PMO Maturity levels

As Chris Walters writes in the foreword to my new book ‘Leading Successful PMOs’ (Gower) – ‘The role of the PMO leader is one for a particular breed of individual. Be clear: this is a very senior position in any organisation that takes project delivery seriously – the days of co-ordinating project administrators are over. PMO...
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In part 1 of this blog post I mentioned that it’s ESI’s 30th anniversary and how I stumbled into project management. In this second part I will look at the project management industry today.  The present  Today project management can be found in every industry sector around the world. From manufacturing to IT, and telecommunications to...
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Happy 30th Birthday to ESI! ESI has turned 30 years old and I’d like to reflect on what has changed in Project Management over this period. Thirty years ago project management was still a very process-driven approach that was confined to two basic industries: construction and defence.  The past Fresh out of graduate school with a master’s...
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What has the P3O® (Portfolio, Programme Project Offices) guidance that was published in 2008 by the UK Office of Government Commerce got to do with Yin and Yang? The Chinese ancients believed that Yin and Yang is the interplay of opposites and stresses the importance of balance. “All things connote the Yin and the Yang,...
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