On January 28th, ProjectsAtWork featured an article by Jerry Manas titled, Were the Mayans Right About Your PMO? In it he covers the top 5 priorities for your PMO in 2013, as well as a list of undeniable trends and predictions for the coming year.
The article follows the End of the World Webcast Jerry hosted where he dropped some ancient Mayan knowledge that dispelled all of the “end of the world” myths that were floating around, but also brought to light a startling statistic that indicates that your PMO could face its demise if you don’t make these 5 key points a priority in 2013. Did you know that 75% of PMO’s are dissolved within the first 3 years of starting?1
In the article, Jerry leverages the doomsday theme as a background to drive the point home that in order for your PMO to avoid becoming a statistic in this New Year it needs to address the following:
- Floods (Resource Management)
- Blindness (Predictive Analytics)
- Risky Adventures (Innovation Projects)
- Crevices (Portfolio Management)
- Beasts (Understand Agile)
Here’s a look at the article:
“In December, I presented a webinar dispelling the numerous myths about the Mayan end-of-the world predictions, not the least of which is the fact that the circular sun stone tablet referred to in 95% of the websites predicting doomsday is in fact Aztec, not Mayan. But I did, however, share the more realistic doom and gloom cautionary messages for PMOs in 2013 ‒‒ specifically five things to worry about, all undeniable trends that have been heading our way like a freight train with faulty brakes…”
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1Margo Visitacion, “PMOs: Stop Being the Office of ‘No,'” Forrester Research, Inc., Nov. 11, 2011
