Category: PMO

Focused Value of Project & Portfolio Management

Focused Value of Project & Portfolio Management

Posted on by Tony Castronovo

You are the Program Management Office (PMO) Director of a successful Fortune 1000 company.  You have spent years developing processes and standards to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.  You may have also introduced strategic value by implementing project/program prioritization and selection processes to support your company’s annual planning & budgeting cycle.  And you have likely Read more about Focused Value of Project & Portfolio Management[…]

Leveraging the MS Project Organizer

Posted on by Michelle Chambers

The ‘Organizer’ within Microsoft Project (Standard and Professional) allows one to quickly copy various Microsoft Project objects (fields, groups, filters, calendars, tables, modules, reports, and views) from one Microsoft Project file or Enterprise Project schedule to another. Learn how leveraging the MS Project Organizer will help with your templates and elements. In a Microsoft Project Read more about Leveraging the MS Project Organizer[…]

Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 7)

Posted on by Laura Holder

We have finally come down to the last step of establishing a PMO within an organization. In the previous parts to this series, I explained the first six steps required in which to put in place the correct processes and people within the PMO structure that will yield the best results: Plan the Transition Create a Read more about Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 7)[…]

The PMO: Why and What Type Do You Need?

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

The Project Management Office (PMO) has increasingly become a fixture across corporate and government organizations around the world, gaining popularity as the adoption of formal project management practices proliferates. Depending on the organization though, a PMO may have wildly different responsibilities, composition, and authority. Some work strategically, offering high level visibility to executive management of Read more about The PMO: Why and What Type Do You Need?[…]

Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 6)

Posted on by Laura Holder

We are now coming close to the end of the process of establishing a PMO within a company. The first five stages of this process in this series, I discussed the following: Planning the Transition Creating a PMO Governance Identifying and Developing Project Managers Creating a Project Methodology Creating a Resource Management Process Stage 6 Read more about Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 6)[…]

A Big Reason Why Projects Fail

Posted on by Laura Holder

Too often companies, tired of seeing projects fail, decide to purchase and implement a project management software expecting this will solve their projects’ delivery problem altogether. Truth is, a tool by itself is by no means the solution to an existing problem, it is only a part of it. What these companies are most likely lacking Read more about A Big Reason Why Projects Fail[…]

Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 5)

Posted on by Laura Holder

For companies wanting to establish a PMO within their organization, there are a number of things to think about prior to implementation. In the first four parts of this discussion I spoke about: Planning the Transition Creating a PMO Governance Identifying and Developing Project Managers Creating a Project Methodology Stage 5 – Creating a Resource Management Read more about Key Steps Every Company Should Know When Launching a PMO (Part 5)[…]