Agile PMO

Hybrid Delivery and the PMO

In this session we take a look at one of the main challenge areas for PMOs right now - how to support hybrid delivery. It was an interactive session to help us really understand what the challenge is - and what the PMO can do to overcome the issues and really support their organisations going forward. Sign in to read more about supporting Agile and Waterfall projects - to balance our portfolios - or is it even about projects anymore.
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Agile PMO – Tooling

In this session, Matthew was joined by another lodger, Nicole Reilly. Together they talked about the different Agile related tools that are available and what the PMO needs to know. There are literally hundreds of different tools out there that are used by Agile teams. There are also many different options to extract data which is then used by management teams to understand what progress is being made and what decisions and actions are needed to be taken.
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Agile PMO Series – Planning and Estimating

In this fifth edition of the Agile PMO Super Series we focused on planning and estimating. There are different types of planning in Agile led projects - just as there are in more traditional waterfall projects. For the PMO it's about being able to understand what types of planning there is, who is responsible for it and knowing where the PMO can support. View the session to learn more about sprint planning, product roadmaps, planning poker and more.
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PMO Challenges in a Global Environment

In this session we hear a different perspective on building the maturity of the delivery organisation and what the PMO did to support that. The session also covers the cultural clashes that can happen and the language barriers of global PMOs. Manuel López joins us from Mexico City where he managed the Latin American PMO in a global insurance organisation.
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Agile PMO Series – Removing Blockers

We hear all the time that the PMO should be able to support Agile teams in removing blockers - but what does this actually mean? In this session we looked at what blockers and impediments are - and how they relate to issues and risks in the more traditional sense. We also took a look at the ScrumMaster role and how the PMO works with them.
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Agile Reporting and Metrics

We start off with some individual project reporting and the common reports you are likely to create. We spent some time looking at some examples and actually reading those, understanding what the graphs are actually telling us. Most of these reports are based on SCRUM so you'll find mentioned here burndowns, velocity, burnups etc The second part of the session turned to the reporting and metrics that happen at the portfolio and more strategic levels. We looked at strategy and investment funding; reporting at a portfolio level and looked at OKRs - which are commonly used in scaled agile. The session also touched on value streams.
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