It may not always be apparent, but the goals of the Project Management Office and agile teams are well aligned. Both groups want to get to the same destination, but things often come adrift as soon as the best direction to travel is discussed. It doesn't have to be that way...
Organizations that take project governance for granted are headed for a fall. There is one area where governance seems to be failing in many organizations, and it's perhaps surprising--the PMO. That is incredibly dangerous, and here’s why...
Want your PMO to survive the current 50% rate of failure? Want the value your PMO delivers to be self-evident? Then align it with the organization’s strategies, goals and objectives--and become an integral part of the planning process.
Creating a way to evaluate project performance may not be the first thought when creating a new PMO. But how else can it demonstrate value to the organization?
One of the primary roles of the PMO is to provide a framework for ensuring proper governance over projects. Here we look at some of the obstacles and challenges facing the PMO governance function--and some tips for overcoming them.
Seventy percent of organizations had a project management office (PMO) in 2013, according to PMI's Pulse of the Professionâ„¢ In-Depth Report: The Impact of PMOs on Strategy Implementation. That compa ...
What’s in a name? As far as PMOs are concerned, it matters quite a bit. Standard parlance maintains that PMO stands for Project Management Office. Back in the days when the PMO literally ran a s ...
I have been watching a long thread on another site. A question was asked, “What are the top areas a PMO can add value?” I have been both amazed and disheartened at the myriad of answers to ...
For the past three years, I have had the privilege of speaking with groups around the country about PMOs, the challenges many of the PMOs and their staff face, as well as how business leaders view the ...
"We're not forming PMOs for the sake of forming PMOs. It's about helping organizations deliver initiatives or change in a way that's aligned with strategy," said PMI president and CEO Mark A. Langley ...
PMO Crossword Puzzle - How PMOs help the business Just for fun, today's blog post is a PMO Crossword Puzzle. The theme is "How PMOs help the business". To vi ...
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