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How Collaboration Software Tools Can Drive Successful Strategic Initiatives

Collaboration software tools are pivotal in today’s fast-paced business environment, serving as the backbone for teams striving to achieve common goals through real-time communication, document management, and project tracking. Over time, collaboration software has evolved, becoming more sophisticated and providing more benefits to business operations. This evolution reflects the growing need for agile, transparent, and […]

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Benefits of Implementing Kanban, Gantt, and Other Project Management Tools 

Gantt charts, Kanban boards, and other collaborative project management tools are essential for organizational transparency, efficiency, and more. After all, they provide dynamic visual representations of project timelines and workflows and foster a collaborative environment. They offer a framework for teams to effectively manage their work, improve their processes, and deliver value to their customers. […]

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Why Workplace Communication and Collaboration Matters

Early in my project management career, someone told me that if it felt as though I was overcommunicating, I was probably getting close to communicating enough. Someone else said that 90% of a PM’s time should be spent communicating, with the rest of the work falling into the other 90%. Ignoring some rather dodgy math, […]

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What’s the Best Methodology for Kanban Project Management?

Kanban project management is a popular m that helps teams visualize, track, and improve their workflow. With its emphasis on flexibility and efficiency, Kanban has become the preferred project management methodology of many organizations. However, with different variations and implementations available, it can be challenging to determine the best method for Kanban project management. Let’s […]

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CWM Tools: Enabling Employees to Succeed

Almost my entire career, I’ve focused on projects in one form or another. I managed my first project in my mid 20s and have since led projects, programs, portfolios, PMOs, and the like for multiple industries in multiple countries. All those things have been vastly different, yet they have also had some things in common. […]

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The Role of the PMO in Project Portfolio Management Prioritization 

Prioritization is at the heart of the project portfolio management discipline, which enables organizations to align projects with their objectives. The PMO helps organizations align projects with strategic goals, ensure prioritization of initiatives based on value and resource availability, and improve overall project success rates. Here’s how.    The Importance of Prioritization in Project Portfolio […]

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PMO Benchmarking: Do You Have the Right Tools?

No Project Management Office is perfect. But high performers stand out thanks to their ability to improve continuously. To that end, successful PMOs engage in regular benchmarking to understand how they fare and perform, with tools serving as an essential success factor for this type of assessment. But to create value, they must be the right […]

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The Importance of an Executive Dashboard for a Business-Driven PMO 

In project portfolio management, every strategic decision influences organizational success. A PMO executive dashboard, which provides a concise yet comprehensive snapshot of project portfolios, can go a long way toward ensuring the quality of decision-making by transforming raw data into actionable insights. By doing so, it acts as a compass for business-driven PMO leaders.    […]

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Every Project Matters 

I’ve seen a lot of project management offices (PMOs) over the years and there has always been one problem that they all struggle to overcome. That’s the need to manage performance across all types of work – plan-driven (waterfall) projects, Agile initiatives, and hybrid approaches that combine elements of both. What this comes down to is […]

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Advantages of EPPM Software for Your PMO Reporting Framework 

Effective PMO reporting is what drives strategic decision-making. How can the PMO optimize it? Enter Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) software, a strategic tool capable of enhancing PMO reporting frameworks, resulting in significant advantages for PMOs.    Understanding PMO Reporting Frameworks and Their Importance  A PMO reporting framework is a structured system that outlines the […]

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Your PMO Must Be a Value Center!

Project management offices (PMOs) are awesome. No, really, they are. There may be a perception out there that they do nothing but governance and reporting. That they slow things down, or that they get in the way of effective project delivery. But the truth couldn’t be more different. Ot at least, it couldn’t be more […]

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Advantages of Resource Leveling to Manage Multiple Projects

When your business is simultaneously managing multiple complex projects, it’s easy to think of the approximately eight million ways that everything could go wrong. But what about the ways in which everything could go right? Resource leveling helps you identify the best avenues to manage your resources effectively so that you finish up your project […]

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