Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management. The survey also asked about productivity killers and what gets in the way from being able to do the best work possible in the time available.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 347

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

If that’s you, be on the look out for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager. Entry level jobs include junior project manager and PMO coordinator roles.

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Technical Review PMO Healthcare Retail 393

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

If that’s you, be on the lookout for these kinds of job titles, as you can probably enter project management higher up the ranks: Project manager Senior project manager Program manager Business change manager Organizational change manager Delivery manager PMO manager. Entry-level jobs include junior project manager and PMO coordinator roles.

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Technical Review Prince2 Healthcare Certification 336

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In the APM Salary and Market Trends survey 2021 , 61% of respondents reported that working from home options were an important criterion for choosing a new role, up from 52% in 2020. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Think about how your PMO teams are rewarded.

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Project-Management.pm

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

However, the survey shows that not all government agencies are living up to their expectations being set on them; some are behind on schedule when it comes to projects and has a hard time to even achieve their objectives because of that. Implementing PMO is the key to combat such issue. Implementing PMO Step#1: Evaluation .

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Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( As per Wellingtone's survey, only 22% of organizations use a PM software. Project Management Office (PMO) Statistics. PMO and EPMO: 80% of high-performance organizations - Champions - have a PMO.

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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. One of the biggest barriers to digital transformation is lack of quality information.

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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. Project schedules can no longer be the PMO’s core focus. Redefine Success.

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, many digital transformation initiatives struggle to deliver the expected financial value, with more than half lagging behind original estimates, according to a Gartner survey of CIOs. It’s critical to be asking the right questions: How does strategy become a plan? Are the right objectives being focused on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

So we’ll look at how to use those principles to support your team’s drive engagement throughout the PMO and encourage stakeholders to take action. Finally, I’m assuming that you work in a project or programme environment within the context of a PMO. How many projects has the PMO closed this month?

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The Lazy Project Manager

APRIL 12, 2017

The report Why good strategies fail: Lessons for the C-suite published by The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited in 2013 stated in its conclusion that there was a need for increased C-suite attention to implementation (and therefore projects). Step 1: Strategies for project sponsorship. Step 2: Building the best PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Call your meetings anything you like.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 358

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

At the start of my career, it seemed that the decisions felt easy – perhaps because I wasn’t so involved with strategy, but also perhaps because the world felt like an easier place. Instead, follow these basic guidelines: Make sure there is a strong strategy and that your projects align to it so the organization is doing the right work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2021

So we’ll look at how to use those principles to support your team’s drive engagement throughout the PMO and encourage stakeholders to take action. Finally, I’m assuming that you work in a project or programme environment within the context of a PMO. How many projects has the PMO closed this month?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Get certified Getting a professional certification can help your career — studies like the PMI Project Management Salary Survey (2020) show that certification is directly linked to earning more money and it certainly can’t hurt your employment prospects. You’ll never know unless you sign up for one and go along.

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Software Review Certification PMI Technical Review 310

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. They require people, strategies, work, outcomes, and technology. This is simply a reality organizations must come to realize. Let’s jump right in to part one. Let’s start with the basics.

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Planning Innovation Agile Budget 92

Planview

OCTOBER 10, 2021

This informative and easy-to-read article looks at basic concepts of a project management communication plan, and provides examples, strategies and best practices. Internal project team, PMO, and project sponsor. Internal project team, PMO, and project sponsor. Internal project team, PMO, and project sponsor.  

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Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

Nearly 70 percent of finance leaders are taking cost containment measures and considering postponing or canceling planned investments, according to PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Surveys (March 30, 2020 and April 13, 2020). Work with your PMO leaders to ensure your remote workforce is delivering on strategy?

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The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

Well it starts with strategy formulation which is no longer the annual exercise it used to be – nowadays it is an ongoing iterative activity. And since each strategy gives birth to one or more projects this adds to the portfolio constantly. Leads, and is aided by, the PMO. Reports to the executive team.

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Planview

MAY 26, 2023

With the five steps outlined below, you’ll dig into the company’s organizational change management strategy and actionable tactics. Apply Different Strategies and Tactics to Different Levels The biotech company created its change management strategy to match its project delivery organizational structure.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In 2019, Strategy Execution conducted a global survey among project execution professionals across the world to better understand the skill and capability gaps preventing organisations from executing successfully on their most critical strategic priorities. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2019

Getting a professional certification can help your career – studies like the PMI Project Management Salary Survey (2018) show that certification is directly linked to earning more money and it certainly can’t hurt your employment prospects. It’s low cost, low stress and you’ll feel awesome when you’ve cracked it. Get Certified.

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Certification PMO PMI Technical Review 334

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MAY 28, 2020

Strategy Must Be Aligned with Work Through Portfolio Management. This goes further than the vertical flow down from strategy to portfolio to delivery to benefits. Strategy Execution (part of Korn Ferry) have a complete range of programs on Scheduling & Cost Control, Project Risk Management and Adaptive Leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I recently ran a survey about stakeholder management (thanks, by the way, if you were one of the people who filled it out) and the results surprised me. Review how your engagement activities are going so you can switch out your strategies if you need to. Look professional and prepared when working with stakeholders.

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Inloox

AUGUST 5, 2018

ABOUT THIS REPORT Conducted since 2006, PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® is the premiere global survey of professionals who provide project, program, or portfolio management services within global organizations. The Pulse charts the major trends for project management now and in the future.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2018 Healthcare Telecoms 100

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.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MARCH 7, 2019

Strategy Execution released the top ten trends for 2019 a few weeks ago and my first thoughts were; we’re seeing a lot of them in the PMO community which is both exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. and it may mean that a large proportion of the PMO may get swallowed up by the click of a button. .);

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

Karen started out in heavy industry – mining – and is now Principal at Enviro Integration Strategies , a firm that helps companies get tangible value from doing the right thing for the planet. She’s inspired a ton of businesses to shake up how they manage their projects. Are there many women in your field? Thanks, Karen!

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Online PM Courses

JULY 2, 2018

The PMI’s Annual Project Management Survey: The Pulse of the Profession. Our regular readers will know that, for the last two years, we have extracted the marrow from the bones of the PMI’s Pulse of the Profession survey. In many ways, the Pulse of the Profession is the most important project management survey available.

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Planview

OCTOBER 5, 2018

In order for your organization to keep up and deliver, you need to begin helping your executives translate strategy into actionable strategic plans. To review any of these elements, click through the first three parts of the series below: Part 1: Failing to Deliver Strategy… Slowly. Part 2: Begin to Deliver Strategy… Fast.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 15, 2019

For the vision to be as effective as possible it should be clearly articulated, have an inspiring and energizing effect and be aligned to corporate strategy. In a survey of tens of thousands of people around the world HBR asked people what attributes they were looking for and most admire in a leader.

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Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Identify project risks: A project charter helps to identify potential risks and challenges that could impact the project, outline strategies for mitigating those risks, and allocate a contingency budget to cater to them if needed. Mitigation strategies: The team develops mitigation strategies for each identified risk.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 2, 2018

It does take a while for practice to catch up with guidance, so expect to see some changes in your PMO soon; we can expect more flexibility with how to apply project management best practice. I’ve spoken to dozens of project managers this year and surveyed more than 200. This is a good thing. You don’t need a certificate to do that.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

Over 600 project management professionals were surveyed to find out what was impacting their work. Click here to download ProjectManager’s survey report on 2022 project management trends. Future PMO. Future PMO is a one-day event that is for PMO and project management professionals of all levels.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 23, 2021

They help them manage the business of IT PMO and demonstrate how technology can improve the bottom line. The survey asks respondents to rate the level and typically uses a small scale such as 1-10, with higher numbers meaning more satisfaction and lower numbers meaning less satisfaction. Here are the must-know terms: Time to resolve.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Effective change management strategies include proactive measures to address resistance, such as providing training and support, addressing concerns, and offering incentives for embracing change. Organizations need to develop a comprehensive plan that outlines the goals, strategies, and timeline for the change initiative.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

This comprehensive guide will take you through the fundamentals, the product management process, and advanced strategies, providing you with valuable insights and techniques to navigate the realm of product management successfully. They need to be able to think critically, analyze root causes, and develop strategies to address issues.

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