Checklist for a successful project management office (PMO)
When project management office (PMO) success is so closely tied to organisational success, it is essential to set up your PMO to ensure the best possible outcomes. Download this checklist of the most important elements to consider.
4 symptoms of a struggling project management office (PMO) – and how to treat them
Almost one in five PMOs are disbanded due to their inability to show value to the organisation. Here’s how to spot a struggling PMO and the remedies you can use to help rescue it.
What is a hybrid PMO and how can you achieve it?
Rather than creating potential silos by enforcing an agile-only delivery approach, a hybrid PMO recognises the need for various delivery styles and gives delivery teams the option to choose the most appropriate approach for specific projects. Here’s how to build your hybrid PMO. There’s no doubt that the continuing spread of Agile approaches/ methodologies in
- Published in Advisory, Frameworks, PMO
Lean Portfolio Management: the key to getting back on track in 2021
Looking to get back on track after the events of 2020? Find out how to align strategy with execution using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) through Lean Portfolio Management. Apply lean and systems thinking to strategy and investment funding to enable business agility. Within today’s environment, organisations are struggling to make decisions about what they
- Published in Learning and Development, PMO
Is your risk-management approach consistent?
Project and programme managers who apply a consistent risk-management approach are more likely to see positive outcomes, no matter the organisation or industry. Unfortunately, research shows as many as two-thirds fail to do so.
Download our infographic for tips, tricks and critical advice for embracing effective risk management in your Project Community/ PMO.
- Published in PMO, Projects and Programmes
What PMO leaders need to thrive
Like all successful leaders, heads of PMOs must possess both hard and soft skills in order to drive their teams, and their careers, forward. But elevation into a leadership role often occurs based on hard skills alone. This can lead to a state of cognitive dissonance well known to anyone in business: “What got you
- Published in Industry insights, PMO