Corrective Action Log If you work on contracts that require earned value management as standard, you’ll be familiar with the idea of corrective actions. These are items requested, normally by the government agency you are working with, that address areas of your earned value management system that are under-performing. Across the life of a large-scale […]
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5 Steps For Moving to a New Project Management Tool
Steps For Moving to a New Project Management Tool Many of us in the Ten Six office started our professional lives managing projects on spreadsheets. As we moved to larger projects, got exposure to government contracts and improved our skills, spreadsheets for task tracking and project management became a thing of the past. Our non-scientific […]
5 Ways to Secure Resources for Your Team
Secure Resources for Your Team Once your project gets the green light, you are off! And often the first step is to find the right people with the skills to do the work. Getting the team together is the role of the project manager or sponsor, or a combination of the two. But where are […]
How to Get Investment for Your PMO
Need Investment for Your PMO? It’s not always easy to get management buy-in for a PMO set up. PMOs are often used in large organizations as a way of instituting best practice, project processes and improving quality. But they take time and effort to set up so managers often need convincing before committing to PMO […]
PMO Trends to Watch in 2022
PMO Trends 2022 For many of us, 2021 was another odd kind of year. Many firms were forced to adjust to new ways of working and those have simply become the new normal. Like many businesses, we continued to adjust and adapt too. One thing has stayed the same though: the annual discussion on trending […]
The Secret to Good Communication: A Single View of the Truth
Do You Have a A Single View of the Truth? How many times have project managers and stakeholders in your organization disagreed about something on a project? Perhaps a team member says the work is nearing completion but the project manager doesn’t have the same level of confidence. Perhaps a stakeholder remembers the discussion around […]
Next Steps for Your Virtual PMO
2020 was the year that many PMOs got comfortable with virtual working. And all signs show that virtual work is here to stay: being able to run your PMO with a remote team is a skill we’re all going to have to get used to for the long term. The virtual PMO may also be […]
How to Use Facilitation Techniques in the PMO
Use Facilitation Techniques in Your PMO Whether it’s leading a risk workshop, a scheduling session or a discussion about how to train the next generation of home-grown program managers, there’s a lot of facilitating to do as a PMO leader. The role, by its nature, is collaborative, and involves collecting input from a wide range […]
5 Top PMO Skills in Demand This Year
As a PMO professional, or leader of a team of PMO professionals, what should you be considering for development opportunities this year? And what PMO skills should you be looking for when you are hiring new team members? We work extensively with PMOs at all levels and we’ve seen a shift in the kinds of […]
Everyone’s Talking About Hybrid Project Management
It seems like everyone’s talking about hybrid project management at the moment. With the new version of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, affectionately known as PMBOK 7, due out in August this year, there is more focus than ever before on the wide range of approaches that help deliver project work. […]