Project Failure – The Gap Closing PMO

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There have been many years of research into why projects fail. McManus & Wood-Harper in 2008* with an IT project focus summarised that management causal factors account for 65% of the project failure rate, such as: Poor leadership in project delivery Poor stakeholder communication Poor competencies (and skill shortages) Poor stakeholder management Poor estimation methods …

How to Apply for a PMO Analyst Job

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We continue the series of articles which focus on the different types of roles you’ll find in PMO and project support and how you can better understand the job advertisement and make a great application. So far in the series we have – Project Administrator and Programme Co-ordinator. In this article, we take a look …

Portfolio Management and the PMO

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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 Portfolio Management and launched our new course …