The Top 5 Reasons PMOs Fail
There are many reasons a PMO either thrives or fails, but the most common reasons for failure are often not process or technology issues, but rather related to “people issues” in an organization....
View ArticleWhat Does The CEO Want From The PMO?
Project Management Offices, and those with an enterprise flavor (or e-PMOs), tend to think they’re all about project portfolio management and project execution and performance. But these topics can...
View ArticleCommunicating Effectively With Stakeholders: What Does IT Portfolio...
Success is relative. Just yesterday I was working with an organization where the CEO said, “If I could just get a manageable list of the current active projects and their current status that would be...
View ArticleEffective Approaches to Project Prioritization
‘The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities’- Stephen R. Covey Like most of us, I have a tendency to attend to tasks that interest me the most, especially...
View ArticlePrinciples of Scoring Models
When I was running the IT-PMO at PeopleSoft we faced an interesting dilemma. As we finished work on the integration of JD Edwards there was a ton of unmet demand for IT work from all corners of the...
View ArticleIntroducing and Setting Up a Project Management Office
In my last article we delved into organizational maturity for setting up a PMO; this article will deep dive into how to introduce a PMO without disrupting the established system. The first step is good...
View ArticleLife after project completion: Is a project complete without benefits...
In our day-to-day project management and PMO activities, the easiest and the most important thing to miss is plan for ahead what happens AFTER we cross the finish line. So technically speaking, once...
View ArticleThe Role of the Resource Manager
When we think about resource management, we tend to think about how it impacts projects and the project portfolio. After all, if we don’t have the resources to execute work, our projects don’t get...
View ArticleDaptiv UK Hosts Customer Day in London to Discuss Best Project Management...
This month, we hosted an exclusive daylong roundtable for our customers in London. This meeting was designed to bring together project managers and senior executives to discuss their changing roles,...
View Article10 Ways to Absolutely Ruin your Projects
Instead of providing a list on how to successfully run a project management office, I chose a different route and set out to assemble a list of valuable information that guarantees project failure...
View ArticlePPM: Everyone Gets To Play (Part 2)
In continuation to my previous blog post, this one will explain how the PPM needs of organizations drive the overall implementation process. At the enterprise level, we all recognize that different...
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