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.
Suppose you have settled on the perfect project plan. That is certainly all fine and good, but have you considered whether the way you execute said plan will actually contribute to its success? Determining whether your project plans are capable of bringing the desired results is crucial to the overall success of your enterprise. Here...
Choosing the right project management solution is a struggle for most organizations. At first glance, many project management solutions seem similar, leaving many companies unsure as to how they should pick the right one from the crowd. Once organizations dig in, they often find that the decision becomes even more difficult, because they are not...
Enterprise project management can be tremendously complex and challenging, even under the best circumstances. Dealing with large budgets, high stakeholder expectations and large, geographically diverse teams can test the abilities of even the most experienced project manager. As organizations look for quicker delivery, better quality and faster returns on their investments, the demands on project...
Imagine you’re building a rocket. You are so eager, you purchase the raw materials immediately and begin construction, under the assumption everything else will fall into place and you don’t need resource planning. Then you find out your team isn’t so ready. Some are preoccupied with other projects or entirely unavailable, and even some of...
Time flies, especially when it comes to project management. It is often a struggle for PMs to keep up with the work of each individual team member, resulting in their inability to effectively monitor productivity and adhere to budgets and deadlines. Before they know it, projects become far too expensive and it’s revealed that time...
With more than 100 million active monthly users, including prominent figures in every imaginable industry, LinkedIn is a social network that no organization can afford to ignore. The site has become a central element of global business, allowing companies to find new employees, promote new products and identify potential customers and business partners. Marketing on...
Anywhere you look in today’s business environment, you’ll see signs that project management is growing in depth and importance. Organizations are hiring project managers at an unprecedented rate, creating specialized project management departments and enhancing their capabilities with advanced cloud-based project management solutions. Thousands of professionals are earning project management credentials each year, hoping to...
Take a walk through any office, at any time of day, and you’re sure to see at least a few people using social media at their desks. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ or other sites, the vast majority of workers spend at least some time on social networking each day. At first glance, managers...
Enterprise project managers often build their teams from a combination of internal employees and outside contractors. In most cases, these outside contractors are employees of a business partner, vendor or other organization. In some cases, however, you may discover that you can’t find people with the right skill sets inside your organization or within any...
No project can succeed without the right people working on it. We already know that your next project will have the right person—you—managing it, and with any luck you’ll be able to build your team with people you’ve worked with before and can trust to get the job done. But what happens if you need...
