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Executive Report
Opinion
Perspectives, Passions & Peeves
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Don’t Be PMOverhead
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Curt Finch
(June 22)
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Project management offices are often viewed as “overhead” by executive management and become the target of cutbacks in tough economic times. In fact, PMOs can help organizations weather the economic storm by prioritizing and aligning projects with strategic goals.
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PMOs, OPM3 and Culture Transformation
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John Schlichter
(June 22)
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The building of capable project management processes and the transformation of a company’s project management culture go hand in hand. Project management offices and the standard known as OPM3 should play a lead role in accomplishing both.[more]
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Wanted: Leaders
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Karen McGraw
(May 18)
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Project managers are valuable because of their ability to plan, organize and direct mission-critical initiatives to meet organizational goals. But management skills alone don’t ensure success. Leadership is a critical component to successfully guiding a team to the finish line.[more]
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No PM, No Strategy
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Bruce McGraw
(April 20)
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When project managers aren’t part of the strategic planning processes, strategic plans aren’t likely to leave their bulky binders and become part of the business reality. This holds true no matter how small or large a project — be it planning a blood drive or implementing enterprise-level financial software.[more]
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Read All About It…
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Austin Russ
(April 20)
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A new compilation picks the 100 “best business books of all time” and includes many titles that are relevant to the issues and challenges facing project management professionals today.[more]
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10 Project Management Trends in 2009
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Rudolf Melik
(March 16)
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From on-demand technology adoption to the virtual workplace, the project management space is changing rapidly, and the pace of these changes will only increase this year.[more]
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Lean Times and Lead Times
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Sanjeev Gupta
(February 16)
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A bad economy demands heightened scrutiny of costs, but organizations might do better by focusing on shortening their project lead times instead of firing capable people. Some companies are already doing just that through Critical Chain-based project management.[more]
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Make Strategic Planning Matter
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Ron Price
(January 20)
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Strategic planning is too often associated with boring, predictable meetings that sap participants of energy and dilute accountability. To engage people and produce results, strategic planning should be treated as an ongoing, dynamic process with three distinct phases.[more]
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Let’s Hear It
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Rick Klemm
(December 15)
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The Top 10 things heard on successful projects — you know you have good project managers when you hear these words come out of their mouths.[more]
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You Don’t Say
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Rick Klemm
(October 20)
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The Top 10 things overheard on a failing software project — or 10 sure signs of impending project disaster.[more]
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