My recent PMO blog posts have consistently addressed some of the prerequisites for an "actionable" Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Process for the PMO or project organization. In general, these have been activities or competencies or capabilities that the organization needs to nurture in order to really make Project Lessons Learned an active contributor to the overall … [Read more...] about What New Skills and Capabilities Must a Project Organization Develop in its Project Managers and Facilitators to Ensure a Robust Project Lessons Learned Process?
PMO Benchmarking
Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment
Those of you who have read my blog consistently know that I am interested in two cases in which Project Lessons Learned can be identified from projects. I call these the Single Project Case and the Multiple Project Case. The Single Project Case involves a project manager and his team who wish to identify, document, and share project lessons learned at the completion of a … [Read more...] about Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment
Benchmarking to Improve the Performance of Your PMO
In recent blog posts, I have discussed how individual project and program managers can improve their capabilities and performance through some simple, yet very tangible and actionable, everyday tasks in the project process. I want to turn now to "benchmarking", an area which can be applied to improve performance on several "scales", whether it be overall performance of a … [Read more...] about Benchmarking to Improve the Performance of Your PMO
