We continue the Agile PMO Super Series with a focus on Lean Governance as requested by the members.
If there's one thing you need to know about Lean Governance it's this - there is no one authority on what lean governance is and how it works.
On that basis then, what should the PMO be doing?
We decided to start the Agile PMO Super Series because there is so much that PMOs today are trying to understand and work out the best approach for their organisations.
Ever since we did the first PMO Flashmob session on Agile PMO back in 2014, we've been on a quest to keep up to date with what has been happening in the real world and sharing that with the members.
The Agile PMO Super Series is six sessions over six months - and the audience picks what they want the sessions to be about.
Matthew hosts the sessions (he's our lodger in the gym) and in this first one he wanted to make sure the scene was set - what is an Agile PMO, and what it isn't.
There's a new book available for PMO practitioners - especially those that are interested in the Agile approaches to delivering change. From PMO to VMO: Managing for Change Delivery.
The book focuses on the areas that businesses need to focus on to ensure a smoother journey to realising business agility in their operations. They call out seven specific areas (see below) with one being the Agile Value Management Office (VMO) Find out what we uncovered with the author!
We really love listening to other PMO practitioners' experiences and we know many of our members do too. In this session, we listen to Gary Heath, a long time supporter of House of PMO and luckily for us, vastly experienced in PMO. As he says in his opening introduction, he's worked in pretty much any type of role, for example, permanent, contractor, fixed-term, consultant, associate - you name it he's done it.
A great session for anyone at any level in the PMO - it's always interesting to hear how other practitioners have managed their careers and the insights they've learnt along the way.
In this session, we invited three panellists to join us - each with considerable experience in Agile PMOs. View the recorded session, read the highlights and summary with questions from the audience.
An agile transformation for NatWest is all about business agility at an organisation level - changing the way things get done at all levels across the business.
In this article, we share the insights from the session and reflect on what role the PMO could provide in supporting an enterprise-wide agile transformation programme like this.
Looking for help with metrics and measures in Agile delivery? In this short article, check out the recommendations for further reading - books for your PMO bookshelf
DevOps is a combination of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) and is focused on continuous delivery. In this article, we explore what this means for the PMO
Scaled Agile is all about business agility - combining Lean, Agile, and DevOps principles, practices and skills. The PMO has got interested and, we explore it further and pull out the things a PMO practitioner needs to know about and perhaps explore further. Is it SAFe? Let's find out more.
Many PMOs do not have the luxury of focussing solely on Waterfall or Agile projects. Their challenge is to evolve their service offering to support the Waterfall projects, whilst juggling an increasing number of Agile projects in the portfolio. During this session, John McIntyre of HotPMO will discuss how PMOs can rise to the challenge and become delivery heroes!
