Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. Have as many layers as fits within your PMO methodology.

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Governance Government Technical Review Risk Management 403

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The following list represents a diverse cross-section of expertise, from seasoned consultants to pioneering academics. She has led projects at some of Canada’s largest technology companies and is the founder of CNS Project Consulting Inc. She is now a Miro expert and an advocate for the power of collaboration in project teams.

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Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

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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PMO Sustainability 2012 Underperforming Technical Team 170

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. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 382

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

He started his career as a project manager in 1997 and worked his way up through program manager and PMO manager to eventually head up large project departments in the private sector and government in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Colin joined us on one of the Rebel’s calls last year. Peter Taylor. Stenbeck, PMP.

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Healthcare Influencer PMI Governance 62

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. I think when we think about how we are delivering our projects, we need to focus on Business Value, Customer Satisfaction, Governance and less about coming in on time and budget. Soma Bhattacharya is the blogger behind Stepping into PM , and an Agile consultant.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 331

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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PMO Technical Review Governance Government 111

Henny Portman

JUNE 25, 2022

The book PMO Services and Capabilities – Including an overview of AIPMO’s competence framework – Competences per PMO service – Techniques and tools per PMO service is written by Robert Joslin. Each organizational unit is unique, each organizational unit needs its own set of PMO services.

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PMO Governance Government Consulting 115

Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2024

Epicflow serves companies running multiple complex projects with a shared resource pool operating in the following industries: aerospace and defense, automotive, telecommunications, software development, telecommunications, healthcare as well as government institutions.

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2024 Planning Development Team Review Consulting 101

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

E – Project Management Terms Earned value management (EVM) A way to measure project performance, and is commonly used in government projects. ” G – Project Management Terms Henry Gantt American mechanical engineer and management consultant who developed the Gantt chart in 1910.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

Project Bliss

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Portfolio Manager may also establish portfolio governance standards and procedures for approvals, reporting and other needs. PMO (Project Management Office) Manager / Director. Like the Portfolio Manager, the PMO Manager establishes processes and procedures for the PMO. Consulting.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO Finance Executing 237

Henny Portman

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

AIPMO is developing the first ‘leading’ international PMO standard based on a combination of research findings and expert knowledge. P3O or IPMA PMO certifications are not comparable to AIPMO’s core certifications in terms of approach, content and outcome. AIPMO’s core PMO certifications covers much more!

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PMO Certification Monitoring Consulting 88

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.

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PMO Governance Government Monitoring 98

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

This matrix has four different groups: High Influence High Interest e.g. Sponsor of Your Product High Influence Low Interest e.g. Governance such as Audit Low Influence High Interest e.g. Users Low Influence Low Interest e.g. People who want to know how things are going You will require a different engagement style for each group.

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Influencer Governance Government Consulting 214

The Lazy Project Manager

JUNE 22, 2017

A Chief Projects Officer (CPO) is typically responsible for providing governance over an organisation’s internal projects – external, or customer facing projects can be also covered but that is entering a slightly different world – with a focus on: Ensuring all projects support the current strategic objectives. Reports to the executive team.

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PMO 2014 Finance Leadership 130

Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

Use this project status report template if your Project Management Office or governing body doesn’t have a standard template in place. If your PMO or governing body already has requirements in place, follow those. Identify which metrics are important to your stakeholders and governance bodies.

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Governance Government Cadence Budget 0

Planview

MAY 9, 2023

In anticipation of International PMO Day, we began curating the stories for this PMO case study roundup several weeks ago. The PMO has a long history of driving significant benefits for the business. Partnering with Planview, Cognizant created a multidisciplinary team to build and implement the enterprise PMO roadmap.

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PMO Transportation Governance Government 78

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. Prioritization/Governance Processes. Now the fun really starts!

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PMO Governance Government Budget 52

Ganttic

JANUARY 6, 2021

Coach, consultant, author, speaker and more, Peter Taylor is anything but lazy. Alexis Nicole White, certified senior project manager (PMP) and scrum master (SMC) - ANW Consulting "I’m a reader of The Lazy Project Manager blog. With topics ranging from staying agile, to project governance, and ways to deal with stakeholders.

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2021 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 2017 218

MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Welcome to the concept of the Project Management Office or PMO. In this article, we will learn about PMOs as organizational structures, about various types of PMOs, and about traditional roles within a PMO. PMO Definition. As noted in the definition, a PMO is an organizational structure. Types of PMOs.

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Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 31, 2016

I love Management of Portfolios (MoP), a book I co-authored which is the UK Government/AXELOS global best practice standard. Corporate Learning Managers and PMO Leaders are loving us because they can post a request for proposal (RFP) on CourseConductor.com and select the highest quality providers in a fraction of the time.

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Prince2 Software Review 2011 Sustainability 207

Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

If you’re using consultants for any of your project work, managing contracts and vendor deliverables may be a part of your role. As the project manager, you may report to stakeholders, governance bodies, and anyone else who needs project information. If so, you’ll likely need to coordinate them. Reporting.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Executing 235

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

As a consultant, I love doing assessments. 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.

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PMO Cadence Governance Government 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 4, 2022

We’ll be looking at Milestone planning, dependency management, multi stakeholder management, governance across multiple projects. So let’s talk about Project governance. Combining project governance is actually very similar. So what do we mean by governance? formal reporting is another governance function.

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Software Review Governance Government Technical Review 273

Project Accelerator News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Cloud Technologies like Planner (Microsoft Project), PowerApps, Teams, Forms, Automate, and Power BI deliver collaboration, automation, integration and powerful business intelligence for your PMO. 5 – Effective PMO – The All In One Remedy! We know the value of a good PMO!

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review PMO Construction 52

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JUNE 20, 2019

Last week it was the fifth PMO Conference in London. With over 400 PMO practitioners from around the globe and over 20 sessions to choose from, there’s a lot to learn about where PMO is heading right now. Staying with the reporting theme, data analytics will be a game changer for the PMO in the coming years.

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PMO 2019 Artificial Inteligence Agile 49

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

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Governance Government Risk Management 2015 52

Wrike

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We spoke with Robert Kelly, PMO leader and Managing Partner of Kelly Project Solutions, LLC , about the value of project management and the impact it has on business. What are the top issues you face as a PMO leader? I believe there are several challenges facing the PMO leader, which are shared across the organization : 1.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2020 51

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

We like to consider ourselves kind of a full stack consultancy in the sense that you know, obviously, you have to deal with the work surface levels and what the teams are doing but you know, how do you orchestrate teams across dependency boundaries? And he’ll come in and consult for you and customized model for you and do all those things.

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Agile Consulting Underperforming Technical Team Influencer 143

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 18, 2023

Now it’s time to create a PMO Business Case and start moving the needle from idea to reality. If you notice, I call it a PMO Business Case, not a PMO Charter. I don’t like the word “charter” when talking about creating PMO’s. Below are some of the key components of a PMO Business Case.

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PMO Finance Executing Governance 40

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. As an agile consultant and instructor, I am often asked, “I just received my Scrum Master certification, now what do I do?”. This post first appeared on PMO Perspectives Blog.

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Certification SCRUM Lean PMO 84

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 6, 2023

Starting up or revamping a PMO is tricky and complex. If a PMO will help navigate these turbulent waters, it should not be on one or two people to determine its direction. Committed organizations will setup a PMO Steering Committee. I’ll start by saying a PMO Steering Committee is not a guarantee.

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PMO Governance Government Risk Management 52

Binfire

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

consulting or staffing companies. Teams having PMO. Projects in government. Medium to large sales teams. Medium to large PR firms. Educational institutions. Companies employing freelancers and contractors. Web development teams. Copy writing teams. distributed teams working from multiple locations. Teams larger than 500 members.

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Software Review Software Aerospace Development Team Review 119

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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PMO Governance Government Consulting 52

Jez Lister

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

I first came across the Project Management Office or PMO concept twenty-five years ago whilst working as a project manager for a large systems integrator. Most of my colleagues – myself included were initially unclear about the purpose of the PMO and assumed that we were all to be relocated to new offices. PMO as a Service Provider.

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PMO Governance Government Monitoring 40

Wrike

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The structure of your organization’s project management office (PMO) may be the difference between effective and ineffective project management. Your PMO structure must blend in with the organizational culture to ensure project management success. What is a PMO structure? PMO can also mean Program or Portfolio Management Office.

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PMO Underperforming Technical Team Governance Government 36

EasyProjects

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Increasingly, companies have full-time project-management offices (PMO) with staff and budgets to pursue project planning, management, and evaluation full time. Where the list is long, this is work for the PMO or an ad hoc project-prioritization committee. Another difference is how project prioritizing is built into the company?

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PMO Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Information Technology 91