by PMO Advisory | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
“An employee who performs tasks to advance a project is a cost that must be optimized. To monitor and plan the effort, we need to measure it. It’s usually evaluated in days and hours of required work. To plan a project and budget, it’s essential to know the...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
“The challenge of changing a company’s culture is getting positive values to stick. The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) found itself struggling to serve growing patient needs while money and manpower stayed the same. With 23,000 employees, HUS...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
“As I pondered my metaphor, I visualized the Project Manager as being the driver and I asked myself the question “What role would the PM think the PMO played in this scenario”? I quickly concluded that many PMs would probably describe the PMO as being the Police...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
“PMPs establish and foster workplace behavior expectations through their own leadership values and actions. Simply put – I believe that we learn from the examples set by those above. In effect, that leads to two clear choices that PMPs have: do they commit to a...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Here are five important tips for making sure you are prepared for a worst-case scenario. 1: Assemble a Team: When you start to come up with a disaster recovery plan, put together a team of people who know your system well and who have enough forward thinking...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Excerpted from CFO, Mark A. Langley writes, “….In a recent PMI survey, 83% of high-performing organizations reported they “always” or “often” manage risk in conjunction with project management, compared to only 49% of low performers. (We define high...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Rich Maltzman for ProjectsatWork writes [excerpted]…” Here’s a basic project management truism: Risks = Threats + Opportunities That is, a project’s risks are made up of uncertain events, which, if they were to occur, have anegative OR positive effect on...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Krysta Dodd for HSToday.com writes: Federal IT Professionals Feel Unprepared For Future Information Management Demands [excerpted]….” Projects related to data privacy, records/information management and data analytics are perceived to be in the greatest...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Here are a few tips for your Risk and Issues management: 1. Create a culture where bringing forward a Risk is being rewarded 2. Educate your team on articulating Risks in a way that is actionable 3. Identify the “So What” – what will the Risk...
by PMO Advisory | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
“The problems with not having a formal project management method start when the real problems start, and we all know that projects always have problems. This is not a reflection on the people doing the work it is merely an inherent part of what projects are....
