Agile Project Management - Implementing a hybrid PMO by John Donohoe
by kate.matcham
An excerpt from the Project Zone Congress 2013 official post-congress report. Download your free copy of the full 70-page report here containing invaluable insights from project management experts from around the world. ...
Effective Change Management - Workgroup Summary from Nordic Project Zone
by Mihaly
We had a very interesting Birds-of-a-feather discussion with my peers at the table a the recent Nordic Project Zone Summit. The group participants were Per-Anders Malmberg – Senior Supply Project MAnager at Ericsson Hogne Kavlie...
Peter Taylor, famously known as the Lazy Project Manager is a dynamic professional who has achieved great success in project management. He has spent years on leading PMOs, written books, and shares tips on how to be a good and lazy at the same...
Michael Nir, President at Sapir Consulting, is writing in his latest article that the executives are asking the wrong questions. To them important is “what” and “how”, but according to Michael the most important question there is, is “WHY are we...
Dr. Harvey Maylor, keynote speaker and former Director of the International Centre for Programme Management, School of Management, Cranfield University talks about the importance of having a strategic focus at portfolio level at the 4th Annual...
PM Podcast recorded an interview with Bryan Barrow, one of our speakers for the Project Zone Congress 2014. When it comes to identifying a reason for why so many projects fail then Bryan Barrow has a simple answer for you. He says that a root cause...
A few years back, Kenny Phipps, Director, GSD at v6 announced that Project Managers could learn some things from Jack Bauer. Well, Jack is a fictional character in an action TV-show, what could he possibly teach to project managers with years of...
Portfolio Management and the Strategic Project Management Office (SPMO)
by Helina Martin
John Donohoe is the Director of Project Management at Star Alliance, and portfolio management is his passion. He says that many corporations don’t fail when they are developing a strategic plan but instead, they fail in the execution of that plan....
Johannes P. Schwemmer, Managing Partner at NewStars specializes in the turnaround of organizations where success depends on the execution of programs, projects and services, in particular in technology businesses like ITK, TIME, training and...
Effective Change Management - discussion group summary, Project Zone Congress
by Anna Fothergill
The topic of effective change management inspired a lively discussion at the recent Project Zone Congress in Frankfurt. The participants in the ‘Birds of a Feather’ discussion were: Peter Slappendel – Consultant IT Portfolio at Vattenfall...