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• Resource Management with Daptiv PPM

  Using all processes and tools available for Resource Management in Daptiv PPM, the following process flow can be accomplished. Output from any area of resource management from planning through actuals can be created using the Cross-Tab report in Daptiv Work Intelligence (WI). The process can... Posted Jan 16 2008, 07:49 PM by John Filicetti with | with no comments Filed under: PM Methodology/Process, Tips and Techniques, PMO/EPMO

• Prioritization: Getting Executives to Pay Attention

  There seem to be a couple of immutable truths in the PMO world, especially in IT departments. First, there is always more work than can possibly be done. This usually surfaces in the form of an insatiable appetite for projects. Second, no matter how you prioritize the work, someone's going... Posted Aug 07 2006, 09:17 AM by Dave B with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: PMO/EPMO

• Too many project requests? Scorecard them!

  One of then biggest obstacles to successful project delivery occurs right at the beginning of the lifecycle – deciding which projects to approve. You take in 20, 50, 100 project requests, and then it’s decision time! What do you do? If you’re like most IT departments, one of two scenarios occurs... Posted Apr 11 2006, 07:34 PM by Dave B with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: PMO/EPMO

• The focus should be Project Delivery, not Project Management

  I feel many of the foundations of project management are taught without urgency and as if things were frozen in time. We actually work in a very dynamic environment. Though I have been teaching project management for years, I have changed my focus to one of teaching project delivery instead... Posted Apr 05 2006, 11:01 AM by John Filicetti with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: PM Methodology/Process, PMO/EPMO

• Building an Enterprise Project Management Office

  Overview 70% of failing projects attribute the failure to lack of communications or lack of project management training. Other questions keeping leaders awake at night are: How much risk is too much? What projects can we really afford to implement with accurate estimates? What is the price... Posted Mar 30 2006, 03:59 PM by John Filicetti with | with no comments Filed under: PM Methodology/Process, PMO/EPMO

• Common PMO Mistakes

  I was speaking at a SIM (Society for Information Management) event the other night, when the question came up "What's the most common mistake you see PMOs making?". A great question, and a really great blog topic! At EffectiveIT Group, we encounter several PMOs a month, and so we have ample opportunity to see the good, the bad, and the ugly of PMOs. So, here are my most commonly observed PMO mistakes. Feel free to add your own or comment on these! ... Posted Mar 13 2006, 05:44 AM by Dave B with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: PMO/EPMO

• PMO - Where to start?

  OK - eProject seems to have turned me loose on a Blog. This sounds like it might be dangerous, especially for someone who likes to pontificate as much as I do :-) By way of introduction, I'm Dave Blumhorst , CEO and founder of EffectiveIT Group. I am a former CIO and CFO, and the former Sr... Posted Feb 26 2006, 07:57 PM by Dave B with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Tips and Techniques, PMO/EPMO