Your path to business agility
Here is a common scenario: You spend months participating in annual planning. If you are part of the process that collects the list of projects, you are spending ridiculous hours collecting and consolidating. Then, you pass the list of projects to those who “align” those projects to strategy? The problem is that this alignment activity...
Your company recently introduced a new product to the market, and it has been a huge success. But do you know why? Can you trace the product delivered back to the original idea? Can you improve the innovation strategy? You need to learn to measure innovation capability. According to Tech Clarity, to best monitor and...
In my last blog, “What is Work and Resource Management: Part 1 – Adapting to change,” I define work and resource management from the perspective of our friends at Ventana Research. This blog features the Ventana Research viewpoint on overcoming hurdles to maximize business value from their whitepaper, “Five Ways to Increase Efficiency and Innovate...
For the PMO, saying “yes” to the hundreds of requests that flood their pipeline is not a long-term, scalable strategy. Sure, in the short-term, you may end up making a few people happy, but without proper project prioritization it will likely be challenging to manage that much incoming demand across the entire portfolio. Organizations often...
We have all heard the story about How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Every organization has a “Grinch” of their own, most specifically a project portfolio management (PPM) Grinch. The Grinch is the naysayer, the one who is always skeptical about portfolio management benefits, the one who cannot open their eyes beyond the initial costs and...
When I walked in to my PMO Manager’s office and sat down for our one-on-one, I was not expecting to hear the one sentence I never wanted to hear. “We’re going to start tracking project time.” Nooooo! My boss tried to make it positive by listing benefits. Yes, it would be nice to have historical...
Whether your PMO is brand new or has been around for years, the vision is one of the key components. Without it, each person is beating to their own drum and moving in a different direction. Powerful and guiding, a clear vision will align everyone to make sure we’re all moving towards the same goals....
