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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.
Using Data Analytics to Improve Project Outcomes: Tips & Advice The use of analytics in business has blossomed with the growth of the internet and digital technologies. Now there is software designed to track everything, from sales and customer engagement, to the pathways that lead consumers to businesses, to how the public reacts to different...
Every project involves risk. Even the smallest projects require investments of time and money, and when projects fail, these investments are lost. At the enterprise level, when project time is measured in thousands of hours and financial investments are often in the millions, the risks are tremendous. Understanding the future events that could put a...
The project scope statement is one of the most basic cornerstones upon which every project is built. Basically, the statement lays out what needs to get done, under what conditions and how completion will be measured. Though that might all seem perfectly logical, unfortunately, project scope management also seems to be one of the most...
The holiday season is most people’s favorite time of the year, despite the much worse weather. This is because finally, after probably months on end of hard work, they get to take a proper break, with at least four (and hopefully many more) consecutive days to just kick back and relax, whether with family and...
If you use Zoom to hold meetings or to coordinate with your colleagues then we have some big news for you! We’re happy to announce that Planview AdaptiveWork Go has an application in Zoom’s App Marketplace with a native integration to the Zoom platform. Whether you have a free or paid Zoom account, this integration...
Even if your customers are happy today, wouldn’t you like to make them happier? Highly satisfied customers are critical to the long-term success of almost every business. They’re important not only because they tend to make more (and larger) purchases, but also because they can become ambassadors for your company, sharing their positive experiences through...
Project management hasn’t always been a top priority in the marketing world, but it certainly has useful applications, which is perhaps why the topic of marketing project management has become more popular in recent years. The processes and products of project management lend themselves well to marketing, which requires logical progressions and coordination of resources...
Gap analysis is a methodology used to identify whether your business or project is performing as it should be and how to bridge the “gap” between where you are and where you want to be. It can be very useful for identifying areas which are underperforming or deciding on the best places to invest or...
In brief, project management objectives are the successful development of the project’s procedures of initiation, planning, execution, regulation and closure as well as the guidance of the project team’s operations towards achieving all the agreed upon goals within the set scope, time, quality and budget standards. Projects are temporary and, in a sense, unique endeavors....
Project management terminology is constantly evolving to adapt to the hyper-fast pace of change in the world around us. This can often create situations where we’re stuck wondering to ourselves, “How does the Delphi method work?”, “Where did the Kotter Change Model come from?” or “Exactly what is a Scrum Master?” While some terminology changes...
