By Jennifer Bailey
When asked to write about my five favourite books, I looked round at my overladen bookcase and wondered where to start. My trusty app which keeps a track of all my books tells me the spine count is up to 1057, but that doesn’t count Kindle books or PDFs! I think it’s fair to say …
By Lindsay Scott
One of the main tasks of a good PMO professional or PMO Administrator is being the central point of contact – or “go-to” person for everything that’s happening in and around the project. For a project manager, they become the indispensable, trustworthy, right-hand man and significant other in a tightly bonded relationship. That’s also why …
By Hannah Roden
A PMO Analyst is someone who works within a PMO (Project, Programme or Portfolio Management Office) and is considered to be more experienced than a PMO Administrator. The roles have similarities – they are both supporting project management within an organisation and the PMO Analyst will have similar skill sets to the PMO Administrator however …
By Hannah Roden
We’re going to be taking a closer look at the role profile of the PMO Analyst, as outlined by the Essentials for PMO Analysts course and the PMO Competency Framework. The PMO Competency Framework outlines four key PMO Roles – the PMO Administrator, the PMO Analyst, the PMO Manager and the PMO Director. Each role may have a slightly …
By Hannah Roden
We’re going to be taking a closer look at the role profile of the PMO Administrator, as outlined by the Essentials for PMO Administrators course and the PMO Competency Framework. The PMO Competency Framework outlines four key PMO Roles – the PMO Administrator, the PMO Analyst, the PMO Manager and the PMO Director. Each role …
By Melissa Roden
As we progress in our careers, we can often find it hard to assess how well we are doing both in our personal achievements and in comparison to the industry as a whole. In this blog we’ll discuss the importance of feedback and the best way to ask for, receive and act on it. Why …
By Hannah Roden
We’re continuing our new blog series where we take a more in-depth look at some of the 51 different key skills, and 16 key behaviours in the PMO Competency Framework – this week, we’re looking at a key Relationships skill – Motivate. The PMO Competency Framework (p. 293) describes the Motivate skills as, The ability …
By Hannah Roden
We’re continuing our new blog series where we take a more in-depth look at some of the 51 different key skills, and 16 key behaviours PMO Competency Framework – this week, we’re looking at a key skill – Collaboration. The PMO Competency Framework (p.291) describes the skill of collaboration as, The ability to work willingly and effectively …
By Hannah Roden
What comes to mind when you think of the month of August? Many of us may associate August with summer holidays, warm weather, and a “quiet” time of year for work. Although August is a few months away, we’re looking at helping you getting set-up so you are able to take advantage of the less …
By Hannah Roden
We’re continuing our new blog series where we take a more in-depth look at some of the 51 different key skills, and 16 key behaviours PMO Competency Framework – this week, we’re looking at one of the key Thinking skills, which is Learn. The PMO Competency Framework (p.293) describes the skill of learning as, The …
By Hannah Roden
We’re still loving the PMO Competency Framework – so over a series of blog posts, we’re going to be taking a more in-depth look at some of the 51 different key skills, and 16 key behaviours outlined in the framework. Firstly we’re looking at one of the ‘Self’ skills identified – active listening. The PMO …
By Hannah Roden
The PMO Competency Framework by the House of PMO has been created to provide a standard and a toolset to allow PMO professionals to understand, assess and develop the skills, behaviours and experience to achieve their PMO goals and career potential. We’re going to be taking a closer look at what a competency framework is, …
By Hannah Roden
In the PMO Competency Framework by the House of PMO and the PMO Flashmob community, one of the frequent indicators raised for those working in a PMO is the ability to challenge, and one of the skills needed to successfully challenge, is being able to ask powerful questions. The PMO has three different directions of …
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