We’ve previously shared 10 killer interview questions for PMO roles but what if you are recruiting a PMO Director or Manager? The questions for senior candidates can be a little different. Here are 10 excellent PMO Director interview questions. Regardless of the job title you will actually use for the role, these questions are aimed […]
Restricting Start-to-Start and Finish-to-Finish Relationships
Ban SS and FF Relationships? Recently, I’ve seen a couple of CPM schedule specifications which do not allow any Start-to-Start (SS), Finish-to-Finish (FF) relationships or relationship lags. I do not understand this complete abolishment of these schedule tools. I absolutely support limiting the use of SS and FF relationships, and relationship lags. The work being […]
The Work Package
The Work Package During the process of creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) you want to keep a “blind eye” toward project activities. Only after the WBS is thoroughly decomposed, do you consider the activities or efforts required to produce those WBS elements. Let’s take a closer look at this. One of the seven habits […]
Create Accountability in Your Team
What is Accountability? Accountability is determined proactively, before the fact, not re-actively after the fact. If a mistake is made, the response is not to cast blame, point fingers or make excuses but instead, it is about solving the problem and learning from the mistake. Accountability leads to every employee feeling a sense of ownership […]
PMO Trends to Watch in 2020
This year seems to have whizzed by, and here in the Ten Six office we’re once again discussing the changes we’ve seen in PMOs over the past 12 months, and predicting the 2020 PMO trends. After much debate, here are the five 2020 PMO trends we think you should be aware of as we head […]
Simple Critical Path Actual Performance Comparison
Do you review the actual performance of work that was driving the Critical Path at the start of this update period? Do you know if the Critical Path work for this update period was completed as planned, delayed, or maybe even completed ahead of schedule? Figure 1 – Current Update Critical Path The current progress […]
The Construction CPM Conference 2020
The Construction CPM Conference 2020 will be held on January 19-22. This conference will offer a welcoming day on Sunday, January 19th followed by three full days of study and presentations and training at the Critical Path Method (CPM) and Schedule Analysis. The three major software and solutions providers; Deltek, Microsoft, and Oracle, will provide […]
5 PMO Soft Skills for 2020
PMO Soft Skills for 2020 We’re nearly at the end of 2019 and business leaders in all industries are asking themselves, “Where did the year go?” The final quarter is a crucial time for many organizations, as they manage the holiday season with employees off work, and the increased expectations from customers and the leadership […]
What is Driving the Critical Path?
What is Driving the Critical Path? Do you ever look at a pdf of the schedule and see multiple activities in-progress that are also showing as critical? Figure 1 – multiple in-progress activities shown on Critical Path How can this be? Critical Path Defined First, we need to know how the Critical Path is defined […]
Address the Project Warning Signs to Stop Disasters
Many of the project warning signs that it will end in disaster are vague. This is especially true if there is a lack of communication, particularly at the start of a project. If client proposals are vague, then the scope of the project will be vague. Maybe the client doesn’t completely know what they want, […]