What is a PMO? Is it Project Management Office, Program Management Office, or something else? In this article, we are shedding some lights on the growing trend) of something called PMO. This is the first article on PMOs, and there will be more.
What is a PMO? Is it Project Management Office, Program Management Office, or something else? In this article, we are shedding some lights on the growing trend) of something called PMO. This is the first article on PMOs, and there will be more.
Over the last few years, we have been publishing this blog site, e-books, and books. Some of the articles were from the books that we are publishing and vice versa. Today, as we close on 200 articles (this is no 200) we want to share with you our latest book, it is CAM2P™ for Mega Projects.
How do organizations measure project and project management performance? Is it based on a customer satisfaction survey or is there more to it? Is it enough to measure the performance of a given project or should we also measure the organizational performance in delivering projects?
What is governance? What is Project Governance? What is Project Management Governance? Today, we address Project Governance in relation to a sample project.
What is governance? What is Project Governance? What is Project Management Governance? Today, we address Project Governance in relation to a project management method.
It is common to hear the following comments in feedback to classes and workshops: “it would have been great to link the materials to our own internal way of doing things”. Another comments, “it would also be great if the examples and case studies are from our own work.” We agree with both of the...
This article (actually a presentation) is a follow up to the last post on OPM. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF.ae) where we led a 3-hour workshop on how to build the organizational project management system. The workshop slides were...
In the past we did publish a few articles about project management office (PMO), organizational project management (OPM), project management methodology, and similar topics. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF.ae) where we led a 3-hour workshop on how to build...
I raise this question “Is the Project Management Institute (PMI) changing direction?” to generate some discussions on whether PMI is indeed changing its direction of it is being a follower or a leader for project management? Initially, we posted this article without offering much of our opinion in order to generate discussions, which it did...
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has just published Implementing Organizational Project Management: Practice Standard. In this – just published standard – it emphasize the importance of tailoring a project management methodology. However, the main focus is on implementing an organizational system. We are happy to see this publication especially that we have been advocating the need for...