An Agile PMO that's cloudy too?

An Agile PMO that’s cloudy too?

I found this interesting article on the Executive Brief website. It advocates integrating the cloud computing service model and agile approaches to bring IT into the business. This is to deliver solutions irrespective of an IT groups ability and …

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An Agile PMO that's cloudy too?

An Agile PMO that’s cloudy too?

I found this interesting article on the Executive Brief website. It advocates integrating the cloud computing service model and agile approaches to bring IT into the business. This is to deliver solutions irrespective of an IT groups ability and …

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Top 7 IT Certifications: Project managers lead on average!

Top 7 IT Certifications: Project managers lead on average!

Here’s another great infograhic from Phoenix TS on the top 7 IT certifications with project managers leading the pack on average (Click image to enlarge):

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Free Market PM: Freelancing trends

Free Market PM: Freelancing trends

I was directed to this detailed report on the current state of freelancing by the International Freelancers Academy.  As Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation:…

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PMBOK v5.0 to be released January 2013

PMBOK v5.0 to be released January 2013

Got wind of the release of PMI’s PMBOK v5.0 from Mike Griffith’s blog.   It seems to be set for release on January 2013.  Mike…

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Do traditional PMOs promote mediocrity?  Could an Agile PMO do better?

Do traditional PMOs promote mediocrity? Could an Agile PMO do better?

Lets be frank, the whole idea of self-organizing, cross functional teams rest on the assumption that you have a stellar kick-butt team. Only the cream of the crop teams will provide you the mechanism to realize Agile to the fullest. Agile was des…

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Free Market PM: Getting your termination notice the day your hired!

Free Market PM: Getting your termination notice the day your hired!

I was lead to this revealing article from John Goodpasture’s blog about the new “Advanced Technology and Projects” group at Motorola Mobility which was acquired by…

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Kanban as a replacement for the PMO?

Kanban as a replacement for the PMO?

Heres a webcast of a very interesting talk given at theLean Software and Systems Conference 2012by David Joyce in which he argues for a Lean/Agile PMO using Kanban to go beyond the tranditional PMO in managing a portfolio of software/IT projects.

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The Centralized PMO: A reality check needed?

The Centralized PMO: A reality check needed?

I read this great article on Gantthead.com about adding a PMO support role for the project managers who work within a PMO.  It proposes the…

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The "Ideal" Project Manager

The “Ideal” Project Manager

I read this insightful post on “The Mythical Project Manager” by Samad Aidane from his site Guerilla Project Management, in which he argues that PM education has…

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