Do you remember how Rod Serling started the "Twilight Zone" TV series each week? He would say "For Your Consideration." That is exactly what I request of you in this blog entry. An article entitled "Case Study: Design in Cost Reduction", which was cited in one of the Group Discussions on LinkedIn, caught my eye the other day. The article's author discussed how Motorola … [Read more...] about What Can Projects Learn from the Latest Design and Manufacturing Disciplines?
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What Do I Do if My PMO Can’t Execute?
A number of years ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds played a baseball game in which the Dodgers did nothing right and the Reds did nothing wrong. The final score was 10-0 in favor of the Reds. In a post game press conference, the Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda was asked this question by a reporter, " How do you feel about your team's execution today?" Tommy … [Read more...] about What Do I Do if My PMO Can’t Execute?
So How Do I Start a PMO?–Session II
In Session I, we talked about the PMO Author taking a clean sheet of paper and developing a Funding Authorization Statement or Summary for a project which would include information and details concerning supporting documentation for the justification and approval process. Here is the example we used: “This funding authorization seeks $37.5 million (capital and expense) … [Read more...] about So How Do I Start a PMO?–Session II
So How Do I Start a PMO?–Session I
Suppose you are a member of a successful IT or other business functional group whose members have successfully delivered "value" to their larger organizations/corporations through successful project implementation. Inevitably, this success brings additional requirements from the corporation to deliver more "value" through more projects over time. You begin to feel the pressure … [Read more...] about So How Do I Start a PMO?–Session I
