Organizations today are increasingly demanding higher requirements for corporate governance and heightened standards for executive oversight. Executives should now be able to define and enforce a governance structure
EVMS Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs)
Many organizations that have not implemented an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) before, typically need some education on the basics of what’s involved in an EVMS
5 Ways to Manage with Fewer Resources
No one wants to have to manage with fewer resources, but project teams are being squeezed all the time. It’s likely that at some point in your career you will be asked to manage a project without being given all the resources that you would ideally need to manage it effectively.
How Responsive Are You To Change?
Ask most people if they like it when things change, and the answer is going to be no. It is human nature – we like the status quo. And that goes for project managers too. We might be a group that manages change professionally, but
Two Ambitious Goals for Your PMO
At Ten Six, we see a couple of themes and goals for this year which include raising the strategic profile of the PMO and improving its approach to organizational skill development.
Get Credentialed: The New Portfolio Management Professional Credential
There’s a new credential available from PMI: the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)SM. With the pilot due to finish this February it will soon be available for everyone
What is a Project Plan?
In large enterprises with hundreds or thousands of capital projects, it is important to create standards by which all projects must adhere to. This provides the organization the ability to roll up and assess overall
5 Things Your Project Stakeholders Want to Hear You Say
Words matter. As a project manager, you have the ability to impact your project team and your stakeholders by what you say. Here are five things that stakeholders want to hear from you.
Mock EVM Review Process for IBRs
In the process of getting certified for an ANSI-748 application many companies try to “go it on their own” until such time as they get hammered by either DCMA (DOD/NASA) or OECM (DOE or EP&C). We have had
Three Dimensions Of Trust
A lot of the time, Project managers don’t have the project team working directly for them. That means that we have to find alternative ways to involve the team, motivate them, and lead them towards the end of the project.