Pain Points in Governance and Where the PMO Can Help

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Governance in project, programme and portfolio management is defined as the framework of rules, processes, and decision-making authority that ensures that projects are aligned with the organisation’s strategic objectives and that they are delivered effectively and efficiently. In the recently published book Project, Programme and Portfolio Governance (P3G) governance is “defined as the set of …

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 …

Governance and the PMO

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There is a new course available for PMO practitioners who are interested in learning more about project, programme and portfolio governance. The course – called Project Programme & Portfolio Governance Practitioner – is a certified course by the Project Programme & Portfolio Governance Qualification Authority. The course is based on new best practice  – Project …

How Can P3O® Help Your Organisation?

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Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®) guidance from AXELOS continues to be the most popular certification based course, certainly in the UK. We often get asked about who the courses are suitable for – and the short answer is anyone who has an interest in PMO – so that could be because you work in …