Project Management Office
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Establishing a Project Management Office
Insight One of the lasting changes that Y2K brought was the establishment of Project Management Offices in many organizations.
Rounding out the PMO with other product and service offerings
Insight Helping to steer a client's projects is great, but what else can a consultant who helps establish a project management office offer?
Defining and supporting project management methodology
Insight Here's a look at the first steps you need to take to develop and support a project management methodology.
Stopping corporate IT break-ins
News Shutting the door to IT systems after staff leave the business and allowing workers to safely log in from home can be a major headache for business.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Business security, Staff, Reed Elsevier Inc., LDAP, project management office, London, Silicon.com, audit
Centralize your IT projects
Techguide There are a number of reasons to centralize IT projects in your organization--this article shares some of them.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Service level management, IT Governance, Infrastructure/architecture management, SAS Institute, Security, Graphics, SLA, application provider, project management office
Help your team understand their project roles and responsibilities
Insight As a consultant, are you sure that everyone on your project team clearly understands their role? This roles and responsibilities template, sent to us from a TechRepublic member, can help.
Use color coding to quickly show overall project health
Techguide Color-coding helps project managers provide the right level of information to managers and executives.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, IT Management
The ideal PMO model is a balancing act
Insight IT organizations tend to choose between the extremes of two Project Management models: one emphasizing a support role and one emphasizing a supervisory role. The ideal solution lies somewhere between.
Tags: IT project management, Project management
You must build a PMO that makes the most sense to your organization
Insight Project management offices (PMOs) aren't one-size-fits-all. The PMO you establish for one client will look markedly different from the next. Always start by defining how the PMO will operate within the organization, and progress from there.
Effective project management efforts have business goals attached
Insight With fewer resources for project management leaders or offices and more pressure to make projects meet business strategies, CIOs should reaffirm their project management skills. Make sure all projects are tied to an enterprise goal.
Deploying project management in a client's organization
Insight Any change in an organization is likely to be met with resistance. Establishing a project management office could touch off a revolt if not handled correctly. These suggestions will help you ease your clients into a new way of approaching projects.
Update team members with an Internet project portal
Insight Without the proper tools, you can end up spending considerable time coordinating with project members. A project portal adds flexibility to help you and your team do a better job communicating the status of a project.
The PMO should perform audits and assessments to validate progress
Insight How do you know if your clients are following the project management processes you helped put in place? Here's how to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Focus on getting things done with Project Management 2.0
Techguide Project managers should lead projects, not be project secretaries. Learn how Project Management 2.0 can reduce routine, unnecessary work.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Tool, Enterprise 2.0, project manager, collective intelligence, Project Management 2.0, Andrew Filev, e-Mail Message, e-mail
Avoid failure by preparing for unexpected projects
Insight It's a nightmare that's happened to every IT leader--an unexpected project shows up without the time or resources to deal with it properly. Here are tips and advice on potential options in dealing with that surprise project.
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