Most project management offices (PMOs) offer services to executives seeking to make informed decisions about the best approach to achieve their strategies. Project portfolio data makes that possible and improves…

When it comes to setting up a PMO, what should it look like? If you want to know what your PMO will be when it grows up; you have to…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…