Spreading your organization’s precious resources thinly over too many active projects is a recipe for lots of disappointment. It’s better to do fewer projects well by concentrating effort on them, even if that means fewer projects.
An effective portfolio manager is like an air traffic controller, ensuring that all projects in the portfolio are monitored and managed together.
Managing projects as a portfolio helps ensure alignment, just as flying in formation helps birds stay on course, avoid collisions, and conserve energy.
Effective portfolio management puts people front and center. Here are some ideas to stay focused on people.
This picture shows one of my favorite analogies for how portfolio management, project management, and strategy development should fit together.
I show clients how to create thriving projects and teams that get essential work done better. This blog is about projects and the teams that do them.
Successful project management offices (PMOs) are too rare. Here are nine tips from senior managers who have built a flourishing PMO that delivers real value.
This simple dashboard for a small portfolio it is a great way to communicate, monitor status, and encourage good discussions about what projects can or should be undertaken.
Sorry for being silent this fall. I’ve been teaching my class in OHSU’s MBA in Healthcare Management program, and it took just about every minute I could find. During the […]