This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Is Your PMO Qualified?" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I often get asked for tips for how to rapidly set up a PMO and for how to show compelling results within the first six months of the PMO that demonstrate, to everyone's satisfaction, the value of the PMO. But before getting to the magical roadmap of steps to set up a PMO, I always first ask a simple question. And that is, is your PMO initiative...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Top Three Characteristics of an at Risk PMO" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. As many of you know, I am a big proponent of the concept of the Business Driven PMO. About a decade ago, after performing some basic PMO research, it became clear to those of us involved in the PMO research project, that the findings were showing a cluster of data in two distinct and measureable areas. At the time, we coined these...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Top Three Characteristics of a Business Driven PMO" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. As many of you know, I am a big proponent of the concept of the Business Driven PMO. About a decade ago, after performing some basic PMO research, it became clear to those of us involved in the PMO research project, that the findings were showing a cluster of data in two distinct and measureable areas. At the time, we coined...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Project Weavers, an interview with Matthew Weaver, President and CEO" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Matthew Weaver, an experienced project management trainer, consultant, and subject matter expert. Matthew is here to share with us his experiences and perspectives. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Green Fatigue." OKAY, I will be the first to say it. I am greened-out. I am...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "PMO in Brazil, an interview with Rodrigo Cezar de Oliveria, PM and PMO Subject Matter Expert" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Rodrigo Cezar de Oliveira, an experienced project management professional and PMO manager. Rodrigo is here to talk with us about PMO in Brazil. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Who makes project decisions; the project manager or the software...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "PMO Manager Leadership, an interview with Ricardo Ferrero, Baker Hughes," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Ricardo Ferrero, an experienced business exectuive and PMO manager. Ricardo is here to talk with us about PMO leadership.   The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What is a leader?" Many people advocate that a leader is someone who leads others. But what makes someone an...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "More on Project Closeout and Lessons Learned, an interview with Mel Bost, BOT International Practice Lead," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Mel Bost, a veteran in the PMO domain. Mel is here to share with us more perspectives on Project Closeout and Lessons Leaned.   The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Prevent project manager burnout." Every now and again our project managers hit...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "The New Project Management Triangle, Part 2 - Business Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Most project management professionals are familiar with the term, the project management triangle. In the traditional project management triangle, the three points of the triangle (scope, time, and cost) refer to the triple constraints. Have you heard of the New Project Management Triangle?  The PMO Podcast™...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "The New Project Management Triangle, Part 1 - Leadership," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Most project management professionals are familiar with the term, the project management triangle. In the traditional project management triangle, the three points of the triangle (scope, time, and cost) refer to the triple constraints. Have you heard of the New Project Management Triangle?  The PMO Podcast™ Points...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Adelaide, a post-PMO Workshop interview with Mark Duddy," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mark Duddy discusses some of the highlights of the Business Driven PMO Workshop and provides insights and advice regarding the PMO setup and maturity.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Do you know Do?" When a problem comes to the PMO, what do you see, a problem or an opportunity..? If your PMO is like...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Canberra, a post-PMO Workshop interview with Adrian Lejins," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Adrian discusses some of the highlights of the Business Driven PMO Workshop and provides insights and advice regarding the PMO setup and maturity.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "PMO problems or PMO opportunities." Hello PMO managers out there. Do you know of a little company called...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Brisbane, a post-PMO Workshop interview with Charl Morkel," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Charl discusses some of the highlights of the Business Driven PMO Workshop and provides insights and advice regarding the PMO setup and maturity.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "How to deal with an arrogant executive." Arrogance is defined as conceit, self-loving and egotistic. In general,...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Wellington, a post-PMO Workshop interview with Rommy Musch," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Rommy discusses some of the highlights of the Business Driven PMO Workshop and provides insights and advice regarding the PMO setup and maturity.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Negative levels of maturity." How many times have we started off a discussion about PMO maturity with the assumption...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Sydney, a post-PPM Workshop discussion with Peter Forrester about portfolio optimization," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Peter discusses some of the highlights of the Business Driven PPM Workshop and provides insights and advice regarding the practical application of project portfolio optimization techniques.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Be cool under pressure." Have you ever had...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Melbourne, a post-PPM Workshop interview with Melanie Marx and Rob Harding," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Melanie and Rob discuss some of the highlights of the Business Driven PPM Workshop and themes and areas of the workshop that casted a light on how to set up an effective, business-driven, project portfolio management function within an organization.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents,...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Perth, a post-PPM Workshop interview with Lorraine Pestell and Daniel Keddie," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Lorraine and Daniel discuss some of the highlights of the Business Driven PPM Workshop and themes and areas of the workshop that casted a light on how to set up an effective, business-driven, project portfolio management function within an organization.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Singapore, a post-PPM Workshop interview with Linda Cheng and Kim Hoon," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Linda and Kim discuss some of the highlights of the Business Driven PPM Workshop and themes and areas of the workshop that casted a light on how to set up an effective, business-driven, project portfolio management function within an organization.  The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Earn...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Tokyo, Good Housekeeping with 5S" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term 5S in a project management context? Do you know what the term 5S means? And do you know the company in Japan credited with its development? If you answered yes to all three of these questions, then give yourself a big pat on the back. The history of 5S goes back as far as the 16th Century and Venice...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "George Costanza's Top 10 Tips for appearing to be a good Project Manager" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever watched an episode of the TV show Seinfeld? If you have, then you know all about the character George Costanza, played by the comedic genius, Jason Alexander. In the show, George is the consummate loser, a lazy but not unintelligent man. In fact, if George would just spend as much time...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Project Closeout and Lessons Learned, an Interview with Mel Bost, BOT International Practice Lead" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mel has had years of PMO and project management experience. Many of you may also know Mel from his blog, PMO Expert. Mel heads the BOT International practice for project closeout and lessons learned and it is our pleasure to have him here with us today to tell us all about what...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Dubai, an interview with Rakan Saraiji, Managing Director of BOT MENA" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we are coming to you from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where we are talking with Rakan Saraiji who shares with us the state of project management and the PMO in the MENA, Middle East North Africa, region. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Top 10 reasons to attend the Gartner...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Abu Dhabi, an interview with Bassam Samman, CEO of CMCS" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we are coming to you from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where we are talking with Bassam Samman who shares with us the state of project management and the PMO in the MENA, Middle East North Africa, region. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Earn PDUs on your commute." Are you a PMP certified...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Riyadh, an interview with Bassam Al Kharashi, CEO of ES Consulting" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we are coming to you from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where we are talking with Bassam Al Kharashi who shares with us the state of project management and the PMO in the MENA, Middle East North Africa, region. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Do project managers need to be leaders?"...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Paris, Nouveau Project Management" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term Nouveau Project Management? Do you know what it is? Well, today I am coming to you live from Paris where we have been talking about Nouveau Project Management. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Who is to blame?" When your PMO has an execution difficulty, do you take a moment to ask and answer who is...

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "2011 in Review and 2012 in View, an interview with Ty Kiisel" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Listen to Ty Kiisel provide insights and perspectives on 2011 PMO industry accomplishments and expectations and trends for 2012. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Mark Langley, Project Management Person of the Year." Have you heard the name Mark Langley? Do you know who Mark Langley is? Would you vote for...