By Jennifer Bailey
On Tuesday 12th of March, we met with Eileen for another Lunch and Learn webinar discussing why governance is key for PMO success. These webinar-style sessions are designed to help PMO practitioners improve their understanding of the PMO environment. If you want to view our previous Lunch and Learn webinars, click here. The purpose of this …
By Jennifer Bailey
On the 29th of September, we met with Eileen again for a taster session on the Project, Programme & Portfolio Governance Professional (P3GP) course. Eileen starts off by discussing who this certification is aimed at, what our virtual classroom looks like, the trainers, and the content covered on each day of this 2-day course. In …
By Lindsay Scott
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 …
By Jennifer Bailey
On Tuesday we met with Eileen as we launched the Project, Programme, and Portfolio Governance Professional course! We got a great understanding of the purpose of the course, who it’s aimed at, and what the benefits would be for a successful P3GP candidate. Eileen also talked us through the syllabus areas, the principles of P3G, …
By Jennifer Bailey
We are excited to announce on the 23rd of May we are launching the certified Project, Programme and Portfolio Governance Professional course. We will be hosting an online webinar with Eileen who will take us through the all the details about what this course is about and why you should join us on our first …
By Jennifer Bailey
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 …
By Lindsay Scott
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 …
By Lindsay Scott
The Setting Up a PMO two-day course we piloted a few weeks back (you can check that out here) was a real eye-opener in lots of ways. Although I’ve been in and around PMOs for many years now, it’s almost like we forget the most simple of things, the fundamentals, if you like, when it …
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