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Agile, Quality Management, Change Management, Complexity, PMO, Decision Making, Business Analysis, Governance, Leadership, Organizational Project Management, Estimating, New Practitioners, Procurement Management 25 October 2019

PM Network

Using the project management process to improve lessons learned resolution results

By Anderson, Peter The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has an established lessons learned program that documents both shortfalls for corrective action and best practices for wider dissemination. Most phases are…

Article PMO, Strategy, Decision Making, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Lessons Learned, Manufacturing 1 February 2018

Project Management Journal

Knowledge Contribution as a Factor in Project Selection

By Geng, Shuang | Chuah, Kong Bieng | Law, Kris M. Y. | Cheung, Che Keung | Chau, Y. C. | Rui, Cao Project selection is a crucial decision-making process in many organizations. By adopting a project-based learning perspective, this study sets out to develop a framework to integrate organizational…

Article Decision Making, PMO May 2014

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Jumping the divide

By Mustafa, Abid Abid Mustafa explains how his company, du Telecom, digitized the project management office,giving the on-the-go PMO the capability to provide project data anytime, anywhere and enabling executives…

Article Decision Making, PMO, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement January 2014

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Neutrality check

By Mustafa, Abid Often when stakeholder conflict arises, the project management office (PMO) remains neutral. But when cross departmental stakeholders are involved, disagreements are unavoidable, and PMOs must step…

Article Decision Making, PMO, Portfolio Management November 2013

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Merge with caution

By Alderton, Matt Merger and acquisition deals (M&As) may seem the domain of accountants and attorneys, but it's project leaders who help a new organization thrive by helping decide which legacy initiatives to keep…

Article Decision Making, PMO, Strategy November 2010

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The PMO survival guide

By Fister Gale, Sarah To survive in the current corporate environment, where cutbacks are almost everyday events, today's project management office (PMO) must deliver results that generate business value. This article…

Article Decision Making, PMO, Portfolio Management September 2010

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Ripple effect

By Upson, Terence By creating a program management office (PMO), organizations provide a forum for establishing the processes that can help project managers make better project decisions, and select those projects…

Conference Paper Decision Making, PMO 19 October 2008

Speed does not kill--decision making in uncertain times

By Thorn, Michael E. To take advantage of opportunities, organizations must possess the capacity for making quick decisions that enable them to take action--or decide not to take action. This paper examines how…

Conference Paper PMO, Strategy, Decision Making 8 November 2006

Strategic PMO: how to align projects to corporate strategy

By Fonseca Boto, Elizeu To more effectively compete in today's global marketplace, many organizations are now transforming their traditionally structured project management office (PMO) from a tactical tool into a…

Conference Paper PMO, Strategy, Decision Making 8 November 2006

Implementação e operação de PMO: a abordagem de uma empresa Brasileira: Caso Serasa S.A.

By Silva, Maria Sol Fernandes Marques da As the largest database on consumers, companies and economic groups, Serasa S.A., a Brazilian company, actively participates in the support of the majority of the credit and business decisions made…