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In this session we take a look at assumptions and risk management
In this month's #PMOwfh (with a new jingle!) we covered; automation, autism, new jobs, optimism, PMO objectives, models, patterns, ambassadors and apophenia amongst other things.
Don't you just love that the PMO is so eclectic!?
You can see the recorded session below and download the 10-in-10 (10 slides in 10 minutes)
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In this #PMOwfh session we invited along the PMO Conference 2022 closing keynote speaker Andrew Whyatt-Sames. Andrew is a Executive Team Coach, Psychologist and in this session he gave us the keynote in 10 slides!
Also in this session we covered some insights from the Enterprise PMO paper (you can see more on that here); psychological contracts, "most crucial challenge for the PMO leader is to get the right balance of speed and excitement" (see the article here); commuting and Japanese culture.
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In this month's #PMOwfh we decided on a theme to take us through the session. It was all about checklists!
There has been a recently released book that many have read and really enjoyed, it's called The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right.
It got us thinking. Checklists used to be really popular in the PMO but over the years checklists started to have negative connotations - using checklists was seen as the clipboard wielding PMO acting like the 'PMO Police', a bureaucratic form of control which did us no favours with our project managers and various stakeholders.
The book reminded us that there are a number of different reasons for having checklists. The PMO can use them to help delivery and we can also use them to help us develop our PMO and the people working within it.
Read on for more insights, templates, the recorded session and slidedeck.
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The monthly #PMOwfh covers lots of different aspects of PMO within the hour.
We talk about the month we've had, Poll of the Month, 10 in 10, Over to You and feature special guests and get you talking with others on the session. Oh yes and there are jingles!
In this session we covered:
The latest report from PMI on PMO Maturity; the definition of projects and are they really unique; work breakdown structures and getting started with toast.
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In this session we covered:
The problem with not being able to buy P3O manuals anymore; project status updates with Insta; working from home versus the office; project assurance; audit + added value = assurance and emerald glasses.
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In last week's #PMOwfh we took inspiration from the bestselling book, The First 90 Days from Michael D. Watkins.
John has done a great write up about the book itself and you should head over there immediately for a great read.
The book specifically focuses on critical success strategies for starting a new role as a leader.
We thought how useful is this as we emerge from the pandemic so we set about getting PMO practitioners to think about this themselves.
Whether you are a contractor starting a new gig, or a PMO person returning from a period of being furloughed, or you're going to be starting something completely new in a permanent role - we explore the first 90 days.
How will you create value? What are you there to do? What is your mandate? What do key stakeholders expect of you... over what time-period? How will your performance be measured?
The critical success strategies outlined fall into 9 key areas:
Promote yourself
Accelerate your learning
Match strategy to the situation
Secure early wins
Negotiate success
Achieve alignment
Build your team
Build coalitions
Keep your balance
To find out more about each area you should really head over to [The first 90 days are crucial to success post Covid19] You can also watch John deliver his 10-in-10 - 10 slides in 10 minutes, a regular feature each week, great for those with attentions that wander.
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