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Project prioritisation according to customer demand

Selecting which projects to charter within your organisation has long-term implications both for you and your organisation. PM Oracles offers a matrix to help you prioritise your projects according to a balance of demand and resources.

September 24, 2014

Project PMO: setting up a project office

Starting a PMO is a project in its own right. PM Oracles on what it takes to get a project office up and running—treat it like you would any project.

September 3, 2014

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Project portfolio management versus project ERP

What is project portfolio management software? How does it deliver value to a project-driven enterprise in a way that is different from EPM or ERP? Rob Stummer wades through an alphabet soup of three letter acronyms to figure out what project managers really want.

July 10, 2014

Lessons on project governance from the CBA scandal

The CBA financial scandal is a classic example of the effect of setting the wrong performance targets. Pat Weaver on the challenge for project controls professionals and PMOs to create performance measures that focus on things that matter.

July 7, 2014

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Role of the enterprise in driving projects

For change to be made effectively and efficiently it needs to be managed effectively and this is good news for project managers, writes Jonathan Whelan. But what role does the enterprise play in the success of these projects?

June 18, 2014

Ethics, governance and the individual project manager

Ethics and integrity are essential for effective leadership, but when the governance of an organisation is involved, where does an individual project manager fit? Pat Weaver explores the legal and ethical landscape.

April 15, 2014

5 ways to pick an ERP project partner

Project managers are the key drivers of how an organisation implements an enterprise resource planning (ERP) project. Choosing the right methodology is just as important as the right software, writes Oliver Clissold.

March 25, 2014

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Applying objective program risk management

There is a tendency within the program management discipline to characterise program risks as the sum of all the sub-project risks. Guy Wilmington says risk management must instead be proportionate and objective.

November 14, 2013

Benefits management key to portfolio success

Realising and managing benefits at the portfolio level will help organisations identify the levers for success and allow them to run projects that capture opportunities.

October 25, 2013