Maximizing Your Efforts
It could be maximizing your marketing efforts, recruitment efforts, working out efforts or even cleaning, branding or whatever kinds of efforts. But as we are specifically talking about project managers,
Troubled Projects
I would classify such projects into three categories: troubled projects, sick projects and failed projects. Troubled projects are those who have run into problems but can be fixed by controlling various factors
SOP-Standard Operating Procedures vs Project Plans
SOP stands for Standard Operating Procedure and usually applies to operations. In projects we do not have any SOPs but broad guidelines, according to which we develop our project plans. Once we have base lined our plan, we are supposed to follow them religiously as if they are the SOPs in operations. We are not […]
PMO Roles
Role of PMO as it is being practiced by several organizations is not what it is meant for. People establish PMOs generally as a fashion without knowing what it means to do. PMBOK Guide explains these roles very well and very few organizations implement them in the true spirit. First role of PMO is to […]
PMP QUERY
I was recently contacted by a person interested in appearing for PMP Exam and he asked me some clarifications. I am reproducing his queries and my responses for the guidance of whole wide world. It is very brief and to the point. QUESTION I am having trouble getting my first PMP certification. I found the […]
Mutual Relationship amongst Change Management, Project Management and Business Analysis
Let me establish the relation amongst Project Management, rather I would say Organizational Project Management (which includes Projects, Programs and Portfolios), and Organizational Change Management and Business Analysis. I agree that these are all separate specializations but in heart of their hearts, they are all related and connected. A project manager has a right to […]
Some extracts from “BUSINESS DRIVEN PMO SETUP” by Mark Price Perry
Murphy’s Law: If anything can go wrong, it will Parkinson’s Law: Work will expand to fill the time available for its completion… Student Syndrome: People will only start to fully apply themselves to a task just before its deadline Entropy: It is a natural tendency to move from order to disorder Game Theory: An individual’s […]
Query About PRINCE2
I came across a query from an Indian banker migrating to UK with no experience in project management about change of career and possibility of sitting the PRINCE2 Exam. QUERY follows: Hello All, I’m a professional from Banking industry in trade finance and compliance profile. Currently I’m employed with a one of the largest bank […]
