PMO Development Archives | Project Management for Today

Why Empowerment Can be a Strength and a Weakness

by Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton | Jun 24, 2018 | Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development, Project Management, Project Management - General | 0

When it comes to the professional world empowerment is often linked to the engagement of staff and ‘making them feel empowered’ to support and drive the organisation towards its objectives.

What is PMOps?

by Kimberly Curtis | Jun 22, 2018 | Governance Process, Intake Process, PDU - Strategic, Personal Brand Development, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development, Process Improvement, Process Improvement, Project Delivery Life-Cycle (PDLC), Project Management, Project Management - General | 0

As part of my new PMO re-design PMOps™ (Project Management Operations office) introducing one new metric at a time and once we see the adoption moving towards improvement, in other words, Management by Objectives, we introduce another. It’s like Capability Maturity on steroids.

Talking in Business Speak About PMO Value

by Laura Barnard | Jun 21, 2018 | Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development | 0

Learn 10 important ways to phrase your business speak that demonstrate real PMO value.

Agile Transformation: What Really Changes to Unlock Powerful Results (Part 2)

by Russell Girten | Jun 19, 2018 | Governance Process, Leadership, Lean, PDU - Strategic, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, Process Improvement, Six Sigma | 0

If we’re willing to change how we work, our teams can create more value than we ever imagined. This article reviews five changes beyond autonomy that allow teams to improve the way they deliver to the organization.

Are you a Chicken or a Pig?

by Bill Holmes | Jun 15, 2018 | Governance Process, PDU - Strategic, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development, Project Management, Project Management - General | 0

The type of Project Management Office an organization chooses can have a profound impact on the environment the project manager operates in.

Don’t Boil the Ocean (When Creating a PMO)

by Laura Barnard | Jun 14, 2018 | Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development | 0

Learn why making swift and sweeping change can lead to troubles and get 6 ideas to maintain your sanity and make the daunting task of starting a PMO (or running any change effort) a little less overwhelming.

Agile Transformation: What Really Changes to Unlock Powerful Results (Part 1)

by Russell Girten | Jun 12, 2018 | Governance Process, Leadership, Lean, PDU - Strategic, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, Process Improvement, Six Sigma | 0

Your business requires more agility than we’ve seen at any time since the industrial revolution. The ability to adapt, change and grow is as important as the production of high-quality products and services. As business leaders, we must do more to create organizations that move with our customers, suppliers, markets, and products. But what is the most effective way to guide change that brings the entire organization along on the journey? How can we create an environment that continues to grow and adapt as customer demands, technologies and stakeholder expectations change? Learn about the impact of management change that comes with Agile transformation.

How to actually leverage presentations for Career Growth?

by Sriram Rajagopalan | Jun 10, 2018 | Governance Process, Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, Process Improvement, Process Improvement, Project Management - General | 0

The meeting time with management is an opportunity to further your personal brand. This article provides three presentation styles that can be used effectively as unscheduled interviews for a project manager to sow the seeds for career enhancement.

Is Your PMO Operating in a Strategic or Tactical Mode?

by Alyce Reopelle | Jun 8, 2018 | Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development | 0

Understanding how a PMO is viewed whether tactical or strategic is important to understand…even more, how to transform your PMO to strategic from tactical is even more important.

Wait for it…. Wait for it… Risk Will Take Care of Itself!

by Bill Holmes | Jun 7, 2018 | Dashboards, Governance Process, Leadership, PDU - Leadership, Personal Brand Development, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, Practical Applications, Project Delivery Life-Cycle (PDLC), Project Management, Project Management - General, Reporting & Analytics | 0

Many project managers are optimistic about the ultimate outcome of their projects, however that optimism can work against them if applied in the wrong circumstances.

Top 10 Mistakes PMO/PM Leaders are Making (and how to fix them TODAY)

by Laura Barnard | Jun 5, 2018 | PDU - Leadership, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development | 0

Learn how to stop getting bogged down in the not so important, and avoid letting opportunity and your next promotion pass you by.

Fixing Your PMO

by Kimberly Curtis | Jun 4, 2018 | PDU - Strategic, PMI Professional Development Units, PMO Development, PMO Development, Project Delivery Life-Cycle (PDLC), Project Management | 0

Kim Curtis explains the types of PMOs today, a condensed version of her full white paper called The Dysfunctional PMO which outlines the inception of the PMO, the types of PMOs in existence today, issues within the PMO that can cause failure as well as gives a step by step process to fix it.

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