Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you want to use subjective measures , think about how you could survey the team in this scenario. Also, if you have internal auditors or a Quality Assurance function, or someone in the PMO who can do an informal (or formal) project review, book that in as well. But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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Software Review Technical Review Budget Defining 372

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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 17, 2022

My 2020 Project Management Survey of 228 people shows that the majority of project managers are leading 2-5 projects at any one time. I also have a notebook which has a list at the back for non-project work such as updating my objectives, tasks related to me helping on other projects, department budget work, and so on.

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Technical Review Software Review PMO 2020 424

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 15, 2021

My 2020 Project Management Survey of 228 people shows that the majority of project managers are leading 2-5 projects at any one time. I also have a notebook which has a list at the back for non-project work such as updating my objectives, tasks related to me helping on other projects, department budget work and so on.

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Technical Review Software Review PMO 2020 377

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology. Budget position. Make sure you have the latest info on project budgets and how close the project is to meeting its goals. Take minutes, or co-opt someone from the PMO to help. Do I need a project board or a steering group? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Government Governance Technical Review Risk Management 403

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2019

But the budget is tight. 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. You want to get some professional development time on your calendar.

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Certification PMO PMI 2018 360

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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Underperforming Technical Team 2018 PMI PMO 127

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

How can I stay within the budget with the available resource mix? Enterprises fail to deliver projects on time and within budget without the right forecasting tools. Deloitte Global Cost Survey reveals, “ Cost reduction is the most significant initiative for any business.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Estimate 341

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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Project Accelerator News

AUGUST 30, 2024

Are your budgets and deadlines tighter and yet stakeholder expectations greater than ever? Back in 2020, around one out of six respondents to a Project Management Institute (PMI) survey said lack of talent with the right skillsets was the single most important factor responsible for project failure at their organisation.

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PMO 2020 PMI Infrastructure 59

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

But the budget is tight. 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.

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Certification Software Review PMI Technical Review 345

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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PMO Government Governance Risk Management 73

Planview

MAY 29, 2020

Does your PMO generate portfolio dashboards for stakeholders and executives? Does it help your PMO be seen as a value driver? In a 2019 Deloitte survey of 1,000 U.S. The Savvy PMO recognizes this and makes access to highly visual, useful data an imperative by providing comprehensive portfolio dashboards.

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CTO Hire PMO Executing Budget 133

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

I think 2019 will continue to focus on business success metrics and less about scope, schedule and budget, but I see 2019 being a year of tools, tools, and more tools. 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.

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2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 301

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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Project Accelerator News

JULY 12, 2024

At Stoneseed, we have the privilege of working very closely with a wide range of project teams: as a provider of IT Project Management as a Service (PMaaS) resources; Project Management Office (PMO) advisory and support; and Stoneseed’s P3MO Platform (our new innovative, structured and strategic approach to managing projects and programmes).

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Technical Review PMO 2024 Government 52

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 2, 2016

If you survey project managers on the importance of risk management, a high percentage will say that risk management is important. Some project managers get a risk management plan template from their Project Management Office (PMO) or a project manager, and they never adapt the plan for their project. Be sure to prioritize the risks.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review Software Review 170

Project Accelerator News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A survey by Manpower Group suggests that worldwide, across all industry sectors and company sizes, the average declaring difficulties finding talent is about 75%, and in the UK it’s even higher – 80%. Over three quarters (76%) of those looking to fill IT roles report difficulty in doing so. It is like a frustrating game of hide and seek.

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Technical Review PMO Prince2 Innovation 52

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Better Budget Management Staying within budget and saving time are always top priorities, and with a project management tool, you can see your data, your resources, how theyre being used, planned vs actual usage, and much more. Out of this effort there is an available list of software (2024) with related strength points.

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Artificial Inteligence Leadership Software Review 2024 78

House of PMO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Each year at the House of PMO, we bring you the top ten trends to watch out for in PMO over the coming year. We have been writing about trends and predictions in PMO since 2016 and this year we thought why not take a look at some of the earlier trends and see where we are right now and what to watch out for in 2025.

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2025 PMO Sustainability Artificial Inteligence 52

House of PMO

MARCH 5, 2025

A recent House of PMO survey highlights the most common pain points PMO professionals face and the tools they rely on most. So, how can PMOs overcome these hurdles and maximise the value of their PPM tools? House of PMO highlights that tools should support business needs, not dictate processes.

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Project Accelerator News

JULY 26, 2024

We invest a lot of time, energy and budget on the “self-care” of our IT projects, in terms of robust governance, strong PMO (Project Management Office) and world-class processes, etc – but do we pay enough attention to our individual or team’s self-care? Hope you’ve been feeling the love. So, let’s put self-care in the spotlight.

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PMO Technical Review Risk Management Risk 52

Project-Management.pm

JULY 4, 2017

Organizations believe a focus group on their PMO that is used to boost its effectiveness and also to trigger more projects. But sometimes a focus group has a negative impact on PMO for many reasons such as time issues, budget, and it can cause office politics to rear its ugly head.

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PMO Budget Risk Management Risk 96

Planview

APRIL 15, 2020

As executives consider changing priorities and reducing or reallocating budgets, enterprise portfolio or program management offices (EPMOs) are in the right position to take center stage. Work with your PMO leaders to ensure your remote workforce is delivering on strategy?

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WorkOtter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

PPM provides a structure for organizations to plan and allocate resources efficiently, including budgets and staff. Getting ahead of these challenges is critical to realizing the benefits of every project and for the continued success of a Project Management Office (PMO). The result?

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Risk Management 78

LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

Ongoing turmoil in the financial sector, pressure on prices and the supply chain, the cost of living and the cost of global warming… if it was my money, I’d be choosing projects that skewed toward low risk for now, but that’s a conversation to be having with your strategy team and the portfolio management office (PMO). No more note-taking!

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2023 Artificial Inteligence Generative AI 2025 158

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. Executives also increase gaps between strategy and execution via strict adherence to annual strategic plans and budgets. Legacy systems.

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Technical Review Innovation Executing Initiating 97

Project Accelerator News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Gone are the days of IT projects being measured just on cost-vs-budget or the proximity of their actual delivery to the forecast delivery date the strategic business value of an IT Project is more scrutinised that ever and over time this has afforded project managers the chance to get involved earlier in the decision-making process.

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2025 Sustainability Energy Generative AI 52

Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Organizations that use a methodology: 38% meet budget. VS. Organizations that don’t use a methodology: 31% meet budget. 18% — Delivered within budget. 75% of highly agile organizations met their goals/business intent, 65% finished on time, and 67% finished within budget. Number of projects completed on budget – 44%.

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2015 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 60

Inloox

AUGUST 5, 2018

Also, it stresses the importance of investing in skilled and experienced project managers to meet these challenges and become one of the champions in project management – meaning that at least 80% of your projects are completed on time, on budget, meting business intent, and having high benefits realization maturity.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2018 Telecoms Healthcare 100

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. The Rise of Peer Support.

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2018 Certification 2011 Prince2 106

Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

You should only fill out a form, or complete a template if it helps you to either: deliver your project to time, to budget, and to specification, or. As people get more knowledge, they want to survey a wider scope of the PM landscape, so the questions they ask go broader than the basics of simple Project Management. What is a PMO?

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PMI 2016 PMO 2017 101

Planview

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Indeed, a survey of more than 700 project professionals in large enterprises around the world found that poor communication was the biggest barrier to project success — even ahead of organizational change and budget. Internal project team, PMO, and project sponsor. Internal project team, PMO, and project sponsor.

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Planning PMO Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 78

Proofhub

JUNE 6, 2019

Without successful project management, your employees could end up overshooting your business’s budget, missing deadlines, wasting time, and duplicating content. The key to effectively managing small business projects According to a Gallup survey , only 2.5% IT or not, project budget overruns are a problem in many businesses.

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Underperforming Technical Team Budget Software Review PMO 60

nTask

MAY 5, 2021

Another important consideration is the budget you have and your team’s size. So, keep your available budget and the number of your team members in mind when coming to a decision. This not only serves to lessen confusion amongst your team of where they can get information but also saves effort and is budget-friendly.

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2021 Software Review Technical Review Software 97

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

And another common source of failure is an inability to control your scope, leading to scope creep and over-runs in both schedule and budget. Guidance from your PMO (Project/Program/Portfolio Management Office). Budget and Resourcing for Scope Management. Certainly this is not the place to document the entire project budget.

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Planning Government Governance PMI 107

Resource Guru

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2019, Wellingtone , a UK-based PMO consultancy, surveyed 150 organizations about the state of project management. But for those teams that have no budget or are just dipping their toe in the water with resource planning, free Excel-based project resource planning templates and resource scheduling templates might be sufficient.

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