by PMO Advisory | Oct 2, 2015 | Career Development
Personally, I look at project management as a basic life skill, so fundamental that I doubt any productive person can truly shy away from practicing most of them. It may not be 100% at the same time – such as managing a large and intense project – but they...
by PMO Advisory | Oct 1, 2015 | Career Development
Are project managers simply “doers” or are they more than that – say becoming a “thinkers”? As doers goes, the rules are relatively simple. Plan carefully and execute diligently by following some rules, guidelines, and processes. If this...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 28, 2015 | Project Management, Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how we perceive the world and work within it. We went from the paper & pen Franklin organizer in the 1980’s to PDA (remember Palm and Handspring) in the 1990’s to now the ubiquitous smartphones and apps with...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 28, 2015 | Press Release
PMO Advisory LLC has developed a suite of products designed for Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) reflecting a growing demand for managing highly complex and risk projects. The offering includes an entire suite of online, virtual, in-class, and onsite...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 25, 2015 | Project Management
These are 8 excellent tips, but I think there is one that is very important. Make sure you close the communication loop and seek active validation. In outsourcing engagements, especially offshore outsourcing, diversity in culture, tradition, and skills play a big...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 24, 2015 | PMO
PMO is a persistent entity, and it’s viability is more than just addressing the questions in this article properly. This is not to suggest that these are the wrong questions; they are excellent questions – how to align with strategy, ensuring scope is...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 23, 2015 | Technology
I agree with the author that project data and key metrics are relatively an untapped area.s Partly because of poor data and metrics, especially around a concrete set of business outcomes or benefits, it is often difficult to say whether complex projects are successful...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 22, 2015 | Career Development
This is an excellent list of skills, some learned and some arguably born with. But being an effective project manager is more than these skills. There are fundamental knowledge required to do the job of managing project, programs, or portfolios. These includes...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 21, 2015 | Agile
This article is another example of applying good business sense to enterprise projects. Flexible techniques focusing on collaborative design and requirements, joint development, validating in near-real-time, and receiving timely feedback are all hallmark of efficiency...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 8, 2015 | Project Management
Managing projects and programs are complex endeavors. The failure rate and scale mentioned in the article is likely to be small. Just think of Obamacare Website when it first went live in October 2013… It failed so spectacularly that all the ineptitude of...
