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Project Portfolio Management
Reporting and Review

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: Note: This is part 4 in our series on portfolio management. Part 1 is Projects Projects Everywhere: A Portfolio Management Approach, part 2 is Elements of Portfolio Management: Developing the Compelling Business…
Puzzle Pieces
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Managing Large Projects or Programs

By Bruce Beer, PMP: OK – you have been asked to manage a new major project that is an integral part of your company’s strategy (or your customer’s strategy if you are providing project services) and the cost is estimated to be in the…
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Control Your Project
Using the OODA Loop

by Vicki Wrona, PMP: I recently learned about a tool called the OODA loop. While the tool itself was created based on military fighter pilot observations and is now often used to train law enforcement, it has applications for use in business…
Clip Board
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Portfolio Management:
Developing Tools for the First Gate

By Kathy Martucci, PMP Note: This is part 3 in our series on portfolio management. Part 1 is Projects Projects Everywhere: A Portfolio Management Approach, part 2 is Elements of Portfolio Management: Developing the Compelling Business…
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PMOs – How To Integrate PMOs Into
the Organizational Structure

By Bruce Beer, PMP Note: This is the fifth and final post in a series on PMOs. In the previous four blogs in this series we looked at defining a PMO, the business value that they bring to a company, why your company might need one,…
Managing Projects Through Requirements
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Managing Projects through
Requirements

by Kathy Martucci, PMP: As project managers, we are accustomed, even mandated, to planning our work and working our plan. We build and examine (and re-examine) Work Breakdown Structures and eventual project schedules. We swear our Gannt…