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HOW IMPORTANT IS IT YOU BE IN THE OFFICE?The more I speak to professional Project & Program Managers, I encounter the topic of them working more remotely (early/late calls to global countries....
09/28/11 08:14 am View Replies(0)
LINKING SIMILAR PROJECTS TO ITS PARENT PRIMARYWhen managing projects in your organizations portfolio, it is common that you often find that other PM's perhaps in other regions/groups are managing ....
09/28/11 08:09 am View Replies(0)
METHODOLOGY TYPESIAPPM has a 2 core METHODOLOGY it proposes and is available on our templates section. One is a regular general all-approach and the other being more a....
09/28/11 08:02 am View Replies(0)
IAPPM Methodology for Projects now available!IAPPM has just released two of our premier Project Methodologies for manageing GENERAL and AGILE projects. We hope you find them useful.
We have u....
01/21/11 12:45 pm View Replies(0)
What metrics do you track in the PMO PMOWondering what metrics your organization tracks? Is it just projects that are late/schedule slippage or more.......
10/24/10 11:36 am View Replies(0)
Deploying Agile in a Waterfall Shop? Want a significant project culture shock? Well...if you've been slave to a waterfall methodology for years and finally seeing some standardization of ....
05/17/09 10:21 am View Replies(0)
Clarity project tool report back"Establishing a project management office is the foundation for improving your organization’s project, program and portfolio management best practices....
05/17/09 09:36 am View Replies(0)
Year End - 2008As we move past another year, I would like to say how honored I am to share IAPPMs success with you, our distinguished Project & Program Community. We....
12/24/08 09:03 am View Replies(0)
Getting it right for PMO implementationSome key coments on deploying a PMO
1. Learn Best Practices from key industry groups such as (Gartner Group, Big 5, key whitepapers...)
2. Develop....
09/03/08 10:36 am View Replies(0)
How many times do we need to create another SDLC??Folks,
I am sure you must all be tired of reading about SDLC or methodologies all the time. What I wanted to blog about was how many companies get ....
05/01/08 01:45 pm View Replies(0)
Auditing the PMOHow do I ensure my PMO follows acceptable project audit standards? Recently assisted a large medical group with this question. They manage over 500 pr....
03/10/08 09:11 am View Replies(0)
Microsoft ProductsBill Gates announced this morning at the SharePoint Conference a new online offering for SharePoint, following our Online strategy (Software + Service....
03/04/08 02:59 pm View Replies(0)
Audit StandardsIAPPM is the first project organization to launch the project auditing standard, which we believe is critical for the project community at large. We w....
02/19/08 08:45 am View Replies(1)
SDLC usageI often get asked what SDLC methodology I could recommend to a PMO. In many cases companies asking me this either have tried a homegrown approach and....
02/18/08 04:47 am View Replies(0)
Project Time KeepingWhat time systems do you recommend for keeping track of PM time (both employees and PM contractors)? I was leaning towards MS Project 2003+ and a time....
02/08/08 08:21 am View Replies(2)
Call for volunteers for CIPA Project Auditing standardA special request is sent out to our PM Community with expertise in Risk/Audit project management to help refine and further embellish our CIPA Guide.....
01/20/08 06:42 am View Replies(3)
12 steps to building a project schedule **it Works**Here's my tried & tested method to creating a 12 step winning project :
1. plan/schedule
2. project setup
3. enter task details
4. enter durations....
04/27/07 08:14 am View Replies(0)
Posts From CEO's Connection
New Member
Hi all,
I have recenlty been accepeted as a CPM with the IAPPM and its great to be apart of the team.
I look forward to learning and improving m....
04/29/10: My IAAPM
Drive towards NPV or ROI
Is it necessary to rather track the Nett Present Value (NPV) of a project as part of the cost benefit to the organization or do I simply use the Retur....
10/31/08: My IAAPM
Curious
When developing a RACI chart - I know the R is Responsible, A is Accountable, C is Consulted and I is Informed...my problem is around specifically the....
09/11/08: My IAAPM
East meets West in PM
On many of my global projects, we deal with folk in Asia Pacific region and I find the level of detail and planning very good in Japan and Australia. ....
02/12/08: My IAAPM
View Point on Lean
I would like to ask what is everyone's view on Lean Processes in relation to project/program management? [We have a standard called Lean Electroni....
01/26/08: My IAAPM
Pros and Cons
Well I can think of more Pro's than Cons. In my experience a Portfolio Manager is imperative to establishing the link to desiminate Corporate objectiv....
03/27/07: My IAAPM