Project Management Office Tips and Hints

	19 June 2009 Perform General Project Management Services   Perform General Project Management ServicesThere are 9 general PMO services that are written into the Project Plan. Four of these are:Report status. The PMO delivers information about project status t...
	16 June 2009 Risk Management Training Improvement Schedule   The improvements can be tracked on a service improvement schedule. To prepare the service improvement schedule, follow these six steps: 1.      Place one task that will imp...
	02 June 2009 Set Project Management Feedback Schedule   Set Project Management Feedback Schedule The feedback schedule has two components: the Evaluation Project Manager Planner and the Evaluation Tracker. All the information gathered in this section g...
	12 May 2009 Project Management Community Stakeholders   The first row of the table shows that, in the activity of preparing the plan for this service, the PMO Project Manager will approve the plan. The service manager will both manage the work and perfo...
	01 May 2009 Online Project Management Items   Several of the Online Project Management items are explained in greater detail below. Choose How to Publicize Components The Project Charter and business case contain crucial information that ca...
	24 April 2009 Online Project Management Checklists   A checklist will guide each publicity activity. The checklists should be prepared before any publicity begins. The Charter Publication Checklist should be prepared first. Then the others can be prep...
	10 April 2009 Online Project Management Software   Here is a partial example of an adoption schedule for a online project management knowledge management system:Statement of ApproachWhat development approach will be used? acquire components, integrat...
	27 March 2009 Adopt Project Management Knowledge Base   Adopt Project Management Knowledge Base A online project management knowledge base is an advanced tool that includes all information about all projects plus interfaces that allows for new queries ...
	13 March 2009 Analyze Project Management Data Sets   1.      Analyze Data Sets 2.      Analyze Data Structures 3.      Evaluate RDBMS n Analyze data sets. ...
	24 February 2009 Database Project Management Professional   The evaluation of these sources and definition of project management template database content requirements is done in these three steps:1.      Perform structured data analys...
	06 February 2009 Functional Project Management Requirements   nDefine functional requirements. The functional requirements of each application must be defined. A summary list of many of the major categories of functional requirements appears at the top of this p...
	03 February 2009 Online Project Management Tools   Evaluate existing internal software. All or part of the organization may be using online project management tools before the PMO is launched. The PMO should evaluate these tools and decide if they sho...
	20 January 2009 Project Management Software Tool Adoption   Prepare Project Management Software Tool Adoption ScheduleIn listing all tools and performing a gap analysis on each one, the PMO team has defined all the work necessary to prepare the tools for ...
	06 January 2009 Project Management Professional   Take these three steps to define specific tool requirements:1.      Define key stakeholders for tools. Different project management tools are significant to different stakehol...
	26 December 2008 Project Management Office Strategic Direction   Project Management Office Strategic Direction Which of these approaches is best for the organization depends on these factors:Strategic direction. Is the goal to improve project management overal...
	06 December 2008 Project Management Office Improving Maturity   Project Management Office Improving MaturityImproving Maturity Over TimeAs should be cleared by now, operating at the Advanced Level and increasing the PMO's maturity is a carefully planned and ex...
	21 November 2008 Project Management Office Alingment and Fit   Project Management Office Alingment and FitAlignment and fit. Here, the focus is on making the PMO right for the company and its strategic direction. That may involve growth to the advanced level, or ...
	01 November 2008 Project Management Office Directive PMO   Project Management Office Directive PMOThe Directive PMO standardizes project management by performing all projects in a standard way:A company with very independent divisions already has capable proj...
	12 October 2008 Project Management Office Basic to Standard Level   Project Management Office Basic to Standard LevelThe growth of the PMO from the Basic Level to the Standard Level comes with its transition from a General PMO to a Supportive PMO. As a General PMO, it...
	27 September 2008 Project Management Office PMO Implementation   Project Management Office PMO ImplementationA company or agency has heard that it should implement a better project management methodology. One manager has been pressing this point for years. He is to...
	07 September 2008 Project Management Office Increasing Maturity   Project Management Office Increasing MaturityIncreasing maturity is unquestionably of benefit to the organization. But it is not the only beneficial strategic direction. And an excessive focus on matu...
	22 August 2008 Project Management Office Maturity Levels   Project Management Office Maturity LevelsThe formal levels of maturityOPM3 uses four maturity levels, and where CMMI uses five. They have a simple relationship described in this table: Note the f...
	07 August 2008 Project Office Sponsored Program   Project Office Sponsored ProgramOne benefit of the fact that CMM® was a NASA-sponsored program is that all of the methods that were developed are available to all companies, worldwide, for free. I...
	02 August 2008 Project Management Office Development Teams   Project Management Office Development TeamsIn the 1970s and 1980s, the United States government very much wanted to know that software development teams could be counted on to produce reliable results...
	12 July 2008 Project Management Office PM Maturity   Project Management Office PM MaturityPM Maturity. Project Management Maturity is the most advanced model in the field of project management. The maturity model goes beyond standards and capabilities t...
	22 June 2008 Project Management Office Controlled Self-Assessment   Project Management Office Controlled Self-AssessmentIn civil and criminal liability, Controlled Self-Assessment is significant because particular individuals can be held accountable. Once an executive...
	02 June 2008 Project Management Office Controls   Project Management Office ControlsAudit research, standards, controls, and the audit trailAuditing is a research activity. The auditor compares the work actually performed to the methodology, standard...
	14 May 2008 Project Management Office PIR   Project Management Office PIRThe first of these requires that the product or system – the project results – be up and running for a period of time. As a result, the PIR must be conducted a...
	28 April 2008 Charter and Business Case Components   Choose how to publicize components. Each section of the charter and the business case is publicized in a different way.Understand active and passive publicity. In publicity, some information is presen...
	28 April 2008 Charter and Business Case Components   Choose how to publicize components. Each section of the charter and the business case is publicized in a different way.Understand active and passive publicity. In publicity, some information is presen...
	24 April 2008 Project Management Office End-Of-Phase-Review   Project Management Office End-Of-Phase-ReviewAs defined above, a review is a routine, scheduled part of the project management process. End-of-Phase Reviews are different from Post-Implementation Revi...
	04 April 2008 Project Management Office Review   Project Management Office ReviewA review is a standard part of the process of each project. There is one review at the end of each phase. There is also a final review at the end of the project, called...
	15 March 2008 Project Management Office Success   Project Management Office SuccessOn taking a closer look, it is evident that the definition of success is nowhere near that clear. Here are common events that some would see as success, others as fail...
	25 February 2008 A Beneficial Project Management Office   A Beneficial Project Management OfficeFor the PMO to continue to be beneficial so that it receives support and grows, it must demonstrate its influence and the beneficial outcomes of that influen...
	05 February 2008 Project Management Office Life Cycle   Project Management Office Life CycleIf the PMO fails to gain and maintain influence, it will have these effects during each stage of the life cycle:PMO Initiation. The PMO Charter may not be approved,...
	15 January 2008 Defining Influence for a Project Management Office   Defining Influence for a Project Management OfficeTo define influence, it is necessary to distinguish between outputs and outcomes. An output is something that is delivered by a department, in this ca...
	25 December 2007 Planning the Project Office Approach   Plan Approach to ExecutionThe approach to execution, or, more precisely, approach to planning and execution, is a section of the charter that specifies the way the PMO will address some of the decisio...
	05 December 2007 PMO Letter of Intent   Sample Supporting Documentation for Letter of IntentBy providing supporting documentation with this letter of intent, you will more easily complete the remaining steps within the PMO initiation phase....
	15 November 2007 Growth Plan for a Project Office   Define Growth PlanThe last step taken when creating a business case is to define the growth plan. As it’s highly likely that the initial assessment will have identified more problems than the PM...
	25 October 2007 Project Management Office Problems   Prepare Problems ListThe next step is to define the depth of the problems identified, by creating a problems list. The problems list is a comprehensive list of shortfalls in project management that ca...
	05 October 2007 PMO Execution and Improvement   PMO ExecutionThe execution phase is the ongoing operation of the PMO. It includes offering four types of services:General services are offered by almost all PMOs.Supportive services provide support to...
	15 September 2007 Basic PMO and Supportive Services   Basic PMOA PMO will operate at the basic level in its first one to two years of operation. In this time, it will get started by providing basic services. It is likely to provide some supportive servic...
	25 August 2007 Tips for Multiple PMO model   Multiple PMO model for an organization that is becoming less diverseSometimes, an organization may have multiple PMOs, but may only be a temporary situation. For example, if two companies merge, and e...
	05 August 2007 PMO Suppliers and Services   Relationship With SuppliersMany projects rely on vendors for materials, expertise, and outsourced services. Not all PMOs work with vendors. Those that do can increase the likelihood of project success...
	14 July 2007 PMO Relationships   PMO RelationshipsA successful PMO cannot simply impose a methodology, standards, and tools upon project managers. The PMO manager must actively develop good relationships with project managers and all...