WorkOtter

JULY 12, 2023

The points below will assist you in carving out a PMO strategy that’ll make a difference for you. Understand the Advantages and Usefulness of Roadmaps First things first, you need to get to know the benefit of a project management office (PMO) roadmap. As a rule of thumb, make sure that you are setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Once your PMO is up and running, operationalizing and doing continuous improvement (CI) go hand-in-hand. Sometimes CI may lead to changes to the PMO’s operations, but you’re only making more efficient something you’re already doing. Here are some aspects of operationalizing your PMO. PMO-Specific Reports.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 24, 2023

You’ve done the PMO Assessment. Then you created the PMO Business Case. You’ve been to meetings and finally got approval to establish your PMO. Now, I’ve seen PMO Establishment and Implementation called out as two separate steps. Ensure your PMO will properly staffed. Methodology and Tools.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

My favorite is the PMO assessment. Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Though there are PMO maturity models, which are all good, I don’t like to talk about those right away. Yeah, I talk about this a lot when discussing PMOs.

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MPUG

JUNE 5, 2023

In today’s discussion, we’ll explore the intriguing concept of the Digital Project Management Office (PMO). You may ask, “What is a Digital PMO?” Understanding the Concept of the Digital PMO The Digital PMO, as its name suggests, integrates digital project management tools at its core.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

PMI describes the Project Management Office (PMO) as a strategic driver for organizational excellence. The PMO seeks to enhance the practices of execution management, organizational governance, and strategic change leadership. After two years, the PMO most likely dissolves. Learning to Walk Before You Start Running.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

RapidStart PMO: Online Project Management Training Review. The paid course covers everything you’d need to get a PMO up and running in a few months. There are two workstreams within the RapidStart methodology: Workstream 1: Designing, launching and aligning the PMO. Then it talks about aligning the PMO. What’s Covered.

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Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Planview created the Savvy PMO Guide Series to give organizations actionable guidance on how progress PMO leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

Quarterly project board meetings were too infrequent. Future projects similar to this one should have monthly project board meetings. There are plenty of different ways to spread what you have learned from your project around the PMO, project managers and teams. Here are 5 ways that you can try. Write it down.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Perhaps you’ve been asked to mentor an apprentice , or someone new to the PMO or team. However, you might find that as a project manager in the PMO, you are mentoring others across the business who are doing projects but who do not work in the PMO – they can feel the same about the role being isolating.

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2022

In this post, we’ll show you how to become a modern PMO that enables your organization to adapt to an ever-changing professional landscape. But first, let’s look at the key benefits that come from transitioning into a modern PMO. Why You Should Become a Modern PMO. Let’s get started.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

If the project can no longer meet its goals, the function could even recommend that the project is closed. The project sponsor provides business assurance i.e. that the project is performing to meet the business needs. The senior user provides user assurance i.e. that the project is meeting the user’s requirements.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 1, 2023

When you’re in the process of setting up or revamping a PMO you, as the PMO leader, will need support and direction. Enter the PMO Executive Sponsor! The sponsor will give your PMO street cred. Though a PMO Steering Committee is not guaranteed, make the PMO Executive Sponsor a must-have.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With Copilot in Teams, you will be able to “summarize key discussion points and suggest action items, all in real-time during a meeting.” – Source Apart from that, you can ask the chat in Teams, “what is the latest on X?” The post Microsoft 365 Copilot and the PMO appeared first on MPUG. That is a major timesaver if you ask me.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. By following these project pipeline management stages a PMO, program or portfolio manager can better deal with the complexities of juggling multiple tasks.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Project Sponsor “PMI Pulse research shows actively engaged sponsors are by far the top driver of projects meeting their original goals and business intent” ( PMI Executive Sponsor Engagement ). Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). There are different types of PMOs. That depends on the organization.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 2, 2019

A few years ago, I was hired as a Project Management Office (PMO) consultant for a software products company. My assignment was to setup their PMO, implement best practices, and oversee projects for twelve months before handing over the setup to the client. Setting up a PMO is very challenging task. Step III – Create Templates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

But for smaller projects, you wouldn’t necessarily benefit from introducing gates for every point – it would feel like you’re be in review meetings all the time. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow. This group will probably meet regularly to discuss several projects at once. Step 1: Create documentation.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 4, 2023

Now that the PMO is chugging along, it’s time for you, as the PMO leader, to look at continuous improvement. Here are some considerations as you look to improve your PMO’s processes. Just because you have a PMO and it’s chugging along doesn’t mean it could be better. She was amazing at CI.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

The project strategy works to meet the organization’s mission, but its goals are specific to the individual project it’s directing. Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 30, 2023

The PMO Pilot Project. We test out PMO best practices and gather lessons learned. The PMO matures more quickly. When it’s time to establish and implement your PMO , conducting a pilot project should be part of the process. Here are some things to consider when running a PMO pilot project. Totally worth it!

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Why do you want a PMO? That’s a hell of a question to ask when you’re the consultant asking a client why they want to start a Project Management Office (PMO). Yes, they’d read about a company in the same industry that stood up a PMO and was successful. ” PMO was born. Sounds like sunk costs to me.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I've also had the joy and the pain of implementing three Project Management Offices (PMOs), two in Information Technology Departments and one Enterprise PMO. Through the years, I've noted many reasons that PMOs fail or struggle. It's rarely just one thing; it's usually a combination of things. Here is a list of causal factors.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Project Kick Off You have defined the strategy and objectives of your Project Management Office (PMO). You even wrote a PMO Charter. You have plenty of work to do, would love start issuing nice monthly portfolio dashboards right away and seeing stuff happen in your PMO. This is a serious moment, the PMO is ready to kick-off.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Or if they know it but haven’t documented it, write a paragraph – no need for lengthy meetings if everyone sort of knows but hasn’t seen it on paper. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Action if you can’t find out: Talk to the PMO again.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Again, reuse documents that you have already produced to streamline the effort and ask around to see if your PMO or colleagues have templates that you can use. We recommend: Lessons Learned Meeting Minutes Template. Your stakeholders are engaged. You have clear roles and responsibilities. This takes us back to the toddler analogy.

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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.” This is where the healthcare PMO comes in, but the group agreed that it’s presenting challenges.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Take Otter , for example, the online transcription tool I use for managing meeting output. It saves so much time and helps with inclusive meetings and accessibility. Otter is a note-taking app that also records in-person meetings. Project management evolves to meet the needs of today’s workplace problems. But it’s coming.

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Inloox

MAY 8, 2017

The implementation of a PMO is just like any other project. Before you start the project, you should analyze your organization’s current situation and based on these insights create a concept for your PMO. Doing so will help you get the most important stakeholders on board and build a strong foundation for your PMO implementation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Coming up with the quality management approach to ensure the project team can meet the expectations, specification and criteria set. Reviewer: This is the person responsible for checking the product meets its quality criteria. We also installed a fountain, and there is a requirement to meet the appropriate standards for water quality.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Whether you’re excited to meet them for the first time, or have had a few calls/sessions already, you are probably wondering if you are using their time effectively and asking the right questions. Use these as a starting point in your meetings with your mentor and see where the conversation takes you. Still looking for a mentor?

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 21, 2020

“Dear Elizabeth: I ran a kick-off meeting for my project, and it was a disaster. The experience has put me off running kick-off meetings in the future, but I have another project starting soon, so I’m going to have to do it. What are some rules of engagement for kick-off meetings, and how can I stop it being like last time?”

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Planview

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s enterprises are increasingly looking to the PMO to boost the bottom line. It’s what we’re solving for to meet growth objectives.”. The Savvy PMO consistently assigns its people to the highest value work and rebalances roles, people, and team assignments to ensure strategic alignment. It’s people first for the Savvy PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Be willing to incorporate a few different tools to meet the varied needs of your colleagues. Businesses that resisted the shift to Zoom meetings are now embracing the flexibility that remote teams give them. Think about how you are going to run remote team meetings and workshops – it is different to holding meetings face-to-face.

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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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Inloox

APRIL 7, 2017

First off: The acronym “PMO” has many different meanings. In this blog series, however, we will use the acronym PMO to describe the project management office. The project assistance is only assigned to one specific project, while the PMO is the central point of contact for all projects.

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