Monthly Archives: February 2012

PMO Basics: Building Your Lessons Learned File

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Ask different project managers and get different reasons why project management and the PMO is important. For me, communication provides PM’s greatest value, and building a lessons learned file is one of the most valuable (and overlooked) communications practices. Project … Continue reading →

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PMO Genius: Massive Savings Hidden In Documents

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Today’s best solution often cause tomorrow’s biggest problem. Consider the baby diaper, the humble nappy. Pampers, the first practical disposable diaper, was introduced in 1961. Like any new product it was a less than perfect solution. They used wood pulp … Continue reading →

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PMO Genius: Developing A TAR Pilot Project

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Project managers are taught that the most expensive method of resolving a dispute is litigation. Yet the number of corporate lawsuits keeps rising, as does the number of documents in each lawsuit. If you’ve never worked with a legal review … Continue reading →

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PMO Genius: How To Smartsource Outsourcing Programs

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

In the last blog, we discussed the limits of cost based outsourcing: after initial savings three is little or nothing left for the next contract, “fractures” in processes develop between the client and the vendor that damage productivity and a … Continue reading →

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PMO Basics: The Downward Spiral Of Cost Based Outsourcing

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Chris Niccolls

Business is changing. Look at the number of books published about the economy’s move from atoms to electrons. Don Tapscott’s wrote an excellent example, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.” The title says it all. The Internet has connected everything … Continue reading →

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