by Dr. Te Wu | May 10, 2020 | Leadership, Management, Strategic Business Execution, Talent Management
The world is facing a tragedy on a scale that most of us have never seen before. Even through our history, there are few parallels. Covid19 affected millions of people directly through infections and deaths. By some estimates, the secondary and tertiary effects of the...
by Dr. Te Wu | Apr 9, 2019 | Management, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Management, Risk Management
What is the Fuzzy Front End? The Chinese have an old proverb, “a thousand-kilometer journey starts with the first step.” But what is the first step? How do you know it’s in the right direction? What are the prerequisites that must be dealt with? What if the...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 18, 2018 | Management, Portfolio Management
Patrick Tickle, Chief Product Officer at Planview, wrote an interesting article (Three Ways Manufacturers Can Accelerate Their Product Strategy.) that discusses product innovation and the role of project management saying, ““Organizations that are edging past their...
by PMO Advisory | May 25, 2018 | Management, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Management
What is the Difference Between Project, Program and Portfolio Management? I often get this question – what’s the difference between project, program, and portfolio – the triple P’s in PPP management. So here is the short answer. Portfolio management concentrates on...
by PMO Advisory | Apr 9, 2018 | Management, PMO, Program Management
One of the most common problems in project management is how to avoid scope creep. Scope creep generally happens when new features or expansion of some kind is added to product designs or a project outcome that has already been approved, without providing equivalent...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 26, 2018 | Management, Project Management
In her article, ‘Adapt or Die’: latest challenge for project managers, Marilyn de Villiers writes on how the traditional role of the project manager was disappearing in many organizations and that “The key thing now is to have a bigger toolbox”. While...