Sooner or later, you’ll need to hire staff for your PMO and need the relevant interview questions. Part of PMO implementation planning, is ensuring that you have enough staff to carry out the functions that are required. Many PMOs are created from internal team members who want to move across from project management into a […]
ISO 21500 Standards for Project Management
The ISO 21500 standards are developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. What many folks, in the project management community, may not realize is that the ISO 21500 standard for project management is actually a growing series of standards covering different elements of Project, Programme and Portfolio Management. Another important thing […]
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. […]
The 3 Questions Every Project Health Check Should Include
The end of the year and the beginning of the year are times when Project Management Office teams often focus on project reviews and performing a project health check. Yes, a project health check should be built into the regular calendar of events, but we often see that executive teams demand a different level of […]
Keep, Kill, Reconsider – Strategies for Improving Governance
Do you consider keeping, killing or reconsidering stategies for improving governance? Does this sound familiar? Your project teams are working really hard but you’re still seeing a pattern of failing projects and projects that fail to deliver the expected benefits. This is a challenge for lots of Project Management Offices, especially when you are starting […]
Performance Is An Execution Problem
Performance is an execution problem. Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality will be the next disruptive game changers in the creation of intelligent applications that fundamentally change the way we work, collaborate and trade with partners and customers. These disruptive technologies will provide opportunities to all professional services business, not just the high-end knowledge […]
Scheduling Practice Standard Conundrums
Time and again I run into scenarios where trying to satisfy all the scheduling practice standard guidelines can leave you in a no-win situation. For the purposes of this article I’ll call these Practice Standard Conundrums – that which seeming cannot be solved without violating at least one scheduling practice standard guideline. Today I’m going […]
Video: Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics In Action
Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics Video We recently published an article that shows you how to run a schedule diagnostic using Deltek Acumen Fuse Diagnostics. The Acumen Fuse tool is a one-stop shop for much of your schedule analysis during the development of a schedule. You can use diagnostics for double-checking the quality of your schedule […]
5 Pitfalls of Managing Large Portfolios And How To Manage Them
Managing a large portfolio of projects and programs comes with its own challenges. PMO leaders working with large corporate portfolios face a number of pitfalls. This is especially where the project management maturity has grown over time and the portfolio has evolved and scaled almost organically. There comes a tipping point where it’s important to […]
Oracle Releases Primavera P6 Version 17.7
This just in… Today sees the arrival of the first “on premises” Primavera P6 release for 2017 from our friends at Oracle. Officially this is Primavera P6 Version 17.7, wait 17.7? “Huh – what happened to the other six?” we hear you ask. Well, there’s been a subtle change in the naming convention: instead of […]