Shakespeare's Romeo famously posed the question, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?". It would indeed! What does PMO stand for?  PMO most commonly stands for Project Management Office. There are variants, as the ‘P’ can also stand for Portfolio (Portfolio Management Office) or Program/Programme (Program Management Office). The term P3O is used to describe the trinity of management offices. There is universally applicable guidance published by AXELOS - the P3O® Manual. It is also worth noting that people who work within a PMO are sometimes ..read more

I was recently asked a question by someone who had accidentally become a Product Manager. “My situation is this: I've been working as a BI/analytics consultant at a small company for just over a year and I ended up leading most of our implementation engagements. Under my boss's direction, I began work on an e-learning solution about 8 months ago, and after producing that content I created sales materials, was involved in creating a site/app, designed a UI, led pilots, did some R&D, and BAM! we have customers and some buzz around our product and I've been designated Product Manager. Everyth ..read more

Every business, charity and government body is currently being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is putting huge pressure on organizations to work differently. Only a few weeks ago, organizations were planning for growth and adopting strategies focused on incremental growth in existing sectors, whilst expanding into others. The Coronavirus has changed all that and many organizations find themselves in uncharted territory, forced to rip up existing portfolios and playbooks and focus on the immediate and urgent. Those of you who are familiar with Eisenhower’s time management matrix ..read more

Are you a PMO person working from home? With over half the world’s population now under some sort of lockdown, the majority of PMO analysts, PMO managers, and Portfolio managers have suddenly found themselves working from home. It is fair to say that some have taken this easier than others. Some, like Tomas Bella have maintained regular routines: Experts recommend keeping your daily rituals even while working from home. pic.twitter.com/ktHuEaXMLT— Tomáš Bella (@kvasinka) March 16, 2020 Others, like Jack Altman, have been a little less disciplined! World: To have a successful WFH day, start ..read more

© fotomek / Adobe Stock Unique is the most dangerous word in project management. It stunts our growth as a profession and starves us of learning lessons and applying continuous improvement techniques to project delivery. If you are involved in Project Management, you will almost certainly have come across the word ‘unique’ being used to describe projects or their deliverables. PMI describes a project as “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result” (https://www.pmi.org/about/learn-about-pmi/what-is-pr ..read more

This introduction to project management explores what project management means in a modern business environment. This article is not about running major construction projects, nor is it about delivering major infrastructure projects, such as HS2 or Crossrail. It is not about planning to put humans on Mars. No, this is about the type of project management that happens inside modern businesses. We are going to look at a simple case study that explains what project management looks and feels like and how it makes a real difference to organizations and how they operate. Our story looks at the chal ..read more

© Blue Planet Studio / Adobe Stock HotPMO are super-excited to announce our new online training courses for 2020. We’ve been squirreled away in HotPMO HQ, generating the best original content to help PMO people turbo-charge their careers, their teams and their organization’s pace of delivery in 2020. Why learn with us? Our HotPMO team have been in the PMO and project delivery space for over 20 years. We’ve delivered projects and programs at the coal-face and have run PMO in multiple business sectors. We have broad experience to draw from ..read more

HotPMO achieves Silver partner status with UiPath We at HotPMO have some exciting news. We have achieved Silver status in UiPath’s partner program! UiPath are the leading enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, and the partner program recognizes partners as experts in supporting and delivering RPA solution that drive real transformational outcomes for customers. Over the past few years, HotPMO has evolved from a website featuring occasional blog-posts to an established London based PMO Consultancy. We work with organizations and support them with strategic planning, por ..read more

Is London the best city in the world for PMO Professionals? Free photo 85158313 © creativecommonsstockphotos - Dreamstime.com There are many good reasons for living in London. There’s the history, music, and culture. There’s the easy train connections to other European hubs, and of course, there’s the shopping and nightlife. But for PMO Professionals, London is more than that: London is one of the best cities in the world to develop your PMO career. PMO training in Lo ..read more

© 7maru / Adobe Stock [This article was first published in the Winter 2019 issue of Project – the official journal of the Association for Project Management (APM). For more information on APM, see www.apm.org.uk]  My OKR journey starts in Japan Japan seems to be an odd choice of location to start my OKR story. I’ve never visited. But an article in the Times back in 2017 about the impact of increased tourism in Japan caught my interest and started me on a journey through Abenomics, Building Cathedrals and Silicon Valley start-ups. It is a ..read more