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May Survey Opens Today
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsTweet The rain showers of the final weekend of April give way to the grand prize flowers of May. The May edition of the Arras People “Ten in Ten” Birthday... -
Would Self-Study work for me?
Posted on March 21, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Over the years I have attended classroom courses and also done self-study qualifications. I am often asked which is the best way to study and take accreditations in project... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Recruiting PMO Staff
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsTweet As PMO lead my PMO is at a point where it is at a good level of maturity and we feel it is time to expand it, can you... -
The Meaning and Purpose of a PMO
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsTweet Let me start in the spirit of that classic US game show ‘Jeopardy!’ … Answer: ‘a PMO’ Question: (and therefore actually the correct answer; that is just the way... -
Leading Successful PMOs: Part 1
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsTweet EDITOR’S NOTE: Many of you will know Peter Taylor from his popular book – The Lazy Project Manager – but did you know Peter also recently released a new... -
PMO Resourcing – Recent Findings
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 1 CommentTweet Last week I listened in on a webinar from Terry Doerscher from Planview, the webinar featured their findings from a recent survey focused on PMOs. If you’ve not had... -
PMOSIG – Raising the PMO Bar
Posted on December 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet The latest conference from the PMOSIG has just been announced and it looks like 2011 will be the year of portfolio offices and Agile PMOs. If you’re not already... -
Classic Chicken or Egg: Portfolio Office!
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet Here’s the classic conundrum; after the launch of P3O in 2008 where Portfolio Offices are described for pretty much the first time in a UK based textbook, we’ve started... -
The Problem with P3O
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet A few weeks ago at the PMOSIG Autumn conference, the P3O author Sue Vowler led a session on the future of P3O. P3O is the Portfolio, Programme and Project... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – A PMO Career
Posted on October 1, 2010 | No CommentsTweet New for October 2010 on the Camel is the Q&A Project Management Careers, an opportunity for you to pose a question directly to me. First up, this week’s question... -
PMO Watch #19 – The P3O Practitioner Level Accreditation
Posted on April 6, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet The P3O (Portfolio, Programme and Project Office) Practitioner level qualification was launched in January 2010 and in this PMO Watch I wanted to share an overview of what the... -
PMO Competency Levels – The Market View
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week I presented at the PPSOSIG conference, which was focused on Competence and Competencies, I focused on PMO Competencies in the Marketplace, trying to bring a marketplace view... -
P3O Manual – First Chapter
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve not had chance yet to buy or read the new P3O manual (Portfolio, Programmes and Project Offices) there are a few resources you might be interested in:... -
P3O – A Case Study
Posted on October 13, 2009 | No CommentsTweet P3O, Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices, has been out for about a year now and the above Case Study shows one organisation’s journey in the implementation of P3O. Further... -
Current Professional Opinions on PM Training & Qualifications
Posted on September 11, 2009 | No CommentsTweet NOTE: This article is reprinted from the August 2009 edition of Project Management Tipoffs. In this section of Tipoffs. If you have a question for our Q&A experts or simply... -
Tipoffs is out, available at our online newstand now!
Posted on August 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Last month at Project Management Tipoffs, the project management news & issues newsletter from Arras People, spoke with you (OK, wrote to you) about the economic climate and the uplifting effect... -
The many types of programme and project office professionals
Posted on August 5, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Programme Management Offices (and the many variations on a theme) have become much more popular in recent years, in fact I would say it is one of the fasting... -
The Many Ways of Structuring a PMO
Posted on July 1, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Unless you are a hopeless geek like me, this question is of no interest unless it helps you structure your own PMO, right here, right now. Well, attending the... -
Staffed by one person – me! Impacts on the PMO
Posted on June 8, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The headline was a quote from a recent survey in response to the question, “what pressures do you currently face in your PMO?” Interestingly this situation is pretty common... -
New P3O Offering – The Online Respository
Posted on June 5, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The OGC has just released an online P3O repository of supporting tools and templates aimed at providing some flesh to the theory of the recent P3O book. P3O has... -
PPSOSIG – From Acorn to Oak – PMO Maturity in Your Organisation, Your Team and You
Posted on May 27, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Title: PPSOSIG – From Acorn to Oak – PMO Maturity in Your Organisation, Your Team and You Location: Windmill Hotel, near Coventry Link out: Click here Description: In 2008,... -
From Acorn to Oak – new ppsosig conference on PMO maturity
Posted on May 20, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The new conference from the ppsosig has been launched today, ” From Acorn to Oak: PMO Maturity in Your Organisation, Your Team & You“. It’s taking place on the... -
PMO Watch #18 – Why you shouldn’t consider P3O
Posted on May 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Back to the PMO series, I’ve not updated the PMO Watch since Nov 08! The PMO Watch brings together news and views in relation to Portfolio Management Offices, Programme... -
Update to the “Understanding the PMO” section
Posted on April 9, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet When we launched our Project Management Benchmark Report back in February 2009 we included a section in our findings about the role PMOs play in our respondant’s organisations. We... -
To train or not to train?
Posted on April 8, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Reading through the responses to the APM qualification questions from the Arras People 2009 Benchmark Report I saw a common trend emerging – generally the qualification wasn’t seen as... -
PPSOSIG Conference – P3O Examined – Contentious Views and more
Posted on March 19, 2009 | No CommentsTweet The PPSOSIG conference in Birmingham yesterday set out to examine the new P3O guidance. P3O is the Portfolio, Programme and Project Office guidance from the OGC and has been... -
Project Management Guidance – The Lowdown
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Many project professionals turn to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) range of programme and project management products for guidance, knowledge, training and accreditation. The suite includes the popular... -
Role of Project Office – APM Conference 21st January 2009
Posted on January 22, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Sue Vowler – Lead Author of the new P3O guidance, presented an overview of the methodology which is receiving a lot of attention within the PPM community since it’s... -
The year of the Project Management Office (PMO)?
Posted on January 9, 2009 | 2 CommentsTweet Much has been written about PMO in 2008; there was the launch of P3O towards the end of the year, the first conference held by the PMI PMO SIG... -
Happy New Year!
Posted on January 5, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Welcome back to work (for those of you who have been fortunate enough to have the whole Christmas season away), I’ve been slowly getting back in the saddle today...
