What does PMO mean? Shakespeare’s Romeo famously asked, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?”. So it would indeed, and this holds for the PMO, just as it does with roses. What does PMO mean? The PMO acronym is familiar to anyone who works […]

In the wake of Covid-19, The world of work has changed, and you have 90 days to get to grips with it. Michael Watkins’s book, The first 90 days is the definitive book on how to traverse the transition period into a new leadership role. It contains proven strategies for getting up to speed faster, whilst getting […]

I was recently asked a question by someone who had accidentally become a Product Manager. “My situation is this: I’ve been working as a BI/analytics consultant at a small company for just over a year and I ended up leading most of our implementation engagements. Under my boss’s direction, I began work on an e-learning […]

Every business, charity and government body is currently being affected by the COVID19 pandemic. The crisis is putting enormous pressure on organizations to work differently. How quickly time flies! The beginning of the year already seems like a bygone era. Not that long ago, organizations were planning for growth and adopting strategies to expand their […]

Are you a PMO person working from home? Join us every Wednesday for #PMOWfh! With over half the world’s population now under some sort of lockdown, the majority of PMO analysts, PMO managers, and Portfolio managers have suddenly found themselves working from home. It is fair to say that some have taken this easier than […]

Unique is the most dangerous word in project management. It stunts our growth as a profession and starves us of learning lessons and applying continuous improvement techniques to project delivery. If you are involved in Project Management, you will almost certainly have come across the word ‘unique’ being used to describe projects or their deliverables. […]