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PMOs: Business Value and Impact of PMOs

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is Part 2 in a series on Project Management Offices. Part 1, What is a PMO and What Does it Do? can be found here. In Part 1 of this series, I outlined what a PMO is and what a PMO can or should do. Now…
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What is a PMO and What Does it Do?

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series on PMOs. PMOs are increasingly becoming the “in thing” these days, even though they have been around for many years. So this series of articles will try and…
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Keeping Your Project on Scope

by Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is part 3 of a 3-part series. The first in this series of Keeping on Track blogs dealt with how to keep your project on track with regard to time, the second dealt with how to stay within budget, this…
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Keeping Your Project Within Budget

By Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is Part 2 of the Keeping Your Project on Track series. Click here to read Part 1, Keeping Your Project on Time. The first in this series of “Keeping Your Project on Track” dealt with how to keep your…
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Goldplating: A Dilemma for the Over-Achiever

by Kathy Martucci, PMP: Goldplating. Say that word out loud. It sounds really great rolling off the tongue. But wait! As rich and wonderful as it sounds, it is a dangerous trend when it starts to become the norm on your project. As conscientious…
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Even Hotels Understand Constraints –
Why Can’t My Management Team?

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: One of the benefits of enrolling in a hotel program is being able to specify preferences. Recently, after making my hotel reservation, I reviewed the options presented to me. What I found was this: To better accommodate…