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Category: Management Systems
7 Steps to Using Prioritization Matrices
Prioritization matrices help make decisions after key actions, formulating a clear guide to the work that has more value and importance than others. However, creating and utilizing a prioritization matrix isn’t always a simple matter. This post by Steven Bonacorsi explains, in a step by step way, what is needed to start using (and benefiting from [...]
Genius PMO: Make Every Project Manager A Genius (Part I)
What if you could build a genius team by asking just 40 questions? This blog post from Nicholls and Dimes introduces a system of assessment developed by Genrikh Altshuller which allows for the creation of “genius” solutions. The post introduces how this system works and how it can be applied to a project team, going [...]
Are You the Right Leader for Project Success?
The right leadership often leads to the “right” outcomes ““ at least that’s the working premise of this academic article by Mary Sumner, Douglas Bock, and Gary Giamartino. It’s an accepted fact that leadership, when applied well, can turn the tide in any large project. That being said, it’s also agreed that most large IT [...]
9 Keys to Effectively Manage Software Projects
This PDF from ITMPI and written by Larry Putnam gives a list of nine key principles and practices to successfully create a management system for software projects. By effectively tracking project history, understanding the impact of change after the project has begun and recognizing all actions that occur with a software project (not just coding) [...]
Spreadsheets: The most expensive PPM tool you didn’t pay for
The creation of home-spun spreadsheets to manage projects is as common and typical as any other element in project management.
Make Complexity Seem Simple With Enterprise PPM
This post on Info-Tech discusses how enterprise project portfolio management is becoming the go-to solution for many organizations that need to monitor and manage projects from start to finish in multiple groups. While today’s PPM solutions are “stretching their capabilities out beyond the rigid parameters and timelines that defined traditional project management”, the article suggests [...]
7 Marks of a Great Project Management Office
So everyone knows what a PMO is, but does everyone know what makes a great PMO great?
Unlocking PMO Profitability
Most CIOs know the benefits of utilizing a PMO ““ the positive outcomes are well documented and researched. In this article from Project Smart, Darrell Raynor, PMP and Curt Finch, the argument is made that the benefits aren’t being shown in positive financial results. Raynor and Finch explain why this is a problem in both [...]
Can IT PPM Be Business-Driven?
A Business Driven PPM Creates Alignment PPM can be business driven, and according to Steve Sharp, it should be. If the primary goal of PPM is to increase the speed and quality of business performed, than the line between IT and business becomes blurred, and PPM becomes a matter for [...]
Portfolio Management From the Trenches
In this PDF from the Project Management Institute and Wiley, the process, pitfalls, and benefits of PPM are discussed. Beginning with the common reasons that PPM is not implemented (or implemented poorly) in organizations, the paper goes on to answering the five most important questions that can occur in an IT organization including: Are we [...]
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