Download PMW_0035_Creating_a_PMO.mp3 (22 MB) Project managers face and overcome risks and uncertainties frequently in their projects. Creating a project management office (PMO) is no different. It requires securing a large commitment on the part of the organization, obtaining buy-in at...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #34 - How PMOs can Provide the Necessary Visibility for Success in Consumer Goods Companies - Part 2Download PMW_0034_PMOs_in_CPG_p2.mp3 (14.7 MB) Although it is true that Project Management Offices (PMOs) need to adapt to the unique needs of the businesses they serve, it is more important that the leaders of PMOs gauge the true function of their...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #33 - How PMOs can Provide the Necessary Visibility for Success in Consumer Goods CompaniesDownload PMW_0033_PMOs_in_CPG_p1.mp3 (14.3 MB) Project Management Offices (PMOs) have been traditionally viewed as a horizontal discipline that can be applied to any project-centric organization. Although the basic principles a PMO can deliver are universal, each and every PMO needs to...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #32 – Best Practices in Managing Limited Funds and Competing Stakeholders in Large ProjectsDownload PMW_0032_Competing_Projects.mp3 (20.2 MB) Capital projects provide some of the best examples of some of the most complex stakeholder relationships and portfolios that project managers can face. The sheer magnitude of capital projects pushes the envelope in adhering to the...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #31 - Improving Project Scheduling & Collaboration Through SaaSDownload PMW_0031_PM_on_demand.mp3 (16 MB) Many project-centric organizations continuously struggle with scheduling projects and communicating ideas and objectives across their project teams. In today’s competitive economic climate effectively collaborating project details across your organization can provide you the edge you need...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #30 – Employing Sound Project Management Techniques to Avoid Troubled Projects - Part 2 Download PMW_0030_Rescuing_Part2.mp3 (16.5 MB) Most project managers would agree that the downward spiral of a project can be attributed to poor stakeholder management and communication strategies. Moreover, the negative momentum troubled projects take on are often due to the inability...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #29 – Employing Sound Project Management Techniques to Avoid Troubled Projects - Part 1 Download PMW_0029_Rescuing_Part1.mp3 (14.6 MB) Project managers understand that the increasing level of complexity of the project environment, the more likey a project can become a troubled project. For this very reason employing best practices in project management are critical in...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #28 – Delivering Capital Projects on Time: A Case Study on the "Road" to Success Download PMW_0028_Capital_Projects.mp3 (21.8 MB) For the State of Delaware, managing the construction program of roads and bridges involves hundreds of projects with thousands of resources to be managed all across the state. Throw in a mixture of large scale multi-year...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #27 – Project Portfolio Management Goes Hollywood . . . or at least to the Program Management OfficeDownload PMW0027_PPM_for_Svcs.mp3 (16.8 MB) Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is as much about prioritizing project deliverables as it is about communicating priorities to the stakeholders involved. Carefully conveying the appropriate messages to all parties will ultimately determine the successful results of...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #26 – Project Portfolio Management: Defining Benefits, Building the Business Case and Setting Priorities for Projects within the PMO Download PMW_0026_PPM_PMO_Business_Case.mp3 (9.1 MB) Project Management practitioners understand that running a Project Management Office (PMO) means different groups within a company will compete for their projects to take priority. As in any group dynamic, individuals are continuously assessing how they...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #25 – PMO Success: Determining the Role, Personnel, and Maturity of the Project Office Download PMW_0025_PMO_Success.mp3 (13.5 MB) It is not very difficult to convince project managers of the value they bring to the table. The reality is project managers are always a piece of a bigger picture within the organizations they represent. Although...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #15 – Bridging the Gap Between Project Management and Operations ManagementDownload PMW_0015_Bridging_the_Gap.mp3(16.5MB) Project-centric organizations are constantly balancing their attention on delivering successful short term finite projects and their attention to serving the operations piece of the business. As projects feed the business, the integration of project management and operations management...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #16 – Mitigating Risks in Project ManagementDownload PMW_0016_Mitigating_Risks.mp3 (21.2 MB) Uncertainty is inherent to all projects. Good project managers have developed their own strategies to both manage and mitigate project uncertainties that can have either a positive or negative impact on a project's outcome. To further...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #17 – PPM: Setting Your PrioritiesDownload PMW_0017_Project_Portfolio_Mgt.mp3 (7.6 MB) Setting the priorities of a portfolio of projects presents a daunting task for project managers and PMO leaders. When developing priorities, project managers are constantly battling the influences of internal and external stakeholders that can negatively...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #18 – The Value of Project Management for Professional Service OrganizationsDownload PMW_0018_Value_of_PM.mp3 (21.5 MB) If there is any type of organization that can best demonstrate the value of project management, it would be professional service organizations (PSO). Projects are the lifeblood of professional services. From the recruitment of the the...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #19 – Risk Management: Why opponents to the project are your most important external stakeholdersDownload PMW_0019_Opponents_Are_Key.mp3 (30MB) Understanding who your stakeholders are and how they directly or indirectly impact a project plan requires planning that will ensure the best communication and risk management strategy facilitating the navigation of the bumps project managers will face...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #20 – Project Portfolio Management: How your PMO can strategically align projects with corporate goalsDownload PMW0020_PPM_for_Visibility.mp3 (29.9 MB) Often Project Management Offices (PMOs) are setup in response to an increasing volume of projects that are in desperate need to be managed, prioritized and tracked so that they deliver on the expectations of the corporations...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #21 – Earned Value Management: Using metrics to better gauge project milestonesDownload PMW_0021_EVM_and_Milestones.mp3 (27.4 MB) With businesses around the globe experiencing the pinch of a hurting economy, project managers and PMO leaders are looking for ways to mitigate project cost overruns by carefully gauging their resources and activities at every critical...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories #22 – Non Profit Projects: Managing Stakeholders While Serving the Greater GoodDownload PMW_0022_Non_Profit_Projects.mp3 (11 MB) Good project management means a detailed understanding of the role stakeholders play in the organizations they serve. Like most industries, the non-profit sector has it own set of rules that require careful attention when managing projects...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
PM War Stories # 23 – The Stakeholder Factor: Looking to the Past and Future to Mitigate Project RiskDownload PMW_0023_Risk_Strategies.mp3 (25 MB) Probably the most difficult challenge project managers face when mitigating risks within their projects is anticipating their stakeholders impact on the outcome of their projects. Risk Management has become a vital discipline in the planning of...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
