Have you ever found out about a project in your organization’s project portfolio that impacted you, yet you were not contacted or involved? Have you ever had a stakeholder run …
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The content on this page was contributed by Jan Schiller, a certified Project Management Professional for PMWorld 360 Magazine.
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; address regulations; achieving competitive advantage and much more. Jan writes about scope and portfolio management.
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Why having too many priorities is counterproductive to your top priority
by Jan Schiller
Too many project priorities or competing priorities? Having more than one priority is the quickest way to diminish all of your priorities, especially your top priority. According to Dictionary.com, the …
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How to unlock project portfolio team success with organization charts
by Jan Schiller
A project portfolio requires contributions from several, sometimes hundreds, of people. Your perspective of your project portfolio team matters. Making one shift can unleash the potential of your team and …
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4 Crucial PMO staffing considerations
by Jan Schiller
Are you finding it challenging to find and retain the talent you know you need to succeed in delivering valuable project management office (PMO) services? Do you wish you had …
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Money alone cannot promise project portfolio success
by Jan Schiller
The key to the success of Project Portfolio Management is not determined by money alone. The budget for your new project portfolio designed to deliver your organization’s top strategy has …
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Differentiating between outcome management, project management, and solution delivery
by Jan Schiller
We manage so many things when we manage project portfolios. It is important to understand the difference between outcome management, project management, and solution delivery. The process of turning an …
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The secret skill every project portfolio manager should have
by Jan Schiller
Ever wonder which project portfolio manager skill is essential? If you are a project portfolio manager (PPM), you are talented. PPMs must be objective, credible, multi-taskers, great with ambiguity, authentic, …
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Don’t let your scope definition gather dust!
by Jan Schiller
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
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
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 …