I have always thought that summer was a time for "renewal." After all, isn't that why there was no school in the summer, and why your parents sent you to those summer camp "enrichment" programs? It was so you could relax and enjoy some subjects and activities that you were not exposed to during the remainder of the year. And as you got older, perhaps you had a chance to … [Read more...] about Is It Time for a PMO Renewal?
PMO Leadership
What Are Some Key “Choices” That Project Managers Must Consider When Facing Dilemmas Within A PMO?
As project managers and PMO practitioners, we continually strive to improve our performance by reflecting on those areas where we excel, and critically reviewing areas where we could create more desirable outcomes when faced with similar circumstances. "Dilemmas" are one area of conflict where we can all improve our performance. Dilemmas arise from internal or … [Read more...] about What Are Some Key “Choices” That Project Managers Must Consider When Facing Dilemmas Within A PMO?
Five Tangible Things Aspiring Young Project Managers Can Do to Enhance Their Capabilities
I have noticed recently, in the Discussion sections of LinkedIn's Project Managers, PMO, and PMO Bloggers Groups, that aspiring young project managers have been requesting advice from more experienced project managers and PMO leaders as to what steps they can take to enhance their ability to move forward in the "project community" and to advance their project management … [Read more...] about Five Tangible Things Aspiring Young Project Managers Can Do to Enhance Their Capabilities
How Do You “Motivate” Your PMO to Make that Step Change to the Next Level of Performance?
Pretend for a few minutes that you are the Vice President of Program Management for your company, and that you are taking some time to "reflect" on where your PMO has been, and where you think it is going. It hasn't always been an easy road getting to this point. There were times when you thought "project management" might even be a dirty phrase, because the promise just … [Read more...] about How Do You “Motivate” Your PMO to Make that Step Change to the Next Level of Performance?
In the Evolutionary Stages of a PMO, How Can You Identify the Leaders Who will Ensure The Success of the PMO at Steady State?
There seems to be an abundance of recent research and published information on leadership in organizations these days. Ironically, however, during the same time that the old method of listing and evaluating "attributes" of leadership has yielded to the critical examination of actual behavior in significant leadership scenarios, there have been fundamental breakdowns in basic … [Read more...] about In the Evolutionary Stages of a PMO, How Can You Identify the Leaders Who will Ensure The Success of the PMO at Steady State?
