Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. 16% have workloads prioritized by the PMO 17% have workloads prioritized by their manager And if you don’t have those in place, or another way, then the only option is to try to work out what is the most important work yourself. A project manager says.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Project Management Office (PMO): If theres a PMO , they prioritize things like strategic alignment, portfolio management and process improvement, so they will want to be involved in tracking project progress. Kanban board tools are ideal for projects that have clear workflows with well-defined stages.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Let’s look at how to actually define risk categories and how they can help Tom (and you). How to Define Risk Categories. Your PMO may also have a standard risk breakdown structure (RBS) that provides categories and sub-categories of project risks. One effective method for defining your risk categories is the Affinity Map method.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

By The PMO Squad August 21, 2024 Building a Project Management Office (PMO) is a complex endeavor, often underestimated in its scope and challenges. Many organizations task leaders who have never built a PMO before with this monumental responsibility. This frequently leads to suboptimal outcomes and even outright failure.

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The Lazy Project Manager

APRIL 6, 2021

Project resource management by PMO has changed significantly in the last 20 years. This article would help you understand how a value-driven resource management can become a major game-changer for the PMO and become a profit centre for the business. How Value-Driven Resource Management can be a Game Changer for the PMO?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 14, 2025

Therefore, well define a scoring model in project management and when to use project scoring. Each product idea or feature is then evaluated and scored according to the defined criteria. But when a portfolio manager or PMO wants an instant status report to get an overview of all those projects, they need a dashboard.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

First, organizations implement PMOs with a lack of clarity. Why does the organization need the PMO? What is the role of the PMO? How will the PMO engage with the senior leaders? Second, the PMO fails to ask for feedback and incrementally evolve. How PMOs Can Become Strategic Enablers 1.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Lets see what Oracle project portfolio management has to offer by first defining Oracle PPM software and who should use it. Project Management Offices: An internal or external project management office (PMO) sets standards, ensures project governance and supports project managers across the organization. What Is Oracle PPM Software?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 5, 2024

PRINCE2 defines a stakeholder like this: Any individual, group, or organization that can affect or be affected by (or perceives itself to be affected by) the project. By the end of this mini-lesson, you’ll be able to create a fab stakeholder register and use it to help you manage the project successfully.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 10, 2025

Even if you are using something that is commonly understood in the business, it is still worth defining what it means. Using scorecards for the PMO While project scorecards are great tools for project managers, you can also use them at the Project Management Office level to monitor the health of your project portfolio overall.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 22, 2018

So, how can you build a PMO you can be proud of, one that thrives? Why Are There So Many Troubled PMOs? No one intends to build an impotent PMO, but it happens. The PMO lacks power and effectiveness. Therefore, people see the PMO as a hindrance, not an enabler. Click here to discover 40 reasons PMOs fail.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 18, 2021

I highlight 10 of the 40 PMO problems and provide ways to manage them. 10 PMO Problems and Solutions 1. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. How to manage: Typically, a senior leader in your organization must make the decision to implement a PMO. In this article, we go a step further.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). A PMO is setting the tone for how projects are managed and should structure its activities as they demand projects. But there are only so many resources in which to do this and, therefore, the PMO must prioritize projects. That’s normal.

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WorkOtter

JULY 11, 2024

Creating a strategic PMO doesn’t require rebellion, here are some steps to take to bridge the gap between project management tactics and company goals. Project managers (PMs) and the leaders in the Project Management Office (PMO) are crucial resources in any efficient business. Step 1: Get outside the silo.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 31, 2022

Some Project Management Offices (PMOs) never get off the ground. So, how can you build a PMO, one that thrives? Why Are There So Many Troubled PMOs? Many PMOs fail to realize their potential. People have ways of undermining the PMO's effectiveness. Let's look at eight tips for implementing a PMO.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Usually, companies have a project management office (PMO) that will oversee the portfolio or program to ensure it meets strategic goals. Strategic Project Management Roles & Responsibilities Understanding strategic project management is more than just defining the term. Let’s take a moment to define these positions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

Project managers work on things that have a beginning, a middle and an end, with a defined end result. The most common way of defining different types of project manager is by industry. He learned a lot about project management in the process and eventually went on to become a PMO Manager. That’s what a project is.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2021

Your PMO might have definitions for each of those to help you define and refine your estimating at the early stages of the project. If your PMO does not have standard categories like this, you can make them up. How does PMI define ROM estimates? How do you define ROM? Break the project work into chunks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Project managers work on things that have a beginning, a middle and an end, with a defined end result. The most common way of defining different types of project manager is by industry. Instead, people with PMO job titles are in a crucial support function. Here are some common job titles you’ll find within the PMO.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

It sounds simple – we all know we should do it, but it’s hard to know where to start for a new PMO. It’s everything a novice PMO Manager needs to know to support her project managers at work. Reading this was a pleasure; I’m sure I’ll refer to it again in the future – and if you work in a PMO, you should too.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This article will provide clear guidance on how to define and assign risk management roles and responsibilities for projects and programs. Information Technology) or in a Project Management Office (PMO). Project Management Office (PMO) The PMO oversees project management within an organization. Control is high.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 24, 2020

Projects should have objectives that result in clearly defined outputs and benefits. Action if they aren’t clear: Ask the project sponsor to hold a workshop on defining this and providing ultimate clarity for everyone. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

You’ll make sure that project management processes are being followed, with the support of the PMO. Organization Could be the PMO or the executive management – the group that the program manager reports into. A RACI matrix or roles and responsibilities document would help you make sure roles are defined.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. The next step is to clearly define those goals.

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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. We’ll get to that in a moment as well as define project pipeline management. That’s called the project life cycle. What is a project pipeline?

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In project management, artifacts relate to documents: the project documentation you produce that defines and supports the work you are doing. Your PMO may define mandatory artifacts: a list of project documents that you must create for each project. What is an artifact? An artifact is something you create.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Check with your PMO. Your PMO should define exactly what ‘Red’ means and then you can check your project performance against those measures. Here are some examples of what might define a project as being Amber. That’s why it is important for the PMO to set up RAG status definitions. What is a ‘Red’ project?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Let’s say you work in a predictive environment and you have a defined project lifecycle with key decision points. The PMO will specify the route your project has to follow. If you are new to the idea or thinking about implementing one for your PMO, here is an example so you can see how it works. The stage gate process explained.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Define your values. The first step to developing a philosophy of personal leadership is to define your values. Define your vision. The second step is to define your vision. If you have a PMO mission statement, vision statement, or set of goals, you might be able to draw inspiration from that. Define your goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Clearly defined reporting is an important governance element because it’s reports that tell the steering group what is going on. 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: Project Management Plan Template.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Mike Clayton defines risk as “uncertain events that can affect outcomes,” in his book, Risk Happens!: Clayton defines it as 3 things: Processes to make the project more predictable Tools to deal with the real world as it happens Behaviors and attitudes that allow us to cope when change does happen. Mike Clayton.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you are in a PMO , you might have this challenge. You go from strategy document to project portfolio like this: Identify strategic themes Define leading indicators Choose the measures Set the targets Define the projects Join the projects up into a portfolio. Define the leading indicators. Define the projects.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Harold Kerzner / Al Zeitoun (Kerzner/Zeitoun): For decades, project management appeared restricted to traditional or operational projects where the requirements were well-defined at the onset of the project. The future context of PMOs is true empowerment-based. The PMO has to transform. This requires out-of-the-box thinking.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Enterprise environmental factors can be defined as conditions that aren’t under the immediate control of the project team. Let’s define a few of the major external enterprise environmental factors. Read on and we’ll get into all that and more in detail. What Are Enterprise Environmental Factors?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

They run meetings inefficiently, which results in participant frustration and complaints to VPs of PMO. A Good Project Manager is extremely efficient – whether with their time or resources. A Good Project Managers runs such exceptional meetings that people actually look forward to them because they produce results.

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