Effective Resource Management continues to be a challenge for many programs with availability being the number one resource selection criteria. Employment agencies continuing to thrive on urgent resource requests and Internal HR and Procurement groups continue to be expected to perform miracles. Why is Program Resource Management so difficult?
There has been plenty written elsewhere about how a different approach is needed when managing a Program rather than a Project. Sometimes the differences are obvious, other times differences are more subtle. This article focuses on two areas of planning and control, namely Risk and Interdependencies. The two areas are tied since Interdependencies are one of the primary areas of Program risk.
There is plenty of well documented research about how poorly costs are managed on IT projects. This article will propose 5 ways project estimating and cost management can be improved.
It’s interesting but many of the problems we have working in and around Project environments and PMOs come back to words and people’s interpretations of what they mean.
A cornerstone of many PMOs, Global Portfolio Reporting can offer significant benefits to many organisations…. if implemented well!
Who is developing your next generation of Project Managers? Is there a development plan in place and where is the funding? This article questions the role of the PMO in Project Manager development.
What is the role of the PMO in Risk Management? How can the PMO add value to Project Risk Management Practices without becoming a nag?
Tears flowed down the sponsor’s face. The health specialist said “It’s time, you have to let him go”. They gazed down at the patient whose brave face hid the pain and suffering he had endured over the last 24 months.
How does a business choose a suitable toolset?
Planning/Scheduling was once a career in its own right. Contributing to it’s demise was the development of PC based scheduling software, particularly Microsoft Project with “anyone can schedule” marketing. Also contributing to the demise are the Professional Associations such as AIPM and PMI demoting Planning/Scheduling skills to a subset or stepping stone to those of a Project Manager.
This whitepaper follows Microsoft’s Ignite Road Show series and explains what the latest release of Project will mean for you. Being referred to as the most significant project release in a decade, is it the silver bullet many are hoping?
This whitepaper continues on from the paper presented by Martin Vaughan at PMOZ Conference Canberra 2009 – Improving Estimating and Cost Management on IT Projects.
The Gate Value Method was developed by Core Consulting Group as an alternative to Earned Value for business and technology projects. Organisations often struggle with the implementation of Earned Value due to the effort required to set up and maintain Earned Value Management systems.
This document will give you an outline of the skills and competencies of an effective Business Analyst and why competency levels and assessments are important to any organisation.
