Back in the summer of 2019 I received an invitation from Americo Pinto, Chair of the PMO Global Alliance, to attend a one-off session he would be running in central London after the annual awards ceremony. It was pitched as an opportunity to provide feedback on the PMO Value Ring (PMO-CP) certification, and included the … Read more REVIEW: PMO Value Ring (PMO-CP)
Would you like to create real business value from all that data and information you receive on a daily basis? What you need are actionable insights from data and information. Back in 2016, Forrester reported that 74% of businesses said they wanted to be “data-driven,” but only 29% are actually successful at connecting analytics to … Read more Actionable Insights
“The PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running & Shutting Down” by William Dow, PMP is my go-to book when setting up or improving a PMO, and I keep it close to hand on my business bookshelf for easy reference. It’s definitely a how-to manual, packed with checklists, diagrams and review questions to embed your learning. You can … Read more REVIEW: The PMO Lifecycle by William Dow, PMP
I read Ken Burrell’s “Learning Lessons from Projects” from cover to cover in one sitting – unusual for me, especially when it comes to business books. What I enjoyed most is Ken’s style of writing. I felt that we were having a conversation, practitioner-to-practitioner on how things can be better. There’s been a lot of research … Read more REVIEW: Learning Lessons From Projects by Ken Burrell
Over the past 8 weeks I’ve been taking this short course offered by The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), focused on Data Analysis for Management and designed for busy professionals. The course is delivered via an online campus – in partnership with GetSmarter – and led by Dr James Abdey, Assistant Professorial … Read more REVIEW: Data Analysis for Management (LSE, 2019)
This week’s webinar with PMO Flashmob was an opportunity to share some ideas with PMO practitioners around how to engage senior stakeholders more with the insights they are providing. Many were surprised when one of the polls during the session indicated that the most popular way of sharing information is via Microsoft PowerPoint. I must … Read more Visualising Data
This is how I think about PMO; moving the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle to build the full picture. Before you start a puzzle, do you count how many pieces you have, to make sure you are not going to be wasting your time before you start? What happens if pieces are missing? Do you … Read more Driving PMO Impact 5
“There can hardly be a firm that has not invested, always significantly and often hugely, in IT systems, the goal of which is to provide a better understanding of the market and control the company… Despite this spend, many firms feel that they are not achieving the outcomes they sought.” – Smith & Raspin, Creating Market … Read more Driving PMO Impact 4
What’s the impact of approaching a PPM solution implementation in the “wrong” way? I’ve worked on several PPM solution deployments, and one of my biggest frustrations is caused by the IT-led approach taken when implementing them. This isn’t helped when project management and PMO reside in IT. The solution has been decided and the project … Read more Driving PMO Impact 3
So how does the PMO build a compelling case for investment in a PPM solution? The finance, HR and sales teams focused on this when they prepared their business cases -providing value through actionable insights that will drive the business forward. it’s not about how PMO could save time or resource, or how the project … Read more Driving PMO Impact 2