by PMO Advisory | Oct 30, 2014 | Career Development
I attended the PMI Global Congress in Phoenix this past week. We had multiple adventures, starting with an electrical fire at Sheraton Downtown that shutdown the hotel (and displaced 800+ guests including me). The highlight was Erwin (Magic) Johnson’s key note...
by PMO Advisory | Oct 22, 2014 | PfMP, Portfolio Management
In December last year, the Project Management Institute initiated a pilot program for their latest certification called Portfolio Management Professional or PfMP, completing the trinity in the world of project management with PMP (Project Management Professional),...
by PMO Advisory | Oct 11, 2014 | PfMP, Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management is the latest frontier in project management and PMI recognizes this by creating the new Portfolio Management Certification (PfMP). Unlike program and project management, which focuses on “how” to execute, portfolio management...
by PMO Advisory | Sep 5, 2014 | Strategic Business Execution
According to PMI’s recent research, the most common strategy approach PMOs take today is insufficient for today’s hyper competitive market. The increased pace of change within business environments over the years has rendered most typical PMOs out of touch. Market...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 16, 2014 | Leadership, Management
Recently, I had a negative experience with one of my favorite cloud services – Dropbox. Dropbox is one of the most mature of the cloud storage services, and the apps are on every platform I can think of. It is also pre-integrated with many if not most of the...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 10, 2014 | Career Development, PfMP
I was at a marketing conference this week, and someone asked me about my certifications. Are they worth it? This got me thinking and now writing. First, some background: I have three certifications from Project Management Institute (PMI). They are Portfolio, Program,...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 2, 2014 | Management
Some say management is a science because like other scientific pursuits, there are predictable patterns that we can see, touch, and feel. Perhaps most important of all, it can be proven wrong – which is the hallmark of science. Like finding the nth digit to the...
by PMO Advisory | Apr 14, 2014 | Strategic Business Execution
Product quality affects consumers spending patterns. Therefore an organization-wide effort needs to be made in order to deliver great products/customer experiences and gain a competitive advantage. Most often the customers do not care how organizations coordinate...
by PMO Advisory | Apr 8, 2014 | PMO
According to PMI 2012 research, it has been revealed that PMOs are having an identity crisis. There is a struggle to define their organizational role and showing their value. This problem is noted in “Transforming the Program Management Office into a Results...
by PMO Advisory | Mar 31, 2014 | PMO, Strategic Business Execution
Due to changes in the business environment, PMOs have had to change their approach to strategy. According to Forrester research, the more agile companies who have been successful despite the changes in the environment have charged their PMOs with strategy...
