Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

He managed all the logistics for the project including booking rooms for testing and training, making sure the right delegates showed up to the training, supporting them with claiming expenses, organizing project boards, steering groups and other governance milestones, and generally making everyone’s lives easier.

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PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 398

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. AI is already a feature in some project management tools and robotic processing will help automate routine PMO tasks.

2020 523

2020 Technical Review 2027 2030 523

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. These are high-level positions for people who already are tasked with managing projects, programs and portfolios as well as the aforementioned PMO. Let’s take a moment to define these positions.

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Planning PMO Manufacturing Logistics 433

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

The project manager , another project manager, a PMO person, or a risk audit person could carry out the audit. Audits are part of internal controls on a project and fall under the governance arena, so if you have specific PMO team members who look at governance, they are the ones to ask. Who carries out the risk audit?

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Risk PMO Risk Management Governance 408

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Managing stakeholder expectations Stakeholders tend to not like Red projects as they bring a lot of attention from senior leaders and the PMO. Let them know that there are governance hoops to jump through and that you’ll be escalating the problem, with a view to securing support to keep the project moving forward.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO Governance Government 328

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. AI is already a feature in some project management tools and robotic processing will help automate routine PMO tasks.

Artificial Inteligence 487

Artificial Inteligence 2023 Technical Review 2027 487

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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Process PMO Software Review Estimate 390

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

Governance management Program governance happens at 3 levels: Project level The project manager/project sponsor keeps the individual projects on track and reports progress to you. You’ll make sure that project management processes are being followed, with the support of the PMO.

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2024 PMO Governance Government 321

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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2024 PMO Governance Government 288

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. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Technical Review PMO Healthcare Retail 406

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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Kiron Bondale

MAY 6, 2018

This might be a reasonable assertion as many PMOs were first formed to provide oversight over a portfolio of projects and enforcing standards sounds like the antithesis to agility. So what can a PMO do to actively support an agile transformation? Transforming heavy, gate-based governance to a metrics-driven, exception-based process.

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PMO Agile Governance Government 159

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

About the author: Project leadership expert Bryan Barrow works with Project Management Office (PMO) Managers, Project Directors and organizations that need to deliver more of their projects on time and within budget, so that they achieve their strategic objectives.

Leadership 486

Leadership Influencer PMO Risk Management 486

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. Start with this quick-start post to becoming a Savvy PMO. The Journey to Becoming a Savvy PMO.

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PMO Leadership Governance Government 142

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

KPIs for PMO analyst All project action logs are updated within 48 hours of status meetings. All status reporting is completed in line with the PMO calendar each month. KPIs for PMO Manager These measures would also be suitable for someone in a program management role. Adjust as necessary!

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PMO Software Review Governance Government 334

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 Risk Management Technical Review 371

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

5: Review the governance structure Is there a governance structure ? Action if there is no formal governance: My first point of call would be your project sponsor. For other areas of governance such as reporting and approval levels, talk to your PMO and get these in place. Who is your project sponsor?

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PMO Governance Government Budget 308

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 7, 2023

But they are not the regulatory environment, government standards, or external environmental policies or regulations. In particular, look at what governance approaches and organizational standards you have to stick to when managing the project. They might shift slightly with the political climate externally or internally.

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Process Technical Review Software Review Influencer 433

Planview

AUGUST 16, 2021

Portfolio Management Offices are in a prime position to deliver this business agility – with the right PMO roadmap. Peter, who wrote the book The Lazy Project Manager , drew upon his 30 years of experience building and leading PMOs to provide some guideposts. Part of this is empowering teams by providing “just enough” governance.

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PMO Agile Lean Governance 158

The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

Ellis – Colin 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.

Healthcare 68

Healthcare PMO PMI Influencer 68

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The manual says you will seek approval from the project board for each of these documents, but in reality you’ll probably use PMO tried-and-tested standards and templates and the board members will care very little about how you intend to run the project as long as they trust you.

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Prince2 Initiating PMO 2023 351

MPUG

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A Project Management Methodology is an integral part of project governance. Organizations can choose any project management framework or methodology to establish project governance structure. Project governance is sometimes confused with project management, and many people use these terms interchangeably. Project Governance.

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Governance Government Project Life Cycle PMO 110

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In my experience, assurance is carried out by the PMO or another project manager whom I have invited to do a peer review. For big projects and programs, you might find it useful to have a risk and assurance committee, or some kind of separate PMO-led project assurance function. When does assurance happen?

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Prince2 PMO Risk Management Risk 364

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fix by: Work with the PMO to review the processes. If there is a risk that the process doesn’t work as expected you should be monitoring that (it’s most likely a task for your PMO) and ensuring that any subsequent issues with the process are captured and dealt with. So you still do them, pointlessly and with bad grace.

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Process PMO Risk Management 2017 390

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Setting up these procedures is the responsibility of a project management office (PMO) , While not all organizations have a PMO overseeing these responsibilities, it’s sometimes under the purview of the project manager, PMOs are in charge of coordinating all project, program and portfolio management-related activities.

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Underperforming Technical Team Influencer PMO Governance 379

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 28, 2019

lack of governance. Government PMO,” says Derek Huether, an enterprise Agile coach and trainer. “It was a traditional PMO, filled with certified professionals doing very good work in very specific areas of expertise. And it may feel like your project is never-ending. They are projects that: lack structure.

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Underperforming Technical Team PMO 2010 Governance 271

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2019

The Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA) arranges and manages project assurance reviews for the UK governments’ complex and high risk projects. edu project management template” and you’ll find quite a lot of universities have a PMO that makes templates available for general use. The product launch template in GanttPRO.

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Prince2 Infrastructure PMO Software Review 349

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Management Office (PMO): A PMO is responsible for defining and maintaining the standards for an organization’s project management. They help with prioritizing projects, providing governance guidelines and ensure that projects are beneficial to the organization by aligning with larger strategic goals.

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Budget PMO Defining Estimate 413

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 18, 2023

There are plenty of different ways to spread what you have learned from your project around the PMO, project managers and teams. This is a good way to reach a wider audience with your lessons learned as you can invite members of other project teams or the wider PMO community to come along and hear what worked on your project.

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PMO Software Review Initiating Finance 327

WorkOtter

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Implementing a strong governance framework involves setting up clear processes for project approval, oversight, and review. Governance should be designed to ensure that all projects align with strategic goals and that they are executed according to standardized best practices. What is Portfolio Governance?

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Governance Government Technical Review PMO 78

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.

Technical Review 349

Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 349

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Execute Lean Governance. Lean governance is overseeing and making decisions on forecasting and budgeting , measurements of portfolio performance and coordinating continuous compliance.

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Lean Software Review Manufacturing Governance 365

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

These could be project managers or PMO colleagues. However, you could move into program management from a senior operational role or another PMO role as well. You are responsible for maintaining the program plan and scheduling work at a relatively high level, and you’ll also assign tasks to other people.

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PMO Technical Review Leadership Risk Management 334

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. Stenbeck, PMP.

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Healthcare Influencer PMI Governance 62

nTask

APRIL 7, 2021

This is where the Project management office (PMO) enters the scene. Companies, now, rely on PMO to counter the problems encountered during project management. PMO not only adds to the efficiency of a project but also helps enhance the overall productivity of a team. What does PMO mean? What is PMO?

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