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03/03/08 Tip of the Week: Project Portfolio Management: Tip 7 - Use executive dashboards.

March 3, 2008

Few executives will take the time to login to your PPM tool much less navigate through reports or search through data. They will no doubt want the PMO to have and use and master the PPM tool and its capabilities, but they themselves may or may not be... Read more...

PMConnection

March 2, 2008

Extensive list of articles on program and portfolio management, MS Project, Project Server, PMO and PMP.  Read More →

tragedy of the commons and project management

March 2, 2008

What do the tragedy of the commons and project management have in common?(Thanks Bas for tipping me off to the Tragedy concept.)The tragedy of the commons is an idea that was articulated in 1968 by Garret Hardin in Science magazine. (My research is from... Read more...

PM War Stories #12 – Taking Ownership of Strategic Objectives

February 29, 2008

Download PMW_0012_Taking_Ownership.mp3 (16.1 MB) There is a new paradigm emerging in the world of project management.  Where at one time project managers were solely focused on the successful execution of the projects they managed, today project... Read more...

Five Portfolio Management Implementation Tips

February 27, 2008

gannthead has a good PPM post with five tips on implementing a solid portfolio management system: Effective Portfolio Management Implementation Tips. You can read the article to get all the details and proper context, but here are the five tips discussed: Tactical... Read more...

Project Server 2007 My Schedule View

February 25, 2008

Are there times where you wish you could just see all of your time commitments in a calendar view?  If so, the My Schedule view in Project Web Access is for you.  The My Schedule view was designed to help you plan by displaying your Project... Read more...

Call for Nominations for 3rd Annual PMO of the Year Award

February 21, 2008

Project organizations have until the end of February to submit a nomination for the Center for Business Practices Third Annual PMO of the Year Award. The award recognizes a Project Management Office (PMO) that demonstrates vision and acumen in implementing... Read more...

Two different approaches to running a PMO

February 21, 2008

For weeks it seems like I’ve not read anything about project management offices, and then all of a sudden two different approaches turn up, like buses. And they are very different. Firstly, there’s the Project Success Plan, from CA. It... Read more...

Agile Expertise Shared

February 15, 2008

PMO director and senior project manager share their experiences with agile project management methods. ...  Read More →

Tasks, Projects, Programs

February 11, 2008

As the development of a methodology persists for a PMO, there is a vagueness surrounding the conceptual differences between a project, program, and task. For the project description, simply having a temporary unique endeavor with a beginning and an end... Read More →

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