Empowered employees make successful project teams. In project management, and elsewhere, empowered employees make for strong, self-reliant, engaged and effective teams. Regardless of the size of the company, confident self-reliant employees are the key to creating and sustaining innovation and to achieving success. Employees should be provided with the right tools and training, of course, […]
Quality Assurance Vs. Quality Control
Do you know the difference between Quality Assurance and Quality Control? This is a very common question and one that often causes confusion. Let’s start by looking at the official definition from the Project Management Institute PMBoK®, Section 8.2,” Perform Quality Assurance”. Perform Quality Assurance is the process of auditing the quality requirements and the […]
5 Reasons to Use Dynamic Dashboards
Project, program and portfolio reporting is one of the main services provided by a PMO. It’s also one of the most time-consuming. Finding the data, updating presentations and spreadsheets, getting it to the people who matter before all the information is out of date – it’s a headache for many PMO teams. There is a […]
Implementing Project Management – Things To Consider
Here at Ten Six we help organizations by implementing project management systems and tools all the time. Some companies feel the need to take on more than they should. This could be because of lack of experience, capability or, more commonly, funding. It also could be due to the original business plan not addressing all […]
Project Management and PMO Career Paths
PMO Career Paths – Options, Options, Options As a project manager, career paths are something you might spend a fair bit of time thinking about. Some businesses have formal job families for project and program-related careers. But many do not, and you are left to plan your own career and to work out what is […]
Document Management for the PMO
Document management is a way of referring to how documents are stored, retrieved and updated. It’s simply a way of organizing your files so that you can get hold of them when you need them again. Typically, document management these days refers to how you store electronic files. As there are a lot of documents […]
Top 6 Digital Skills for Project Delivery
A new report from PMI highlights the top six digital skills that are needed for project delivery – and they are all things that a PMO can and should be supporting. The Project Manager of the Future: Developing Digital-Age Project Management Skills to Thrive In Disruptive Times (2018), is a study commissioned by PMI and […]
What is the Project Management Triple Constraint?
What is the Project Management Triple Constraint? When your project sponsor says, “That all sounds fine, but can you deliver it by the end of the year?” they are telling you what constraints apply to this project. The output has to be complete by the end of the year – or at least, they would […]
5 Things That Make Your PMO Annoying (Fixing PMO Annoyance Factors)
Do you know what your PMO annoyance factors are? Project Management Offices (PMOs) set out to be centers of excellence for their business. However, unintentionally over time little changes can take away from that purpose. You might not have noticed those changes happening. An extra field on a form here. A little tweak to a […]
5 Ways to Tell That You Need To Improve Project Selection
Project management is all about doing projects in the right way. But there is a step before that: project selection, you have to choose the right projects. The right projects are those that deliver something of value for your organization. They should align with corporate strategic goals. They should have realistic budgets and resource requirements. […]