There’s a lot of data available within the project management function, and every bit of it serves a purpose at one time or another. But PMs sometimes leverage raw data when a more selective approach would be better. This is particularly true when reviewing information across multiple initiatives, or with people who don’t have a…
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How Well Are You Delivering Your Projects?
August 6, 2018 by
Your company may already measure its success rate at the project level, but do you know how well your team is delivering its projects on a wider scale? If you don’t have a project portfolio methodology in place, you might not be seeing the big picture. When organizations don’t roll their projects up into a…
3 Benefits of an Accurate Project Portfolio View
July 25, 2018 by
If your company hasn’t yet implemented a solid project portfolio methodology, you may not be getting the most out of your project investments. You might be missing important data points, trends, risks, and opportunities simply because you don’t have the insight you need to spot them. You may also recognize your organization could be doing…
Alert Executives to Project Problems
July 12, 2018 by
Project teams have deep insight into their initiatives’ inner workings, but unless executives are involved with projects on a daily basis, they likely don’t have the same level of familiarity. Senior staff members may not know where projects are in terms of progress or resource consumption, or even how one project’s metrics compare to others…
Drive Every Project in You Portfolio with a Single Methodology
June 28, 2018 by
Companies don’t always have the necessary tools or the level of project management proficiency in-house to create and maintain accurate project plans. The situation creates plenty of challenges when trying to plan and execute a single project, but if the organization has an entire portfolio—where multiple initiatives are underway at varying stages of completion—the difficulties…
Portfolio Management: Bridging Company Strategy and Project Execution
June 13, 2018 by
Unless your company is running only one or perhaps two projects at a time, you’re missing out on some important benefits if you aren’t using a bona fide portfolio management strategy to plan and execute your project activities. An overarching approach that encompasses all of your initiatives not only pays big dividends, it will also…
Defining Your To-Don’t Project List
June 5, 2018 by
Creating a project list for what your team is not going to work on can sometimes be more challenging than determining which projects they will tackle. Few organizations have enough resources to do everything in their project portfolio all at once, meaning PMs must evaluate what should be done now and what will need to…
Dealing with a Mid-Project Reorganization
May 24, 2018 by
When a company undergoes a restructuring, there’s the potential that projects—those that are active as well as any still working their way through the pipeline—could experience some upheaval. People might be reassigned or let go, budgets may be reallocated, operational workflows are sometimes revised, and the company’s strategic mission is occasionally restated. Maintaining forward momentum…
Tackle Project Resource Conflicts with Good Data
May 14, 2018 by
Resource conflicts can have devastating consequences on a project. Teams may be without labor support during a crucial time, or seemingly small workforce delays could snowball enough to impact the final completion date. With time at a premium, efforts to analyze resource issues aren’t always as in-depth as they should be, leaving PMs without enough…
Get Your Technology Projects the Help They Need
May 7, 2018 by
Technology projects frequently include a number of technical aspects that are outside the project team’s areas of expertise. It’s tempting to try to save time or expense by tackling all of these niche areas on your own, but with the importance technology plays in business today and the increasing complexity of the latest generation of…
