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- Portfolio Management
14 Questions that can help identify project portfolio stakeholders
In my recent article, Eight tips for identifying your project portfolio stakeholders, I mentioned that I keep a list of questions I have found to be effective in helping me find project portfolio stakeholders. Here are 14 questions that can…
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To run complex organizations a project leader MUST be bold
During the many years of discussion around leadership, we have been told that anyone can be a leader. While this is true, not everyone can be the project leader of a large, complex, or fast-paced organization. Leaders of these organizations…
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How your organizational culture could be hindering project success
Is your organizational culture dragging down project success? Peter Drucker says that “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast,” and when it comes to project management, this can be too true. Project managers develop a project strategy, vision, and culture within their…
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How reframing RAM and RAID changes their use in managing projects
Looking to find out more about project RAM and RAID? Humans have this uncanny way of putting on a new coat of paint or moving a few pieces around, and “voilà,” we have a new thing. The same seems to…
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How to optimize the number of project portfolios for your organization?
Have you ever wondered how many project portfolios you should have? Do you wish you had cohesive insights into your organization’s ability to achieve its strategies? Here are three guidelines that will help you optimize the number of project portfolios…
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Project Portfolio Management (PPM) process phases and support tools
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) can be considered a management innovation; Its main objective is to maximize organizational benefits by selecting project portfolios that provide the greatest opportunity to achieve strategic goals and objectives. Companies use project portfolio management (PPM) for…
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Friend or foe: Identifying the impact of different risks on your projects
When you are in a war, it is very dangerous that is very it is very important to be sure whether the approaching fighter aircraft or tank is your ally or enemy. This uncertainty led the defense industry to develop…
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Differentiating between Project Management and Project Portfolio Management
Project portfolio management (PPM) helps companies manage and control projects within an organization. Companies use PPM for several reasons, such as maximizing the outcome of projects, balancing risks, and, most importantly, aligning projects to the strategic objectives of the organization.…
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Why project metrics matter
Would you travel in a car across the country without a gas gauge, speedometer, map, and cash balance information? Many project managers attempt this trip by operating without the numbers needed to define progress, obstacles, financial rate, and performance of…
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Improve Your Project Business Skills: Podcast
Interested in finding out how to improve project business skills? In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner is joined by Oliver Lehmann and Martin Berneburg to discuss how to improve these skills. They touch on the topic of project business, which is…
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