Projektportfoliomanagement

Das PMO steht unter ständigem Druck. Von der Einhaltung von Standards für Projektmanagementpraktiken bis hin zur Planung und Durchführung von Projekten - das PMO muss ständig mit der Strategie und den Geschäftsergebnissen synchronisiert sein. In dieser PMO-Blog-Kategorie finden Sie zahlreiche Empfehlungen von Experten zur Förderung der Top-Down- und Bottom-Up-Planung, zur Verbesserung der Prozesse, zur Förderung der Zufriedenheit der Stakeholder und schließlich zur Beseitigung von Silos, um die PMO-Funktion voranzubringen. Holen Sie sich Expertenrat zu den Vor- und Nachteilen der Einführung eines kontinuierlichen Planungsmodells. Die Experten werden Ihnen auch praktische Ratschläge für die Auswahl Ihres nächsten Projektportfoliomanagement-Tools geben und Ihnen zeigen, wie Sie #BeThatPMO werden, den Ihr Unternehmen braucht.

Sechs Eigenschaften von erfolgreichen Projektmanagern

We all know that a project manager is the person who plans and executes a project, but what are the top traits of successful project managers? Whether your opinion has been formed by years of experience or the collective opinions of your clients and colleagues, your list likely includes a good mix of personality traits,...

Top Qualities of an Effective Project Manager

What are the top qualities of an effective project manager? From setting clear expectations to having a comprehensive project management solution, we know a thing or two about what transforms a person from an ordinary project manager into an effective project leader. Being a project manager requires planning, organization and a strong dependency on the...

Dealing With Difficult Clients

Quite possibly the hardest part of any customer-based role, Project management included, is having to deal with clients who may be rude, angry or perhaps constantly changing their mind. Being able to deal with such clients, in an effective and resolute manner, is essential to the ultimate success of your projects. Even if you don’t...

Project management issue tracking

In the real world of project management — the one where waterfall diagrams don’t always fall, and critical paths aren’t always critical — I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that issue management skills determine project success as much as anything else. Show me a good project manager, and I’ll show you a good...

Scrum, Kanban, Lean or Waterfall… or maybe a combination?

Many organizations aspire to adopt agile processes such as Scrum, Kanban and even a combination like Scrumban to take advantage of the numerous benefits that they offer to an organization. Those benefits include, but are not limited to, quicker return on investment, better software quality, and higher customer satisfaction. As part of this shift, organizations...

Tips for Identifying Project Risks

Als Projektmanager können Sie sich bei fast jedem neuen Projekt sicher sein, dass etwas schief gehen wird. Sie wissen vielleicht nicht genau, was es sein wird - nicht verfügbare Ressourcen, Terminkonflikte, geänderte Anforderungen oder etwas anderes - aber die Chancen stehen gut, dass mindestens ein Teil Ihres Projektplans nicht eingehalten werden kann. Was unterscheidet den durchschnittlichen...

Planview AdaptiveWork as an alternative to MS Project

One of the things we asked ourselves when we founded Planview AdaptiveWork is why was MS Project so popular and so commonly used? The answer is simple; it’s available, affordable, and includes a very necessary set of Project Management features. The next question we asked was, “why is Excel even more popular and commonly used...

The Directly Responsible Individual in the Age of Social Enterprise

In the business world, it is often said that execution is everything. What most commonly separates successful organizations from those that lag behind or, oftentimes those who fail altogether, are not great ideas, but great delivery. To be sure, a great idea or product can make you and your organization initially successful. However, without solid...

Top 3 Wege, mit einem gescheiterten Projekt umzugehen

A well known self-help guru, who has legions of raving fans across the world and dozens of books to his credit, once suggested that there is no such thing as failure; there are only results. Well, as edifying as that may be, telling a Project Sponsor that “the project wasn’t a total disaster – it...

How to Compare Project Management Software

As more companies around the world – from fresh solopreneurial start-ups all the way up to large established enterprises – grasp the fact that project management is an efficient and effective approach to reducing risk, ensuring quality, controlling costs, and achieving objectives, the decision to get project management software is an easy one. However, that’s...