It could very well be near the end of the world for your PMO unless your organization is prepared to properly address five undeniable trends: resource demand; predictive analytics; innovation; portfolio management-led integration of strategy, finance and operations; and, of course, Agile.
Today’s “do more with less” mandate makes the ability to optimize finite project resources more critical than ever. A recent benchmark study provides a blueprint for improving your organization’s resource management and capacity planning, starting with visibility.
Bad project estimates cause costly delays, scope creep and inefficient resource allocation across programs and portfolios. Here are 10 ways to generate more accurate estimates throughout your organization, starting with a multi-phased approach and including top-down and bottom-up methods.
In the face of limited resources, executives and project leaders simply can’t keep up with the shifting priorities, emergent activities and sheer complexity of managing demand across an entire organization. This is the fundamental issue that inspired a new handbook on resource management and capacity planning.
Some problems can’t be solved on the back of a napkin. Managing resource capacity and demand in a complex enterprise environment is a good example. A project portfolio management system can help in four critical, connected areas: visibility, prioritization, optimization and integration.
Join in on what promises to be a lively conversation on Positioning Your PMO as a Change Management Office on 12/14 @ 11 am EST. Industry experts Terry Doerscher and Jerry Manas will discuss The role ...
Author Jerry Manas doesn't regard project managers as "enlightened despots" as some have called the infamous French Emperor. But in his forthcoming book he suggests that his fellow project managers could learn a lot from six principles that the little dictator lived by.
A new global benchmarking study on the state of resource management and capacity planning describes pain points and identifies best practices for organizations to stop wasting resources on the wrong opportunities, and to mitigate lost revenue and costs due to missed market windows.
There’s no such thing as a perfect leader—but these resources should help you get pretty darn close.
There’s certainly no shortage of brilliant advice about leadership, but not all of it is really relevant to project managers. Here’s a look inside some books, blogs and websites that cover leadership with a project management slant.