Understand Process Improvement And Make Life Easier On Projects In a previous blog, Make Life Easier By Managing Both The Project And The Process, we discussed the benefits of managing both the project, and the processes within the project. This leads to less fire-fighting, better project performance and deeper relationships with teammates and customers. Here’s […]
The Crucial Governance Functions Your PMO Carries Out
Your Project Management Office has a crucial governance role to play in ensuring that projects complete on time and deliver what they say they will. In this article we’ll look at 6 of the top governance functions that your PMO might offer. Not all PMOs will offer all of these governance functions because it depends […]
Make Life Easier By Managing Both The Project And The Process
Processes Need To Be Managed Manage both the project and the process. In our blog Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance, we discussed how to calm the storm by improving project processes. Our clients have experienced an end to cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration through the application of process improvement to project […]
Barbecana Releases Full Monte 2017
Barbecana has announced the release and immediate availability of Full Monte 2017. Full Monte 2017 builds on Full Monte 2016 making it even easier for users to understand and explain the results of a schedule risk analysis. Full Monte 2017 introduces a new risk path analysis feature which allows users to identify multiple potential critical […]
Address Project Processes & Improve Project Performance
Calming The Storm: Improve Project Performance by Addressing Project Processes How frequently do your projects have risk of, or experience, cost overruns, schedule delays, and customer frustration? How much time each week do you spend updating schedules, justifying delays and negotiating budget extensions? These activities can start to feel like a way of life, but […]
How Your PMO Supports Project Delivery
How does your PMO support project delivery? For many organizations, trying to deliver a project without the support of a Project Management Office (PMO) would be unheard of. PMOs operate at so many levels within a business. They provide executive insight and portfolio management to supporting the day-to-day operations of the project community. Here are […]
5 Value-Adds From Portfolio Management
A portfolio approach. Portfolio Management takes project and program management to a whole new level. It’s where projects and programs are looked at in the round, alongside other critical business activity. It gives you the complete picture of organizational change and where your resources are being spent. Whether you run portfolio management at a departmental […]
How To Show The Value Of Your PMO
How To Show The Value Of Your PMO. Each group of users who touch your Project Management Office (PMO) have different requirements. This isn’t new (or even news) – it’s the case for any division that offers services and a supportive function within the business. The challenge with having multiple customer groups like this is […]
10 Essential Functions For Your PMO
10 Essential Functions For Your PMO. The Project Management Office (a PMO) team wears many hats. As your PMO matures, you’ll want to add more services and functions into the team. The depth of information they hold and the value they can add by critically applying that information to today’s business problems is only going […]
How to Tie Up Those Dangling Loose End Activities
Activities (except project complete) that have no successor are referred to as dangling activities. These open ended activities are loose ends in the project that make monitoring their progress difficult. There are, however, more than one way to tie up dangling activities in the schedule. Relationships define the order and interaction between activities. The most […]