by PMO Advisory | Aug 12, 2015 | Project Management
Estimating costs and benefits of large scale projects is notoriously difficult due to many issues that are mentioned in this article. The suggested solutions are also sound. But there is one major way in which project owners can use to evaluate the vendors –...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 11, 2015 | Career Development
According to this article, India currently has less than 9% of the ideal number of project managers as the economy grows until 2020. This is not surprising as an economy emerges from years of slower momentum now moving into higher gears. The case is similar in other...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 5, 2015 | PMO
PMOs are highly flexible structures with potentially a broad range of responsibilities. Our firm establish 25 key processes or capabilities, but there can be more. These capabilities are organized as essential, advanced, and strategic. Essential capabilities are...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 3, 2015 | Technology
Project management can be really intense, and I like this theme of looking at the lighter sides. One tool that I have been using is Podio. The tool requires more upfront learning curve, and much of it is guesswork, to get started. I think this alone with discourage...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 31, 2015 | Project Management
For all but perhaps the largest firm with seemingly unlimited resources, I am not clear why organizations want too choose too many project management methodologies. Yes, some methodologies are more appropriate for some projects. But each methodology requires...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 30, 2015 | Project Management
This is an excellent article discussing the two most common project management methods: traditional or waterfall versus agile. However, I do disagree with the statement that “Agile Project Management, as Traditional Project Management, can be used in any kind of...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 27, 2015 | Project Management
Transforming ideas into actions and from actions to reality is an evergreen problem confronting individuals, teams, and companies. Germ.io, a new startup, is a web application designed to solve this problem. The underlying process is sensible, but there are some built...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 24, 2015 | Career Development
As a trained chemical engineer, I was delighted to read this article and wished it was available when I asking these questions. I agree with the general premise that PMI certification, mainly PMP, is the most globally recognized project management (PM) certification,...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 20, 2015 | Startups / Small Businesses
Small business are resource challenged, and this limitation drives small business executives toward more flexible approaches to managing projects. Agile project management, as described in this article, is one such approach. But work is still work, and while agile may...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 17, 2015 | Project Management
“This is an interesting article on the reasons why projects often focus on being timely rather than meeting quality or managing cost. But it seems to place the overwhelming “blame” on the IT team. While I am sure this is true in some cases, I believe...
