The Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s (IPA) have an initiative called Project X. Project X is a vehicle to engage contemporary research in project and programme with the ‘real-world’ issues that are manifest across the Government’s Major Project Portfolio (GMPP). Project X is ambitious, it seeks to promote and support methodologically rigorous research that is firmly grounded in clear pathways to ...

Week 16 of #PMOwfh – four months of PMO chat, debate, a few laughs and lots of sharing during four months of the pandemic. There’s one thing we’ve definitely learnt during this time – there’s no limit to the subjects and themes we can choose to get into, the life of a PMO is such a varied and interesting one! ...

Throughout the lockdown period on our Wednesday afternoon #PMOwfh sessions we have been hearing about PMO practitioner’s situations – some furloughed; some with contracts cancelled; others working at home and some securing new roles. In the early days I think most of us would agree that there wasn’t any clear picture about what was happening or what to expect in ...

The world of the PMO is constantly changing – one of the more recent additions to its services is Enterprise-wide Portfolio Management According to the most recent Gartner study (Gartner Magic Quadrant for PPM May 2019), by 2023, 80% of organisations will have an enterprise project, programme or product management office (PMO). It is only fair to say that Enterprise-wide ...

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 ...

I can’t believe we’ve not covered PMO Charters before at PMO Flashmob but last week on #PMOwfh that was the theme for the afternoon session. What is a PMO Charter? Well you can read on to have a listen to the video session; take a look at the slidedeck; find out what your PMO peers think and even download a ...