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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In this article, we share the live results from the King of PMO Polls and the opportunity for you to get involved too. We've got some great questions such as:
what tool do you use when creating dashboard reporting?
what qualifications do you use in your day job?
what keeps you awake at 3am?
how do you deal with project managers who don't play ball?
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How bad is that title? Acronym overload! Put that aside for a moment and let's look at DARPEC.
It's a tool that is featured in a book called, "The Idea Generator" with a subtitle, "15 clever thinking tools to create winning ideas quickly".
It's a tool or approach you can use to "understand how every interaction has six generic aspects" and how you can deconstruct any challenge or situation by deconstructing the six aspects individually.
DARPEC stands for:
D - Deliverer
A - Action
R - Recipient
P - Process
E - Environment
C - Constraints
For each issue or situation, we are trying to resolve, there is a Deliverer, who performs an Action for the benefit of a Recipient using a Process in an Environment under certain Constraints.
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In the final session from the PMO Lab, we're looking at metrics and measures that ultimately help to drive executive and business decisions. The PMO's objective as a function which enables decision-making encompasses many areas. It could be the physical mechanisms that would allow decisions to be made, for example, producing reports, updating dashboards and so on. It can mean helping to create an environment where decisions and approvals can flow - the governance side. Even the more behavioural side of decision-making and ensuring staff are well-trained in communications, influence and negotiation.
We also cover the final two sessions which looked at PPM tools and the PMO business case benefits.
First up, business decisions and the lab rats concentrated on the PMO as a portfolio management office and how it can help drive executive business decisions. No other reason, other than they can!
Let's see what they undercovered:
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