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Lessons Learned From Some of the Most Resounding Business Failures Key Takeaways: J.C. Penney. Revlon. L’Occitane. Cirque du Soleil. These are just a few of

Key Takeaways: Steering committees are an increasingly popular type of corporate governance body. These oversight and advisory committees generally include a small group of leaders

What Are Trade-offs in Project Management? Key Takeaways: Managing projects is all about making decisions. The most challenging choices that Project Managers, PMOs and other

Key Takeaways: A lot has been said and written about what makes a great business leader. According to the literature, good leaders should display contagious

The Main Steps Involved in Project Management Key Takeaways: The Project Management Institute (PMI) breaks down the project life cycle into five sequential project management

Key Takeaways Successfully managing a portfolio of projects requires skills and tools that go beyond the realm of traditional Project Management. After all, a project

Key Takeaways: The roles of Project Managers and Portfolio Managers are often confused. Understandably so: Project Management, Project Portfolio Management… At first glance, the difference

Key Takeaways: It is common for businesses to organize the projects they launch into portfolios in order to facilitate and optimize management. A number of

Key Takeaways: Project Portfolio Management is not always a smooth ride, any professional of the discipline can tell you that much. Among the long list

It’s not news that the COVID-19 outbreak thwarted or set back many projects and initiatives. We have front-row seats to the ways unexpected events can

Defining Business Agility in Project Management Key Takeaways: Any self-respecting Project Management professional is at least remotely familiar with Agile approaches to project delivery. However,

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes How To Navigate Project-Related Uncertainty Key Takeaways:   Have you ever heard of an organization boasting a 100% project success

Project Portfolio Management, as a professional discipline, was born from the need to streamline and structure project-related activities through the definition and enforcement of standard

How to Optimize Corporate Portfolio Management With a Solid Governance Key Takeaways: The support of a good portfolio governance — which encompasses all the processes

Key Takeaways: Everyone reports to someone. As a C-level executive, your “boss” is usually the Board of Directors that represents your shareholders. Shareholders want to

Key Takeaways: While there may not be an official definition of “traditional” Project Management, the term is commonly used to refer to the methods and

Key Takeaways: Project managers are in high demand worldwide. With the acceleration of the pace of change, businesses are channeling their investments into projects (as

There’s much more to Agile than Scrum and Kanban. As a matter of fact, the Agile label encompasses dozens of various Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

Agile management methods and techniques are ubiquitous in today’s Project Portfolio Management spheres. So much so that PMOs understandably wonder: What is the Agile PPM

Standardization and consistency are paramount in project-related activities. Hence, the importance for PMOs and other project and portfolio management professionals to select the appropriate project

  Key Takeaways: The question of a PMO’s position within the organizational hierarchy ranks highly among the many challenges facing business and project professionals when

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Key Takeaways: The PMO (Project Management Office) is an organizational group or department designed to optimize the strategic output of

Key Takeaways: We often hear and read about the many advantages of having a PMO. These include: However, a PMO is hardly a magic wand

For Project Management Offices and portfolio management professionals, managing portfolios of projects at scale and doing it right can require considerable amounts of time and

Project activity is at the crossroads of a number of various business domains and challenges and requires the contribution of many different teams, functions, tools,

A Clear Goal for Resource Management Key Takeaways: For any Project Management Office, optimizing the assignment and management of resources is a key concern. It

If you are familiar with the content of Sciforma’s blog posts, you know how frequently we stress the following: No two PMOs are alike. Or,

The term “project portfolio management” is becoming increasingly prevalent in business spheres and has even grown ubiquitous in project-oriented firms. Hence the importance of having

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Key Takeaways:   If you are reading this, you probably have some interest in Project Management, PPM, or organizational transformation

For project-focused organizations, having concise, consistent processes and means of operating is crucial to successful execution. To achieve this, many businesses turn to tools and

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Key Takeaways:   Which Project Portfolio Management tool is the best fit for you?   The support of the right

While process-oriented management is a pillar of PMO DNA, many of today’s Project Management Offices have much more to bring to their organization when it

Managing portfolios of projects involves a good deal of complexity. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) professionals need to make sure they select the best projects and

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Key Takeaways:   The “Natural Habitats” of the PMO: Profiling the businesses that implement and use Project Management Offices   Since

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Key Takeaways: The Keys To Managing A Portfolio Of Projects Successfully   Project Portfolio Management (usually shortened to PPM) is

“How would my organization benefit from implementing a Project Management Office?” From a business leader perspective, that’s a worthy question. If you’re exploring the topic,

Crafting a successful implementation plan So, you’ve made the big decision: you are going to implement a PMO in your organization. You already know having

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Key Takeaways : Many businesses and organizations set up a PMO to help improve the efficiency and consistency of their

Project Portfolio Management methods and tools have been gaining traction of late. Over the recent years, growing numbers of businesses and organizations have implemented Project

Technology is wonderful. In a matter of years, disruptive Information Technology has transformed the way we live and work. It has simplified and augmented our

Estimate reading time: about 10 minutes Key lessons:   Having the right tools can be decisive to the success of a Project Management Office or

Not so long ago, Project and Portfolio Managers were using pencils and sheets of paper to plan and manage their projects. The rise of Information

As an institutional entity, a Project Management Office is more than what it does. Just like any group of people coming together around a common

Key Takeaways: For project-based firms, establishing a Project Management Office (PMO) or another similar organizational unit dedicated to overseeing project activity is an increasingly common

Operating at peak level is a key concern for organizations — businesses and nonprofits alike. As our environments and markets grow increasingly competitive, with resources

Key Takeaways: A Project Management Office is of key importance for an organization. It will bring structure, effectiveness, and intelligence to Project Portfolio Management activities.

Project Management Offices (PMOs) are growing ubiquitous in business spheres. Yet the tasks, roles, and responsibilities of this increasingly prevalent business function often go unrecognized

Establishing a Project Management Office can deliver huge benefits and value for an organization, improving project execution, speeding up delivery and time to market, streamlining

As an organization grows and matures, as the headcount increases and the number of active projects multiplies, there comes a time when in-house Project Portfolio

Every smart project manager wants to make their operation simpler, streamlined, and more efficient. The simpler you can make your project management the better, to

As a PMO or Project Manager, you’re probably obsessed with time tracking, whether it’s to make sure you have enough resources available for new initiatives

Improving resource management and capacity planning is a priority for most PMOs. For good reasons: the effectiveness of resource allocation directly correlates with an organization’s

Because project ideas and demands root the PMO life cycle, the way you manage project intake determines the potential value of project activity across your