Your path to business agility
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.
We have had a number of conversations with customers and prospect that mentioned having a corporate or IT-driven “cloud initiative”. After hearing this, we’ve reflected on the rapid change of cloud solutions from the early adopters and point solutions to broader acceptance of cloud solutions within enterprise IT. According to a recent article by InformationWeek...
One hundred and twenty five senior finance executives participated in a study titled, The State of Capital Planning, conducted by Appleseed Partners and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), and sponsored by Planview. The results are in and will be featured in as webcast this month on January 24, 2012 at 12PM CST. The study reveals...
No one can know for sure what the future holds but there are certain predictions that help us navigate the tides of the changing economies in 2012. Studying these forecasts allow us to make informed decisions about how we invest time, money, and resources against our financial goals. We were recently invited to participate in...
One part of my job that I like best is working with prospective customers to help them understand the potential ROI of a PPM solution. It’s an interactive process that takes many factors into consideration. Time and time again, what surprises me is the extent to which IT resources are over-committed, often to what turn...
It has been an amazing year in the portfolio management space and it is time to reflect on accomplishments and new goals on the horizon. As the year comes to a close, I’d like to share the most popular PMO resources of 2011. The list covers everything from tips for resource planning and best practices...
Yesterday, J. Rourke wrote an article on Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management Blog titled “EPM Resolutions for 2012” and resolution #3 caught my attention. “Many organizations suffer from planning processes that aren’t aligned across functions and are supported by disconnected spreadsheets. Look for ways to better integrate long-term, strategic planning with financial budgeting as well as...
Many of my recent discussions with portfolio staff have centered around the distinctions between project management and strategic R&D portfolio management applications. Often I hear a variant of the statement “We already have/are installing a capacity planning software. It does portfolio management…why would we need a dedicated strategic portfolio system?” In reality, there are critical...
With the year coming to a closing, organizations are wrapping up remaining projects and start setting priorities and objectives for 2012. One of the main challenges continues to be in defining goals and objectives for the upcoming 12 months and utilizing limited resources in the IT organization in most efficient and effective way. Some of...
So far, I’ve talked about the role of the EPMO, effective PMO communication, and how a PMO can drive innovation in an organization — all key points from Gartner’s recent PPM and Governance Summit. In this last post from this series, I’ll talk about the fourth and final point: how driving PMO maturity needs to...
In my last two posts, I talked about the evolving role of the EPMO and effective PMO communication, two of the four key takeaways from Gartner’s PPM and IT Governance Summit. This post will cover the third point, driving competitive advantage and PMO innovation. Gartner states that traditional governance processes and project management systems crush...
