Project Management Offices exist at all kinds of levels in an organization. You may have one set up to provide PMO support on a particular large project, or a specific team. The PMO may be attached to a corporate division, or support the work of one country in a multi-national business. Or you may have […]
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What Does A PMO Do?
A PMO is a Project Management Office. It’s a function within an organization that defines the standards for project management. And it can do a whole lot more than that too. The main purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO) is to make sure that projects and programs are run in a repeatable, standardized way. […]
Why PMOs Fail (And How To Stop It From Happening To You)
Why do PMOs fail? If you have been working in the world of Project Management Offices for any length of time you’ll know that the average life of a PMO is about 4 years. PMO practitioners around the world have been looking to improve on that for some time now, and with good reason. A […]
The Project Management Office (PMO)
Project-focused, team-based activities increasingly dominate the way organizations are addressing the challenges of today’s changing business environment. The number of projects in many organizations is increasing and project performance is viewed as strategic to the success
Project Portfolio Management For IT Organizations
IT organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver more with less, and are challenged to improve alignment with evolving business objectives. IT’s performance is constantly being evaluated and, with compliance regulations, there
Ten Six Consulting Predicts the Hot Topics for Project Management in 2013
Jon Swain, President of Ten Six Consulting, predicts that BYOD, cost savings, project entrepreneurship, sponsorship and a business focus will be the trending topics for project management during 2013.
Make Your PMO More Effective With Learning Transfer
Do you make a point of ensuring that everyone who goes on a training course transfers what they have learned to their work environment? It’s worth doing. A new study by ESI International shows that when training is transferred back onto the job, Project Management Offices (PMOs) are considered more effective by project teams and […]
3 Ways to Realize Project Benefits
The point of completing projects is to get the benefit from the change that is delivered. Projects are done to improve things, so it is important to know what benefits you can expect from a project and how these will be measured.
The Most Important Question for Troubled Projects
It isn’t always an easy road for projects. Regardless of how good the management tools are and how good the team is, sometimes projects end up classified as ‘Red’ or ‘Troubled’. This can happen for a number of reasons, including:
Five Reasons Why Project Managers Should Track Time
In offices all around the country, Friday afternoons are timesheet time. Everyone from the technical team to the project managers has a little grumble about the administrative overhead of filling in a timesheet.