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.
For a project manager to become truly successful, they must have the ability to align their project within the greater context of the company. Understanding the core business strategy is the key to reaching a positive outcome. Strategic alignment and delivery shouldn’t be a conversation solely reserved for senior-level executives—as the results affect everyone within...
Apologizing at work can take a lot of guts and humility but is also a sign of professionalism and maturity that can be a very positive sign of good leadership. Knowing how to apologize at work isn’t easy but doing it right is a skill that every project manager (and professional in general) needs to...
Goal setting is a great way to focus your staff or team on the direction and destination of your organization’s short, medium and long-term journeys. Having clear goals and pathways for them to be achieved will help your organization to grow, give a clear reference point for all team members and help to harness the...
The rise of DevOps has unleashed a range of technical, workforce and business benefits, including: more deployments, faster lead times, shorter recovery times, lower change failure rates, less unplanned and rework, and even happier people. Indeed, as noted by open source configuration tool maker Puppet, enterprises that boost performance through DevOps methodologies enjoy greater employee...
Every project is a lesson and skipping the closure phase in the lifecycle of a project is akin to never taking the final test. Whether it is a success or failure, an organization can learn something from every venture. That is, of course, unless you fail to document the final phase or meet on deliverables....
Working with vendors is a very common occurrence in project management as it will be very rare that your team will have absolutely everything it needs in-house to complete their assigned tasks. Whether it’s physical materials, online storage or hosting, outsourced support lines or any number of other external needs, vendor relationship management will play...
While the saying “a good start is half the work” is never true when it comes to almost any project, it does still play a very significant role in the momentum that the project begins with. For a project manager therefore, knowing how to kick off a project effectively is an important and necessary skill...
While it would be great if everyone was able to maintain the same, 100%, level of performance consistently, unfortunately it never happens. One of the biggest reasons for this can come down to motivation and one of the key influences on motivation are the rewards and recognition someone receives for the work they do. While...
Every project has stakeholders and identifying their role and importance for your project can be key for ensuring swift decision making and the ability to recognize which needs take priority over others. If you are wondering how to identify project stakeholders, they can generally be defined as: A stakeholder is any individual, group, or...
The qualities of a strong manager are many yet can be distilled down to a few basic concepts, such as: Motivation Intuition Versatility Confidence Flexibility Organization Industry Knowledge Communication Respect Being a strong manager is not always easy, but the positive effects of being able to lead a team effectively and get the most out...
