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 | May 3, 2018 | Career Development, Leadership, Project Management
The role of a mentor is to encourage the personal and professional development of a mentee through the sharing of knowledge, expertise and experience. The challenge for the mentor is to nurture or blossom the qualities required to enable the mentee to succeed from...
by PMO Advisory | Apr 13, 2018 | Communication, Project Management
Project managers often have a touchy relationship with bad news – both as a recipient and as a disseminator of bad news. On the one hand, project managers inherently know that it is better to receive bad news early and hopefully, there’s time to think through and...
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...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 28, 2018 | Project Management, Uncategorized
David Baker in his recent article, “Defining roles and responsibilities in project management”, said, “Project management requires a structure and framework, but it also requires flexibility in order to adapt to any given environment and the unique challenges they...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 26, 2018 | Management, Project Management
In her article, ‘Adapt or Die’: latest challenge for project managers, Marilyn de Villiers writes on how the traditional role of the project manager was disappearing in many organizations and that “The key thing now is to have a bigger toolbox”. While...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 16, 2018 | Project Management, Training
I came across a recent article titled, “Five Lessons on Project Management for the Finance Industry” by Andreas Tremel and it was advised to “Think Like a Project Manager”. The article said, “A financial manager is often an expert in his...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 14, 2018 | Management, Program Management
“Cloud-based Project Portfolio Management” market is forecasted to grow at CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 14.08% from 2018 – 2022. One driver in the market is increasing requirements for large-scale project management”. In the recent years, there is a...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 9, 2018 | Leadership, Risk Management
Leadership and decision making are at every level of the organization. We project professionals often find ourselves in a tough spot when we have to make decisions and rely on our leadership skills to get us to the finish line. We’re expected to be well informed,...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 6, 2018 | Leadership, Program Management
Chhavi Firani for BBN Times wrote “The Building Blocks of Successful Project Management” and listed as one of those building blocks to avoid micromanaging which is, “when you are trying to manage an excel sheet rather than a human team. Numerical data points are...
