by Lindsay Scott | Feb 19, 2020 | PMO, PMO Essentials
Before we can hope to highlight the five top skill areas for a PMO Manager we have to define what kind of PMO it is. We have to take into account that there are many different variations of PMOs in existence. At the top-level, we can call the PMO – a Project...
by Lindsay Scott | Feb 13, 2020 | Setting Up a PMO, P3O, PMO Essentials
The Portfolio, Programme and Project Office (P3O®) has long been the go-to certification training for PMO practitioners. It came into the marketplace back in 2008 and back then it was a much-welcomed addition to the training options available for PMO practitioners....
by Lindsay Scott | Feb 11, 2020 | PMO Essentials for PMO Administrators, PMO
The Project Co-ordinator role within project management is an interesting one because it can mean two slightly different roles. The first type of Project Co-ordinator role is one where they are supporting a project and a project manager, much like a project support...
by Lindsay Scott | Feb 6, 2020 | Agile, Lean-Agile PMO, PMO
One thing we’ve learnt since 2016 is that the PMO definitely have a part to play in the organisation’s move to incorporate Agile as a sustainable way to deliver projects. Back in 2016, the year we started learning more at PMO Flashmob, the questions being raised...
by Lindsay Scott | Feb 4, 2020 | Webinar, PMO
What does Continuing Professional Development (CPD) mean? Here’s the official line from the CPD Standards Office: Continuing professional development (CPD) is the intentional maintenance and development of the knowledge and skills needed to perform in a...
by Lindsay Scott | Jan 30, 2020 | PMO
It’s a common problem – what to call a PMO? We may call our PMO a ‘PMO’ when speaking to someone outside of our organisation, yet internally it’s called something entirely different. The name is often chosen to reflect what the organisation does, or how it delivers...
by Lindsay Scott | Jan 23, 2020 | Portfolio Management, PMO
Portfolio management – the way an organisation knows which programmes and projects they should be delivering in order to meet their strategic goals for the business. And for that to happen there has to be someone accountable. Step forward the Portfolio Director...
by Lindsay Scott | Jan 21, 2020 | Portfolio Management, PMO
There’s something happening in PMO with increasing frequency. I’m getting asked questions like this one: I’m currently working in a PMO, supporting a large programme. I’d like to move into a portfolio PMO in the next few years and want advice on what I...
by Lindsay Scott | Jan 15, 2020 | Coaching, Lean-Agile PMO, PMO
Over the last two years our Lean-Agile PMO course has proved to be a very popular course – there are no surprises there, shifting to an agile mindset and working with more development teams who are running their projects based on Agile principles has meant the...
by Eileen Roden | Jan 10, 2020 | PMO
It’s become an annual event – taking the first week of the year to regroup, re-energise and refocus. Last year was the beautiful Northumberland coast and this year has been a week in the windswept and equally beautiful Anglesey coast. We’ve spent the week looking at...
by Melissa Roden | Jan 8, 2020 | Leadership, Event
You’re great at what you do and that has put you in a position where you are either leading the PMO agenda for your business or heading up a team. Up to now, your success has been down to your PMO knowledge – but now that’s not enough, you know you are going to be...
by Melissa Roden | Dec 23, 2019 | PMO
This December, we’ve been taking a look back at some of our favourite moments in 2019. In case you’ve missed them, we’ve gathered a list of our most notable posts this year. 1 – Getting Ahead in your PMO Career Back in September, Lindsay did a talk...
by Melissa Roden | Dec 19, 2019 | RPA, Project:Hack, PMO
If you’ve been keeping up with us here at PMO Learning, you’ll know that we’ve been following the growing trend in project data analytics and automation for the last couple of years. After getting involved in the data analytics community and meeting tons of innovative...
by Lindsay Scott | Dec 17, 2019 | Webinar, PMO
On our last webinar we had a great question from an attendee: What’s the difference between a certified course and an accredited course? It’s an interesting question because the difference is subtle and not many of us realise the difference between them....
by Melissa Roden | Dec 10, 2019 | Coaching, PMO
We’ve been running our Coaching Skills for the PMO course for over six months now, to great success, but we still get asked why we think coaching skills are so important for PMO professionals. We get it – when you think about developing your PMO skills, your...
by Lindsay Scott | Dec 5, 2019 | Webinar, Portfolio Management, PMO
Although it is now generally accepted that the PMO is not just an admin department, the discussions seem to have moved to the other end of the spectrum – whether PMOs do or support Portfolio Management. In this one hour webinar, we explored the role of PMO in...
