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 | Mar 21, 2019 | Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project Management
According to recent research conducted by the Construction Industry Institute based on 609 projects totaling $37 billion, improving decision making in the project planning (or Fuzzy Front End) phase results in: Project cost reduced by 10% Delivery time shortened by 7%...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 29, 2018 | Agile, Program Management
Kanbanchi, an Agile Project Management web based app, is a KanBan style framework with tools that enables companies using Google Apps G Suite to deploy and practice Agile Project Management. Kanbanchi for Google Apps G Suite is the leading online project management...
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 | May 7, 2018 | Career Development, Program Management
In 2018 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced it will recognize “Project Manager” as an occupational category for the first time. This announcement speaks to the important role project management plays across the...
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...