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Project Office/Enterprise Project Management
Thinking at the Organizational Level
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Beyond Cost-Cutting
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Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin
(November 23)
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The pressure has never been greater to drive efficiency and contain costs, yet, in the words of Tom Peters, “You can’t shrink your way to greatness.” So wise companies use any business contraction to prepare for growth. They also realize that the kind of growth available to companies emerging from recession is not based on old business processes and models, but on innovation.
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PMO-ers Unite
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Kathleen Ryan O'Connor
(November 4)
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A popular annual conference on project management offices connects practitioners who can often feel isolated, helping them tackle common issues ranging from the strategic to tactical to managerial.[more]
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Reason For Being
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Drew Davison
(September 16)
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If you don’t see how your project fits into an overall strategic vision, you’re operating with blinders on, and without information critical to success. Here’s some guidance on what you need to know about the relationship between your project and your organization’s business plan, and how it can improve project performance.[more]
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The Scheme of Things
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Drew Davison
(September 2)
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Do you really know why the project you’re working on has received scarce organizational capital? Are the reasons for undertaking this particular initiative versus another clear to all? Here is a framework for making sure everyone understands where the project fits in the scheme of things.[more]
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Rockwell Automation Wins PMO of Year
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Projects@Work
(June 8)
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Software program management office, founded in 2004, proves instrumental in helping the Milwaukee-based company achieve increased predictability, productivity and visibility.[more]
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PMO 101: Process Improvement
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Chris Craig-Jones
(May 14)
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Process improvement initiatives require leadership, clear requirements, and teams specifically focused on implementation and training. In the fourth of a six-part series on enterprise best practices led by PMOs, here are some recommendations for pursuing process maturity.[more]
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PMO 101: Benchmarking
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Chris Craig-Jones
(May 7)
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In the pursuit of improving IT project delivery, many companies focus on processes but overlook a crucial step: benchmarking. In the third of our six-part series on enterprise best practices, here are tips and techniques for establishing effective, iterative benchmarking.[more]
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PMO 101: The Rollout
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George Hunte
(April 30)
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For organizations tracking and managing dozens, even hundreds of projects, a responsive, accountable project management office is crucial to success. After determining needs and level of maturity, a rollout plan must be developed. While there is no preset order for executing against this plan, here, in part two of our series, are suggestions.[more]
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Enter EPM
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Tom Tobin
(April 20)
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The battle for resources is hitting critical mass in today’s economy. Organizations must be highly selective of what projects they undertake, extremely efficient in their execution, and able to provide a demonstrable ROI at all steps in the process. It can’t be done without enterprise project management, which can’t be successfully implemented without careful attention to cultural adoption.[more]
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PMO 101: Getting Started
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George Hunte
(April 9)
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For organizations tracking and managing dozens, even hundreds of projects, a responsive, accountable project management office is crucial to success. In the first of a six-part series on enterprise project management best practices, we outline the first steps in creating a PMO.[more]
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