Portfolio Management – The Secret Ingredients Part 1
If we recognise that Portfolio Management gives the answers to the questions: Are we doing the right initiatives to achieve organisational strategy? Are we doing initiatives that deliver the business...
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Portfolio Management – The Secret Ingredients Part 2
When I last posted a couple of days ago, I was following my client on his journey to implement Portfolio management within his organisation. Read on for what happened next… Having started the...
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PMO Prophets – A Case Study, Part 1
It is said that a prophet is never recognised in his/her own land. Let me hypothesise a case in point. Two professionally-qualified project managers working for an organisation (“Company B” in the...
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If Your Business Cases Focus Solely on ROI, Your Organisation Could Be...
Your business case should be more than a financial document; it should be a strategy document. Crafting a business case that shows a strong return on investment can be powerful, but those numbers alone...
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The Devil’s Dictionary of Project Management Terms!
Originally published in 1906, The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce offered cynical definitions of terms of the “political” language of the period. As one of the goals of a PMO is to ensure...
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Projects, Portfolios and Programmes A Continuum from Energy to Strategy Part 3
1. Introduction In part, 2, the following model (Figure 1) was explained and the analysis of the roles and responsibilities was provided. The roles and responsibilities are complementary, with...
View ArticleManagement of Portfolio™: Another Rain Dance Part 1
I was with a colleague recently; discussing the question of can portfolio management improve the chances of organisational success? The insight that my colleague gave me was based upon the quotation...
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Management of Portfolio™: Another Rain Dance Part 2
In part 1 of this posting we were discussing the question of if portfolio management can improve the chances of organisational success? To answer this I began exploring the OGC guide Management of...
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Who put the ‘M’ in PMO?
How to market your PMO The acronym PMO might mean a Project Management Office to you – but it can also stand for Programme Management Office (confusingly also a PMO) or even a Portfolio Management...
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The top 10 trends in project management for 2014
What lies ahead in 2014? ESI would like to wish everyone in the project management profession a happy and prosperous 2014. As is tradition, we begin the New Year with a look ahead to the top 10 trends...
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How PMO practitioners find career opportunities with the PMO
Each level of PMO, from project and programme level to portfolio and the centre of excellence, requires a different set of business skills in order to operate effectively – particularly at the...
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