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How to implement a project management organizational system – 2?

Introduction This article is a continuation on past articles and an extended discussion on the last post. As a refresher, to build an effective and sustainable project management organizational system (PMOS), we presented our preferred approach, which is founded on three principles: Use a program management approach, in other words, treat the PMOS implementation initiative...

Introduction A few days ago, we published an article under the title “forget about building the PMO, build the project management (organizational) system” – let us abbreviate it as PMOS. In that article, we touched on our preferred approach, which is founded on three principles: Use a program management approach, in other words, treat the...

A large percent of organizations – at least in the “West” – have project management offices (PMO), so why are we saying “forget about building the PMO”? Well for once to grab your attention:). On a serious notes, some organizations that are implementing a PMO, they implement with it the project management system and this...

As I mentioned in the last post, I have recently been corresponding with a colleague on project management and how to apply project management in the not-for-profit / non-governmental-organizations (NGO) environment. Our correspondence led to two questions: What are the basic project management mechanisms to implement projects in the private sector? This was the topic...

I have recently been corresponding with a colleague on project management and how to apply project management in the not-for-profit / non-governmental-organizations (NGO) environment. This colleague is a professor of public administration in a North American university and has interested in NGO and whether NGO can enhance their effectiveness if they use proper project management...

We title this post as Managing Project Success, since it is the same topic as a workshop we are planning for this September in the Island of Cyprus. We usually do not use this blog to announce courses but we are making an exception this time due to the value of this topic to project...

Introduction This blog post is part of lengthy article that we published in the past. We base the observations that we discuss in this paper on interactions with project management practitioners, online discussion groups, as well as surveys and polls that we have conducted in the past. It has been quite clear to us that...

This article is by a Guest Author, Mr. Theofanis Giotis, a friend, partner, and project management leader! During all Project Management related conversations, workshops and trainings, a single question is always asked: “How do we organize the team members? What roles do we assign to them?”