by PMO Advisory | Jul 20, 2018 | Agile, Scrum
Strategic Agile marketing for small marketing teams and small business involves responding quickly to news, events or changes with the mindset of the target market, leveraging tools like social media and email that allow for fast communication and ultimately...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 10, 2018 | Agile, Project Management, Scrum
With today’s demanding environment of reduced local, state, and federal budgets, most agencies are considering some level of Agile adoption or transformation to increase efficiencies and meet these challenging demands of running their departments. Agile is a growing...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 10, 2018 | Agile, Project Management, Risk Management
This is Part II, you can read Part I by clicking here. Risk Management is built into Agile Practices. It is integrated in Agile, but not transparent. It is important that we make it transparent, so it may be effective. Risk is constantly reviewed throughout the...
by PMO Advisory | Jul 5, 2018 | Agile, Project Management, Risk Management
Since my project management career has had me focus on the areas of Agile project management and risk management, I thought it fitting to discuss Agile risk management. When I first broached this subject with Agile Scrum practitioners, I was told it was not needed as...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 29, 2018 | Agile, Project Management
Agile is essentially a model containing process groups run in a logical order within a defined period of time or “iteration,” and with a feedback loop to the customer for work or solution validation. The solution can be “discovered” or defined...
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 | Jun 18, 2018 | Management, Portfolio Management
Patrick Tickle, Chief Product Officer at Planview, wrote an interesting article (Three Ways Manufacturers Can Accelerate Their Product Strategy.) that discusses product innovation and the role of project management saying, ““Organizations that are edging past their...
by PMO Advisory | Jun 9, 2018 | Communication, Leadership, Project Management
Have you ever thought about the true cost of ineffective communication? I am going to examine two recent studies and draw some vital observations. In the most recent Pulse of the Profession, PMI found $99 million for every $1 billion – or 9.9% invested in project is...
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 9, 2018 | Leadership, Project Management
Of all project manager skills, the ability to make important business decisions is perhaps the most valuable. However the professional life of a project manager can include significant periods of isolation wherein they are where the buck stops in decision making. As...
