensely while influencing are equally important. Among the skills adaptive leaders need in their toolboxes are: Driving and influencing change. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
MAY 2, 2019
Sceptical stakeholders can be a blessing in disguise because they influence the group to address concerns. Who influences the decision-makers? This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Within the project management community, the concept of governance is seen as a fundamental project control, which is easy to grasp in principle. But in reality, it’s a different matter.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
OCTOBER 17, 2019
In this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) age for businesses, leaders need to be adaptive, as well as able to foster informal networks and influence those who are not necessarily direct reports. In this respect, project leaders become change managers who collaborate with key stakeholders and thought leaders on other ways to influence an audience, to drive further involvement in the transition process itself. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.
The Lazy Project Manager
MARCH 2, 2021
You don’t do my type of work (project management, PMO leadership at a global level, keynote speaking, consultancy and training) without clocking up some pretty impressive airmiles and flight status. Won the PMO Influencer of the Year award.
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Which stakeholders have the most power and influence? Let’s look at some practical ways that you can better engage and influence your project stakeholders at the right times in your project lifecycle. Are You Actually Influencing Your Project Stakeholders?
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. Through centralizing key elements of portfolio operations by utilizing new, different operational functions such as an Agile PMO, and Lean-Agile Centers of Excellence (LACE). Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM? Lean and Agile PMO
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
However, it is crucial that project managers are willing to take a step back, in order to limit the influence of their own biases. To affect future progress,” says Alaina Burden, in a previous post for the PMO Perspectives blog. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Design thinking is a non-linear process, which allows businesses and their project teams to embrace design concepts, in order to solve complex, ill-defined problems.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
At TwentyEighty Strategy Execution, we define coaching as: An interpersonal process built on mutual trust, understanding and expectation that guides and influences the development of individuals and teams to realise potential. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. One of the hardest shifts in mind-set needed when moving from an operational to a project management role, is the letting go of the project tasks yourself.
Tony Adams
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Decisions are influenced by culture and politics within an organisation. Our challenge is to think more broadly – to understand the wider economic, political and organisational influences that are shaping our change environment. The PMO has the unique authority to go beyond aligning and prioritising projects and programs across portfolios, to understand the wider change environment and identify those critical bottom-up change drivers.
The Lazy Project Manager
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Three great options from myself are also open to you and your teams: The Lazy Project Manager: Productive Laziness in Project Management hosted by PMO Leader. PMO Influencer of the Year 2020 (PMO Global Alliance). Elizabeth Harrin.
Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
At the evaluation stage, it’s too late to influence the progress of the task – it’s now about reviewing performance (which, remember, includes both skill and commitment) to have the task completed even better next time. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. However good our intentions might be, we forget things very quickly after we’ve learnt them.
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