Margaret Mannion has been leading organization-wide change to help companies build greater value through their internal operations for over
15 years. Her background encompasses financial, operations & project management leadership experience in 15 countries within Asia, Europe and North America.
Her consulting organization, Margaret Mannion International, provides interim and project management services focusing on systems and business process architecture & enhancements for the public & private sectors -- from start-up to multi-national.
Margaret holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA with an emphasis in Business & Accounting, is certified in the PRINCE2 project management methodology and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). A strong advocate of helping young people develop their entrepreneurial spirit, she supports small business and mentors the business leaders of tomorrow. Margaret_Maturity2007@yahoo.com Margaret Mannion
Margaret Mannion has been leading organization-wide change to help companies build greater value through their internal operations for over
15 years. Her background encompasses financial, operations & project management leadership experience in 15 countries within Asia, Europe and North America.
Her consulting organization, Margaret Mannion International, provides interim and project management services focusing on systems and business process architecture & enhancements for the public & private sectors -- from start-up to multi-national.
Margaret holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA with an emphasis in Business & Accounting, is certified in the PRINCE2 project management methodology and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). A strong advocate of helping young people develop their entrepreneurial spirit, she supports small business and mentors the business leaders of tomorrow. Margaret_Maturity2007@yahoo.com How To Get our Process to the Next Level of Maturity?
Brad Clark shares another Q&A session based on a Maturity Forum participant’s question:
Q: “Our company is growing very fast and we need to get our process to the next level of maturity to support an enterprise company – can you provide some guidance to help us manage this?”
The Measure of a Successful Project — a Businessman’s View
Continuing on this week’s theme of Project Management Maturity, here is a piece provided by Larry Bull, PMI Manager, OPM3® Products and Services:
What is the measure of a successful project? In days of old, the standard answer to this question was usually “on scope, on time and on budget” or some derivation of the tried and true [...]
Project Management Maturity with Virtual and Non-PM Teams?
Ahead of Friday’s Project Management Maturity Forum, guest speaker Brad Clark shares answers on a few advance questions from our participants. Brad is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Advantinum Group, an Ohio-based management consulting firm, and is Maturity Measurement Team Lead for OPM3® Second Edition.
Q: ”How do you achieve project management maturity when project teams are virtual, using many [...]
To what extent will the understanding of Customer/User experience help improve the bottom line of businesses?
Continuing on thoughts around maturity and the evolution of project management…the PMI-Silicon Valley Chapter is hosting their 10th Anniversary Dinner next month, and joining the festivities will be Stanford Advanced Project Management’s Dr Christopher Meyer to share his insight on how the future of project management will play a role in delivering a good customer experience. Chapter President Harish Chinai and I recently had a conversation on [...]
Project Management Evolution
With two major milestones underway at the PMI-Silicon Valley Chapter, this week seemed like a good time to take stock and share thoughts along the theme of “Project Management Evolution.” Joining me in blogging this week will be Harish Chinai, Chapter President, and Larry Bull, PMI’s Director of OPM3® product and services.
I left my Silicon [...]
Our Generation Nation Has Growing Pains
Jim Sloane raised very interesting points in his “Why Can’t We Grow Up” blog about project management maturity. One in particular is keeping me awake at night:
Organizations in Silicon Valley can integrate virtually any technology into a myriad of applications, and still we struggle with integrating talented individuals into teams of people spanning countries, generations etc.
Here’s something more consider — did you [...]
