From Standardisation to Adaptation: The PMO and Complex Projects
Complex projects are not big simple projects. The standards that work on one actively harm the other — which puts the PMO in a genuine bind.
Standards vs Flexibility: Getting PMO Templates Right
Rigid where it matters, flexible where it doesn't. Get the line in the wrong place and your business case becomes a form-filling exercise.
Automated Portfolio Cost Reporting for the PMO
Accurate, timely cost data changes portfolio decisions. It also changes the culture around them — automation makes the numbers harder to argue with.
Ending Cut-and-Paste Consolidated Reporting
Ten project reports in three formats, manually assembled into an eleventh. There is a better way, and it starts with never producing the ten.
The Five Problems Every PMO Faces — and How to Solve Them
Five constraints turn up in almost every project management office. None of them are people problems — and all five have a structural fix
What Is a PMO? Definition, Functions and the Value It Should Deliver
The PMO was designed to integrate teams around value-adding investment. Most have become report factories. Here is the original definition — and the gap.