A set of interrelated techniques and/or activities, undertaken to maximize project investment decisions. This includes project demand management, project ranking, portfolio balancing, enterprise resource planning and master scheduling. To successfully implement enterprise portfolio management, an organization must embrace transparency, be forthcoming and honest in investment analysis and possess competent managers responsible for projects, on-going operations and assets.
Situation: You Need to Better Manage the Processes Around Innovation at Your Organization.When the people heading up your PMO decide which projects get funding - Does innovation matter?I think that be ...
by Larry Prusak , Stephen Townsend , Jill Diffendal, Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP, Peter Temes, Barry O'Reilly
Join three of our Center Stage podcast guests for a provocative dialogue on how knowledge coupled with unlearning enable innovation. Guest Larry Prusak highlighted the true competitive edge of knowledge, “When you have a project team, it matters far less what an individual knows. It matters greatly what the team knows.” Does this threaten the value of a project manager? Both Larry and guest Barry O’Reilly caution against knowledge becoming stale. Larry says, “Refresh the knowledge you have. Always be open. Always be learning.” But Barry believes you may have to throw some of what you know in the trash: "It’s…the inability to unlearn existing mindsets and behaviors that were effective in the past but now are maybe limiting your success." What does this mean for adhering to methodologies when faced with uncertain requirements, divergent stakeholders and evolving delivery methods? As Peter Temes points out, there is often a tension between managing for efficiency and managing for discovery. Does managing for efficiency hold you back from finding innovative ways of working?
Sure, you may have been to PMI events before, but this is a new reality. Join us for this webinar to learn more about a virtual series catered towards your reality —a certified project management pro, a job seeker looking to change careers, a skill builder looking to enhance your project skills, or a soon-to-be member of our community. This series is designed to inspire, inform, engage and entertain—and yes, earn you some valuable PDUs! You will hear from unexpected (and familiar) voices that will show you just how powerful project management is. You don’t want to miss this webinar and hear about this groundbreaking new series from PMI. Learn more at https://www.pmi.org/ExperiencePMI.
by Larry Prusak , Stephen Townsend , Jill Diffendal, Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP, Edward Hoffman
The knowledge within an organization is critical to its success, including how it runs successful projects. Yet many organizations struggle to manage, store and transfer knowledge effectively. Ed Hoffman and Larry Prusak have been studying and practicing knowledge management since the field first emerged in the early 1990s. In this Podcast Club, they will share their perspectives on how knowledge management started, how it has evolved, and where it is heading as we move into the future. How will it affect – and by affected by – the future of work?
On November 29, 2016, along with the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF), we celebrated how you are making a difference in your community. Download our guide to the open house content and get inspired to give back!
This zip file contains the White Paper "The Work Breakdown Structure: A Brief Synopsis" and Work Breakdown Structures (in both Word and Excel) and a PDF Appendix of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Example for Bicycle, Environmental Management, Government Design-Bid-Build, Oil/Gas/Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Process Improvement, Process Plant Construction, Service Industry Outsourcing, Refinery TurnAround, Software Implementation, Telecom and Web Design. It also contains a Bicycle WBS Dictionary in Word and Excel. These resources are presented from the PMI Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure. PMI members can access a PDF of the full standard at no cost, and anyone can purchase a hard copy via the PMI Store.
by Stephen Townsend , Mohamed Hassan, Wanda Curlee, Jill Diffendal, Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP
How is AI disrupting traditional project management? Can AI improve project performance? What are we learning from the application of AI and machine learning? How are organizations proactively addressing ethical considerations? Explore these and other questions during our May Center Stage Podcast Club. Dr. Wanda Curlee, PfMP®, PgMP®, PMP® and PMI-RMP®, program director, business administration at American Public University joins moderator Tammy Ashraf to explore how AI is reshaping the future of work.
by Stephen Townsend , Jill Diffendal, Tammy Ashraf, PMI-ACP, Madelyn Blair, Nancy Dixon, Edward Hoffman
Our next Center Stage podcast club brings together two of our most popular and provocative Center Stage leaders – Dr. Nancy Dixon and Dr. Madelyn Blair on building resilience and establishing deep learning when we are engaged in dialogue and trust. They will join PMI member and volunteer Tammy Ashraf, our Podcast Club moderator, for a provocative discussion.
