Tag Archives: process assets
Do you really need a Project Management Office? (PMO effectiveness metrics)
Why do you have a Project Management Office? What do they do? What value do they add to the company? Is that their opinion or the business’? If you have a clear definition of your PMO, go and ask some … Continue reading
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A Federated Process Model
A common problem experienced by companies with diverse operations is that of standardizing processes. Finding a balance is a complex activity that involves: a) having enough processes definition to drive end to end processes and hence results for the company … Continue reading
Manage Your Portfolio of Problems Part 1
Does your team and organization suffer from numerous problems and issues? Do more issues crop up each time you try to solve something? Managing your problems as a portfolio may help you. One of the keys to improving your team … Continue reading
How to improve your productivity by using structure in your process
Once an organization reaches a certain size (say more then 30 people) it makes sense to set up a little bit of structure behind the way things are done. You often hear the objection “but we don’t need procedures or … Continue reading
Filed under alignment, appraisals, attitude, audits, checklist, CMMI, Effectiveness & Efficiency, executive, improvement, innovation, ISO9001, leadership, manager, method, organization change, PMO, problems, process improvement, productivity, project management, startup, strategy, structure, templates
Getting Started In Risk Management
A client recently described an interesting situation – she had purchasing the new ISO31000 risk management standard, she had done the training with her team, conducted a risk identification and assessment workshop, and done the analysis and prioritization. Yet no … Continue reading
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Improve your PMO effectiveness by walking around
As a PMO member, probably one of the most productive things you could do for your customers is to get out from your desk and get into businessland. By physically staying in the PMO team area (and let’s face it … Continue reading
Improve Your Business With A Quality Management System Review
Once in a while it’s good to review your quality/business management system (structure, processes, requirements, etc) – we’ll focus on processes for the moment. The relevance of processes is critical. They must be useful to your staff, customers, partners and … Continue reading
Filed under alignment, appraisals, audits, CMMI, improvement, ISO9001, KPI, method, metrics, organization change, people, PMO, problems, process improvement, product quality, risk, ROI, strategy, templates
Project Kickoffs Improve Performance
I was recently asked about why project kickoffs are important – surely people could just read the Project Management Plan and Project Charter. Nice in theory – rather more difficult in practice. It’s always better to get everyone in a … Continue reading
Filed under improvement, PMO, project management, risk, startup
Practical Steps To Recover From a Project Failure (Project Disaster Recovery)
One of the most difficult things to do is to recovery from project disasters – you know the sort – where EVERYTHING that can go wrong does go wrong. There are four key activities to undertake when recovering from any … Continue reading
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