Top 10 Governance Fails
A 2014 study by the Standish Group (The Standish Group Report. 2014. Project Smart) reports that most projects fail to achieve their...
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When it's time to abandon...
One of the 12 Agile Principles (http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html) is, “Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not...
What a bad decision looks like...
Governance decision are subject to human frailties as are other decisions. I’ve made my share of bad decisions, and one case in point is...
Who owns this dog?
We found this dog wandering through the neighborhood yesterday. We fed the dog, our neighbor found the owner and returned it, so this...
Three ways to get the WIP under control
Does your list of projects in progress resemble a subway at rush hour? Are your projects being delayed as they compete against each other...
Perennial Problems with Project Portfolios
Over 15 years ago, Gerald Kendall and Steven Rollins wrote a book called, “Advanced Project Portfolio Management and the PMO –...
Who knew it could eat that much?
Those who have implemented Project Portfolio Management (PPM) systems are painfully aware of the fact that these systems consume a...
Capacity Planning - From the Pipeline to the Envelope
When developing capacity plans, project portfolio managers frequently employ the metaphor of a pipeline. We envision initiatives entering...