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Why GM Created A Team Of 8,000 Programmers
By Jim Anderson
So IT manager, how many people are on your team? How hard is it to keep track of them and what they are currently working on? I’m willing to bet that it probably takes up most of your available time. Over at GM they just hired […]

Can You Prove that Your PMO Has Improved Project Delivery?
By Kiron D. Bondale
Some project management offices (PMO) are like Rodney Dangerfield – they don’t get no respect. While there are many causes for a PMO to be shut down, the inability to demonstrate their value proposition is one of the more common reasons.
So how can […]

How to Develop a Project Plan that’s Right for Your Next Project
By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation
The baseline. In project control, everything you do refers to it. It’s the expectation you’re setting with stakeholders.
The main medium you have for communicating that baseline is by developing a project plan. It documents the time, cost and scope […]

Are Your Beliefs Helping or Hindering You as a Leader?
By Susanne Madsen
Have you ever considered how important your values and beliefs are to the results you get (or don’t get) in your personal and professional life? Beliefs are so powerful that they shape your attitudes, decisions, actions, and ultimately determine your results. They are something […]

Advice from the Field: What Makes a Successful PMO?
By Michelle Greer
Recently, I had a lunch with a newly-appointed Project Management Office (PMO) leader for a major retailer here in SF. He was just hired to reinstate the PMO, processes and tools for his organization. He shared his approach to this exciting new challenge and from […]

Portfolio Metrics Need to Advance Beyond on Time and on Budget
By Kiron D. Bondale
While simply meeting the triple constraint is not the best method of evaluating project success, on time or on budget statistics continue to be used by Project Management Offices (PMO) as proof that project delivery capabilities are improving. After all, if the […]

Read Me a Story
By Kerry Wills
When I was a little boy I enjoyed when my father would read a story to me before going to bed. Now that I am much older I don’t need someone to read them to me and yet many presentations are just that – people showing slides and then reading […]

Benefits of an “Agile” Mindset
By Perry McLeod
Projects are a social endeavor. Traditional project management approaches have shied away from the social advantages a more agile project environment brings. By nature, we are storytelling, pattern seeking and social people. We need colocation to shine truly in a project environment. Agile is about creating and fostering a […]

Leaders Should Inspire Change Through the Rear View Mirror
By Roy Osing
There is certainly no shortage of advice on what actions leaders should take to successfully implement change.
However, despite the plethora of guidance available, organizations generally have difficulty executing their “brave idea”. The desired change doesn’t see the light of day; the intended benefits aren’t realized; […]

Strategy and Tactics = PMO Success
By Lindsey Marymont
Planning is often an overwhelming yet exciting time as you are mapping out the road ahead. Having a good sense of what you would like to get done over the year, recalling how far you were able to come, and forecasting on paper (or in the cloud) the […]