Considering an Informal PMO: Can It Work for Your Business?
While there are a variety of formal approaches and flavors to PMOs, these might not be quite right in every situation. Many situations may actually …
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PMO Types: Comparing Gartner and PMI Points of View
Project Management Offices (PMOs) come in different sizes and shapes with different objectives and structures. This article discusses the various PMO …
Continue ReadingThe Key to a Successful PMO
There are many approaches to building a PMO, and myriad activities in which a PMO can engage. PMOs need to be judicious in what they choose to do and …
Continue ReadingPros and Cons of PMOs
This is the first part of a series of four articles on Project Management Offices (PMOs) and looks at the best and worst of what can happened when an …
Continue ReadingFocusing on Growing the Human and Institutional Capabilities of Project Management
Any strategic initiative needs to focus on building organizational capability in some way – whether human capability or institutional capability. The …
Continue ReadingOrganizational Strategies to Foster a Culture of Change
Strategic Initiative Management is, at least in part, a fancy way of describing how a company manages its portfolio of projects. No matter the …
Continue ReadingStrategic Initiatives in Project Management using the 80:20 Principle
Strategic initiatives are, by definition, items of high priority to the organization. As a result, they need to concentrate on providing key strategic …
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Keeping Processes Simple in Project Management
Strategic Initiative Management has the potential to be a highly complex topic. Indeed, it is a complicated topic, but it demands keeping supporting …
Continue ReadingHow and Why Businesses Outsource Locally
This is the second part of a series of four articles on outsourcing, taking a broader, more holistic look at the topic than is typically written. This …
Continue ReadingOffshore Outsourcing Definition and Considerations
Outsourcing to overseas contractors has become a newer, high impact and more complex form of outsourcing. This post focuses on technology-based …
Continue ReadingOutsourcing the Little Jobs: Overview of Individual Outsourcing
Outsourcing on an individual basis is new territory. The international landscape provides great opportunity for you to segment those individual tasks …
Continue ReadingWhat Is In-House Outsourcing?
This is the first part of a series of four articles on outsourcing, taking a broader, more holistic look at the topic than is typically written. This …
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