The Pmo Podcast

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "10th Year Anniversary of the Business Driven PMO," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Ten years ago, I gave my first presentation to the formal project management community. I was asked to present a PMO topic at a conference. The topic of my presentation was “The Business Driven PMO.” Over the last decade, I have said a lot. I have listened as well. Naturally, it is hard to boil down a decade of work in promoting this mindset into a two minute elevator pitch, but that is precisely what one must do. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What is the opposite of ADD?” Attention Deficit Disorder. You have no doubt heard the term. But what is the opposite of ADD? Would it be Attention Surplus Order or ASO? More and more children have or are developing ADD. School students from K-12 and on into college have ADD. New workers entering the workforce have ADD. And those workers that have been around for some time are now finding ne

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Epiloque," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you the Epiloque. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "PMO Manager Education." If you are a PMO manager, what educational plans do you have in mind? Do you have your PMP already? Are you thinking about getting an MBA? Though just about any PMO manager would be well served by a PMP and an MBA, by the way I don't view those as apples to apples development choices, rather just good things for a PMO manager to get, there are other options and alternatives for PMO manager education. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about h

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 12 - Perspectives on PMO Manager Career Paths," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 12 - Perspectives on PMO Manager Career Paths. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Last call, free copy of the Agile Prepcast!" OSP International, headed by my good friend, Cornelius Fichtner, who you may know of from his Project Management Podcast, his PMP certification training product called the Project Management Prepcast, and his other fine products has just announced the introduction of a new product called the Agile Prepcast. Cornelius is offering 3 copies of The Agile PrepCast

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 11 - Perspectives on the PMO Domain," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 11 - Perspectives on the PMO Domain. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Re-Introducing the Agile Prepcast!" OSP International, headed by my good friend, Cornelius Fichtner, who you may know of from his Project Management Podcast, his PMP certification training product called the Project Management Prepcast, and his other fine products has just announced the introduction of a new product called the Agile Prepcast. Cornelius is offering 3 copies of The Agile PrepCast for me to give the first thr

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 10 - Maturity Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 10 - Maturity Acumen. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Introducing the Agile Prepcast!" OSP International, headed by my good friend, Cornelius Fichtner, who you may know of from his Project Management Podcast, his PMP certification training product called the Project Management Prepcast, and his other fine products has just announced the introduction of a new product called the Agile Prepcast. Cornelius is offering 3 copies of The Agile PrepCast for me to give the first three listeners of The PMO Podcast w

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 9 - Methodology Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 9 - Methodology Acumen. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Turn off the TV and read!" Which do you do more of, watch TV or read? If you are like most folks, you watch more TV than you read. The average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day. That's 28 hours a week, 2 months per year, and by the time you have retired you will have watched 10 years of TV. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about the ROI or value of a PMO. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 8 - Dashboard Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 8 - Dashboard Acumen. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Is your career on track?" As project managers, it is our professional occupation to deliver things for others. On account of our efforts as project managers, many others are benefitted. But who is benefitting us..? The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about what is my favorite project management tool. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the provider of Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 c

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 7 - Portfolio Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 7 - Portfolio Acumen. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Are PMO managers leaders or managers?" Many folks advocate that leaders inspire and motivate and managers plan and control. So what is a PMO manager? Leader or manager? I actually prefer another term altogether. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about selling the management team on the PMO. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the provider of Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companie

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 6 - Project Acumen," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 6 - Project Acumen. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst project communications experience? I'll go first." Without a doubt, my worst project communication experience stands tall above all other project communications difficulties I have had. This was some time back but it seemed as if it happened yesterday; a tell-tale sign that I have yet to let it go and yet to forgive the guilty. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about whether or not a project manager that aspires to

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 5 - Techniques for Establishing a PMO Mandate," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 5 - Techniques for Establishing a PMO Mandate. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst PMO steering committee experience? I'll go first." Naturally, there are many kinds of bad experiences that can be had with PMO steering committees. My worst experience was in a PMO in which one of the PMO steering committee members simply refused to show up and participate in the PMO meetings. As you can imagine, it is very hard to conduct portfolio management discussions, prioritiza

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 4 - Case Study Example of PMO Failure," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 4 - Case Study Example of PMO Failure. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst international project management experience? I'll go first." Having worked quite a bit internationally, it is very hard to limit this question to just one answer. Having said that, there was one international project management experience that stands out. In my first few international project management experiences, I did not appreciate the need to be able to self-medicate and to understand what you

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 3 - Project Management Community Mind-set All Wrong," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 3 - Project Management Community Mind-set All Wrong. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst PPM tool experience? I'll go first." Perhaps one of my worst PPM tool experiences had very little to do with the actual tool itself, rather the management expectation of what the tool would do for them. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about introducing Agile to a PMO team that doesn't know and doesn't care about it. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 2 - PMO Survey Findings," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 2 - PMO Survey Findings. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst people management experience? I'll go first." Well, to start, I have made so many people management mistakes over the years that it is hard to pick the one that was the worst. But one of my first and fairly bad people management mistakes happened years ago in my first year of management. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about inappropriate workplace humor. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT Internationa

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories, Chapter 1 - Why PMOs Fail," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you Chapter 1 - Why PMOs Fail. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What was your worst PMO setup experience? I'll go first." Okay, I will admit it. I have made so many PMO mistakes over the last 30 years. And almost always, the errors of my ways could have been easily foreseen. But alas, it happens. Perhaps my first and most memorable PMO setup mistakes happened years ago. I had previously setup and managed a departmental PMO that was viewed as very helpful to the business. On account of that experience, I was named to head

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World, Introduction to the Book," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the recent release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. And in today's podcast, I would like to share with you the introduction to the book. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "PMO Purpose? Simple question, wrong answer." Today, I have a test for you. Actually a quiz. I am going to ask you a question. The question is a simple question, but it is also a question that 9 out of 10 project management professions, certified PMPs, get wrong. Here is the question, what is the purpose of a PMO? The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about which is more valuable to obtain, a PMP

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Tactical Guide for Building a PMO, an interview with Bill Dow, author of the book," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to have Bill Dow with us today. I have known Bill for quite some time and wanted to have him on the show to talk about his two books and perspectives on PMO Setup and Management. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "How to give a sincere apology." If you are like me, every now and then you find yourself in need of giving someone a sincere apology. Now, I know that there are folks that advocate you should never, ever apologize. I am not one of those folks, to the contrary. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about not liking being a project manager. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the provider of Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.Request a Demo LoginThe PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Now released, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. I am very happy to announce the release and availability of my new book, Business Driven PMO Success Stories - Across Industries and Around the World. This book is my third in the business driven PMO book series, published by J. Ross Publishing. I have dedicated this book to the hundreds of executives, PMO managers, and practitioners of project management that I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from over the last three decades. And I truly hope that I have succeeded in accurately portraying the wisdom that these folks have graciously shared with me. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Top 10 tips for international business travel." Over the years I have travelled quite a bit internationally. Like anything you do on a repetitive basis, you naturally pick up and acquire tips and t

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "More about the PMOEdge Workshop Series, an Interview with Terry Doerscher," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a PMO manager and active in the PMO and PPM domain, then you probably already know Terry Doerscher. Terry is a PMO and PPM subject matter expert and industry servant leader having first been and very successful PMO manager himself and later a provider of PMO thought leadership at Planview where he head Professional Services and later became the Planview Chief Process Architect and now at BOT International where he heads the PPM Advisory Services Practice. Terry is here with us today to tell us about the PMOEdge Workshop Series, an exciting and highly interactive two day workshop experience designed to help you set up a new PMO or improve upon an existing PMO. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Goals bad, four legs good – Part 2." In part 1 our last podcast memo, we talked about the idea advocated l

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Introducing the PMOEdge Workshop Series, an Interview with Lisa DiTullio," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a PMO manager and active in the PMO domain, then you probably already know Lisa DiTullio. Lisa is a PMO subject matter expert and industry servant leader having first been and very successful PMO manager herself and later a provider of PMO thought leadership and services as founder and President of Your Project Office, a firm that specializes in helping organizations of all shapes and sizes with their PMOs. Lisa is here with us today to tell us about the PMOEdge Workshop Series, an exciting and highly interactive two day workshop experience designed to help you set up a new PMO or improve upon an existing PMO. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Goals bad, four legs good – Part 1." Lately, it seems that where ever you turn within the business management domain, one after another expert (usually from

This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents "Agile Today, highlights of Dave Garrett's interview with Jim Highsmith," presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Dave Garrett and Jim Highsmith need no introduction. Both giants in the industry, Dave created the largest online community of project management professionals now known as ProjectManagement.com, formerly known as gantthead. And Jim Highsmith, well if you don't know Jim Highsmith, you don't know agile. Jim is a coauthor of The Agile Alliance and a founding member of The Agile Alliance. Jim has authored many books and whitepapers and has consulted with IT organizations, product development organizations, and software companies around the world. Not long ago, Dave interviewed Jim to talk about Agile Today. This is such an excellent interview, that I wanted to highlight a few key questions and answers of the interview for you. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "What is the cloud?" Have you heard the term "Cloud" or