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This post has help us to review the different solutions provided by the big vendors of PMO industry. We do not provide a closed or software solution, what we provide is a customized solution compose by processes, people and tools. Tools, this was one of the things that appeared in the SWOT analysis we performed. … Read more
In the process of developing our PMO solution there have been some interesting exercises that cleared the status of the solution: We made a SWOT analysis which allowed us to understand better our position and the things we need to improve: alternative tools, better knowledge of our local market… We calculated the price of different … Read more
Mosaicproject’s Blog published an interesting set of PMP questions, I think they are very useful, why? They are PMBok 4 aligned, The answers are very well commented, with explanations and the reference in PMBok, Some of them are related to concepts that go unnoticed when you read the book. First try I only made 50%, … Read more
If you have some special knowledge the common sense says that this is something you should share with your colleagues in order to help them on their work, delivery or whatever they do. That’s fine, but do not overload these clever guys doing your work. If you want to “collaborate” with them, provide a project … Read more
Working on proposals, RFPs, RFIs, is something that is necessary to do in order to get contracts, but always evaluating the goodness of the opportunity. When you enter to play this game we focus on 2 major factors, the assessment process and the client. The assessment process tells us if we can do the job … Read more
Communicate, communicate, and communicate… This is what I do every day. If I ignore this fact 2 days it comes to me in form of a misunderstanding and then I need to repeat the message again. Sometimes I think that I do not communicate properly or that I don’t get the attention of the people … Read more
Live in a matrix organization within functional manager in one axis and the team leader in another axis have a lot of problems, mainly when there is not coordination between both axis, or when there is not the right balance in terms of authority. One of the long term benefit looked into this type of … Read more
First try; I used the formal channel of communications available for the center in order to foster the relationship between the team members and try each one know the initiatives launched by the others. The problem was easy, people cannot enter new documentation and there is not way to perform real collaboration between people. We … Read more
We are working on a project that needs some changes. The “easy” solution for the project is perform some actions that lessons learned from previous similar projects say that this “easy” solution has negative consequences on the budget of the project. The account manager has clear that this is not the right solution, nevertheless the … Read more
We started the delivery assurance process on the whole portfolio where the initial objective was to know the status of the projects. After we knew the general status and evolution of them, the next need at portfolio level was clear: now we can prioritize the projects and start opening relevant actions on the key projects. … Read more