by Lindsay Scott | May 19, 2020 | Setting Up a PMO
Did you know that the most common type of PMO is a PMO of one? That’s right, a PMO that just has one person working within it – someone who provides a limited set of services because there is only one person to do the work. That’s closely followed by...
by Lindsay Scott | May 14, 2020 | PPM
PMO Learning, of course, focuses on PMO training and development yet we know that a foundation of learning and development in project, programme and portfolio management (PPM) is also something a PMO practitioner focuses on. We’ve recently gone into partnership...
by Lindsay Scott | May 12, 2020 | P3O
How good is your P3O knowledge? We’ve created a quick quiz – based on real questions you would expect to find in the P3O Foundation exam based on the three-day Foundation course. It’s a great way to get some insights into the types of topics covered...
by Lindsay Scott | May 5, 2020 | PMO, Virtual Classroom
Cultivating a learning culture is not just a catch phrase or a luxury in these times. It is a way to protect your organization and its people. Courage matters as much as competence when, as we are all doing now, we have to take work virtual and we need to keep...
by Lindsay Scott | Apr 30, 2020 | P3O, PMO
P3O® – Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices – is the certification based course for PMO professionals. Over the course of three days, you’ll be learning about the different types of PMO; why organisations have them; what services they offer and...
by Lindsay Scott | Apr 21, 2020 | PMO
We’ve been busy gearing up to run our PMO courses virtually in May and over the last few weeks, it has been fascinating talking to PMO practitioners about learning online. For many, online learning is either watching webinar sessions or doing some self-paced...
by Lindsay Scott | Apr 16, 2020 | Virtual Classroom, PMO
Over on PMO Flashmob, there’s a new weekly catchup virtual session happening on a Wednesday afternoon. In each session, there’s plenty of chat and sharing of ideas and insights across a variety of topics [you can check it out here] With COVID-19 still...
by Lindsay Scott | Mar 31, 2020 | CV, PMO
If you’re looking for some practical ideas and insights into improving your PMO CV you’ve come to the right place. In this short course, we take a look at the steps you can be taking to creating a great PMO CV. It’s not just a case of writing down...
by Lindsay Scott | Mar 20, 2020 | PMO
We recently contributed to a piece for Arras People – the project management recruitment specialists – about staying active when in isolation. At the moment it’s too early for people to be thinking about how they’ll be working from home for the...
by Lindsay Scott | Mar 10, 2020 | P3O, PMO Essentials, PMO
When we talk about the Programme Office or Programme Management Office, we’re talking about a PMO function that supports a programme. It might seem obvious to state this but actually, some organisations can and do use the term to mean other things – like a...
by Holger Heuss | Mar 9, 2020 | Portfolio Management
In our last blog, we reflected on the fact that within the next four years, most organisations will have an Enterprise-wide PMO, supporting strategy definition to strategy execution, focusing on choosing the right investments. Enterprise-wide Portfolio management was...
by Lindsay Scott | Mar 6, 2020 | Webinar, PMO
Missed the session? Take a look at the short course for writing a great PMO CV [Just £25] It’s a new webinar from PMO Learning coming up later in the month and this time we’re getting practical all-around your CV. There are a couple of reasons why a PMO...
by Lindsay Scott | Mar 4, 2020 | P3O, PMO
You’ll often hear PMO practitioners referring to the functions and services of a PMO. The terms have really stuck after the introduction of the P3O® guidance – Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices – from AXELOS. You’ve probably also heard...
by Eileen Roden | Feb 27, 2020 | PMO Essentials, PMO
Whose job is it anyway? When I got my first role in a PMO, I realised I’d found part of the organisation that I was happy to spend the rest of my career in. Back in those days, I had done the reverse step of most people in the PMO – I had been a Project Manager first...
by Melissa Roden | Feb 25, 2020 | Map
We know you want to see more training courses in your area. Let us know which courses you’re interested in attending and where you’re based. We’ll be in touch when your course has enough interest to run. Scroll down to see others course interests....
by Lindsay Scott | Feb 25, 2020 | PMO
When someone says ‘Continuing Professional Development’ to you, what’s your first reaction? Are you thinking of training courses? Collecting points to maintain a professional membership? How about ‘lifelong learning’? In our latest...
