by PMO Advisory | Dec 7, 2015 | Startups / Small Businesses
This article provides some great tips for small businesses and start-ups. Here are three more to consider: (1.) Keep automation lite, until you have a need to scale. (2.) Empower your staff. Focus on results and not necessarily on the means. (3.) Cross train...
by PMO Advisory | Dec 4, 2015 | Project Management
Recently, there has been an explosion of discussion on agile versus waterfall methodologies. Others enter the discussion such as lean or even DSDM (dynamic system development methodology). To me, all these methods have merits and can be ideal in the right...
by PMO Advisory | Dec 2, 2015 | Talent Management
We often hear “people are our greatest assets”. Yet, when belt tightening occurs, training is one of the first “luxuries” on the chopping block. Training is often one of the last to recover even when things are going right for the organization....
by PMO Advisory | Nov 30, 2015 | Press Release
PMO Advisory is planning a “Mega Bootcamp” that brings together all our best trainers for the Project Management Institute certifications including Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 30, 2015 | Press Release
PMO Advisory LLC has developed a suite of products designed for Project Agile Certified Practitioner certification (PMI-ACP) reflecting a growing demand for managing highly complex and risky projects. The offering includes an entire suite of online, virtual, in-class,...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 30, 2015 | Project Management
This is a timely discussion as scheduling is the heart of project management. But for reasons that are beyond the scope of this blog, newer software appears to move away from the rigorous scheduling requirements and shifted more toward collaboration and communication....
by PMO Advisory | Nov 24, 2015 | Career Development
Junior Achievement USA (JA), the leading youth education nonprofit teaching K-12 students real-world financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work-readiness skills, today unveiled a new online project management training module for teens. Created with the support of...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 19, 2015 | Talent Management
Talents are always finicky. Jack Welch (former CEO of General Electric) and may of his followers place greater emphasis on hiring and retaining “A” players. But I often think the mind and soul of companies are in the classic “B” players. Let me...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 17, 2015 | Talent Management
This article is an excellent starting point looking for red flags, but these are just tactical flags. Project managers leading large and complex initiatives must look for more signs that are more strategic. Three important and strategic ones that all project managers...
by PMO Advisory | Nov 12, 2015 | Project Management
The author covered five excellent lessons for project managers in healthcare. But based on my experience working with some of the largest healthcare policy and research institute in the world, i would say the most important lesson is customer focus. The entire...
