Linking Project Delivery in the early stages to business value can be challenging at best, due to changing strategic goals of the enterprise. Also, understanding the full life cycle of the delivered service, including the total cost of ownership and the end-to-end life-cycle of the service can be a difficult task to assume and communicate.
Services Management – The life-cycle of a Service Read More »
Agile isn’t about producing products faster than other methods. Agile isn’t about working faster than other people. The single most
When project managing for innovation and change, three important steps are getting great inspiration, having an effective idea generation session, and then moving your ideas forward with prototyping. Consider your personal and organizational prototyping practices: do you prototype across a wide range of levels, from rough to real? Do you prototype both your tangible and intangible concepts, as you might for service design and organizational change? Take a look at the following post to imagine your path this year on what and how to prototype – for yourself or across your company.
Prototype your way to Real Read More »
Ever been in a brainstorm and felt how differently your colleagues respond to new ideas? It turns out there are different “innovation types.” You may want to know what kind of innovator you are, and how you can improve your own work and your understanding of others in an innovation project team.
Resolution: Figure out my innovation type Read More »
Author: Mitch Rosner In the UCSC Project Leadership and Communication course, I was asked “what are project management leadership and
How to Align Project Work with Organization Strategy Read More »
Author: Ruomu Zhu What are project management leadership and communication best practices for aligning project work to the needs of
Roma’s Rambles about Project Leadership and Communication Best Practices Read More »
Author: Shuna Wu Would I propose a PMO to my company? The answer is Yes! As a program manager, I
Should I Propose a PMO to Leadership? Read More »
Author: Romain Tanière It seems like your projects consistently overrun their budget, are delayed due to over-committed resources and don’t
Set Sail on a PMO journey Read More »
Strong PMOs enhance the project management process not by saddling it with unnecessary processes and procedures – thinking EPM here – but choosing the right projects, allowing the project manager to effectively execute. The PMO provides assistance and guidance – to achieve one-time success that translates into repeatability, scalability and compliance.
PMO vs Extreme Project Management the “Smackdown” Read More »
Undoubted you’ve heard the advice “Just Say No” to things when you’re feeling overwhelmed. In actuality, saying “no” to life and its opportunities is a resistive, defensive and negative attitude producing additional stress. This stress management presentation shares fun, practical and life-changing tips on ways to say “YES” to things — on your own terms.
“Just say ‘No’” isn’t as simple as it seems. Read More »
As a member of the PMI Leadership Institute Advisory Group I have the pleasure to have an active part in