portfolio-management

“My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.”
Rodney Dangerfield
Just like dear departed Rodney Dangerfield, project managers get no respect!
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As a judge for the PMO of the Year sponsored by the Center for Business Practices, I was impressed by all the entries.  One in particular, however, stood out.  PMO Director at Accident Fund Insurance, Norm Buckwalter says, “Through our responsibility of leading the creation and execution of the strategic plan [...]

The global business landscape is littered with expensive, well-intended strategies that don’t deliver value, often because leaders failed to identify and invest in the full range of projects required to support those strategies.  Co-author of Executing Your Strategy, Mark Morgan demonstrates what organizational alignment for strategic execution really means and how to engage [...]

I have worked in a true Project Organization, a Strong Matrix and a Weak Matrix.  From a corporate perspective, there are pros and cons to each and the company must select the format that works best for them.  However, from a Program Management perspective, the role changes significantly and what makes you successful in one [...]

Have you ever been the program manager on a job where you planned everything down to the smallest detail; you collected the requirements, got your experts together, reviewed what it would take to perform the development, and finally presented your plan to upper management.  They were so impressed with your presentation that

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 Brilliant adolescence is not a recipe for continued success in Silicon Valley, although it has been largely responsible for a great deal of momentum to date.
To address this concern in your organization, invite your sponsor to invigorate your organization at the Project Management Institute (PMI) Silicon Valley Maturity Forum 2007 Projects Programs and Portfolios in [...]

You can implement effective and efficient practices to align your projects with organizational strategic goals.  How?  Come to the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter evening meeting July 16th at Michaels at Shoreline in Mountain View.  Cutoff date for Advanced Registration online at www.pmisv.org is today, 07/11/2007.
Hints:  my talk on this subject with help you focus, break loops, [...]

Mark you calendar for Monday, July 16, 2007 to go to Michael’s at Shoreline in Mountain View, CA.  That evening I will present “Aligning Projects with Strategy” for the PMI Silicon Valley monthly chapter meeting  (www.pmisv.org).
This presentation is not meant to frustrate project managers with a high level approach that only those in upper managerment [...]