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Tag Archives: Project Management
The Republican Party: Three Problems In 2013
The Republican party has a big problem, a really big problem. The 2012 Presidential elections dealt the Republicans a crushing blow. The loss in the popular vote was greater than expected, but the loss in the electoral college was devastating. … Continue reading
PMO Genius: Rule The Bizarro World!
When you manage projects, a big part of your effectiveness is derived from common knowledge and a database, not necessarily a formal database, of what works and what doesn’t. In the last decade, everyone in a corporation “knows” certain basic … Continue reading
Jamie Dimon Needs A Good Project Manager!
A few blogs ago we talked about how undisclosed risk in any operation or project can completely change the game. What used to be the right choice may now the wrong one, when you don’t know the whole story. The … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Making, Improvement, Continuous or Not, Project Management Office
Tagged Congress, Jamie Dimon, JPMC, PMO, Project Management, Quality, Risk
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Money Laundering… The Vatican Connection
A lot of people were very confused when the Pope’s butler was arrested, and told it had to do the growing scandal at the Vatican Bank. Some said, “How does a butler have anything to do with Banking?”; others said, … Continue reading
Stop Burning Money: Learning From JPMC’s Financial Mistakes
If you’re a long time reader of this blog, you know that for some time we’ve been discussing project management in the largest possible sense. For many, project management is all about managing the schedule and budget of a project. … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Project Management Office, Unique Ideas
Tagged Chase, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, JPMC, Mismanagement, PMO, Project Management
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The Game Of Money Laundering, Part 2
In our last blog we discussed the origins of money laundering and how it evolved over the years. We know that when criminal organizations create big piles of money, they can’t do very much with that money until it moves … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Unique Ideas
Tagged AML, Counterfeit, Crime, eBay, Measure, Money Laundering, PMO, Project Management, Tiffany's
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PMO Basics: More About Risk And Financial Crises
In our last blog we talked about Basel III and the need for better risk identification and quantification by international financial institutions. Today, we’re going to continue with this theme and look at the cyclical process that the financial markets … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Decision Making, Project Management Office
Tagged Basel III, Derivatives, PMO, Project Management, Projects, Risk
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The General Electric Turnaround: Why We Can’t All Be Jack Welch!
Jack Welch is perhaps the world’s best known improvement guru. His transformation of GE not only took genius, it took guts and determination to convince a company that was doing pretty darn well that it had to do better. Not … Continue reading
PMO Genius: How To Share & Be Happy
In our last Blog we spoke about the issues that drive the services produced by a shared services group. We talked about six issues that define the functions, cost and billing of shared services. Today, we’re going to take the … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Making, Delivering Services, Project Management Office
Tagged Measure, PMO, Project Management, Projects, Satisfaction, transform
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PMO Basics: Six Secrets For Efficient Shared Services
Every big corporation manages multiple shared services. Shared services are often a bit mysterious to a PMO, and improvement projects are sometimes overly complex. It is difficult enough to provide a service that can keep a single client happy, a … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, Delivering Services, Project Management Office
Tagged Efficiency, Improve, Measure, PMO, Project Management, Satisfaction, Staffing
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