The Better Project Delivery Blog
Every initiative on the list is labeled critical, so nothing is truly prioritized. Teams are spread across more work than they can realistically deliver. Leaders recognize the overload but struggle to...
Organizations usually come to us with some version of the same pattern: teams keep their own trackers off to the side. Status updates go into the PMO's system, then get rebuilt somewhere else so the w...
You know the meeting. Slides open, CFO scanning the summary page before you've even said hello, and somewhere in the back of your mind is the same question from last year: is this the cycle they final...
Somewhere in your organization, someone just got a mandate: "Go build us a PMO."
No charter. No org chart precedent. Just a directive, a blank slate, and an expectation that this new function will so...
It would be unimaginable for the frontrunner in a race to make it to the finish line and then stop before crossing it.  But let’s say it does happen; a runner stops one step short, throwing out their ...
An adage in construction says to measure twice, cut once. It means that taking the extra time up front to make sure your measurements are accurate saves time and reduces waste by not making mistakes l...
Tomato plants are known for their vigorous growth–so vigorous, in fact, that “suckers” or “side shoots” will appear between the stem and the branches and drain resources and energy from the main plant...
Congratulations! You’ve been promoted from project manager to PMO Leader. With this promotion comes an entirely different way of looking at how you work and will succeed in your new management positio...
We recently wrote about how an executive establishes a vision for their PMO in 5 Steps to Establish Your PMO’s Vision. As a refresher, a vision for your PMO is a clear and inspiring statement of long-...
Motivating people with the carrot-and-stick approach is to offer employees something positive (the carrot) if they do what you want, OR, to inflict negative consequences (the stick) if they don’t do w...
The game of checkers has been around for a very long time. There’s evidence that it originated over 5,000 years ago in the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. Besides being a great w...
Kool and the Gang figured it out years ago when they sang, “Celebrate good times, come on! Let’s celebrate!” But, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of celebrating project success. Deadlines, m...
