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The PMO is under constant pressure. From maintaining standards for project management practices to planning and delivering projects – the PMO needs to be in constant sync with strategy and business outcomes. This PMO blog category provides numerous recommendations from experts to encourage top down and bottom up planning, improve processes, promote stakeholder satisfaction, and ultimately eliminate silos to advance the PMO function. Get expert advice on the pros and cons of adopting a continuous planning model. Experts will also share real-world advice on choosing your next Project Portfolio Management tool and how to #BeThatPMO your business needs.
A long-held axiom is that knowledge is power. Nowhere is this truer than when trying to determine how to resolve persistent resource overloads. But it’s hard to know how to address the constraints of your workforce if you don’t understand the scope and volume of work that’s competing for their time. This is why gaining...
Recently, in our webinar, “The 7 Deadly Sins of Project Management” we learned from Justin Rowe, Practice Director at our consulting partner, Lewis Fowler. In the presentation, Justin discussed the sins of project management as well as how to recognize and correct them. This resulted in mass attendee participation in questions, many of them very...
Forgive me, for I have sinned. It started from decisions that no one could explain, direction no one understood. Innocent project managers were drowning from decisions made around them. Some disappeared and were never seen again. They had influence and experience, along with a false sense of security. Nothing was what it seemed. A Project Management Office that...
A compelling statistic emerged from the 2016 Resource Management and Capacity Planning benchmark study. Of organizations that considered themselves lower maturity when it comes to capacity planning, only 31% typically even consider capacity when deciding to take on new projects. In stark contrast, 72% of mature companies consider capacity most or all of the time....
Until now, Innotas was mostly available to English-speaking customers, primarily in North America. However, we know that our friends in Europe and the Middle East, indeed, all over the world, face the same project and portfolio management challenges our U.S. customers face. While we were able serve many customers in the European markets, many were...
One of the biggest challenges for present day project managers is managing and prioritizing projects when more than one team or department is involved. This is especially true for larger organizations where there are global teams or remote locations. While this has always been an important consideration, cross-team project prioritization has gained additional significance in...
Is unplanned demand proving to be a disruptive force in your organization? When it comes to fitting in new projects with limited capacity, you may be facing the painful reality that annual planning isn’t working. Continuous planning in a digital economy may be the answer. If today’s constantly evolving landscape is causing chaos in your...
CIO spending is not yet in alignment with the evolution to digital business, digital spending and marketing. CIOs are still focusing their money on very traditional spending, such as keeping the lights on and doors open – operational and infrastructure support. It is important for better aligned spending in this customer- focused age. The thought...
When enterprise organizations choose a new vendor or business partner, they look at much more than just the partner company’s product or service. Multiple factors that could affect the business relationship come under scrutiny, from the vendor’s corporate history and financial stability to the resumes of the people who will be involved on the project....
Do you ever find yourself wondering why your organization has a hard time making decisions, solving problems or accomplishing goals that should be fairly simple? If so, the silo mentality may be to blame. Silos between departments are among the most common challenges to project success and organizational efficiency today. Employees are often unwilling to...
