GIG for people serious about Program Management and especially to recognize and network PMI certified Program Managers (PgMP).
This forum is being created for PgMP professional to network, share best practices, provide career counseling and share lessons learned. Also a spot for mentoring opportunities for people interested in obtaining the credential.
Recently Wayne Thompson of Project Management War Stories and I developed several podcasts on PMO topics such as PMO Performance and Behavior, Project Lesssons Learned and Innovative Techniques for Defining Project Business Requirements. Please ch... more >>
We regret to inform you that PMI-ISSIG has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2010 ISSIG Professional Development Symposium scheduled for Seattle June 27-30.
Despite our best efforts, the difficult economic situation resulted in extremely... more >>
PMI-Information Systems SIG Professional Development Symposium (PDS) 2010, being held in the Seattle area on June 27-30, 2010, is geared towards forward-thinking professionals optimistically looking up to a future where project managers work in tan... more >>
We completed a global research study on PMOsin 2005. The publishedresults were featured in the Project Management Institute's magazine with me on the cover in July/05. We are updating this research to identify trends and new opportunities. We will ha... more >>
Hello, I am interested to see what others are doing to track project time lines to avoid collisons at the PMO level. There are only so many days in the year and you can only fit so many projects in. With the same resources working multiple projects y... more >>
Clauses like the one cited below have become much more common in everything from C2C contracts to employment agreements.p
It seems to me that this kind of all-encompassing restriction must retard, slow, degrade or even bring to a halt much of th... more >>
Excellent articles on this site. This is my first post..
I have always been interested in knowing how many metrics are actually needed for projects? I have seen lots of references between 4 to 8, but no one tells how they arrived at this numbe... more >>
This post is to bring awareness to PMO professionals of the PMO Symposium planned for November 9-11 in San Antonio.
The width and breadth of a PMO covers many distinct and different components designed to meet the strategic needs of that enterpris... more >>
Shortfalls in program management and business analysis skills underlie many of the survey respondents concerns. Among the survey highlights:
When managing projects, the most pressing issue is managing complex projects, with 44 percent of pa... more >>