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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

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Don’t let your scope definition gather dust!

by Jan Schiller November 9, 2022
by Jan Schiller November 9, 2022 0 comment

Is your scope definition gathering dust? You have just been selected to manage that big, important corporate project. Now that you’ve defined your project’s scope, what do you do with …

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Part 1: Are you managing your projects or just tracking them?

by Jan Schiller October 18, 2022
by Jan Schiller October 18, 2022 0 comment

The word ‘track’ originated in the 15th century; usage of the word ‘track’ started to take off in the 1950s at a time when the world was recovering from many …

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How to best define your project’s footprint

by Jan Schiller September 20, 2022
by Jan Schiller September 20, 2022 0 comment

You have just been selected to manage that big, important corporate project. You realize the project’s charter is nowhere to be found. How do you go about defining your project’s …

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How to spot an old-school project manager

by Jan Schiller September 14, 2022
by Jan Schiller September 14, 2022 0 comment

Want an elite project manager on your team? Can you recognize a project manager with the expertise and experience developed and refined by successfully, consistently, and predictably delivering complex results?  …

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18 Misconceptions that decrease PMO’s value

by Jan Schiller August 4, 2022
by Jan Schiller August 4, 2022 0 comment

What is a PMO’s value? Find out about some misconceptions. Despite your best-laid plans, communications, and focus on delivering value, misconceptions about your project management office (PMO) can exist about …

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Feature ArticleGeneral Articles Related to Managing ProjectsPerformance Metrics and KPIsPMO and EPMOProject Management

Is your PMO sufficiently data-driven?

by Jan Schiller July 12, 2022
by Jan Schiller July 12, 2022 0 comment

Most project management offices (PMOs) offer services to executives seeking to make informed decisions about the best approach to achieve their strategies. The key to effective data-driven PMO decision-making is …

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Know what you want your PMO to be when it grows up

by Jan Schiller June 9, 2022
by Jan Schiller June 9, 2022 0 comment

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 …

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Avoiding common PMO pitfalls

by Jan Schiller April 5, 2022
by Jan Schiller April 5, 2022 0 comment

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 …

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20 Clues that project management can transform your legal prowess

by Jan Schiller March 14, 2022
by Jan Schiller March 14, 2022 0 comment

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 …

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Techniques to make project scope management more manageable

by Jan Schiller February 14, 2022
by Jan Schiller February 14, 2022 0 comment

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 …

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