PMO project dashboard
At times it can be very confusing about the definition and purpose of the many tools and templates used in project management. Therefore, building on the last post that covered PMO Reporting Framework, this post will cover the PMO Project Dashboard. What is a PMO Project Dashboard? This is typically a summary of all of…
PMO Reporting Framework
A very important role of a project management office is to provide visibility of the status of all projects for which it has oversight. This is typically achieved through the mechanism of a PMO reporting framework. This information is often used to update many stakeholders, many who will hold senior management positions. Therefore, it very…
Example questions and answers for a PMO role
Example questions and answers for that can help you to secure a Project Management Office (PMO) role.
Action you can take to secure a role in a PMO
It is becoming more popular to look from a career working within project management office’s (PMO’s). However, it can be difficult for those working outside of this vocation to secure a role. This article aims to help by providing insights to the challenges and how they can be addressed. Typical challenges This can be a…
Project management office deployment checklist
In order to deploy / implement a project management office, you need to have a structured approach to ensure that all the right steps are completed when required. If not there is a risk that an important step will be missed that will then impact the roll-out of the PMO. Not the first impression you…
What is the difference between project and PMO templates?
If you search the Internet you will see a number of websites that feature project templates, PMO templates or both. You may find that a page is titled PMO Templates, however upon visiting the page it then contains project templates. Other descriptions seen maybe PMO Project Templates. This can be very confusing, especially to someone…
Project risk management
he post How to identify project risks, covered a number of techniques to identify risks. Like with most things in project management, management of project risks is not a “one-off” event that you complete, tick the box and then file. In order to effectively manage risk, you must have active project risk management. In order…
How to identify project risks
PMO Risk Identification If you was to ask project managers or PMO practitioners what are the common causes for project failures you would probably get responses such as “scope creep”, “incorrect estimates”, “late delivery of functionality” and many more. What these and the other causes will have in common is that they are all issues…
PMO tips – 5 actions for a PMO to quickly add value
Unfortunately, there is still an unfair perception that PMO’s add little value, often being labelled as adding layers of bureaucracy. While completely untrue, this is something that anyone tasked with setting up a PMO needs to be aware of and actively manage. An important aspect to managing this is delivering value early. Unfortunately, most stakeholders…
PMO Charter
This blog post will cover the importance of producing a PMO charter. As I have mentioned before, there is no such thing as a standard PMO. They are all different and should be designed to meet the objectives of the organisation while, being aligned to the culture of an organisation. What is the purpose of…
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