Planview

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A healthcare PMO today must have a strong constitution. Not only are they faced with challenges unique to healthcare, PMOs are also going through the trends mentioned in our recent post, “ Conquer Your Business Transformation.” Challenges Connecting Strategy and Delivery: “How do we ensure we are investing in the right things?”.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

They are the foundation upon which an organization’s culture, core values, and strategy are built. Companies should periodically assess employees against standards to identify any skill gaps – your HR team probably undertakes regular reviews of what skills the workforce needs to have to best deliver the strategy. Innovation.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MAY 8, 2022

This post looks at what the PDCA cycle is, dives into the specifics of the four steps, looks at pros and cons, and enumerates where it can enhance strategy and project management efforts. Strategy and PDCA. Quality advantages can drive a strategy of differentiation. However, PDCA can add value to innovation projects also.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Zombie-PMO apocalypse is here. Executives are expecting more from PMOs than ever. They must drive digital transformation and fuel growth strategies by delivering complex programs across the organization at speed. But there is one problem…PMOs are finding it very hard to adapt. Are you able to escape this epidemic?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2022

Hosted by Built Worlds, the Project Delivery Conference hosts leading construction experts to explore innovative technology from preconstruction through to turnover. This year’s theme is New Ways of Working and speakers will be covering latest innovations. This annual conference is back in 2022 after last year’s hiatus.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. Great for PMO leaders or those who want to shape the future of strategic delivery in their businesses, with lots of practical checklists and guidance. PDU claim: 9 hours. PDU claim: 10 hours.

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The Lazy Project Manager

MAY 25, 2021

This webinar comes as Planview launches its new report, The State of Strategy Execution: Embracing Uncertainty to Adapt at Speed. Delegates are invited to join the webinar to find out how the PMO can lead the way in embedding speed and agility into strategy execution. BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE TODAY. About Planview.

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Wrike

MAY 21, 2023

As an IT Project Management Office (PMO) leader, you understand how critical collaboration is to the success of your organization. When different teams work together effectively, the PMO can deliver high-quality projects faster and more efficiently. Let’s examine the many ways to maximize collaboration in your IT PMO.

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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. The next step is to select your staffing strategy. Assigning the Work.

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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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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. The Savvy PMO knows that employees are a great source of ideas, but they need an easy way to submit them.

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Wrike

MARCH 3, 2023

Among those humans are directors of project management offices (PMOs), portfolio managers, and program and project managers. Every PMO is different but they’re all focused on the same thing: success. As any PMO professional knows, project management and project delivery are two different things.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 2, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer I consider successful Stakeholder Engagement as a 4 Step process, which include: Stakeholder Exploration Stakeholder Analysis & Mapping Stakeholder Communication Strategy Inspect & Adapt In this article, I will cover Step 1 — Stakeholder Exploration. “Stakeholder.” What does It Mean?

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Is there a way to boil down strategic choices to three generic strategies? Strategy guru Michael Porter has done just that. This post explores the generic strategies, the pitfalls in choosing one, and their importance to project managers. Overview of Porter’s Three Generic Strategies. The Cost Leadership Strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. The PMO 2020 Conference. PMO Symposium. The Project Summit. Attendees can earn up to 26 PDUs.

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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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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

The lesson I need to remember is that, whilst experimenting is an integral part of innovation, the most successful programmes are those that recognise the ongoing needs of business-as-usual and balance the tried and tested with the new. Joe Pusz is President of The PMO Squad, a project management consulting firm.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

We see technology evolving, new tools, consolidation, innovation and more. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. It’s a way of automating repetitive tasks and it’s having a bit of an impact on the PMO community. Think about how your PMO teams are rewarded.

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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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Wrike

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this article, we’ll tackle this very topic from the perspective of IT PMO and how it can shape work both inside and outside of the IT department. Let’s take it from the top: The IT PMO As established with our overview of the IT PMO , some of the key elements of the PMO include governance, intake, allocation, collaboration, and reporting.

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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. The Demise of the PMO. Is the TMO a PMO by a different name?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For example, by identifying relationships and trends in data, the system can remove excessive information and ‘white noise’, enabling management to focus solely on the most relevant and important information to derive actionable insights and strategies. Innovation.” Risk Management. Effective risk management has to be proactive.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It explores ideas around an ‘AI ecosystem’ and discusses impacts for strategy and project management. It’s an infrastructure strategy problem. Hyperscaler innovators – This term implies the massive scaling of AI. I previously posted about the idea of an ecosystem strategy. What Is an AI Ecosystem?

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Planview

AUGUST 26, 2019

Throughout this series, we’ve discussed the five ways to become agile, addressed the primary issues and roadblocks, as well as the critical steps required to transform the PMO, all based on the whitepaper, The Agile PMO: 5 Steps to Driving Agility at Scale. Part 1: Driving Agile at Scale: The Agile PMO.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Thought leaders in project management have strong social media followings, are published authors, and are working as leaders for innovative companies and enterprises in the project management industry. We took each of these elements into consideration when developing our list of the 18 most influential people in project management.

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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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Planview

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. Strategy and execution aren’t connected. This barrier is especially troublesome when executive teams swiftly change strategies and priorities.

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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

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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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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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

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

So far in this blog series, we have defined strategy, covered the basis of strategic planning, and discussed who to include in your strategic planning team. If you need a refresher on the first two phases of this rescue mission, read through parts 1 and 2 below: Part 1: Failing to Deliver Strategy… Slowly. Step 1: Start with strategy.

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Planview

JULY 3, 2018

Then, you pass the list of projects to those who “align” those projects to strategy? Who is responsible for delivering strategy? This process is stifling innovation and costing the organization thousands of man-hours and likely resulting in failing … or what I refer to as failing-slow. You must start with strategy.

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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. Innovation is good but there will be times when it's just gold-plating.

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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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