Author: Brian Cleere
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Projexit for Brexit
Over the last three years and more we have all heard a lot about Brexit and the negotiations around it. Like myself I’d bet most people are coming to the end of their patience with it and are somewhat reluctantly glad it’s seems to be nearing an end. Some might say be careful what you…
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What does a PMO do for a business?
A PMO is a Project Management Office. It’s a function within an organisation that defines the standards for project management. And it can do a whole lot more than that too. The main purpose of a Project Management Office (PMO) is to make sure that projects and programs are run in a repeatable, standardised way. …
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Basics of PMO Setup
According to the Project Management Institute; ‘the project management office (PMO) is easing its way into the mainstream. Yet to be truly effective, PMOs must reflect the organisational culture and strategy—or risk being dismissed as an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.’ Those within the profession see a clear ROI and are increasingly implementing PMOs. The State…
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PMO – Squeezing your ROI or just getting things done
Through my training and mentoring work, I get a lot of feed back from the business community to the effect that there seems to be a certain amount of deference towards getting things done within a reasonable and expected timeframe. I find this hard to understand since in business time is money. Of course, we…
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Can You Handle More Business?
I was chatting to a potential customer recently and was trying to get behind the challenges their business was experiencing. It turned out that their challenges could be described as generally positive. The business was experiencing rapid growth while attempting to maintain the best service to its customers. This might be described as business continuity…
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Project Management for Start Ups
A startup is a company, a partnership or temporary organisation designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model (Steve Blank, Statup Owner’s Manual 2012). These companies, newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com era when a great number of fast…