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Does Working from Home as a Project Team Member Really Work?
Many people are discovering that working from home is a great advantage, and companies are inclined to agree. Hiring a contractor over an employee, and using that employee to build a virtual team for projects, is advantageous in a number of ways. Read more here...
Benefits of connecting your CRM to your project management tool
One of the biggest issues PMOs face is a gap in communication within their department and the many other parties involved in the project.
CIOs lead a PMO... even if they don't know it
PMOs have become a clear model for the management of internal projects in large corporations. For this reason, it is also worth remembering the contrary statement: that the CIOs lead the PMO of internal technology projects.
New micro-tool: Does your organization have what it takes to manage a PMO?
ITM Platform has just launched a self-assessment tool aimed at any organization that may have doubts about their project governance. Under the title "Do you have what it takes to run your PMO?", this self-assessment tool is aimed at companies that are considering...
The Agile PMO
It is not clear what an agile PMO is or how it is structured. It is becoming increasingly urgent to clarify this aspect, since many teams and even entire organizations, especially in the field of software and application development, rely entirely on agile methodologies such as SCRUM.
How to deploy your PMO in four easy steps
In this article we discuss the main reasons why ITM Platform is a great ally to support the activities of a PMO.
How to calculate the cost of your projects with man hours
Calculating man hours is the basis for being able to measure the cost per project of each type of expert and his contribution to the result.
9 barriers to knowledge transfer in project-based organizations
Within each project, reaching a knowledge baseline explicitly shared by all key team members can be tricky. In this article, we take a look at the 9 obstacles to knowledge transfer between projects.
Turn your PMO into a resource pool
There are several types of PMOs and its direction can have two different reaches. The most ambitious, is where the PMO extends to all projects of an organization.
However, it can also be more targeted, and focus only on traversal projects involving several departments, leaving more routine or restricted projects in the hands of a specific project manager.
How to fuel your projects: the PMO as a control tower
The control PMO, however, not only makes decisions to guide projects. If the “weather station” measures, the control tower defines procedures and standards. It then monitors its compliance and seeks improvements.
The PMO as a support tool
One of the most frequent needs facing organizations that are looking to launch a PMO is the centralization of information and knowledge. This type of PMO has been compared to a weather station...
Signs of maturity, seeds of a PMO
Organizations can use the wisdom of self-knowledge in smart ways. In this article we have a look at factors that are helpful indicators of maturity.