Project Management Framework

Back to Basics: What is Project Governance?

Back to Basics: What is Project Governance?

Project governance is an oversight and controlling function that aligns an organizations strategy with the project lifecycle. It provides project managers with a framework for making decisions, defini...

Strategizing for Project Threats and Opportunities

Strategizing for Project Threats and Opportunities

Over a decade ago, I was put in charge of a group of projects. One of the projects had been running for almost a year, but had never seen a single live release to the customer! I realized there were t...

Top Frustration #2: End to End Risk Management

Top Frustration #2: End to End Risk Management

Imagine you are managing a large project, which is strategically important and complex. At the outset, you realize there will be a number of risks, which if not managed well, could paralyze the outcom...

The GRIDALL Model as a Project Management Framework

The GRIDALL Model as a Project Management Framework

A typical project management methodology (PMM) will facilitate knowledge management, repeatability, comparability, quality, and future impact. An organization that fails to develop and implement a PMM...

The Value of an Agile Project Management Office

The Value of an Agile Project Management Office

Imagine this scenario as you start off your day: You open your business site and the message says: “it doesn’t exist.” You then try to log in to your email account, which also displays the same messag...

Risk Management Life Cycle in the Context of Project, Program, and Portfolio

Risk Management Life Cycle in the Context of Project, Program, and Portfolio

Event Description: With the COVID-19 pandemic, risk management is taken with increased interest by professionals, communities and organizations across industry verticals. Particularly within the Proje...

The Risk Management Life Cycle in the Context of Projects, Programs, and Portfolios

The Risk Management Life Cycle in the Context of Projects, Programs, and Portfolios

“Project Creates. Program Guides. Portfolio Decides.” – from the book, I Want To be A RMP. As I interact with various project, program, and portfolio (PPP) management professionals who use my courses,...

Fundamentals of Project Risk Management Framework

Fundamentals of Project Risk Management Framework

I’ve compared projects with living entities (like human beings), and the life cycle of a project with life cycle of a person. Similarly, the PMBOK guide, when expanded, is called project management bo...

Common Issues in Project Management: A Wrap Up

Common Issues in Project Management: A Wrap Up

I wanted to wrap up a series of posts that started in August 2017 with the article about over-booked and mismanaged resources. In total, we looked at six common issues in project management. Just as t...

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