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Project Office/Enterprise Project Management
Thinking at the Organizational Level
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Execution Meltdown: Four Failures That Sank BP
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Richard Lepsinger
(July 7)
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A number of factors contributed to the worst oil spill in history, but most of them can be attributed to one colossal problem at BP — lack of execution. Here’s what went wrong … and what project leaders can learn from BP’s failures.
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State of the PMO 2010
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Projects@Work
(May 26)
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A new benchmark study on the value of project management offices reveals increased maturity can drive major savings per project. Additional findings suggest significant increase in executive influence.[more]
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Adopting Agile, Part 3
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Craig Larman and Bas Vodde
(May 6)
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Too many organizations confuse doing agile with being agile. In the third installment of our series on adopting and scaling lean and agile principles: some battle-tested dos and don’ts, including the dangers of rewards and the benefits of stumbling.[more]
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Going Agile, Part II
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Janis Rizzuto
(April 7)
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The worlds of classic project management and contemporary agile development are not as far apart as some practitioners seem to believe. In the second part of our series, two respected agilists share tips for realizing Agile’s benefits on a variety of projects by building understanding among stakeholders and within organizations.[more]
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Results Management Offices
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Projects@Work
(March 10)
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Cross-project integration, executive buy-in and clearly communicated benefits continue to challenge PMOs. Adding traditional business measurement benchmarks such as mission alignment, domain authority and organizational readiness are needed to help project leaders deliver and report success quicker.[more]
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Call for PMO Nominations
(March 3)
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PM Solutions and the PMOSIG partner to acknowledge “visionary and proven” PMOs through annual award program.[more]
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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.[more]
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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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