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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.
For many years technology has played a critical role in improving both the efficiency and accuracy of processes through automation. Now, as technological capabilities continue to evolve, it is becoming more pervasive in all industries. The result is “Digital Business” and its exponential increase in the pace of technology-enabled products and services that impact us...
Agile project management is a hotly debated topic and has left some of us wondering “what’s so great about Agile?” and “what can it do for me?” Agile portfolios are trending right now, and it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach. As Agile popularity grows and demand for Agile teams increases, it is important to understand the...
PMOs, IT leaders and CIOs are commonly measured on their ability to complete projects on-time and on-budget. This is no longer enough. In today’s world, IT has a seat at the business strategy table, so we must look beyond our traditional metrics and challenge ourselves to ensure we are providing business value. There is a...
LifeWay Christian Resources was established in 1891 as a way to supply theological content for churches that were in high demand of teaching materials for Southern Baptist Churches. Since then, LifeWay has developed over 186 storefronts and continued to provide teaching materials for students in a way that utilizes modern technology and encompasses an extended...
Digital Transformation and the Need for Bimodal IT I recently attended the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Dubai; it is good to reflect on the powerful messages that were delivered, focusing on how to realize, build and optimize digital opportunities, and moving digital business from theory to practice. CIOs were encouraged to evolve their own IT leadership...
Do you think your service desk could use a boost? Are you realizing that while a service desk is essential in your organization, it is just a piece of a much larger puzzle? It is impossible to deny the importance of a service desk system in your organization, but it begs the question, how can...
While I spoke at the EBCG Portfolio Management in Life Sciences Conference, people started talking. I don’t mean in whispers, or on their mobiles behind their hands. It started a quietly, as a susurration, and became louder, until I momentarily stopped speaking to ask myself “is anyone paying attention?” The thing is, they were paying...
A Case for Continuous Iterative Planning Here’s a simple question for you: How often do you revisit the annual plan once it is “done?” This is a question Patrick Tickle, chief product officer at Planview, asked Margo Visitacion, vice president, principal analyst at Forrester Research, Inc. and Carina Hatfield, product manager at Planview, at the...
Aligning project and portfolio objectives with overall business goals may seem like a no-brainer. Inherent, almost, that projects you invest in are supporting your overall objectives. However, not all projects are created equal, and sometimes the best made plans are self destructive. In order to create a plan that truly factors in business goals and...
4 Ways to Improve Billable Utilization Having worked in the professional services industry for many years, I am surprised at how many organizations still struggle with resource management and fail to optimize billable utilization. I’ve also had the privilege of working with organizations that got it right! In this blog, I share some recommendations and...
