by PMO Advisory | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
5 Trends in Project Management 1. Rethinking the Management Structure This doesn’t mean doing away with management altogether; it just means that managers throughout the hierarchy need to get used to engaging with employees on various levels, 2. Focusing on Results...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
“If you’re very, very interested in project management, it’s actually a formal discipline you can pursue. But short of formal training in complex project management, I want you to take a few simple points away from this column. Projects naturally...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 10, 2016 | PMO
“IT value comes from synergy (i.e. value is delivered when the value of the systems ecosystem is greater than the value of the individual parts of that ecosystem or 1 + 1 = 3). Yet our organizations are not very good at synergistic thinking. Rather we more...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 9, 2016 | Management, Uncategorized
“Prof Estrin says, “A successful leader in this rapidly changing and complex world has to be constantly learning and listening in order to understand how their own business models actually work in different national contexts, the threats that those contexts are...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 9, 2016 | Management, Uncategorized
Dr Locke says, “I think it’s really important for people who want to be effective leaders to have that ‘big picture’ view, otherwise you just end up in this narrow perspective within your own organisation and you can’t see beyond it. That’s not an effective business...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 9, 2016 | Project Management, Uncategorized
“All strategic change in an organization happens through projects and programs. Changes in a political environment are no different. Following the UK’s recent Brexit referendum, change is inevitable and close. Whether it takes two years or two months before the...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 9, 2016 | Project Management, Uncategorized
“The Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015 (PMIAA), if enacted, will enable extraordinary improvements to program and project management policy and bolster workforce development across the US federal government. It will help ensure that...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
“The second key trend among firms we work with is to improve processes with Lean Six Sigma. These firms’ new and improved processes have a lot more project management best practices built into the process than ever before. So, whether we’re talking tax, audit,...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
“It takes a lot of work and an incredibly diverse skillset to be a great project manager. And when you’re running a project for a large enterprise company, the stakes are almost never higher. But that fact shouldn’t distract you from running any project at your...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Strong leadership and the trusted engagement of key business stakeholders are critical in pushing bimodal forward in any organisation. To keep up momentum, Gartner maintains that a two-to three-year bimodal vision is essential to a long-term strategy....
