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The PMO Roadmap for Driving Business Agility

Planview

Portfolio Management Offices are in a prime position to deliver this business agility – with the right PMO roadmap. Peter, who wrote the book The Lazy Project Manager , drew upon his 30 years of experience building and leading PMOs to provide some guideposts. 34:15): One of the great risks is sticking with the status quo.

PMO 158
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Shifting from Projects to a Product-Centric Approach

Planview

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. Part 4: The Move to Product-Centric Portfolios. Redefine Success. Adapt Your Funding Approach.

PMO 106
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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Karen Chovan

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. In the most recent Canadian survey by the Mining Industry Human Resources Council, results indicated women represent 17% of the Canadian mining workforce.

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Webinar Recap: Do You Know How to Recover a Project?

MPUG

I’m the director of the PMO, University of Washington. Bill Dow: I was at Microsoft for almost 14 years where I ran eight PMOs there. This year I was named one of the top 16 PMO leaders of the world, which is from the PMO Global Award, so was really exciting and hopefully you guys saw some of my presentations there.

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Episode 196 – The Hidden Value: Understanding Benefits Realization

Velociteach

RASMUS RYTTER: Actually, we just did a survey on our own, and I asked, “What was the purpose of your last project?” A good project status report includes key elements such as project milestones, timelines, budget updates, and potential issues or risks. So we need to be a little gentle with the sponsor that has actually leaned in.

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How To Make 2019 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

XP, scrum, lean, etc.) My PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down course is going strong and I will be launching updates in 2019 that will really help PMO Managers be successful. You can get to the online course here: The PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down. Helena Lui. Helena Lui. Leigh Espy.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

Thirty-two percent failed the project’s budget and was lost because of that, and then, overall, 16% of all projects started in the survey failed or deemed failures. Are we doing good change and risk management? ” Fletcher Hearns: What I’ve done in the past, it is doing surveys. All projects have risks.