Whether you realize it or not, every project that has ever been initiated has been for the purposes of delivering a particular benefit. Early on in the lifecycle of the project a particular deliverable is chosen as the best way to deliver the benefit and thereafter it seems that the […]
Organizational Project Management
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Choosing a piece of software to support your project management activities can be incredibly useful if done well but it can turn into an expensive white elephant if done poorly. The 10 tips that follow are based on years of both helping and observing organisations start the process of implementing, […]
As a consultant who works with organizations around the globe, I get to see many forms of a PMO and I get to see what works and what doesn’t. A well thought out and value adding PMO can add measurable strategic and operational value to any organisation regardless of its […]
There is a lot of use of the word agile in the organisational world. You can see it in job ads, see it in the descriptions of the way software is developed, and see it being used to describe entire workplaces and organisations. These are the four main ways I […]
In the same way that project management practitioners can be described as beginner, intermediate or advanced, organizations can also be described as having low, medium, or high levels of project management. These levels of project management reflect the level of organizational project management maturity (OPMM). Knowing the level of OPMM […]
The USA has set a high standard for the profession of project management globally with the passing into law of the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA). The PMIAA reforms USA federal program management policy in four important ways: Creating a formal job series and career path for program […]
Total Quality Management (TQM) is an accepted part of quality management and customer satisfaction in many organizations. While it has a broad range of interpretation and application, it has some consistent principles which define it. They are: Everyone in the organization recognizes that quality is central to organizational success Everyone […]
** Please email me for a copy of the card deck that you can print out to start brainstorming your own methodology As a project management consultant I have often been asked to provide clients with an off-the-shelf, or readymade, project management methodology. In one sense this is good thing […]
Have you ever played the game of dominos? I did many years ago and I was never very good at it. If you remember the game, it involves trying to place your dominoes in some sort of order to block and beat your opponent. The other great thing you can […]
Carrying out project audits are a great way to discover what is going well and not so well with your projects. The focus for the audit should be on improvement not punishment so make sure that the process is focused upon repeating the good things you discover and stopping the […]