Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A Project Management Office (PMO) isn't just about oversight; it's about empowering your projects to deliver real value. A well-implemented PMO can transform your project delivery process , ensuring that every project is set up for success from the start. Discover how a PMO can be a game-changer for your organization.

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Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

The Project Management Institute (PMI) asked this question for the first time ever for its 2020 Pulse of the Profession ® report, knowing that organizations are rewiring to innovate and deliver competitive products and services quickly. Executives expect PMOs to be the catalyst for this change.

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Planview

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s enterprises are increasingly looking to the PMO to boost the bottom line. Inadequate resource planning practices make it difficult to quickly deliver innovative products, services, and customer experiences. It’s people first for the Savvy PMO. Gather your initial set of resources. Assigning the Work.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Have no fear, the Savvy PMO is here! Your team of experts can objectively assess all incoming work for alignment to strategy, risk mitigation, customer impact, overall improvement, financial benefit, capacity, and more. Capture Initial Work Requests. The Savvy PMO sets stages such as those depicted in the image below.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This post examines what Hassle Maps are, their usefulness, examples, and the application of Hassle Maps as a tool for strategy and project management. The streamlined Hassle Map is the basis for the disruptively innovative entry of Zipcar into the personal transportation market. Hassle Maps and Strategy. What Is a Hassle Map?

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

Yet for some organizations, the initial hustle to transform can get bogged down by obstacles throughout the company. In Planview’s global benchmark study – The State of Strategy Execution – only one-third of the 1,000 business professionals surveyed said their companies have access to timely, accurate data. Read on to learn.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 7, 2022

This post provides an overview of the Key Resources block on the business model canvas, provides related considerations for organizational strategy, and outlines the impact on project management. Strategy – Ensure the Right Key Resources. I recommend these strategy resources (paid link): —————————————-.

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Planview

APRIL 18, 2019

In my last blog, “ Agile Transformation: The PMO’s New Paradigm ” we covered the significance of embracing different types of work and the role that continuous planning plays in becoming an Agile PMO—but that’s only the beginning. Customer demands are not static; they change as technology evolves and accelerate the pace of innovation.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

” Business agility is the ability to successfully compete in the digital age by quickly responding to market shifts and emerging innovative opportunities. They need people who can help them look out for the business and ensure strategies are being met. Who better to help them than those implementing these strategic initiatives?

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Planview

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The best gift for your PMO: Portfolio and Resource Management tips. Your PMO @ Hyper-speed Workshops [Webinar]. As a PMO leader, you are in a prime position to drive strategic outcomes by planning and managing today’s complex, cross-organizational programs and projects that will drive value to the enterprise.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

Incorporating tailoring into your project management strategy offers a comprehensive solution that meets the diverse needs of projects while ensuring organizational alignment. Factors such as the project's complexity, the required speed of delivery, and the level of innovation needed would require the use of a suitability filter tool.

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Planview

APRIL 6, 2022

We’re going to look at how the PMO Delivery Lead of a global telecommunications company successfully implemented demand management software. We needed a way to manage and provide visibility of the demand throughout its lifecycle,” recalls the PMO Delivery Lead for Group IT Services and Technology. Agreeing to change means more work.

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Planview

MARCH 8, 2019

In this blog series, we will be discussing five types of planning that are crucial to delivering on strategy with a dynamic and continuous approach. Our penchant for applying technology to every problem often makes innovations and development more complicated. They require people, strategies, work, outcomes, and technology.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Through established protocols and procedures, these systems offer a structured framework within which projects can unfold, guiding every step of the project lifecycle from initiation to closure. A project board can help deal with change while the governance model establishes the project's purpose closely aligned with strategic objectives.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There’s a lot riding on getting your PMO mission statement right. After all, the mission statement is what will guide the PMO as it strives to achieve its goals and objectives. Creating a powerful PMO mission statement doesn’t have to be difficult – but it does require some thought and careful planning.

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Planview

JULY 3, 2018

Then, you pass the list of projects to those who “align” those projects to strategy? Even if these strategic initiatives make the list, they have a 50% success rate*.Even Who is responsible for delivering strategy? You must start with strategy. What’s the difference between strategy and strategic planning?

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Senior leaders provide space to innovate, but not how. Teams work closely with customers, both internal and external, to identify the root of problems and innovate to solve them. There are many ways to determine whether a team is increasing its ability to innovate with agility and speed: Strategic importance. Budget limitations.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., This is generally initiated by the customer/client or stakeholders. Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation. process, policy, practices, perceptions, etc.)

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

PMOs are quickly realizing that in today’s changing world of work, it’s not really about what methodologies are used to get work done that impacts results, but it’s about taking a hybrid approach to portfolios—empowering teams to use the methods and processes that will help accelerate strategic delivery. Connecting Strategy to Delivery.

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Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

With these capabilities, EPMOs can continuously translate strategy to delivery amid fluctuating priorities, financials, and resources. They can reevaluate current and proposed investments and initiatives, generate what-if scenarios, and compare trade-offs between alternatives. Your guidance should consider both the short and long term.

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Planview

MAY 9, 2018

Advancing the PMO with portfolio and resource management. Seriously, you’ll thank me later when your PMO is able to not only meet goals and deadlines more effectively, but also deliver products to the market faster. 9 Key Ingredients for PMO Success – Your PMO should no longer be narrowly focused on project execution.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

But when deciding which initiatives to pursue and how to allocate limited resources among them, organisations often don’t choose well. All business initiatives are achieved through projects, so assessing and ranking these projects in order of importance to the business strategy give organisations the confidence to embrace risk.

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Planview

MARCH 2, 2018

For the PMO, saying “yes” to the hundreds of requests that flood their pipeline is not a long-term, scalable strategy. At a minimum, basic capabilities to capture the new ideas that will drive innovative projects into the pipeline. Organizations often turn to demand management tools to support this process.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

Traditional approaches, which are typically more lengthy and linear in fashion, may inhibit the flow of innovation and value through your organization, and as such, making it challenging to undergo a Lean-Agile transformation without transforming your organization’s approach to portfolio management. Support program execution.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 6, 2020

A message from Christoffer Ellehuus – Head of Strategy Execution . Mostly, I look back with excitement about our innovations this year to elevate the impact of our learning solutions for individuals, teams, and entire organizations. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog. Christoffer Ellehuus.

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Wrike

MAY 19, 2023

Scalability: A Clear Path Forward for Modern PMOs” took place over three separate sessions, featuring a stellar line-up of speakers including: Carolyn Lum, Industry Principal for PMO at Wrike, is a strategic business transformation leader who has led large-scale projects, programs, and portfolios across industries.

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Planview

MARCH 27, 2019

With the right planning process, organizations can strategically manage funding from the initial strategy development to the execution of their initiatives, all the while adapting to change. Let’s get started. Investment and Capacity Planning. Technology Portfolio Planning.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 12, 2024

These two books can be enjoyed independently, yet they share a significant connection through their central theme of principles and the fact that a PMO is part of the broader PPM environment too. It begins with an in-depth exploration of the fundamental PMO principles, enriched with descriptions, insights, and illustrative examples.

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Planview

JULY 3, 2018

Then, you pass the list of projects to those who “align” those projects to strategy? Even if these strategic initiatives make the list, they have a 50% success rate*.Even Who is responsible for delivering strategy? You must start with strategy. What’s the difference between strategy and strategic planning?

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Planview

AUGUST 30, 2018

See if this sounds familiar: your organization’s strategic plan is constructed at the executive level, broken down into an annual plan that is led by finance, then operationalized by the PMO and other groups in the organization. Yet, as soon as you begin to figure out exactly how the plan is to be executed, change happens.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

The day Lydia Agnese started her new role as PMO manager at Northstar Travel Group, she received some big news. However, big transitions are rarely easy and traditional PMOs will need to find new footholds in this changing environment. We’ll cover several major trends and how PMOs can evolve to meet them.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Understanding Knowledge Management Systems Knowledge management systems refer to a comprehensive set of tools, technologies, and strategies that enable organizations to capture, organize, and disseminate knowledge effectively. During the initial launch, closely monitor its usage and gather feedback from users.

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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. Validation of your organization’s strategy and corporate objectives. The steps can range from four to ten steps.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

What to Expect: Industry innovators help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed with over 25 educational sessions and four hands-on workshops. ACMP wants to lead the way change works with the aspiration to innovate and lead change practices and the management of change in projects.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

An effective portfolio management strategy requires an in-depth analysis to understand where a company is, where they want to be and planning how they are going to get there. The prioritization process ranks the various elements within a company’s strategic or funding initiatives and the organizational focus (i.e.,

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Planview

JULY 5, 2019

The past four blogs in our series are based on the whitepaper, The Agile PMO: 5 Steps to Driving Agility at Scale and have centered around how the PMO can guide the enterprise towards greater agility. It requires that the PMO start embracing agile. Part 2: Agile Transformation Requires Just Enough PMO Governance.

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