Why as a PMO professional you should sometimes say “no”!
Before everyone working within a PMO starts saying “no” to every request that comes their way, below is a true story that demonstrates the right way to say "no".
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You don’t need to be a project expert on everything!
You are probably wondering about the choice of title for this blog post?
This is based on a number of observations over many years and seeing people feeling that they need
PMO productivity tools for important information
Time is a scarce commodity for project managers, PMO managers well just about most people. It can be very time consuming (and extremely frustrating) searching for information or files that
How a PMO can help get Red projects back to Green
One of the main duties of a PMO is to provide transparency of the status (“health”) of each of the projects for which they have oversight. This is usually achieved
How the PMO can leverage a post project review
The last post covered the role of the PMO in the post project review. This post will expand on this and cover how the PMO can help leverage the value
PMO tips – motivating your PMO team
Working in a PMO can be a very challenging role. On one side you have the stakeholders making demands for information and explanations, on the other you have the project
PMO Tip – make sure your numbers add up in your project management reports
This may sound like a strange statement, “make sure your numbers add up in your management report”. However, the fastest way that a PMO can lose credibility, is by publishing
PMO Tips: Consistent project naming convention
In the post, PMO Planning of Next Year’s Projects, it covered the importance of thinking about the mobilization of projects and programmes early so as to improve the probability of
Have you planned for the end of the year?
At the time of writing this post, on this coming Friday there are only 53 days to Christmas. However, more importantly it means that there is only 40 business days
PMO planning of next years projects
It is now part way through October at the time of writing this post, otherwise known as the Quarter 4 (Q4). This is the time many projects managers and sponsors