Establishing and growing a project management office (PMO) requires all of your powers of observation. These five areas should have your PMO’s attention. Culture There are entire books, presentations, and …
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How is Project Portfolio Management evolving?
Interested in finding out about Portfolio Management evolution? Portfolio Management is evolving over time. Today, Portfolio Management goes over the evaluation techniques. It is going towards a more comprehensive managerial …
Project Business and Project Business Management: Podcast
In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Oliver F. Lehmann about Project Business and Project Business Management. Cornelius didn’t know what either of these terms meant when he heard them for …
5 Steps to Mastering the Decision Tree
Many of the project tools available to project managers are simple, yet often, people stop themselves from using them because they might look intimidating or difficult to master. In my …
Ruthless project prioritization in project environments
In environments where everything is a top priority, nothing is a top priority. A key responsibility of senior leadership is ruthless project prioritization, leaving no doubt as to the organization’s …
Learning to identify risks as an opportunity
Time and time again, I mention the word “risk” in conversations, and what comes to everyone’s mind is, first and foremost, something negative. You can see it on people’s faces, …
How to avoid wasting time selecting subcontractors in the procurement process
Project Managers need to have realistic assumptions regarding the length of time that any procurement activities they conduct will take, especially when preparing project management plans, budgets and time schedules …
Increasing engagement through storytelling: Part 3
We continue with our discussion of the importance of the role of storytelling in project management in this third part with a closer look at how Project Managers should be …
How Project Portfolio Management helps companies develop effective strategies
If your organization is looking for a way to develop effective business strategies, project portfolio management holds the key. Organizations need to define a strategy in order to achieve success. …
2 Facets of project leaders
“Take the bull by the horns” is a phrase believed to have originated in the American West around the 1800s. It means confronting a problem head-on versus waiting for the …