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.
Desperate times call for practical measures, isn’t that how the saying goes? Sure seems that practicality is the name of the game these days, as the world decides what is and isn’t essential. What is essential in your life? Chances are, your answers have changed drastically in the last month or even within the last...
Today was the first day of our virtual summit on Embracing Uncertainty: How enterprises can thrive on continuous change. Business challenges come in a variety of shapes and sizes these days — uncertainty from the broader economy for industries that are particularly hard hit to those seeing increased demand for their products. This summit is...
For several years, organizations have focused on becoming more agile. This does not necessarily mean diving into a world characterized by Scrum, sprints, stand-up meetings and other hallmarks of agile project management. Rather, it means shifting from a command-and-control approach to a sense-and-respond approach, in order to more quickly adjust to all manner of change:...
The global coronavirus pandemic forced virtually every enterprise to adapt to significant disruptions – closing offices, canceling travel, and asking employees to work from home. Organizations will still be adapting long after the pandemic fades away. Those that turn business disruptions into business opportunities will succeed. How to do so will be the focus of...
My first official day as Clarizen’s new CEO was March 30. Since then, I have spent about 15 minutes in our San Mateo, Calif. headquarters. I stopped by the empty office building that was already closed due to coronavirus-imposed health restrictions to pick up my new laptop. However, the pandemic has not prevented me from...
Experienced project managers know that there are times when Gantt charts, waterfall diagrams, work breakdown structures, or even good old fashioned critical paths – even giant, impressive red ones — aren’t enough to help project team members advance towards the finish line. Sure, they can help. But your team needs a little (or, sometimes, a...
Written by: Brad Egel When you think of project kickoff, what comes to mind first? Starting a fresh project where everything is right with the world? A new beginning with a new client who is excited and ready to work with you on the path to a successful end solution? A fresh start with zero issues...
Tech disruptors, such as Uber and Amazon, have placed huge pressure on businesses to innovate at an ever faster pace. To do so, organizations have had to rethink their traditional approach to development, leading many to embrace ‘microservices’ – an approach to application development in which a large application is built as a suite of...
It takes a lot to pull off a number of projects simultaneously: the right resources, a great plan, and most importantly a team with the right expertise. Some variables can be managed with the right planning, but team members leaving midway through projects can throw a spanner in the works.
This article isn't going to focus on any one task management solution. What works best for you, your project, your project customer, your project team and your overall collaboration and reporting needs is for you to figure out and decide. But what I can and will discuss here is my own thoughts on five key...
