PMO Trends to Watch in 2019 Two things happen about this time of year: we all start talking in the office about how fast the last 12 months have gone. And we pour through journals, trade magazines and sum up our diverse experience with clients to assess what trends will be hitting Project Management Offices […]
Construction CPM Conference 2019
The Construction CPM Conference 2019 is being held on January 20-23, 2019 in San Diego, California. Construction CPM Conference 2019 offers a welcoming day on Sunday 20th followed by three full days of discussion and study relating to the Critical Path Method (CPM) of Planning and Schedule Analysis. The Construction CPM Conference 2019 is aimed exclusively […]
10 Project Selection Criteria for Your PMO
10 Project Selection Criteria for Your PMO The lifeblood of any Project Management Office (PMO) is a stream of new ideas that turn into projects. Projects help deliver strategy, and they keep the team busy doing valuable work that helps the business achieve its objectives. The biggest challenge for business leaders is to decide what […]
How to Create A Charter for Your Project Management Office
While there are various types of Project Management Office charters, no two PMOs are exactly alike. They all serve their businesses in different, unique ways. That’s why it’s helpful to document what your PMO is going to do and what purpose it serves. In this article we’ll dive more into the purpose and benefits of […]
How To Use Technology To Improve PMO Capability
What PMO technology do you use? Many businesses make the decision to get started with PMO processes, (or risk management, or project management approaches) and then add the PMO technology in later. This is a perfectly acceptable approach, but it does have drawbacks. There’s no escaping that paper-based (“electronic” paper!), highly manual processes are cheap […]
How to Create Buy In for the PMO
How to Create Buy In for the PMO More often than not, when we are engaged to help an organization set up a PMO, executive managers have already committed to the idea of a Project Management Office. They understand the benefits and services that a PMO will provide. They see the strategic value inherent in […]
The Challenges of PMO Maturity
When we look at Project Management Office maturity levels, we often see that PMO leaders face a number of challenges in starting the journey. They want to move to a more mature PMO, offering a more services and providing more value to the business. But getting there isn’t as easy as you might think. Here […]
Organizational Change Management For Program Managers
Organizational change management for Program Managers. When we work with Program Managers, we help them conceptualize, assess, plan and implement changes brought about by project results. While no client is the same, starting from different points, different levels of maturity, unique situations, etc. some common themes do appear. Are you struggling with some of these […]
Administrative Time Gaps
Administrative time gaps are rarely, if ever, accounted for in scheduling, but some consider them to be the root cause of most schedule delays. Administrative time gaps are therefore, worth discussion. Schedules can be defined and divided into Productive Work Segments (PWS) and Time Gaps (TG). A PWS refers to the division of an activity’s […]
Quality Cost Forecasting for Project Controls
Cost forecasting is almost never 100% accurate. If it were, the field of cost control would be significantly less difficult. There are elements however, that do contribute to a quality cost forecast. In this article I offer some high-level details about these elements. Forecasting is the critical focus of cost control. Work package forecast evaluation […]