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IBM Wins PMO of the Year Award

by [email protected] September 8, 2010

Project Management Center of Excellence serves as change agent in a global corporate initiative that leads to “dramatic, sustained project management success worldwide.”

Implementing a PMO: Does it Have to be So Hard?

by Bill Dow, PMP September 18, 2013

Starting a PMO is a daunting position for any PM to be in. If you are in a jam and need to get going, here are nine steps one author recommends you follow to get started.

Implementing Strategy: What Projects Should Be All About

by Michael Wood July 1, 2019

Too many organizations don’t connect the dots between strategy and the need for the organization to pursue an informed, aligned and enlightened approach to the implementing of those strategies.

Improve Maturity with a Community of Practice

by Andrew Makar, PMP July 21, 2008

One approach to improve project management maturity is through a project management community of practice, an informal group of PM practitioners who share advice, tips, techniques, lessons learned and promote relevant topics in the project and program management domain.

Improving PMO Value

by Luis Alberto Caceres Villota May 1, 2017

The value of the PMO depends on the benefit delivered to the client and, most important, on the client’s perception of that benefit. The first step to increase the value delivered is to acknowledge that what is important to the project management specialists might not be as important to the stakeholders.

In Pursuit of the Perfectly Defined PMO

by Laura Burford December 5, 2016

The term “PMO” means different things to different people, leaving room for interpretation. Determining the type of PMO requires a project manager to be a strategic thinker possessing technical project and business management expertise.

Inside Look at High-Performing PMOs

by Jim Liporace, PMP February 20, 2012

Based on the best practices of winners and finalist from PM Solutions’ annual PMO of the Year award, a new book offers tips, insights and checklists for people management, performance measurement, strategic alignment, organization design and more.

Insights from a High-Performance PMO

by Bruce Harpham July 7, 2016

Low client satisfaction scores. Inadequate project success. Internal coordination problems. Such problems can be found in many organizations. However, how many organizations find ways to deliver significant improvement in all three areas?

Insuring Success: PMOs Bring IT Together

by Frank Winters August 21, 2000

With a big, dispersed company, coordinating projects in a way that allows for independence while maintaining standards can pose a particularly tough challenge. Fortunately, program management--or, in this case, program monitoring--can take that challenge--and win.

Integrated and Aligned PMOs—The Difference Maker?

by Andy Jordan March 30, 2022

If leadership isn’t asking PMOs to concentrate on enabling value, then there will be less understanding of how—or if—value is being achieved because no one is looking for it. To make a difference to their organization, PMOs need to focus on things that matter.

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