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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.
In the past, saying the phrase “use an agile approach” in most enterprise environments would trigger two very different reactions: developers would perk up, and everyone else would tune out. That’s because agile was linked exclusively to software development projects. And while scrum (and its many applications and expressions) remains alive and well, agile isn’t...
Whether blamed for lengthy project delivery times or less-than-stellar project results, many PMO leaders find themselves in the cross-hairs these days. No one wants to be accused of being slow or process-heavy when it comes to resource capacity planning. But PMO leaders and resource managers can’t manage resources one project at a time. Instead, the...
As a project manager, you can feel certain on almost every new project that something will go wrong along the way. You may not know what exactly it will be—unavailable resources, scheduling conflicts, changes in requirements or something else—but chances are that at least one part of your project plan will break. What separates average...
It is widely understood that collaboration is essential to organizational growth, success and, in the long run, survival. However, many organizations that have attempted to enable and promote enterprise social collaboration have discovered that the quantifiable benefits are underwhelming. Yes, there are many more conversations taking place – both online and offline. But no, performance,...
Does this sound familiar? A key task in your project is dependent on the completion of an earlier task by your organization’s IT or development team. However, IT and development are using their own tool to track their requirements and progress, and neither you nor anyone on your team have access to that tool. As...
For most organizations, growing revenue and managing operational spend are top priorities. With digital disruption occurring in everything from banking, shopping, to healthcare, today’s organizations must focus on new customer-oriented strategies when it comes to planning and execution. Put simply: managing the customer experience is forcing enterprises to beef up investment in new technology, which...
Cross-functional teams, at least in theory, are good things for any organization. When employees are able to break out of their departmental silos and work closely with colleagues from other areas of the business, they have access to more information and a wider set of capabilities. When things go well, these teams are able to...
Employee engagement should be a top priority for every employer in 2017 and beyond. A growing body of research indicates that despite the critical importance of employee engagement in long-term organizational success, few companies have found the magic formula for keeping their workers happy and motivated. In fact, a recent employee engagement survey indicated that...
When it comes to the annual IT planning process, IT organizations are facing a real struggle. In fact, 85 percent of IT leaders say changes are being made to the annual plan several times a year, according to a recent CIO.com poll. (See my previous blog titled “Evolving Your Planning Process for the Digital Economy”...
Large organizations cannot afford to treat their projects as isolated efforts. With dozens or even hundreds of projects underway at any given time, a strategic approach to portfolio management is the only way to avoid duplicated efforts, conflicting agendas and problems with resource allocation. Despite the obvious importance of portfolio management, many companies have difficulty...
