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How Does Your Project “Taste”? pmo problem solving project management Dec 20, 2022

Think back to your local pizzeria as a kid. Maybe the whole family climbed into the station wagon, where of course you were stuck on “the hump” between your siblings in the backseat. On...

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Transform the Way Your PMO Operates career pm pmo project management Dec 07, 2022

As the end of the year approaches, you can feel the excitement right around the corner. This is the time when many people make New Year’s resolutions, usually centered around health. Optimism...

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5 Steps to Stop Accidental Project Management pm pmo project management Nov 30, 2022

Do you assume all projects in your organization are being managed by project managers? Do you think you even know all the projects that are going on in your organization? If you answered...

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Help Your Project Leaders Focus on Outcomes with this Tool career leadership pm pmo project management tools Nov 22, 2022

Another great skill of department project leaders (the position formerly known as “accidental” project manager) is to be outcome focused. What this means is that a project is not done...

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A Simple Format to Define Project Scope pm pmo project delivery project management Nov 16, 2022

Now that we’ve removed “accidental project manager” from our vocabulary (see 5 Steps to Stop Accidental Project Management), let’s start getting deliberate about how our...

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We Need a Project Management Intervention pmo project delivery project management Nov 14, 2022

Steve had a problem with alcohol. What made the problem worse was that everyone but Steve could see how it was affecting his health, work, family, and relationships. His friends and family realized...

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7 Steps for Projects to Deliver Benefits pmo project delivery project management Nov 08, 2022

You just ordered your favorite pizza from your local pizzeria. The scrumptious pie is supposed to be at your door within 45 minutes. An hour passes and still no delivery. You call and ask about...

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 5 Ways to Resolve Conflict on Projects conflict pm pmo teams Sep 29, 2022

One of the more dubious rites of passage in high school is witnessing (and hopefully, not being a part of) a cafeteria fight. Somebody says something wrong, looks at someone side-eyed, or heaven...

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It Takes (Team)WORK to Make the Dream Work pmo project management resource management teams Sep 09, 2022

 No other soft skill has so many cliches emblazoned on motivational posters and hanging on office walls, as teamwork does. For example: 

“Teamwork makes the dream work”, ...

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Implement Your Project Like NASA pm pmo project management Jul 27, 2022

Apollo 13 was the 1995 movie about America’s fifth crewed mission to the moon that launched in 1970. Two days in, an explosion on board the spacecraft deprived everyone of their much-needed...

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Do You Need an Organizational Chiropractor? pm pmo project management Jul 20, 2022

It’s happened to all of us before. You get out of a chair the wrong way or pick up something heavy and POP! Your back goes out! You double over, putting your hand on the pressure point to...

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6 Ways to Develop a Project Management Growth Mindset pm pmo project management Jun 22, 2022

Things grow. Babies learn to walk, plants grow flowers, puppies play fetch. Growth is everywhere and a natural part of life. That is, until we look inside our organizations. Do you find that your...

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