Things Your PMO is Doing Wrong

  • 1h 42m
  • Michael Hatfield
  • Project Management Institute
  • 2008

In the world of project management, what is it that stakeholders want? They want to have their project delivered on-time and within budget while still maintaining the highest level of quality. Every day, project managers are faced with decisions, both strategic and tactical, that impact every dimension of the project. However, many factors in the project management realm, specifically the Project Management Office, can cause the project to stray off track.

Things your PMO Is Doing Wrong delves into the common issues surrounding the success of a Project Management Office. Specifically, the publication reviews:

  • Common, but futile tactics used to try to advance project management and why they don’t work
  • Technical approach with the most promise
  • Hazards involved in furthering project management within the organization, even with the optimal technical approach

In this Book

  • Things Your PMO Is Doing Wrong
  • What this Book is about, and How It’s Different from Others on the Subject
  • Leveraging Organizational Power
  • Training and Certification
  • Forcing the Tool
  • Procedures and Guides
  • Consultants
  • Inertia and the Need for Drivers
  • The Graded Approach
  • Cooperation and Defection
  • Post’s Theory
  • De Minimus EVMS Rollout
  • Maintaining the Centerpiece
  • Politics
  • Rival Systems
  • Frontal Assaults
  • The Damnable Need for Consensus
  • Conclusion
  • An Earned Value Primer
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