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The Pivotal Role of the PMO
Employing best practices to achieve harmony between objectives and projects
By Paul Dinsmore, PMP
Tennis players at all levels intuitively know how to upgrade their games.
It’s about improving technique and putting good form into practice on the
tennis court. This pursuit of better tennis practices results in boosting
the players’ odds at winning.
The same is true for project professionals. By putting proven techniques and
approaches into practice, they too boost the odds of winning in the project
management arena. The resulting wins include: improved project delivery,
better performance, and increased stakeholder satisfaction. So project
professionals likewise upgrade performance by putting best practices into play.
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Building a PMO to Last
A Theory of Constraints Approach
By Gerry Kendall, PMP
Having an experience base of 35 years in project management
is not enough to justify some outrageous claims I will share
with you. My PMP designation is also insufficient. Even
my 88 year old mother doesn't believe that I'm so smart.
So the only way that I can justify what I am about to tell
you is through experience - mine and that of a few other
professionals who have achieved something very special in
terms of project management within an organization.
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Office Discipline: Why You Need a Project Management
Office (CIO.COM)
BY Megan Santosus
Companies seeking more efficiency and tighter monitoring
of IT projects are opening project management offices in
growing numbers. But don't expect a quick fix, easy metrics
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How to Start up and Roll out a Project Office (PM Solutions)
by Dianne Bridges, PMP and Kent Crawford, PMP
As ad hoc and informal approaches to managing projects continue to be less than effective in meeting
time-to-marker goals, the need for a Project Office becomes more compelling. This article provides an
approach that addresses the immediate needs of an organization yet, at the same time, considers longer-term
solutions to improve project management.
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