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23 June 2008 Project Management Office PMO Maturity Project Management Office PMO MaturityPMO Maturity. PMOs often face a challenge to justify their existence and the expense of keeping the PMO running. A proper understanding of PMO maturity will provi... |
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02 June 2008 Project Management Office Controls Project Management Office ControlsAudit research, standards, controls, and the audit trailAuditing is a research activity. The auditor compares the work actually performed to the methodology, standard... |
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16 May 2008 Project Management Review Project Completion Project Management Review Project CompletionFor more information, see the Review Project Completion page of MPMM™, the Method123 Project Management Methodology. The PMO in the PIRWhat is cr... |
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19 April 2008 Project Management Delivery Project Management DeliveryBy performing these functions, the End-of-Phase Review helps ensure that a project will deliver acceptable results within its schedule and budget. In the case of the discove... |
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29 March 2008 Project Management Community and Reviews Project Management Community and ReviewsIndependence in Reviews and in Audits in a PMOBecause the primary goal of the PMO is to ensure that projects are well managed leading to delivery of acceptable ... |
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08 March 2008 Project Management Community Costs Project Management Community CostsOther costs of independence are higher. In these cases, the PMO must weigh the benefits of independence against the costs, and must also do its best to maximize indep... |
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15 February 2008 Success in a Project Management Community Success in a Project Management CommunityShare success. This is most important for a directive PMO. If the PMO uses resources from internal departments or develops projects to change internal operatio... |
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23 January 2008 Project Management Community Project Management CommunityBased on this definition, the PMO can define success and present a believable success rate for the prior year.The assessment should also evaluate the key factors that led t... |
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02 January 2008 The Benefits of Project Independence The Benefits of Gaining Project IndependenceThe primary benefits of independence are: A greater chance of catching errors sooner, and correcting them at lower costs. As explained above, a lack of... |
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26 December 2007 Performing Project Reviews and Audits Performing Project Reviews and AuditsThis learning page is designed to clarify reviews and audits, explain the role of each, and clarify the differences between them. This is necessary for several rea... |
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20 December 2007 PMO Types and Organizational Structure PMO Types and Organizational StructureThis section explores look at two issues: the relationship between PMO types and implementation of governance; and the structure of the PMOs in an organization in... |
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14 December 2007 Authority in Project Management Authority in Project ManagementAuthority to implement governance is best granted at the CEO level. It can also come from the Executive Vice-Presidential level, if all Executive VP's over all emplo... |
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05 December 2007 Accountability in Project Management Accountability in Project ManagementGovernance in project management is a tool that improves corporate performance well beyond project management. MPOM™ specifically focuses on applying governan... |
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29 November 2007 Project Management Software Governance Project Management Software Governance In closing the definition of governance, it is useful to introduce these terms:Governance. An organization's intentional definition of accountability an... |
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23 November 2007 Project Management Governance Project Management GovernanceGovernance is an organization's intentional definition of accountability. Governance is a very effective management tool that has developed in the last few years. The ... |
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17 November 2007 Project Management Course - Knowledge Project Management Course - KnowledgeThe strategic reason for creating a project management knowledge management system is the same as the reason for creating a PMO. When an organization recognizes pr... |
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11 November 2007 Project Knowledge Management Project Knowledge ManagementKnowledge management grew out of data management and information management. Data management developed in the 1970s and 1980s. Methods of organizing and searching data, mos... |
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02 November 2007 Multiple PMO Project Office Situation Multiple PMOsA company can have multiple PMOs for a number of different reasons, as addressed on the Lifecycle Page Multiple PMOs. In addition to the model's discussed there, there is one addition... |
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24 October 2007 A Controlling Project Management Offfice A Controlling Project Management OffficeA controlling PMO focuses on the four controlling services: governance, assessments, reviews, and audits. The primary goals of the controlling PMO are:To ensure... |
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17 October 2007 General Project Management PMO Services General Project Management PMO ServicesA general PMO focuses on general services and seeks to standardize project management methodology, processes and tools by making them available. A general PMO wi... |
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11 October 2007 Types of Project Management Offices PMO TypesA project management office can be categorized as one of four types, corresponding to the four types of services: General, Supportive, Controlling, and Directive. To learn more about types of... |
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04 October 2007 Assessing Project Management Assessing Project ManagementAs discussed above, a Best Practice is the most effective and efficient way to solve a particular problem or achieve a particular result. Above, the method for defining whi... |
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27 September 2007 Where Project Management comes from Where do Best Practices come from?Best Practices come from four sources:Project Management Standards Organizations. For example, OPM3 identifies 600 Best Practices related to project, program, and por... |
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21 September 2007 Project Best Practices Project Best PracticesA Best Practice is the optimal way to do something, that is, the most effective and efficient way known. The learning pages have shown the steps from standards through capabiliti... |
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12 September 2007 Organizing Project Management Organizing Project ManagementIt is not enough to make a list of all capabilities and then develop each one. There is no single, linear list of capabilities. Capabilities need to be categorized in many... |
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07 September 2007 Project Management Capabilities Project Management CapabilitiesAdherence to standards may, or may not, benefit a particular company. However, steady adherence to an appropriate standard, properly applied, does benefit a company. The... |
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03 September 2007 The OCG Project Management Consulting Standards The OCG Project Management Consulting StandardsThe British Office of Commerce and Government has released a project management standard, PRINCE2 (PRojects In Controlled Environments), and a series of ... |
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16 August 2007 Benefits and Goals of Project Management Assessments Benefits and Goals of Project Management AssessmentsIn addition to defining the current situation, assessments can also be used to define benefits and goals. Once appropriate stakeholders are selected... |
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26 July 2007 Key Project Management Concepts Key Project Management ConceptsMPOM's key concepts learning pages provide in-depth information on these topics critical to PMO successPlanning and Assessment explains the methods of gap analysis a... |
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05 July 2007 Project Management Planning Project Management PlanningTips and Hints:If you are a Project Manager and you are at the project planning phase in your project, then you will be ready to create a detailed project plan. But where mo... |
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01 January 2006 Assessment to Determine Feasibility In some circumstances, there may be doubt as to the feasibility of a PMO or of a particular service. In that case, an assessment can be used to determine the feasibility of the item. This is called a ... |
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01 January 2006 Project Management Acceptable Results Project Management Acceptable ResultsIn the aerospace industry, acceptable results often means zero defects, because any defect threatens the safety of human life. Organizations can self-assess, impro... |
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01 January 2006 Project Management MPOM's Project Management MPOM'sNote that the three levels – Basic, Standard, and Advanced – refer to the levels at which the PMO operates, not the levels at which project management, as a wh... |
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