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…
Jan Schiller

Jan Schiller
Jan Schiller, PMP, PSM1, FLMI, is a partner with Berkshire Consulting, LLC. She specializes in revealing the path from where an organization is to where they want to be. Over the past 30 years, Jan has been focused on linking strategy to results with project management in the financial services, investment, health, beverage, learning management and life sciences industries. She has helped her clients with the adoption of project management best practices; streamlining business processes; addressing regulations; achieving competitive advantage and much more. In addition to being quoted twice in PMNetwork Magazine, she's also discussed how to develop a PMO Project's scope statement on Phoenix Business RadioX (podcast). Jan writes about scope, portfolio management, methodologies, and PMO. See Jan's Articles
20 Clues that project management can transform your legal prowess
Project management is more structured and complex than a document or case management solution. Many organizations want their legal services to be more disciplined, efficient, competitive, adaptive, profitable, and proactive…
Techniques to make project scope management more manageable
Project scope management is always a challenge. Here’s how I effectively manage scope without appearing rigid or inflexible and get the change requestor’s skin in the game. When I set…
Helping your team succeed without micromanaging
Interested in helping your team succeed without micromanaging? Telling your team what you want them to do and how to do it is the quickest way to kill innovation. Choose…
Prioritization | 6 Important prioritization tips
Prioritization is a powerful activity essential to an organization’s success. When your day is dominated by a work whirlwind filled with several things to do and every one of them…
6 Simple steps to add projects to your project portfolio
The success of knowing how to add projects to a portfolio requires some steps. Is your project portfolio in a spreadsheet, disconnected from the business value it is intended to…
Does #noestimates really mean no estimates?
When I learned more about the #noestimates movement, primarily through articles authored by Woody Zuill, Neil Killick, and Ronald Jeffries, I was really intrigued. I have yet to manage a…
Do you know the difference between scope and requirements?
Scope and requirements are interrelated concepts. Projects in your portfolio should be creating and managing both. What is the difference between the two? Why do you need both? Why is…
How curiosity can improve your project estimates
Want to create better estimates? Be curious. Curiosity enhances the project estimates made by experienced estimators who fully understand the scope of work to be performed and who have experience…
The only 2 expectations you need to set for project portfolio success
Interested in knowing what expectations are for project portfolio success? My career adventures in project portfolio management (PPM) have taught me that I need to set only two expectations with…