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• Project portfolio management - Part 2

  By David Braue | 07 March, 2012 14:48

  Data-driven project portfolio management Project management suffered an identity crisis half a decade ago, when ever-more-empowered developers were learning to work directly with their business patrons as Agile development philosophies encouraged developers to co-ordinate their activities in tight-knit teams that regularly report, evaluate, reassess and re-plan their short-term strategies.

• Project portfolio management - Part 1

  By David Braue | 05 March, 2012 15:58

  It’s never easy to bring two organisations together, but when they’re both huge companies with millions of customers and deeply entrenched cultures, the difficulty level goes up dramatically. Throw in the pressures of Australia’s cutthroat telecommunications industries, and it’s no surprise that Chelsea Love looks back on the consolidation of Vodafone and Three Australia with some relief.

• The Self Evident Truths of Project Management: Truth # 7- “All projects are ‘change projects’”

  By Jed Simms | 09 June, 2009 07:21

  Benefits come from change. Therefore, it makes sense that every project should be seen as a ‘change project’.

• How Do You Know if Your PMO is Successful? Part IV: Cross-Project Services

  By Jed Simms | 14 April, 2009 11:55

  You’ll only know if you’ve been successful if you know why you’re needed.

• PMO Role 5: The critical success factor for PMOs

  By Jed Simms | 18 February, 2009 11:45

  To be effective PMOs need to have authority. No authority, no effectiveness. It’s that simple.

• PMO Role 4: Cross-project synchronisation

  By Jed Simms | 03 February, 2009 10:25

  If the PMO handles the cross-project issues and challenges the project managers can focus on effectively running their projects.

• PMO Role 2: Standards Management

  By Jed Simms | 20 January, 2009 13:08

  Standards should exist solely to enable, support and help deliver successful projects. But too often they become ends in themselves.

• PMO Role 1: Constraints Management

  By Jed Simms | 14 January, 2009 12:38

  If you’re reporting on projects, make it valuable.

• PMO: What’s in a name?

  By Jed Simms | 07 January, 2009 15:29

  PMO is an acronym with a range of different meetings with very different implications

• Refocusing Projects Onto Business Value, Part 15: Portfolio Management

  By Jed Simms | 12 August, 2008 10:48

  The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) should streamline processes, minimize delays and deal with the critical success factors that cross project and program boundaries