Category: Project Management
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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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A Process for Using Prince2
Feedback I receive following the delivery of online and classroom Prince2 training will invariably include comments on the Prince2 processes. The Prince2 processes can be challenging to get a grasp of for learners. My understanding of this is that they are completely new to the learner, unlike say risk, change and progress control which are…
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How Good is Your PMO? (P3M3 Measurement)
P3M3® Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Maturity Model (Axelos Best Practice) What is it? P3M3 is now a standard among maturity models, providing a structure with which organisations can assess their PMO performance and put improvement plans in place. It is a reference guide for structured best practice. It breaks down the broad disciplines of…
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Prince2 – Stick to Your Principles
We often hear top sports coaches and business leaders being interviewed on TV and radio. The question usually put to them is – what is the secret to your success? Much of the time the answer is – I follow my principles. Prince2 is a project management methodology which has be formulated following years of…