Every year, the Project Management Institute (PMI) conducts a global survey of over 5,000 professionals who work in the project management space. The survey cuts across different regions and industries, and provides an excellent snapshot Read more…
Lean. Six Sigma. Kaizen. These methods of process improvement can be effective, but they are sometimes the wrong tool for the job. In project management, I’ve found them helpful in certain circumstances but I’ve frequently Read more…
Did you know that more than half of Project Management Offices (PMOs) fail within 3 years of kicking off? This absurd failure rate is driven in large part by a gap in expectations. Most of the time, an executive looks around and sees a competitor with their own PMOs driving change and adding value, and they say, “I want that”. But like anything else, a PMO goes through stages of maturity and it can’t tackle huge challenges right away.
Over the last 4 articles, I’ve taken you from start to finish on the PMP Exam. We’ve come a long way together, from the application to taking (and passing) the exam itself. Hopefully you were Read more…