http://www.thepmopodcast.com en-us Copyright © 2006-2010 BOT International Bringing topics and information to PMO Managers for Project Management Offices of all shapes and sizes. Mark Perry We bring PMO topics to project management organizations of all shapes and sizes. Are you looking to setup and manage a PMO? Or meet the compliance requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley? Or improve project performance through soundness of method? Then listen to The PMO Podcast™, a weekly program that delivers valuable insights and ideas to help you with your project office. Companies today understand the importance of project management and the PMO is the means by which companies turn their vision and mission into reality. The PMO is a driver and key enabler of business transformation and organizational maturity. The PMO Podcast™ looks at how PMOs shape today's businesses and meet tomorrow's challenges. Typically, the duration of The PMO Podcast™ is ten minutes and the format of the show includes The PMO Podcast™ Memo, The Featured Story of the show, and The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag, listener email with your comments, questions, tips, and suggestions. Find us on the web at www.thepmopodcast.com or send your emails to mailbag@thepmopodcast.com. The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2006-2010. All rights reserved. We bring PMO topics to project management organizations of all shapes and sizes. Are you looking to setup and manage a PMO? Or meet the compliance requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley? Or improve project performance through soundness of method? Then listen to The PMO Podcast™, a weekly program that delivers valuable insights and ideas to help you with your project office. Companies today understand the importance of project management and the PMO is the means by which companies turn their vision and mission into reality. The PMO is a driver and key enabler of business transformation and organizational maturity. The PMO Podcast™ looks at how PMOs shape today's businesses and meet tomorrow's challenges. Typically, the duration of The PMO Podcast™ is ten minutes and the format of the show includes The PMO Podcast™ Memo, The Featured Story of the show, and The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag, listener email with your comments, questions, tips, and suggestions. Find us on the web at www.thepmopodcast.com or send your emails to mailbag@thepmopodcast.com. The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2006-2010. All rights reserved. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT The PMO Podcast mark.perry@thepmopodcast.com no http://www.thepmopodcast.com/thepmopodcast_tn_mp.jpghttp://www.thepmopodcast.com http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_180.htm Mark Perry The Enterprise Management Association - International This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Introducing The Enterprise Management Association - International, an interview with Terry Doerscher" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today we have Terry Doerscher, a member of the board of directors of the Enterprise Management Association – International. Terry Doerscher has two decades of practical experience in the areas enterprise management. At Planview, Terry is known for developing innovative management processes and techniques to address the challenges of today’s business. He is a trusted advisor to over a hundred organizations worldwide in their journey towards operational excellence. Terry tells us about this new, exciting organization.</a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Make your employees read one book a week." Are you a good manager? Are you developing your employees? Are your employees growing as professionals and becoming more valuable to your organization? For many of us managers honestly answering those three questions, it would not be surprising to find out that the answers to all three of those questions were no. But irrespective of whether or not we passed this short quiz, most of us could do a better job. Following up from our last podcast memo, today we have another tip for people managers. And that tip is Make Your Employees Read One Book A Week. I think this is a great idea and let me tell you why. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about sales guys giving customers implementation commitments that simply can’t be met. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_180.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT 28:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_179.htm Mark Perry The PDU Podcast This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Introducing The PDU Podcast, an interview with Cornelius Fichtner" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. For many certified project management professionals (PMPs), it can be a challenge to find ways to meet the ongoing PDU requirement to maintain your certification. It is not so much that you do not engage in regular and ongoing professional development, you of course do. Rather, of all that you do by way of professional development, not all of it can be counted and claimed for your ongoing PDUs. And sometimes, even when you do partake in develop that does or could count, you don’t have the time, at the time, to go through all of the effort to register what you have just done. After all, most of us partake in ongoing professional develop for professional develop reasons, not to garner requisite hours to actually prove you have done this. Naturally, if you are a PMP and want to stay a PMP, you need both. So today, we are going to talk about a new offering that can actually help you with both, The PDU Podcast. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Performance Appraisals." Are you a good manager? Do you appraise your employees accurately and fairly? Do you do a good job in appraising your employees? Surprisingly, for many managers, conducting employee appraisals is a very important duty that is often done very poorly. So today, we have ten tips to help you or your boss be just as good at conducting appraisals as you are at all of those other things that got you promoted into management in the first place. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how to ask the PMO manager why the PMO is doing a project management SaaS trial. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_179.htm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT 25:57 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_178.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Keeping Your PMO Passion This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Top 10 Tips for Keeping Your PMO Passion" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. For many PMOs and project organizations, it can be difficult to keep the passion alive. Unlike other organizations that are driven by mission critical goals to the company such as making a sales quota or achieving a market share target or attaining a earnings per share commitment, PMOs and project organizations usually do not have such blatant and heroic and public victories. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Don't confuse burnout with laziness." If you're a PMO manager, you need to be able to spot the signs and recognize the differences between burnout and laziness. Burnout is a very real problem and can manifest itself in even the best and highly motivated performers. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about making commitments to customers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_178.htm Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:30:00 GMT 13:42 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_177.htm Mark Perry Introducing pmBLOX This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Introducing pmBLOX, an interview with Chris White, President of ViaSim Solutions" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. How realistic is your project plan? Does the project tool you use give you the capability and flexibility to simulate real world impacts to best manage dynamic and changing variables? If not, then you might want to have a look at pmBLOX. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Five Tips for Better Decision Making." When it comes to decision-making, common sense, experience, and intuition are helpful to have. And in addition to that, it is helpful to have a decision making process to ensure that decisions are made with the right amount of thinking and with the right amount of speed. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about should a PMO manager be PMP certified. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_177.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT 24:34 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_176.htm Mark Perry Project Management in the MENA Region This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Project Management in the MENA Region, an interview with Rakan Saraiji, Managing Director of BOT MENA" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Do you know what part of the world the MENA Region encompasses? Are you aware of the state of project management and PMOs in the MENA Region? Today's guest, Rakan Saraiji, provides insights and perspectives on PMOs and project management in the MENA Region. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Know where the project is heading." Imagine just for a minute that you are on an airplane and you hear the pilot announce, “I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that we have lost our navigation system, but the good news is that we are still flying 600 miles per hour.” I don’t know about you, but if I were a passenger on that plane, I would be just a bit concerned by the announcement. And, if I were a team member on a project that was proceeding fast and furious without benefit of navigation, I would also feel very much the same way. While it is important that the project makes progress, it is far more important where the project is progressing in the right direction. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about management's edict to use Microsoft Project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_176.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:30:00 GMT 20:34 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_175.htm Mark Perry Business Value Analysis This week <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story </strong> presents, "Business Value Analysis, an interview with Sainath Nagarajan, Managing Director of Obvious Ideas" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term Business Value Alignment? For many, it is one of those terms and concepts that is easy to grasp yet difficult to apply. So, today we have a subject matter expert in this domain, Sainath Nagarajan, the Managing Director of Obvious Ideas to tell us all about it. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Negative Levels of Project Management Maturity; Level -5." For many organizations and PMOs, the key to advancing any kind of maturity is having a good understanding and grasp of the starting point. And, don't assume for one moment that the real starting point is at square one. Today's episode discusses the last of the negative levels of maturity, Level -5, the Terrorist Level. <br><br> <strong> The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about finding a business-driven PMO manager. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_175.htm Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:30:00 GMT 24:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_174.htm Mark Perry Acquiring Exception PM Talent This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Acquiring Exceptional PM Talent, an interview with Cindy Margules, Founder of PM Transformations" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. How do you acquire not just great project managers, but great project managers for your PMO? Is acquisition of PM talent something you do only when you have a need for it, or is acquisition of PM talent a strategic activity or even process that PMO managers can or perhaps should engage in to best meet the human capital needs of the PMO? Hear from an expert in acquiring exceptional PM talent, Cindy Margules, the founder of PM Transformations. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Negative Levels of Project Management Maturity; Level -4." For many organizations and PMOs, the key to advancing any kind of maturity is having a good understanding and grasp of the starting point. And, don't assume for one moment that the real starting point is at square one. Today's episode discusses Level -4, the Deviant Level. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about getting a job as a project manager. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_174.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:00 GMT 20:48 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_173.htm Mark Perry Commit to your company not just your career This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Commit to your company not just your career” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, most people suggest that you should commit to yourself, not your company. After all, you might get outsourced or your company may go out of business. Sure, you should have a career and advance your career and self interests. But, you also must commit, truly commit, to the company, organization, or individual that pays your salary. Take project management as an example. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Negative Levels of Project Management Maturity; Level -3." For many organizations and PMOs, the key to advancing any kind of maturity is having a good understanding and grasp of the starting point. And, don't assume for one moment that the real starting point is at square one. Today's episode discusses Level -3, the Saboteur Level. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not to make a fuss over project management terminology. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_173.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:30:00 GMT 10:31 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_172.htm Mark Perry Announcing the Camp IT PPM Conference, an interview with Dan Horwich, the Conference Director This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Announcing the Camp IT PPM Conference, an interview with Dan Horwich, the Conference Director” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today we have a special guest, Mr. Dan Horwich, the director of the up and coming IT Camp Project Portfolio Management (PPM) conference in Chicago, Illinois. to tell us about this year's event. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Negative Levels of Project Management Maturity; Level -2." For many organizations and PMOs, the key to advancing any kind of maturity is having a good understanding and grasp of the starting point. And, don't assume for one moment that the real starting point is at square one. Today's episode discusses Level -2, the Misfit Level. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the difference between scope and deliverables. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_172.htm Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT 11:09 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_171.htm Mark Perry The Lazy Project Manager, an interview with Peter Taylor, PMO Manager and Author This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “The Lazy Project Manager, an interview with Peter Taylor, PMO Manager and Author” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a short book called The Lazy Project Manager. Today we have a special guest, the author of The Lazy Project Manager, Mr. Peter Taylor, here to tell us about his new book and his perspectives and thought leadership in the domain of project management. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Negative Levels of Project Management Maturity; Level -1." For many organizations and PMOs, the key to advancing any kind of maturity is having a good understanding and grasp of the starting point. And, don't assume for one moment that the real starting point is at square one. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about performing additional work in a troubled project outside the formal project scope. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_171.htm Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT 16:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_170.htm Mark Perry Great Speakers Aren't Born This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a short book called Great Speakers Aren’t Born, by George Kops. If you are like me, you just marvel when you hear a great presenter give a presentation and you wish that you were born with that gift, the gift of gab as some say. Well, guess what, great speakers aren’t born. And, that is the subject of the book by the same name. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Use clear thinking to make effective presentations." Giving a presentation can be a nerve wrecking experience. For many presenters, an effective tip to always use is to ensure that you use clear thinking to make effective presentations. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how many project managers really use the right-hand graphic visualization part of a Gantt chart. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_170.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT 9:10 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_169.htm Mark Perry The Sarbanes-Oxley Act This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a short book called The Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Overview and Implementation Procedures, by Michael Holt. This book is a very well written text that overviews the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and provides guidelines and implementation procedures. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Create a safety net." What would you do if one day you just found out that you lost your job or you just found out that your company just went out of business? Much like the man on the flying trapeze needs a safety net, so do we. Whether you are an executive, manager, individual contributor, 1099 contractor, everyone needs a safety net. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what criteria should be used to determine if the project status should be green, yellow, or red. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_169.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:25:00 GMT 9:43 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_168.htm Mark Perry Increase Your Financial IQ This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Increase Your Financial IQ” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a short little book called Increase Your Financial IQ, by Robert Kiyosaki, the well known author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. I read this book to keep up with what some of today’s financial leaders like Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump are advocating. So what does this book have to do with project management and project management offices? Well, in addition to providing sound and timely financial insights, the author makes a number of points that are very applicable to those of us in the project management community. In particular three things stand out that make this book a good read. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Commit to your company, not just your career." Today, most people suggest that you should commit to yourself, not your company. After all, you might get outsourced or your company may go out of business. Sure, you should have a career and advance your career and self interests. But, you also must commit, truly commit, to the company, organization, or individual that pays your salary. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about showing good accomplishments in a bad project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_168.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:20:00 GMT 11:17 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_167.htm Mark Perry The Lazy Project Manager This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “The Lazy Project Manager” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a fun little book called The Lazy Project Manager, by Peter Taylor, a PMO manager and author in the UK. Would you like to be twice as productive and leave the office early? If yes, listen on because that is what this book promises to the reader. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “True leaders don’t play politics." Have you ever worked with a person that spends more time managing their career than they do the business? These folks are bad enough to work with and they can even be worse to work for. Nonetheless, in just about every organization, especially larger ones, you will find the politicians. They may rise quickly through the organization, but always, sooner or later, it is merit, not politics that prevails. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not EVM can be used on software and agile projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_167.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT 11:26 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_166.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Epilogue This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Epilogue” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. About four years ago, I was told by one of my customers, a CIO for a large Fortune 1000 firm, that I should write a book about business driven PMO setup. I found this CIO’s suggestion to be ridiculous and I told him why. By the time I had finished with my reasons, the CIO’s chuckles had become laughter out loud. After things had quieted, he seriously and candidly told me that he was adamant that I write a book and even suggest a title, Business Driven PMOs, which is fairly close to the title the publisher and I finally settled on. Prior to writing this book, I did a year of research. Part of this research involved reaching out to our existing PMO clients and talking with CIOs, PMO managers, and other members of functional management, and of course project managers. Another part of this research involved reading, and in some cases rereading, over 75 books on project management and PMOs and hundreds of articles and white papers. Over the course of this research, the very issues that that CIO and my now good friend had raised were now appearing before my very eyes in the various texts of these books, articles, and papers. It was as if, unintentionally of course, all of the project management and PM enthusiasts were so busy and loudly promoting project management as a professional and the PMO as a birth-right, that lost in the music were the needs of the business for which a PMO should exist to serve. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Know your weaknesses." Everyone has weaknesses, I do, and so do you. Why is it that when it comes to a sport, we are all too quick to immediately know our weaknesses and take the appropriate action; yet in the workplace we don’t think in the same way. Think of work skills as sports skills or competitive skills, if that helps. Get to know where you are weak and then take action. Don't even think about hiding your weaknesses; that never works. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how to deal with a frustrating international project management assignment. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_166.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:15:00 GMT 13:57 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_165.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 13 - PMO Passion: Where does it come from? This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 13 - PMO Passion: Where does it come from?” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 13 goes like this. There is a picture of a PMO manager talking to two of the project managers. The PMO manager says, “Guys, we just landed our largest customer contract ever. It is big, really big. Which one of you wants to manage the project?” One of the project managers eagerly jumps in and answers, “I do, I really do, please. I have been waiting and preparing for a project like this for years!” The other project manager simply offers a “Phew.” The cartoon shown in figure 13.1 brings to mind the famous expression and its many incantations, “one man’s pain is another man’s pleasure.” It is not so much the concept of Schadenfreude or Roman holiday in which delight is derived from the suffering of others that is intriguing, rather the simple premise that two people of relatively similar backgrounds in terms of education, job position, and skills can view the same task as enjoyable or a chore. And in the context of today’s businesses, the passion for the PMO is a stand out example of one of those things that varies greatly from one business professional to the next. What makes us passionate about what we do and to what degree is passion an acceptable emotion to display in the workplace? </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Treat people well all the time." To be an effective manager, servant-leader, and member of the leadership team, you must treat people well all the time, not just when it is easy and when you have the time to do so. Remembering to say thank you and please as part of your regular vocabulary is not just good etiquette, it is good business. And to not do so is just poor form. Building relationships with people will help them want to be part of your team and soon your team becomes their team. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about getting a PMP and using the PM Prepcast. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_165.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMT 16:29 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_164.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 12 - Organizational Project Management: From Theory to Practice This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 12 - Organizational Project Management: From Theory to Practice” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 12 goes like this. There is a picture of three project managers having a chat. One project manager says, “He who commits a mistake and does not correct it has just committed another. Confucius said that.” The second project manager adds, “Confucius must have been a PMP.” And the third project manager finishes with, “No, he was a certified OPM3 assessor.” For many enthusiasts of project management maturity, the cartoon as shown in figure 12.1 of the book hits close to home. Maturity, in any discipline, has at its roots a passion for getting things right and arguably, the Organizational Project Management Maturity Model referred to as OPM3® is the leading standard and crème de la crème of maturity models for Organizational Project Management, bar none. Theoretically, the benefits of OPM3® are that it enables an organization to understand its current level of maturity, identify areas for improvement, and implement improvements that enable the organization to advance its strategies through the successful management of projects. However, before making a commitment to go forward with an OPM3® initiative and in order to realize the promise of OPM3® and reap practical value from its theoretical construct, there are a few caveats to consider. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Stop Unproductive Networking." How many networking groups do you belong to? Are you caught up in the whirlwind of online sites and groups that offer the promise of some kind of networking potential? Are you a member of all of the various professional groups that have something related to your profession? And, what are you getting out of it? Absolutely seek to build your network. And use modern techniques. But don’t forget that it is all about individual people, not gadgets or groups. Relationships with real people; that is where you will find real value. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about setting up a person PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_164.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:40:00 GMT 11:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_163.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 11 - Line of Business PMOs: The Ubiquitous Nature of Project Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 11 - Line of Business PMOs: The Ubiquitous Nature of Project Management” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 11 goes like this. There is a picture of a Sales VP talking to the PMO manager and one of the project managers in the PMO. The sales VP says, “Do you have anything in your PMO that we in sales and marketing can use to help us better manage all of our department projects?” The PMO manager replies, “You mean those informal projects?” The sales VP agitatedly replies back, “Yeah, those informal projects we do to sell our informal customers, to make our informal quotas, to meet the informal expectations of our informal bosses.” You get the picture. Informal projects, right. Far too often, many PMOs and those in the project management community take an inward view of project management. They view project management as a professional practice limited to those that have been formally trained and work in a formal project management organization. The cartoon as shown in figure 11.1 of the book sheds light on a common PMO oversight, the ubiquitous nature of project management. It is everywhere. And, to assume that projects outside of the parameters of the strategic project office or formal PMO are simply informal and unimportant endeavors would be a gross oversight and misunderstanding of the value to the organization of such efforts. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> introduces a new website for “Project Management Lectures." Have you seen this new website for PM lectures? It is a great resource for project management insights and techniques. The current lectures are Jack Ferraro, Margaret Meloni, Stan Levandusky, and Cornelius Fichtner. These talented individuals are providing PM lectures in leadership and softskills. For example, one of the lectures is titled The Strategic Project Leader. Hear all about this lecture and this new website for project management lectures. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about a tool called Jira and if it can be used for managing project tasks. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_163.htm Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:30:00 GMT 18:54 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_162.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 10 - Establishing a PMO: A Practical Roadmap This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 10 - Establishing a PMO: A Practical Roadmap” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 9 goes like this. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 10 goes like this. There is a picture of a CIO talking to two of his direct reports. The CIO says, “I just emailed you the consultant’s study and proposal for setting up our PMO. I want you two to read through this thoroughly and give me your thoughts.” One of the direct reports replies, “No problem boss. Is there anything in particular that you want us to focus on first? Costs? Timeframes? Staffing?” The CIO quickly answers, “Yeah, click on File/Properties and see if you can find out who this cookie-cutter proposal was originally prepared for.” Organizations have struggled with establishing their PMOs. Though every project management consultant, and vendor, has a roadmap on hand for how to go about setting up a PMO, for most organizations many of these roadmaps lead to costly expenditures and time consuming management and consultant activities that could have been avoided, or better utilized, at a different time in the birthing and maturity of the PMO. And, in some cases the directions of the PMO setup journey as prescribed by some of these project management vendors and consultants seem to be in the wrong order as if someone clicked on the reverse route button. To avoid calamity, a practical roadmap for establishing a PMO must be followed. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Commit to your company, not just your career." Today, most people suggest that you should commit to yourself, not your company. After all, you might get outsourced or your company may go out of business. I can’t tell you how many times I have read or seen some kind of article or blog post that all but suggests we should all be mercenaries for hire. And, they back up this conviction with countless examples of companies that have treated employees terribly. You can just imagine the stories. But, in the long run, being truly committed to your company will result in accomplishments, both observable to others and from within, that would likely never be possible when you go about your work without a true commitment to it. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what approach should be taken when writing a PMO charter. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_162.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:40:00 GMT 11:49 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_161.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 9 - Creating High Performance Teams This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 9 - Creating High Performance Teams” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 9 goes like this. There is a picture of a PMO manager talking to two of the PMO project managers. The PMO manager says, “The management team just got the employee opinion survey results and we have decided that there will be no more whistling until morale improves.” One project manager replies, “You’ve got to be kidding, right?” The other project manager says quietly to his co-project manager but not loud enough for the PMO manager to hear, “I told you there should be a certification for being a people manager.” For many organizations, not just PMOs, this cartoon strikes an all too familiar chord. Sometimes the actions of management, though well intended, can simply dampen the spirits and challenge the attitude of even the most committed and capable of high performing employees. Aside from seeking to avoid the obvious miscues, how should management go about creating and maintaining high performance teams and an environment that is conducive to high performers? But first, in order to answer this question there needs to be a clear understanding of what a high performance team is and the value to an organization that such a team is capable of producing. So how do you create High Performance Teams? Let me tell about a five step approach that always works. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Are you a lazy project manager?" Yes, you heard me right. And no, I did not mean that question to be any kind of an insult. Welcome to the concept and home of Productized Laziness. This is the brainchild of Peter Taylor, PMO Director at Siemens PLM Software in the UK. By advocating being a 'lazy' project manager Peter does not intend that we should all do absolutely nothing. He is not saying we should all sit around drinking coffee while our projects go to hell and a hand-basket. That would be stupid and lazy does not mean stupid. Peter advocates that we should all adopt a more focused approach to project management and to exercise our efforts where it really matters. And, this approach , Peter's brainchild, is taking root and growing and can be found at www.thelazyprojectmanager.com. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about at what point in the maturity process do companies typically start to need a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_161.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT 9:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_160.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 8 - PM Leadership: Servant Leader vs. Subject Matter Expert This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 8 - PM Leadership: Servant Leader vs. Subject Matter Expert” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 8 goes like this. There is a picture of a PMO manager talking to the project member and one of the members of the team. The PMO manager says, “Can’t you hurry up and finish the project charter? The early bird gets the worm you know.” The project manager replies, “The early bird may get the worm, but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.” The other team member adds, “How I can relate to that first mouse.” As the cartoon shown suggests in a playful way, it is actually quite important for leaders to know what they are talking about and to lead in the right direction. But what makes a good leader? As long as there have been groups of people, there have been leaders. Whether borne out of necessity or appointed, leaders occupy a position of authority. But do leaders have to be experts? Do leaders have to make strategic decisions? Do leaders have to micro-manage followers? Do leaders have to brandish their power? Conventional leadership has taught us that the answer to all of those questions is yes. I beg to differ. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Give the credit to your team." Some bosses never see a good idea unless it is their own. Likewise, they never make a mistake that wasn't actually the fault of someone else. Many workers, over the course of their career, will have some good ideas stolen by bosses and other good ideas summarily dismissed. Nothing will destroy employee morale, enthusiasm for the job at hand, and stifle future innovation than this. Good managers, especially good PMO managers, know that they never lose credit when they share that credit and the glory that follows with their PMO team. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about a good rule of thumb for how many meetings or how often a project manager should hold team meetings to review the status of a project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_160.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:20:00 GMT 11:36 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_159.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 7 - PMO Leadership: MBWA 2.0 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 7 - PMO Leadership: MBWA 2.0” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 7 goes like this. There is a picture of a PMO manager talking to two members of the team. The PMO manager says, “I just finished a book on MBWA. It said that performance and morale will improve the more I stop by, tell a joke, and who some interest. Think it will work?” One of the team members asks, “Let’s hear the joke?” The other team member quips back, “I think we just did.” As this cartoon satirically illustrates, even the best of leadership techniques can go awry when applied ineffectively. Management, by its very nature, lends itself to meetings, many of them. For many organizations, meetings are the way in which information is formally communicated and shared. They are necessary. But while meetings serve a purpose and can be beneficial, too many meetings can be time consuming and overly taxing to an organization. Good managers seek to hold meetings to a minimum and one way to do that is to employ management techniques that enable management to continually get the information they need and to stay on top of the workplace without having to call a meeting every other day just to stay informed. Enter Managing By Walking Around. But, in order to be effective and to meet the business and technical challenges of today’s PMOs, the traditional approach to MBWA needs an upgrade. In keeping with popular nomenclature, let’s call it MBWA 2.0. MBWA 2.0 needs to provide not only the time tested management technique of managing by walking around but also it needs to address the opportunity for situational leadership and the opportunity to take advantage of current Web 2.0 technologies. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Take a moment to see things through the eyes of others." Have you followed the gantthead discussion posted by Don Kim about the PMBOK v4 text on agile? Don posted the text and asked for feedback on what others thought. A few Agile folks were perturbed by the text suggesting that PMI has yet to step outside its PMBOK world and acknowledge such things as Agile. PMBOK defenders were quick to chine in stating that PMI is responding to Agile and will be launching a formal component dedicated to Agile Project Management this fall at the Agile Conference. But, I believe the winner in the debate and discussion by a long shot was an anonymous poster. Have a listen and let me tell you why. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about putting together a snazzy PMO dashboard for the CIO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_159.htm Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:05:00 GMT 12:55 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_158.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 6 - Executive Reporting: Keep It Simple This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 6 - Executive Reporting: Keep It Simple” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 6 goes like this. There is a picture of a CIO talk to the PMO manager and one of the project managers. The CIO says, “I don’t like this report. I just want a simple dashboard that shows the status of the important projects. Can you give me that?” The PMO manager answers, “Sure, what status criteria do you want and what determines if a project is important?” Hearing the reply, the project manager chuckles to himself in instant message speak, “I think I am going to ROTF and LOL now!” For those of you not familiar with instant message speak, ROTF LOL is Rolling on the Floor Laughing Out Loud. For many organizations and not just PMOs, this cartoon portrays an all too familiar situation. In today’s busy organizations, management and the leadership team need to be kept informed in order to provide the executive oversight for which they are responsible as well as to step in and exercise their decision making authorities as appropriate for the project portfolio at hand. Yet, far too often, executive reporting does not meet this need. In some cases, the reports provided to executives though well intended are simply too detailed and provide too much of the wrong information and not enough of the right information. In other cases, executive reporting is overly graphic to the point of being flashy and more focused on looking like the dashboard of F-16 fighter jet than on providing the summary and control information needed by the executive and leadership team. Consider the dilemma faced by Harold, the new PMO manager for a regional health care provider. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> warns, “Beware of anyone claiming to have an online real-time PMO dashboard." If you are like me, sometimes you hear, over and over, project management buzz or PM community speak that just doesn’t make any sense, but all of a sudden it is the latest craze. For me, a term that I find quite perplexing is the online real-time PMO dashboard. For example, In The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Gerald Hill (2008) writes, “The executive dashboard can be viewed as a condensed and graphical representation of the project status report in real-time.” There are several flaws with this thinking. Let me give you three that come to mind. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about a project manager that can get estimates from a developer with an attitude. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_158.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2009 14:05:00 GMT 24:04 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_157.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 5 - PMO Tools: Establishing an Architecture vs. Implementing a Tool This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 5 - PMO Tools: Establishing an Architecture vs. Implementing a Tool” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 5 goes like this. There is a picture of the vendor sales person presenting to the PMO manager and the CIO. The vendor says, “This is our new XML-based SaaS PMO 2.0 system. It does portfolio management, project management, resource management, and real-time dashboarding.” The PMO manager asks, “How does it work with the stuff that we already have?” The vendor sales person replies obviously dodging the question, “And this month, we have an end of quarter sales promotion.” Many organizations experience difficulties implementing the tools needed by the PMO. As depicted in that cartoon, there is never a shortage of vendors eager to sell their products. Nor is there a shortage of consultants anxious to provide implementation services as well as market analysts ready to provide their fee-based analysis and commentary. But at the end of the day, it is up to the PMO to select the tools that it needs. And, it is up to the PMO to rationalize how the various PMO tools all work together and to explain how they are to be used. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Is it ever okay to lose your temper?" If you are like me, from time to time you might get just a little bit angry in the work place. And while you might not lose your temper with a customer or externally to your company, you might occasional let your guard down and really have a good exchange with a colleague, or a direct report, or even a boss or someone higher in rank than you in the organization. So, in these situations, is it okay to lose your temper? Most management experts would say no and advocate that you should never lose your temper. They would say that it is unprofessional; it shows that you have lost the upper hand, and it suggests that you have become emotional because you are losing the argument. Well, I would have to agree, but only partially and, let me tell you why! <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about a project manager that prefers technical work over managing projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_157.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2009 14:01:00 GMT 24:04 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_156.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 4 - Managing the PMO: Embracing Flexibility vs. Mandating Conformance This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 4 - Managing the PMO: Embracing Flexibility vs. Mandating Conformance” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 4 goes like this. There is a picture of the PMO manager standing next to two members of the PMO. The PMO manager says, “In order to best manage the many different types of projects that we have, our PMO needs to establish a more flexible project management methodology. Any thoughts?” The older of the two project managers answers, “Boss, I agree. One shoe doesn’t fit all sizes, but we don’t want to end up with an Imelda Marcos shoe closet of different project types either.” Hearing this, the younger project manager asks, “Who is Imelda Marcos?” In the well intended spirit of establishing consistency in project management, many PMOs struggle with quickly becoming overly bureaucratic and narrowly focused. This can easily result in becoming more and more detailed over a smaller, inside-the-box, point of view. As the cartoon suggests, with experience and upon reflection, the need for flexibility within structure is likely to arrive at the doorstep of the PMO. Some PMOs will recognize and act upon this need, but many others will not. Instead, they will continue to exhibit bureaucratic behaviors not so much because of a desire to be rigid but more on account of a misplaced focus. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Are all dollars the same?" Let’s say that you have two project ideas to consider. And let’s further stipulate that all factors for both projects are the same such as time, cost, resources, etc. The only difference is that one project will produce a benefit of $1,000,000 in net additional revenue. The other project will produce a benefit of $200,000 in tangible, real cost savings. Which project has the biggest benefit? Which project would you recommend going forward with? Make sure your project business cases properly treat revenue dollars, cost dollars, and expense dollars in accordance with the advice of your finance team. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about ideas or approaches or tools for monthly dashboarding of the top projects of the PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_156.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT 16:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_155.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 3 - Managing Projects: Think Process not Methodology This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 3 - Managing Projects: Think Process not Methodology” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 3 goes like this. There is a picture of a guy standing next to members of the PMO. The guy asks, “You work in the PMO. Say, I’ve always wondered what you guys do?” One of the PMO folks replies, “well, as project manager I row the canoe ahead of the team and remove all of the logs, snakes, and debris in the water to make it easier for the team to navigate through the river.” Hearing this the guy retorts, “Ever think of taking an easier route?” Much like this cartoon that I just described, methodology can be, and often is, perceived differently by different people. For many people, methodology is a good thing. It presents a formalized way to manage projects and it demonstrates a level of project management capability and skill that is an order of magnitude better than the skill associated with managing projects informally and by ad hoc best efforts. For other people, however, methodology is not usually viewed as a good thing. It represents everything that is wrong with organization and bureaucracy and rather than being a help to project management, it is a hindrance. And, for yet a few other people, methodology is a four letter word. The key to having a useful and usable approach for managing projects is to think process, not methodology. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “PMI gives Agile a left-handed compliment." Recently, Don Kim, a certified PMP, posted a question on gantthead about PMBOK v4 going Agile. Don asks the gantthead community at large, what it thinks about this. And, Don got a number of replies to his post. They were all good and discussed and positioned the merits, similarities and differences of PMBOK and Agile in very sensible ways. But I had a different tact or I should say reaction. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not a SaaS free-trials should be undertaken with little to no real due diligence or vendor selection. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_155.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:05:00 GMT 15:16 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_154.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 2 - Organization: Constituent Oriented vs. Inwardly Focused This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 2 - Organization: Constituent Oriented vs. Inwardly Focused” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 2 goes like this. There is a picture of a CIO standing next to members of the IT department. The CIO says, “Guys, I appreciate your ideas to reorganize the IT department, implement a PPM system, a roll out project management training. But I can’t take this to management.” One of the guys replies, “Why, what would it take?” And, the CIO quickly quips, “Needs of the business.” For many executives considering the implementation of a new PMO, this cartoon brings to light an all too familiar dilemma. No sooner than there is mention of the potential for a PMO than does a runaway train, fully loaded with ideas and opinions for what the PMO ought to be, leave the station. Regrettably, these ideas are not focused on the constituent, for whom the PMO exists to serve; rather these ideas are inwardly focused on the PMO itself as if it were a stand-alone business entity, unbridled and free to pursue whatever aims and course of direction it chooses. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Learn how to say no." We say "yes" to others because we want to please them. No one ever wants to say no or be viewed as not being helpful. But when eventually we can't do everything that is asked of us, we let them down and we feel guilty. Both parties suffer; we and the folks that we would like to help – even when we can’t. The first step in learning how to say no is to recognize that the desire to please is often what prevents us from saying no. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not a manager should ask direct reports to draft their incentive compensation plans. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_154.htm Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT 17:06 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_153.htm Mark Perry Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 1 - Mission, Goals, and Objectives This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> introduces, “Business Driven PMO Setup; Chapter 1 - Mission, Goals, and Objectives” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Each chapter of the book starts off with a cartoon and the cartoon in Chapter 1 goes like this. There is a picture of a CIO standing next to the PMO manager and one of the project managers. The CIO says, “I read your strategic plan for the PMO. There are a number of good ideas but I don’t understand what your goals and objectives for the PMO are?” The PMO manager replies back, “There aren’t any” and which the CIO says, “That’s what I don’t understand.” For many PMOs, this cartoon paints an all too familiar picture. During the initial setup of the PMO, rather than focusing on mission, goals, and objectives like any other business unit in the company must do, many organizations when setting up their PMO skip this important step in the process altogether and delve right to strategies and tactics. There is no better way for the PMO to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory than to go about its initial setup without a clear focus, collaborative development, and unambiguous declaration of its mission, goals, and objectives.</a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Exhibiting Project Management Leadership." How do you exhibit your project management leadership? Is it all about the technical side of project management in terms of tools, processes, and know how? Or is it about human behavior? Take the case of Eldon, a senior program manager with years of experience. Hear how Eldon exhibits project management leadership and helps and mentors others. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project charters for setting up a new PMO and why they should never be used. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_153.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:47:00 GMT 20:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_152.htm Mark Perry Compuware Outlines Strategic Roadmap for Changepoint This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Compuware Outlines Strategic Roadmap for Changepoint, an interview with Lori Ellsworth, VP of Compuware Changepoint Solutions” presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, Compuware announced its strategic roadmap for their leading IT Portfolio Management (ITPM) Solution, Changepoint. Compuware's Changepoint was named by Gartner Group as a leading PPM solution and placed in its coveted Leader’s Quadrant of the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant Report. Here to tell us more is Lori Ellsworth, VP of Compuware Changepoint Solutions. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Business Driven PMOs Make the Grade." Is your PMO business driven? Does it have goals and objectives and a relentless focus on achieving those goals and objectives? Or is your PMO a support organization with no real mission or goals other than to manage the projects that come its way? There is no one correct approach for a PMO. And, despite all of the various PMO models that people in the project management community talk about, there are only two kinds of PMO models – the PMO model that is driven by the needs of the business and the PMO model that is not. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how often project managers should update their project management data in the project management system and how often should they update their project management status reports? <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_152.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:47:00 GMT 16:49 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_151.htm Mark Perry Introducing a new PMO book, Business Driven PMO Setup This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Introducing a new PMO book, Business Driven PMO Setup”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the first in a series of podcasts about the new PMO book, Business Driven PMO Setup; Practical Insights, Techniques, and Case Examples for Ensuring Success. This podcast episode provides an introduction to the book. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, “Deal with your obstacles now." Do you have any obstacles that lie in your way? Do you tend to them right away or do you avoid them or work around them? Almost always, it is best to deal with what confronts you, rather than put it off and that reminds me of the story of the farmer and the rock. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not it isimportant for a PM to have IT technical knowledge. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_151.htm Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:46:00 GMT 17:20 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_150.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Project Management Vendor Presentations This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Project Management Vendor Presentations”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the fourteenth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Use rewards to encourage professional development." Most organizations encourage professional development, but at the end of the day, it is usually up to the project manager to pursue their development without a lot of assistance or encouragement. As PMO manager, use rewards to encourage the ongoing professional development of your team and to create a program and sense of importance for ongoing professional development. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about determining what work becomes a project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_150.htm Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:46:00 GMT 12:40 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_149.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Go-to-Market Projects This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Go-to-Market Projects”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the thirteenth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “The second mouse gets the cheese." As an expression, the early bird gets the worm is a classic. But, in a project management context, I would like to suggest that we consider and use a different expression. And perhaps my all time favorite is The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the most important strategy or technique for customer projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_149.htm Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:46:00 GMT 13:46 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_148.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for People Accountability This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for People Accountability”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the twelfth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Is your schedule dynamic?" Many people use Microsoft Project and struggle with it. They enter their tasks as fixed dates and when one or a few tasks change, they have to redo their entire schedule leading to frustration and sometimes mistakes. They may not realize it or know how to do it, but this can be avoided or minimized with Dynamic Scheduling. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about using a scheduling tool in the marketing department. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_148.htm Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:46:00 GMT 13:28 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_147.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Peers This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Peers”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the eleventh in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “How to deal with the team member that just can't say no." Do you have a member of your project team that can’t say no? Does their willingness to do anything for anyone compromise the integrity of your project? How do you deal with them? Hear a time tested approach that works with just about person that simply can't say no. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the effectiveness of today's PMOs. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_147.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:33 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_146.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Continuous Improvement This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Continuous Improvement”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the tenth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> responds to, “The Certification Craze." Do you know of Michael Wood? He is the process improvement subject matter expert on gantthead.com and author of the process improvement book and methodology called Helix. Michael also has a blog on gantthead.com called Just My Thoughts. Michael posted a piece entitled The Certification Craze worthy of discussion. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what should you do with a problem developer. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_146.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_145.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Avoiding Project Failure This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Avoiding Project Failure”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the ninth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Reward programs are not hard to get right, don't give up on them." I just received a listener email from The PMO Podcast Mailbag asking me to listen to and then comment on the recent podcast of a very well known project management academic, Harold Kerzner, on the subject of the complexity with providing rewards for project teams. In this short piece, Kerzner calls out several reasons that, allegedly, make a reward program hard to manage. But I beg to differ and let me tell you why. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about Microsoft Project Server and CA Clarity. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_145.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:03 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_144.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Managing PMO Processes This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Managing PMO Processes”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the eighth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Kick off your status meeting with a joke!" For many PMOs, there can be quite a lot of things to be serious and maybe even worried about such as complex projects, tools, training, practitioner skill, strategic alignments, value creation, benefit delivery, and on and on. Amidst the day to day serious stuff, seek opportunities to inject a little humor. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about Microsoft Project conditional formatting graphical indicators. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_144.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:46:00 GMT 13:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_143.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Microsoft SharePoint This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Microsoft SharePoint”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the seventh in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Who is responsible for organizational project management?" When it comes to project management as an enterprise skillset, who should be on the hook for some kind of goal, objective, plan, and strategy to ensure that all those managing a project within the organization do so with some level of skill and degree of capability relevant to the needs of the project? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about leadership tips for new managers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_143.htm Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:50 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_142.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Project Server This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Project Server”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the sixth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Turn your problems into opportunities!" Peter Hayes enjoyed going for a hike, spotting a lake, and then shedding his clothes and going for a swim. One day, however, he went out for a hike and swim and while swimming away, the police found and confiscated his clothes. Hear how Peter turned this problem into an opportunity and won the Sunderland Echo Portfolio Business Award for his invention. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what's next after the PMP. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_142.htm Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:46:00 GMT 12:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_141.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Project Portfolio Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Project Portfolio Management”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the fifth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Is free really free?" Last week, I was on the short end of a group disagreement. My contention was that there are a number of open source, free, project management tools that can be used as a cost effective alternative to Microsoft Project. My colleagues suggested that free wasn't really free and then proved it to me. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about adding graphical indictors to a project schedule. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_141.htm Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:40 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_140.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Evaluating SaaS This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Evaluating SaaS”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the fourth in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Is there a quantifiable value of maturity?" What is the quantifiable value of maturity, such as CMM/PMM..? Does anyone really know..? Is there really any quantifiable value to the organization in transforming from a CMM/PMM Level 1 Ad Hoc state to higher levels of CMM/PMM maturity? The answer is yes. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project milestones. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_140.htm Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:05 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_139.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for Justifying an EPM Tool This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for Justifying an EPM Tool”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the third in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “What is a PMO Architecture." Have you ever heard the term, “PMO Architecture?” We have used this term from time to time in various episodes of The PMO Podcast. The PMO Architecture is a way of looking at the PMO in terms of building blocks or components. Despite what some vendors may say, there is no one vendor product that does it all for the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about PMP certification. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_139.htm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:27 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_138.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for a PPM Software Selection Project This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for a PPM Software Selection Project”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the second in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “What is a PMO Content Asset." Have you ever heard the term, “PMO Content Asset?” More and more people are using this term and the concept is extremely helpful for just about every organization that manages projects. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about EPMO authority to terminate failing projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_138.htm Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:46:00 GMT 14:09 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_137.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Tips for PMO Setup This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Top 10 Tips for PMO Setup”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. This is the first in a series of podcasts that provide PMO insights in the form of top ten tips. We have a number of categories that we will be covering in this series to provide you with tips and techniques for common PMO kinds of issues and opportunities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Think PMO Architecture." Have you ever heard the term, “PMO Architecture?” More and more people are using this term and the concept is extremely helpful for just about every organization that manages projects. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about who can make changes to the project schedule. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_137.htm Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:46:00 GMT 17:17 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_136.htm Mark Perry The PMO Summit 2008 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “The PMO Summit 2008”, an interview with Marie-Louise Adlercreutz, IQPC Conference Director, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Are you seeking to setup a PMO this your or next? Could your existing PMO be more successful in its efforts to deliver projects within the set time-frame and budget? If so, this exclusive conference presents an invaluable opportunity for you to hear practical experiences that highlight best practice strategies from leading organizations. The PMO Summit 2008 is for PMO executives who want to take their program management efforts to the next level moving beyond a strict focus on technology and accreditation, but effectively incorporating the "soft skills" associated with team-building and leadership development to create a more holistic PMO strategy. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Don't Rush Planning." Have you ever heard the expression, “The early bird gets the worm?” Those that are always in a hurry to do things, always have a mindset to rush things along. For people like this, there is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over, and over, and over? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project manager authority to pause the project or change the schedule. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_136.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:46:00 GMT 12:52 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_135.htm Mark Perry Establishing a Community of Practice in 7 Easy Steps This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Establishing a Community of Practice in 7 Easy Steps”, an interview with Andrew Maker, SME, Gantthead.com, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you considered establishing a community of practice? Are you a bit concerned that your Community of Practice does not become one of those initiatives that starts out with great enthusiasm, but quickly loses steam and support? Well, today we have Andrew Makar, an expert in project and program management, with us. Andrew recently wrote an excellent article entitled, “Establishing a Community of Practice in 7 Easy Steps”, and he is here with us today to tell us all about it. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Balance Theory with Practicality." When it comes to setting up and managing a project office, there is a lot of theory out there, but how much of that theory is practical? Whether it is a tool, a technique, a methodology, a process, a policy, or a metric, a theory that is not balanced with practicality is of little value to most PMOs. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about where in the organization should a PMO reside. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_135.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:46:00 GMT 23:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_134.htm Mark Perry How to Develop a Strategic Plan for the PMOs This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “How to Develop a Strategic Plan for the PMO”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. The benefits of a Strategic Plan are many fold. First, you answer some very straight forward questions that any business unit needs to be able to answer. Second, you speak a common strategic language that will be understood from the members of the business unit to those the business unit supports and on up to executive management, especially the CFO. And third, you place in the proper context of the strategic plan those things that make up the strategic plan. But far too often, PMOs do not have strategic plans and the resulting PMO Charter may, or may not, find support and funding in the executive office. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Five Tips for Better Decision Making." If you're a PMO manager or project manager, you're a decision-maker and you have to make decisions, big and small, just about every day. When it comes to decision-making, common sense, experience, and intuition are helpful to have. And in addition to that, it is helpful to have a decision making process to ensure that decisions are made with the right amount of thinking and with the right amount of speed. Decisions made too quickly can be costly as can be decisions that are made too slowly. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not the PMO Manager should be a certifed PMP. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_134.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:46:00 GMT 15:21 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_133.htm Mark Perry How to Encourage Bright Ideas This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “How to Encourage Bright Ideas”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Companies run on ideas, but how do you get your people to generate them? According to the experts like Robinson and Schroeder, smart companies establish mechanisms where people can discuss think about their ideas, submit them to management in an actionable format, and then have management decide, act, and communicate as appropriate. If you value the ideas of your employees, you need to get them. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Thinking outside the box." Thinking outside the box is one of those catch-phrases that is used in business all the time, especially by management consultants and executive coaches. Everyone has heard this phrase. I have heard it millions of times. Thinking outside the box is to think differently, unconventionally, from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel, creative and smart thinking. And, some folks refer to this as lateral thinking. But, how do you do it? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about triple constraints and success stars. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_133.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:46:00 GMT 12:55 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_132.htm Mark Perry Introducing 5pm, a next generation PM tool This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Introducing 5pm, a next generation PM tool”, an interview with Sergei Podbereschi, co-founder of QG Software, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term, “a next generation project management tool”? Are you looking for project management functionality, but without the complexity? Well, today, we are very happy to have with us today an exciting newcomer to the scene of project management, 5PM. And here to tell us about 5pm is Sergei Podbereschi, the co-founder of QG Software, the company behind it. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Find a way to make your relationships work, it is worth the effort." Have you ever had difficulty in developing a relationship with a person that you really wanted to have a relationship with? Such a person could be a boss, a co-worker, a subordinate, or for that matter a neighbor. Recently I attended a seminar on a completely different subject, but in the middle of the seminar the presenter offered some tips for “finding a way to make your relationship work.” And, two things he said put a smile on my face and let me tell you what they were and why. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about doing a 30 day trial with a project management ASP provider. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_132.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 15:12 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_131.htm Mark Perry Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Project Server This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Project Server”, an interview with Tony Zink, EPM Subject Matter Expert, with MSProjectExperts, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. So you are planning to implement Enterprise Project Management. You no doubt have many objectives driving your enterprise project management strategy. And to achieve those objectives, you will need to find and implement the best EPM system for your company amidst all kinds of vendor alternatives and deployment options. And that is just the technical side of things. Also, you will need to address the People side of enterprise project management. And what exactly does that mean? Tony Zink, an expert in Enterprise Project Management will help us with both the Technical and the People side of things. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Continuous Improvement - You don’t have to make something to make it better." For those of you regular listeners to the show, you already know that I am a very big proponent of continuous improvement. And, I am just as excited when I see Continuous Improvement in action as I am disappointed when I see opportunities for improvement missed altogether for lack of even trying. One of the simplistic beauties of continuous improvement is that you don’t necessarily have to make something, rather you can just make it better. Take the case of Jibbitz. It is an amazing story and inspiration to anyone with an idea for improvement. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about incentive compensation for project managers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_131.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 22:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_130.htm Mark Perry People Management Tips for the PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “People Management Tips for the PMO”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Quite often, in the PMO, people management is neglected. This is far more common than one would think and perhaps primarily due to the fact that project managers are often high performance, low maintenance, professionals that do not need managing. But, everyone needs a manager. And some would contend that those highly skilled high performers need even more management, because there is simply more at hand to manage. So today, we have ten people management tips for the PMO. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Don't let your good ideas die on the vine." Have you ever had a good idea that you just knew would make a difference to the business or your organization that for one reason or another you let die on the vine. Whether professionally or personally, all of us have good ideas from time to time, and some of these ideas are even great ideas. Hear the story of Mary Carty and his million dollar idea. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project failure and managing difficult projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_130.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 12:31 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_129.htm Mark Perry What are PMO Content Assets? This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “What are PMO Content Assets?”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term, “PMO Content Assets?” Do you know what they are? And, do you have some? Well, if you are like most project management professionals, you absolutely have PMO content assets. And, you know what they are. But, you may not have ever heard the term, “PMO Content Assets”, and quite frankly, you may be missing a tremendous opportunity to ensure the success of your projects and your PMO because of it. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Step outside the box and think process, not methodology." Have you ever wondered why so many PMOs have struggled with their approaches to project management? Often times, despite the very best of efforts and intentions, when PMOs go about establishing their project management methodology the outcome of such efforts are often not met with the amount of success that was originally expected. Hear the reasons why and what to do about it. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about practical guidelines for using Earned Value Management (EVM). <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_129.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 17:54 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_128.htm Mark Perry Do you have a PMO Architecture? This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Do you have a PMO Architecture?”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. For most organizations, the inner workings of a PMO involve and require quite a bit more than any one vendor product offering such as a Project Portfolio Management application can do. And, this is to no discredit to the many fine vendor PPM applications out there on the market. When it comes to setting up and managing a PMO, more and more organizations are implementing an architecture approach for the PMO. Do you have one? </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Ten suggestions for PMO maturity that any organization can adopt." We all know what project management maturity is and we all have our favorite PMM models and approaches to project management and capabilities maturity. But sometimes lost in the PMMM minutiae are practical suggestions that can get an organization started and keep it going down its own special path of improvement and maturity. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about favorite project management tools and techniques. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_128.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 12:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_127.htm Mark Perry Process Lessons Learned from Singapore Airlines This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Process Lessons Learned from Singapore Airlines”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. No matter how best-of-breed an organization is, it must not only embrace those processes and policies that made it best-of-breed, but it must have a commitment to not just following the process but improving it as well. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Behind every good dashboard is a good policy." Whether a company has a leading PPM application or inhouse developed tools for project management, PMO Dashboards can help management, the leadership team, and all those involved in or supporting project efforts to quickly and easily see the status of the top projects of the organization. A key part of any kind of dashboarding, PMO or otherwise, is the policy surrounding the dashboarding. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how to prepare for giving a business case presentation. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_127.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 23:46:00 GMT 13:30 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_126.htm Mark Perry International Project Manager Travel Survival Tips This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “International Project Manager Travel Survival Tips”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. So you are considering a career in International Project Management or perhaps you have been offered a unique and exciting international project to head for your company. International Project Management sounds exciting and it can be. But it also can be an experience that can defeat even the best of project managers and business professionals and this defeat has very little to do with project management or business skills. Mastering international travel will go a long way to helping you not just survive, but thrive, in your internal project management activities. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “The Power of Acknowledgement." Recently, I read a great book called, “The Power of Acknowledgement”, by Judy Umlas, of the International Institute for Learning. In this book, Judy calls to attention how valuable it can be to acknowledge others. Everyone likes to be thanked for their efforts, especially when they go beyond the call of duty. And, it makes the acknowledger feel good too. But far more important than the feel goods is the fact that Acknowledgement is just good business. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not you need a project manager if you already have a technical lead on a project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_126.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:46:00 GMT 15:09 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_125.htm Mark Perry Online Project Management Solutions for Everyone This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Online Project Management Solutions for Everyone, an interview with Brandon Baker, Solutions Specialist, EPM Live”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever wished that there was a better way for the PMO to get team members, project managers, and strategic decision makers, everyone, to share important project information? And, a way to do this in a fast, low risk, and affordable manner? Well, today we are going to hear about such a way from Brandon Baker, Solution Specialist, with EPM Live. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “When a project fails, who is to blame?!" The project manager is the person that must deliver the project and manage and be responsible for all issues and obstacles that stand in the way of successful project delivery. So, at the end of the day, there is only one person to blame for a failed project, the project manager. Or, is something else really the blame. What you hear, might surpise you! <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the top three benefits of the software-as-a-service model. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_125.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:46:00 GMT 10:44 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_124.htm Mark Perry PMO 2.0 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “PMO 2.0, an interview with Terry Doerscher, Chief Process Architect, Planview”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term, “PMO 2.0”? Do you know what it is? Well, since the start of the PMO Podcast, we have had listener emails to the PMO Podcast Mailbag requesting that we do a show on “PMO 2.0.” And today we have with us an expert and the original thought leader in PMO 2.0, Terry Doerscher, Chief Process Architect for Planview. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Every day is an opportunity to learn something new!" Have you heard the term, "Pass the Buck"? Do you think you know the origin of that term? Are you a wagering kind of sport? Well, I answered yes to all three and found myself dead wrong. But alas, I found myself with yet another opportunity to learn something new. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about EPM and PPM terminology. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_124.htm Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:46:00 GMT 40:13 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_123.htm Mark Perry PMO Models: Are they emphasized too much? This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “PMO Models: Are they emphasized too much?”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Why is it that so much deliberation is placed on PMO Models? Too often, organizations myopically focus on "the model" and in end up choosing which of many potential approaches the best fit is. And sometimes lost in the deliberations is the fact that each of these many models has practical characteristics that would well serve just about any PMO. </a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Is your PMO a profit center?" Recently I read a great article on Gantthead.com by Andy Jordan titled, “Is your PMO a profit center?” In this article Mr. Jordan suggests that companies have long struggled with being able to measure the benefit of a PMO, but it need not be as complicated as it is made out to be. Andy goes on to discuss a number of ways that PMOs can consider a financial measurement for the PMO. Andy’s article does a great job of teeing up the topic for discussion and consideration. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not to always use EVM. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_123.htm Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:46:00 GMT 9:00 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_122.htm Mark Perry Fiddler on the Project This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Fiddler on the Project”, an interview with Rich Maltzman, PMP, and Project Management Consultant, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, Rich Maltzman tells us about "Fiddler on the Project", a collaborative effort that you can participate in, the result of which will be an entertaining and informative project management book. Visit the wiki site for the "Fiddler on the Project" at <a href="http://fiddlerontheproject.wikidot.com/">http://fiddlerontheproject.wikidot.com/.</a> <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “PMO Passion: Where does it come from?" Why is it that in a business conversation the simple term PMO conjures up such vast differences in thoughts, ideas, and convictions? There are those people that think of this three letter acronym more as a four letter word - and not a nice one at that. And, then you have those people that are so passionate about "All Things PMO" that you sometimes wonder where all of that PMO passion comes from? Well, I am one of those people and let me tell you why? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about Prince2 usage in the US. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_122.htm Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:46:00 GMT 16:55 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_121.htm Mark Perry PPM Software as a Service This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “PPM Software as a Service”, an interview with Greg Tilley, Manager of Business Development, VCS Online, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the term, “software as a service”? Do you know what it is? Well, since the start of the PMO Podcast, we have had listener emails to the PMO Podcast Mailbag requesting that we do shows on “PPM Software as a Service.” Listen to an expert in PPM software as a service, Greg Tilley, the Manager of Business Development for VCS Online, the providers of VPMi. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Consider software as a service." Analysts claim that by 2010, 30 percent of new software will be delivered via an SAAS model. For many companies large and small, SAAS is the best way to rollout new solutions. And, SAAS has now proven itself and is here to stay. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about setting up and managing a new PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_121.htm Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:46:00 GMT 23:57 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_120.htm Mark Perry The 2007 Top Ten PMO Setup Tips This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “The 2007 Top Ten PMO Setup Tips”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever set up a toy at Christmas? Do you remember the first time you put together a swing set for your kids, or built a tree house, or assembled a doll house? If you are like me and many others, such tasks are always easier the second time around and get easier the more you do them. The same can be said for setting up a PMO. So today, we have a “Top Ten” list of tips for setting up a PMO amassed over the course of 2007. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Motivation and Habit." Perhaps one of the most important discoveries in the field of business psychology is that 95% of what we think, feel, do, and achieve is the result of habit. According to the experts, beginning in childhood, we all develop a series of conditioned responses that make us automatically react in almost every situation. And in due time, successful people develop and have “success habits” and unsuccessful people do not. The end result; motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the 2008 PMO Summit. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_120.htm Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:00 GMT 14:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_119.htm Mark Perry The Evolution of eProject to Daptiv This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “The Evolution of eProject to Daptiv”, an interview with Christian Smith, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, of Daptiv, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. eProject has long been a leader in project portfolio management (PPM) and software-as-a-service. And recently, with eProject’s name change to Daptiv, we have had numerous listeners suggesting that we invite the good folks at eProject, now Daptiv, back to The PMO Podcast to tell us all about their exciting announcement. Today's podcast features Christian Smith, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, who will tell us all about eProject's evolution to what is now Daptiv. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Every PMO should have a look at Software as a Service." Analysts claim that by 2010, 30 percent of new software will be delivered via an SAAS model. For many companies large and small, SAAS is the best way to rollout new solutions. And, SAAS has now proven itself and is here to stay. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not CAPM certification will provide the competitive edge required to get a job in project management. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_119.htm Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:46:00 GMT 18:04 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_118.htm Mark Perry Don't Assume Project Managers are Good PMO Team Players This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Don't Assume Project Managers are Good PMO Team Players", an interview with Ron Anderson, President of The MTC Firm, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Consider the following. Your organization has just decided to implement a PMO and you have been named to set it up and manage it. Your CIO, along with his management team, has already put in place most of the PMO staff in terms of project managers and shared resources and has stressed to you the importance of good teamwork. As you plan and look forward to heading this new unit, you are not doubt excited and motivated to achieve success for the PMO. But, does your team have the same kind of excitement, motivation, and commitment. Your project managers can management projects, presumably, but are they good PMO team players? The answer may surprise you and hear to tell us more about this very interesting subject is Ron Anderson, the President of The MTC Firm. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Managing Workplace Conflict." When people work together in groups, there are bound to be times when individuals disagree and conflicts arise. Whether these disagreements become full-blown feuds or instead fuel creative problem solving is, in large part, up to the person in charge. Management and team leaders can do a lot to ensure that your folks deal with workplace disagreements in proactive and productive ways by knowing when and how to intervene. Here are five practical tips for dealing with employee spats in the workplace. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about working in an organization that refuses to embrace any kind of project management methodology. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_118.htm Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:45:00 GMT 15:11 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_117.htm Mark Perry Process Configuration vs. Methodology Development This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Process Configuration vs. Methodology Development", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Every PMO has a project management methodology, some have multiple methodologies. While some organizations do a very good job with their methodologies, many organizations find methodologies fine in theory but often lacking in practice. One approach and alternative to methodology development that more and more PMOs are adopting is process configuration. Process configuration is an approach to defining, documenting, rendering, using, maintaining, and improving the best practices of the PMO. It is an extension upon traditional methodology development and policy documentation based approaches. Process configuration is a framework approach that provides a consistent view of the processes of the PMO, a consistent level of detail, and integration into the process of the tools, information, and organization domain knowledge that support the integrity of the process and of the project efforts. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Night out on the town." Do you have an award program for your project managers? Have you tried Night Out On The Town Awards? Not every organization is right for this kind of award. It is not a lot of money and in some organizations where other recognition programs are in place, such an award may not be necessary. But if your PMO lacks a certain level of morale, team well being, and behavior; take a moment to think about things that you can do to influence the environment and facilitate the results you want. Sometimes, it is the small things we do that have a large effect. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about good books on web project management. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_117.htm Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:45:00 GMT 16:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_116.htm Mark Perry Seven Tips for Running Effective Project Meetings This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Seven Tips for Running Effective Project Meetings", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. As a project manager, you have to conduct meetings all the time. Do you conduct them effectively? And are you able to continue to conduct project meetings effectively as the project progresses or does comfort and familiarity set in with the project team resulting in a little bit of lackadaisical behavior. You will do doubt want to maintain project team morale, make sure that the project is progressing as expected, and ensure that project issues are identified and resolved. Project meetings are one of the most important and common ways of doing this. So how can you ensure that your project meetings are effective? Well, today we have a few tips that can serve as an excellent checklist for your project meetings. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Be the special teacher." Have you heard the story of the special teacher? Years ago, a professor at John Hopkins gave a group of his graduate students an assignment. He instructed them to go to the slums of New York, take 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and investigate their background and environment. Then develop a prediction of their chances of success for the future. Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was given the job of testing the prediction. What was the shocking discovery? Hear the story of the special teacher. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project termination. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_116.htm Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:45:00 GMT 12:12 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_115.htm Mark Perry How to be a Good Project Manager This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "How to be a Good Project Manager", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Are you a good project manager, a great project manager? How do you become a good project manager? How should project managers deal with problem projects and problem project team members? What skills can a project manager develop that will ensure that their projects will run smoothly and to a successful finish? And, is project management an art or a science? Being a good Project Manager requires a number of skills. Of course you need good project management skills, but also helpful is a solid foundation in five key leadership skills. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Maintain a Monthly PMO Dashboard." For some people a PMO dashboard is a snapshot of the project portfolio. For others, a PMO dashboard is a series of graphs and indicators, produced dynamically, that show transactional information derived from the PMO’s PPM application. And for yet others, a PMO dashboard is a static, time-stamped, view of the current status of the project portfolio. So, what is a PMO dashboard? Who is right, or the most right? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> offers a listener tip about negotiating to get the time to do things right. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_115.htm Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:21 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_114.htm Mark Perry How Not to Rescue a Failing Project This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "How Not to Rescue a Failing Project", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever thought about ways to achieve something only to be hit with a mental block or to be temporarily out of good ideas? And, sometimes you can even be in a team brainstorming session and this phenomenon takes over the entire team’s thinking. Well, one sure way to break through and stimulate new thinking is to solve the contrary. That is to achieve the exact opposite of what it is that you are really intended to accomplish. For example, let’s take project rescue. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Five home office tips for better productivity." Increasingly, today’s knowledge workers are doing more and more work at home. Some workers even prefer to work at home if given the choice, others prefer going into the office. Whether you work occasionally from your home office or day in and day out, it is important to have a work environment that fosters high productivity and good work output. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> offers a listener tip about Open Workbench, a free open source project management solution. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_114.htm Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:12 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_113.htm Mark Perry Top 10 Benefits of Project Server This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Top 10 Benefits of Project Server", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. We have had a number of listener requests requesting an overview of reasons why an organization should implement Microsoft Project Server. So, in response to those requests we are delighted to talk about Project Server and today’s podcast feature story comes to us from the Microsoft Project Server home page. So, what is Project Server? Microsoft Office Project Server is a server based project management tool that stores project information in a central database, protected from unauthorized access and corruption. Office Project Server 2007 enables organizations to more effectively manage and coordinate work from one-time projects to complex programs across the entire project lifecycle. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Remembering Robert Adler." Robert Adler worked for decades as an electronics engineer for the Zenith Corporation. He retired as its vice president for research in 1979. One day, Robert’s boss, a man by the name of Eugene McDonald, the President of Zenith, challenged Robert to come up with something that could eliminate commercials. So what did he come up with? Well, Robert invented the TV remote control, a device that could change channels and most importantly mute the sound of a commercial, of course back then they didn’t use the term mute. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the Agile approach to software development. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_113.htm Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:00:00 GMT 13:33 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_112.htm Mark Perry The Value of Project Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "The Value of Project Management", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. What is the value of project management? There has been so much written and said on the subject of the value of project management that it is hard to believe there are those out there that don’t believe, don’t support it, or perhaps just don’t get it. When you talk with PMO managers, project managers, and subject matter experts, you will likely hear the following ten kinds of project management value propositions. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Look, Listen, and Learn." Many people know the story of the clinical research being done on a compound called UK92-480. This compound was being studied for use in hypertension, high blood pressure, and Angina Pectoris, a form of cardiovascular disease. Though the compound failed its clinical trial, the unintended side effects proved to be very marketable giving us the drug Viagra. But do you know the story behind the story of how the research team found out from the men in the clinical trial all about their side effects? Sometimes, you have to look and listen before you can learn. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about which software package would be appropriate for someone new to project management to learn. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_112.htm Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT 16:35 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_111.htm Mark Perry OpenProj by Projity, the Open Source Replacement for Microsoft Project This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "OpenProj by Projity, the Open Source Replacement for Microsoft Project, an interview with Marc O'Brien, CEO of Projity Inc." presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Projity, a leader in on-demand software for the enterprise, SME and SMB markets is announcing OpenProj, a complete open source desktop replacement of Microsoft Project, is now being beta tested in over 50 customer sites comprising over 500 seats. OpenProj, an important component to the open source ecosystem, takes the risk away for customers and allows them to use the product as needed, on demand. And here to tell us more about this significant announcement is Marc O’Brien, CEO of Projity. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Leadership Attributes." Attributes establish what leaders are, and every leader needs at least three of them. As PMO Manager or project manager, you often will not have express authority over all those involved in the projects of the PMO. But, the leadership attributes you possess and demonstrate result in implied authority. As always, the more leadership you demonstrate, the more those working with and around you will follow. And it is easier to achieve things working with and through others, rather than doing all the work yourself. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about professional training for project managers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_111.htm Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:01 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_110.htm Mark Perry Integrating Project Management with Email This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Integrating Project Management with Email, an interview with Andrew Filev, Founder and President of Wrike, Inc." presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mr. Filev is an experienced executive, visionary, and veteran of information technology and project management. Today, Andrew discusses a better way to manage projects while staying within your familiar and confortable email environment. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “The Golden Anniversary of the Critical Path Method." Fifty years ago, the DuPont Company set out to solve a business problem. What was the business problem? It was how to best manage the complex effort of shutting down chemical plants for maintenance and then restarting the plants once the maintenance had been completed.To address the complexity of the process, DuPont developed the Critical Path Method, now simply known as CPM, for managing such projects. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about taking over a large PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_110.htm Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT 15:23 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_109.htm Mark Perry Introducing ConceptDraw Project 3 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Introducing ConceptDraw Project 3, an interview with Olin Reams, General Manager Americas for Computer Systems Odessa" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mr. Reams is an experienced executive and veteran of information technology and project management. Today, Olin discusses ConceptDraw Project 3, an easy to use, affordable, and cross-platform offering for project management. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “The Legacy of Henry Gantt." Henry Gantt is widely known in the project management community for his contribution called the Gantt Chart which has been used for more than one hundred years. But did you know that his contributions also included advancements in industrial efficiency, task and bonus systems, and the social responsibility of businesses? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about setting up a SharePoint PMO team site. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_109.htm Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT 19:41 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_108.htm Mark Perry Implementing Process Improvement as a PMO Best Practice This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Implementing Process Improvement as a PMO Best Practice, an interview with Michael Wood, President of The Natural Intelligence Group" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mr. Wood is an expert in process improvement. In additional to authoring “The Helix Factor, the key to streamlining your business” and “The Helix Factor II, the implementers guide and case study”, Mike is celebrating his 7th year as the Processes Improvement Subject Matter Expert with Gantthead.com, the leading online community for project management. Today, Mike discusses implementing process improvement as a PMO best practice. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Honoring Liz Claiborne." Liz Claiborne, the designer of career clothes for professional women entering the work force en masse beginning in the 1970s, died Tuesday in Manhattan, from complications of cancer. She was 78. In 1986, Liz Claiborne Inc. became the first company founded by a woman to be ranked among the Fortune 500. Liz Claibore was a role model for us all, and her legacy reminds us that proactive change agents must act upon their convictions and beliefs, regardless of the resistance, so commonly presented by those that could help, but that prefer to stand in the way instead. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not a vendor should answer every RFP that it receives. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_108.htm Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT 16:15 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_107.htm Mark Perry Project Management in Brazil This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Project Management in Brazil, an interview with Cicero Ferriera, President of Omega Consultoria" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Cicero Ferriera is a Brazilian native, founder, and President of Omega Consultoria based in Sal Paulo, Brazil. As an experienced management consultant and project management executive, Cicero discusses the state of project management in Brazil. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Pay for Continuous Improvement." If your organization is considering how to make best use of the talent of your project managers, you might consider implementing a continuous improvement program and compensating your project managers for their participation in that program. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about a PMO policy mandating the use of Microsoft Project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_107.htm Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT 17:08 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_106.htm Mark Perry Factors Influencing Technology Adoption This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Factors Influencing Technology Adoption, an interview with Dr. Craig Van Slyke, University of Central Florida" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Is your organization seeking to adopt new technology? Are you planning for possible risks associated with the introduction and successful adoption of new technology? Hear perspectives, tips, and techniques from noted author and subject matter expert on technology adoption, Dr. Craig Van Slyke. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Growth requires change." To many, the status quo is comforting. But, for there to be growth, there must be change. Since most companies seek to grow, they must seek to change. Toward that aim, you must see and acknowledge yourself and your environment not only as it is, but also as it should be. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the "Feature, Advantage, Reaction" demonstration technique. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_106.htm Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT 19:26 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_105.htm Mark Perry New Directions and Innovations in Metrics-Based Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "New Directions and Innovations in Metrics-Based Management, an interview with Dr. Ginger Levin, noted author and subject matter expert" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Are you seeking to implement or revitalize a metrics program for your PMO? Hear Dr. Ginger Levin talk about New Directions and Innovations in Metrics-Based Management. Dr. Levin has written a number of books and has lectured and presented on this particular subject, Metrics-Based Management. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Metrics Matter." There was once a young, struggling, out of work actor and performer who enjoyed watching the ocean and spending time at the beach in Atlantic City. This out of work actor had a lot of time on his hands and he soon noticed that whenever a drowning swimmer had to be rescued by the lifeguard, crowds would gather around and watch the spectacle. Taking note of the metrics, this out of work actor became the world’s first professional drowner. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about making use of lessons learned from other projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_105.htm Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT 21:19 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_104.htm Mark Perry The PMO Summit 2007 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "The PMO Summit 2007, an interview with Marie-Louise Adlercreutz, Conference Director, IQPC" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Are you seeking to setup a PMO this year or next? Could your existing PMO be more successful in its efforts to deliver projects within the set time-frame and budget? If so, this exclusive conference presents an invaluable opportunity for you to hear practical experiences that highlight best practice strategies from leading organizations! And today, we have a special guest, Marie-Louise Aldercreutz, with us to tell us all about the up and coming PMO Summit 2007. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Know where the project is heading!" Imagine just for a minute that you are on an airplane and you hear the pilot announce that we have lost one of our engines and our navigation system, but the good news is that we have a very strong tailwind and wherever we are going we are going to get there at a speed of 600 miles per hour. If you were a passenger on that plane, you would be just a bit disturbed and distraught by the announcement. And, if you were a team member on a project that was proceeding fast and furious without benefit of navigation, you would also feel very much the same way. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about guidelines and timeframes for portfolio management review. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_104.htm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:36 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_103.htm Mark Perry Ten Tips for Holding Project Team Members Accountable This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten Tips for Holding Project Team Members Accountable," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. How accountable is your project team to you and your project? Do you have resources on your project team that are shared amongst multiple projects as well as have operational work duties? Do you ever have the situation where despite being assigned tasks and timeframes, some of the members of your project team are simply not accountable to your or your project? Well, if you are like many other project managers, then these problems are regular everyday occurrences. So today, we have a series of ten tips for people accountability that can be used in just about any business setting and especially in a project effort. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Be a master of something." Are you good at what you do? And, do others including your boss think so too? Well, sometimes, being good isn’t good enough. And in those situations, you might find that being a master in something, anything, will help you greatly in achieving the task before you and in getting the kind of support that you need from your team and your boss. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about business objectives and business drivers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_103.htm Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:22 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_102.htm Mark Perry Project Selection Scorecarding for the Small PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Project Selection Scorecarding for the Small PMO," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Project Selection Scorecarding is not the same thing as project scorecarding or your dashboard or performance scorecard of the progress of the project. Project Selection Scorecarding is a simple, yet powerful and useful, technique that is used in not only the project selection process, but the ongoing portfolio management process, and in the post project audit review process. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Behind every problem, there is an opportunity." Some folks view problems as something to be avoided, others view problems as opportunities in waiting. Take the case of Edward Lowe back in 1940. Edward was in the business of producing clay-based materials that would soak up oil spills and greases. Hear how a neighbor's problem with a cat led to Edward's fortune and the name of his company becoming a household name. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about effectively managing and following up with team members and vendors. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_102.htm Tue, 22 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:20 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_101.htm Mark Perry Project Delivery Group or PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Project Delivery Group or PMO," an interview with Richard Eichen, CEO of Return on Efficiency, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Is your organization considering implementing project management office? Are you considering what kind of PMO best meets your needs? Many organizations are implementing Project Delivery Groups as an alternative to the more traditional PMO. Today, Richard Eichen discusses what a Project Delivery Group is, its focus, and how it is different from a PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Don't allow a no-hit experience to get your team down." In many ways, a PMO is a lot like a sports team. Each day is an opportunity to play the game, score some points, hone your skills, and overcome obstacles preventing you from achieving your objective. But what happens when you or your team has a no-hit experience? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the tenth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_101.htm Fri, 18 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:30 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_100.htm Mark Perry Project Portfolio Management Deployment Guidelines This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Project Portfolio Management Deployment Guidelines," an interview with Dr. Ginger Levin, noted author and subject matter expert, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Is your organization considering implementing project portfolio management or refreshing its approach to PPM? Dr. Ginger Levin provides deployment guidelines for PPM, insights, and ideas helpful and applicable to just about any organization seeking to manage project portfolios. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “It's not luck!" Whether a competitor in sports, a leader of a business, or a head of a PMO, success or lack there of is seldom an act of chance. It takes a lot of work and no sooner do you get things going well, than you are faced with change and the need to refine that which you have just spent quite a bit of time and effort defining in the first place. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the ninth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_100.htm Wed, 16 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 22:44 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_099.htm Mark Perry Encourage Reporting of Bad News This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Encourage Reporting of Bad News," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. In your organization, is the reporting of bad news encouraged? How do management and the leadership team respond when they hear of problems or potential problems? Most executive teams today advocate managing by very sensible processes and metrics. To them, reporting on potential problems and what can be done about it is never a problem, but reporting surprises out of the blue definitely is. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “The farmer and the stone." Have you heard the story of the Farmer and the Stone? It is a simple story about how not to confront a problem. Of course, not every problem is as easily removed as the farmer’s stone. But merely ignoring a problem, or recognizing it and not doing anything about, will not make the problem go away either. So, before you settle with working around a problem, take a closer look at the problem. It might not be as hard to fix as you think. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the eighth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_099.htm Mon, 14 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:46 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_098.htm Mark Perry Three Reasons to Have a Continuous Improvement Process Step This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Three Reasons to Have a Continuous Improvement Process Step," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Does your project management process or SDLC process have a post-closing continuous improvement process step? What exactly is a post-closing continuous improvement process step and what is the value of it to your PMO and organization? Just about everyone thinks that such ideas as lessons learned and continuous improvement are good things, but why is it that in so many organizations lessons learned so often become lessons filed and forgotten? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Walk the walk, Francis d'Assisi style." Recently, during my time with a very skilled and experienced IT veteran, technology enthusiast, and head of the PMO, I couldn’t help but be a bit taken back by his style. He spent quite a bit of his time walking around, making calls here and there, inquiry about things, offering to help or provide assistance, etc. And all of that reminded me of the story of the young monk, long ago, who had been asked by Francis d’Assisi to join him on a trip to go to a nearby village to preach. Sometimes you need to “talk the talk”, but always you need to “walk the walk.” <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the seventh in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_098.htm Sat, 12 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_097.htm Mark Perry Is the Work Breakdown Structure Over-Rated This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Is the Work Breakdown Structure Over-Rated," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, one of my colleagues forwarded to me the link to an interesting article entitled, “The WBS is Over-Rated.” He asked me to read it and comment back to him. It was kind of an “I told you so” email, because we had just had a friendly dispute on the value and effectiveness of work breakdown structures. He maintained that the use of a Work Breakdown Structure is over-rated and in many projects not essential. I, of course, towed the party line and cited reasons why every project should have a WBS. What do you think? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Let the rough spots sharpen your performance." If you happen to be a golfer, you may know that the early golf balls were smooth, not at all like the modern golf balls of today. In fact, if you ever had the opportunity to see a display of golf balls from early times until present day, you will notice that the transformation from the old style technology to the current state is really all about one simple feature. Dimples. There can be great value in rough spots. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the sixth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_097.htm Mon, 07 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 9:29 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_096.htm Mark Perry The PMO Summit 2007 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "The PMO Summit 2007, an interview with Marie-Louise Adlercreutz, Conference Director, IQPC" presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Are you seeking to setup a PMO this year or next? Could your existing PMO be more successful in its efforts to deliver projects within the set time-frame and budget? If so, this exclusive conference presents an invaluable opportunity for you to hear practical experiences that highlight best practice strategies from leading organizations! And today, we have a special guest, Marie-Louise Aldercreutz, with us to tell us all about the up and coming PMO Summit 2007. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Seek advice from others!" Theodore Roosevelt, the great American President, often told the story of the business person who had just consulted an attorney for legal advice. Is seeking advice expensive? Or, can it save your valuable time and money. Listen in and judge for yourself! <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the fifth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_096.htm Thu, 03 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT 10:29 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_095.htm Mark Perry Risk Management Planning Strategies This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Risk Management Planning Strategies," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Project Risk Management is one of the nine knowledge areas of the Project Management Institute Project Management Body of Knowledge® and Project Risk Management provides six processes tremendously helpful in ensuring the integrity of the project effort. Today, we are going to talk about Risk Management Planning, the first of the Project Risk Management processes. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Say it again Sam!" Did you know that the 500 most popular words in the English language have over 14,000 meanings? No wonder communications can be difficult under even the best of circumstances. Words are powerful and we need to choose our words carefully and accurately. It doesn’t take much effort to think of the many politicians, public figures, or business people that get into trouble when they use the wrong words. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the fourth in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_095.htm Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 13:18 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_094.htm Mark Perry Activity Sequencing Best Practices This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Activity Sequencing Best Practices," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Project Time Management is one of the nine knowledge areas of the Project Management Institute Project Management Body of Knowledge® and Project Time Management provides six processes tremendously helpful in ensuring the integrity of the project schedule and completing the project on time. Today, we are going to talk about Activity Sequencing, the second of the Project Time Management processes. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “You have to prove it!" As a project manager, sometimes, in fact often, you have to prove yourself. If you wait for opportunity to knock, don’t be surprised if it doesn’t. And, when you go out to seek opportunity, you can bet your last dollar that at every turn there is someone there getting in your way, someone else there doubting you, and yet someone else there denying you. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the third in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_094.htm Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 10:32 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_093.htm Mark Perry Punctuate PM with a Post-Closing Continuous Improvement Process This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Punctuate PM with a Post-Closing Continuous Improvement Process," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a project management professional, then you of course know all about the project management knowledge areas. But just how do you apply all of that knowledge? Take lessons learned for example. Did you know that “lessons learned” comes up in the current version of the PMBOK® twenty-five times. And, lessons learned knowledge base comes up nine times. That’s thirty-four references to lessons learned. Now, that sounds great. But, at the end of the day, the real question is, “Is the opportunity for improvement handled effectively?” The answer, for many organizations, is no and that is where a post-closing continuous improvement process step can be of great value. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “There's power in lessons learned." I know of a man, and you know this man too, who despite his weight problem became a successful model and actor. Today, Richard Simmons is recognized all over the world for his weight loss crusade and has become a very successful, famous, and happy man. But he could not have achieved all that he did had he not learned from the things that didn’t work and the mistakes that nearly killed him. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the second in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_093.htm Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:08 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_092.htm Mark Perry Organizational Planning with a Responsibility Assignment Matrix This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Organizational Planning with a Responsibility Assignment Matrix," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a project management professional, then you of course know all about Project Human Resources Management. But how do you take that knowledge and apply it without having to re-create the wheel time after time for each new project. Well, one way is to develop common techniques that can be repeated from one project to the next. And that is the aim of today’s feature. Organizational planning is a major process of project human resources management and the Responsibility Assignment Matrix is a key output of this process. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “What do you do when there's got to be a better way?" Have you ever experienced a difficulty at work, or at home, that left you thinking and saying to yourself, “There’s got to be a better way!” And if you did have such an experience, what did you do about it. Well, meet Ole Evinrude. You've got to hear his story! <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides the first in a series of ten tips for setting up a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_092.htm Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_091.htm Mark Perry Eight Risk Management Survival Skills This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Eight Risk Management Survival Skills," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a project management professional, then you of course know all about Project Risk Management. But how do you take that knowledge and apply it without having to re-create the wheel time after time for each new project. Well, one way is develop a common technique that can be repeated from project to the next. And that is the aim of today’s feature. Provided are eight risk management survival skills, most in the form of a checklist of over 50 questions. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Sometimes, you've got to go out on a limb!" Some people are unwilling to risk the ridicule of the leaders in their industry, while others risk starting a whole new industry altogether. It has been said that nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Most anything, truly worthwhile, involves some degree of risk. As Will Rogers once said, “You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes, because that’s where the fruit is.” <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about managing project risk. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_091.htm Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:13 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_090.htm Mark Perry An Introduction for Executives to the Project Management Body of Knowledge This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "An Introduction for Executives to the Project Management Body of Knowledge," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a project management professional, then you of course know all about the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the PMBOK. But what about all of the other non-project management professionals and executives in your organization? Would you be surprised if I told you that in a survey of 50 non-IT C level executives, only three knew about the Project Management Body of Knowledge? Sometimes we take for granted that what we know is common knowledge. So, today, the purpose of the PMO podcast featured story is to provide a brief, introduction for executives, to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the PMBOK Guide®. And for those of you that are experts in the PMBOK, you might find this brief introduction to be an enjoyable listen as well. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “If you are not sure, then ask!" As is so often the case, success project managers and project participants don’t wait to be asked their opinions, rather the proactively raise issues and offer possible remedies. In any event, questions and concerns about the project are not criticisms of the plan or the people who prepared the plan, rather they are they way project team members communicate, gain insight and understanding about the project, and share and benefit from each other’s, potentially differing, perspectives. So, as a general project management rule of thumb, if you are not sure, then ask. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about resource leveling. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_090.htm Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:30 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_089.htm Mark Perry An Introduction for Executives to the Project Management Institute This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "An Introduction for Executives to the Project Management Institute," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. If you are a project management professional, then you of course know all about the Project Management Institute. But what about all of the other non-project management professionals and executives in your organization? Would you be surprised if I told you that in a survey of 50 non-IT C level executives, only three knew about the Project Management Institute? Well, sometimes we take for granted that what we know is common knowledge. So, today, the purpose of the PMO podcast featured story is to provide a brief, introduction for executives, to the Project Management Institute. And for those of you that already know a great deal about the PMI, you might find a thing or two about the PMI that you didn’t previously know. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Don't make assumptions, get the facts!" Many managers and leaders are very good at what they do; otherwise they wouldn’t be where they are. And, most managers and leaders are pretty good people managers as well. But, too often, they assume and make assumptions rather than getting the facts. If you feel that a situation is developing that causes you concern, don’t assume things will go according to plan or turn out okay. Before things go from bad to worse, get the facts. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about resources, tools, and information on project portfolio management. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_089.htm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 15:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_088.htm Mark Perry Introduction to e-ProjectManagers.com This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Introduction to e-ProjectManagers.com, an interview with Dora Tarver, Founder and Project Portfolio Management Consultant," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Though there are many experts in the field of project portfolio management, few take the time to freely share their knowledge and wisdom with others, not to mention to create a project management website and free resource to help those seeking to gain project management knowledge and to manage their projects more successfully. So, meet someone who has done just that, Dora Tarver, the creator and founder of e-ProjectManagers.com. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Don't blame the PPM application!" Okay, let’s take a moment to appreciate this. First, this kind of frustration is not new or uncommon. It is also not limited to any one PPM vendor or even PPM software for that matter. PPM applications are complex. They are not easy at all. And few, if any, PPM vendors that claims implementing their software will be a walk in the park. Because they know that all too often, many of the difficulties in implementing enterprise software of any kind are the many policy decisions that must be made and balanced vis a vis rational trade-offs by the management team. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about mandatory policies for risk management planning in all projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_088.htm Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 20:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_087.htm Mark Perry The Hidden Cost of Project Management Training This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "The Hidden Cost of Project Management Training," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. As you plan for the project management training needs of your team, make sure that you get the most of your investment by ensuring that your training mix addresses both foundation knowledge as well as actionable and retainable execution skills. Otherwise, you might end up spending more for more your team’s training than they have the ability to effectively realize, and that is the hidden cost of project management training. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> warns, “Houston, we have a problem!" So what is the problem with Houston? I will tell you what is the problem. Those ever so friendly folks from Houston, when they sit behind the steering wheel of a car, SUV, or truck, they transform and turn into absolutely crazy, wild-eyed, maniacs. You might think I am exaggerating, but believe you me I am not. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about putting together a project management training plan for the PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_087.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 18:19 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_086.htm Mark Perry Convincing Executives on the Value of PMO Processes and Policies This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Convincing Executives on the Value of PMO Processes and Policies," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. How do you convince executives on the Value of PMO Processes and Polices? Do you prepare a financial analysis and present a Return On Investment or Breakeven Analysis for your recommendation? Often, this results in more questions about your finanical model than your proposed recommendation. For many executives, a financial analysis is what they want to see after they like and want to go forward with your recommendation. But first, they want to see, understand, and be convinced of the business use case value of your recommendation in terms of what pain it alleviates. So, think that way too. Is the organization feeling any pain? If yes, you are already halfway there. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “How to make a great impression at work." It is important that you make a good impression at work. If you make a good impression on your boss, management, and the leadership team, then you will likely get more responsibility which can lead to promotions and raises. Here are five ways that have withstood the test of time to make a good impression at work. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about ways to take a fresh look at your PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_086.htm Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:00:00 GMT 17:03 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_085.htm Mark Perry SugarCRM Sweetens Project Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "SugarCRM Sweetens Project Management," an interview with John Roberts, CEO, and Chris Harrick, Director of Product Marketing, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. And, here to tell us more about the SugarCRM and Sugar Projects are John Roberts, the CEO of SugarCRM and Chris Harrick, the Director of Product Marketing for SugarCRM. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “How to stay motivated." If you are like most people, it is easier to get motivated than it is to stay motivated. While getting motivated can be event driven or achieved on an impulse, staying motivated requires a little bit more work. Here are five tips to help you stay motivated. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project manager or team member updating of the project workplan. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_085.htm Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 26:58 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_084.htm Mark Perry Business Use Cases for PMO Processes and Policies This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Business Use Cases for PMO Processes and Policies," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Business use cases for PMO Processes and Policies exist at many levels throughout an organization from the project management office and IT department to the line of businesses and operational teams. The opportunity to improve performance is equally present for those who already have an established project management culture and use an enterprise project portfolio management system as well as those who manage projects on an ad hoc basis using whatever project management tools are available to them. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Anger Management: Eight tips to control your temper." Do you have an anger management problem? Do you sometimes lose your temper? Most PMO managers and project management professionals have very good if not excellent interpersonal skills. But sometimes, even the best of us have a bad day. And, even if you are well liked, losing your temper in the workplace can be very, very disastrous to your reputation, credibility, and even your career. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about when to use Earned Value Management. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_084.htm Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 15:56 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_083.htm Mark Perry Change Happens This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Change Happens," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you heard the saying, "the only thing that is constant is change?" Change happens in projects and project managers need to demonstrate flexibility when dealing with change, communicating the change effectively, and knowing when to say no. Today, we have a list of some of the changes and the way they happen over the course of the project. Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list, but it should help to get you thinking about the way changes occur so that you can figure out how you may want to deal with them when they come along. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Competing Needs of Stakeholders." In many projects and especially large ones, there can be competing and conflicting needs of stakeholders. Stakeholders come from a variety of areas within the organization. Often, one stakeholder’s concerns are focused on the aspects of the project that deal with and affect their organization. And another stakeholder may have completely different concerns. For example, for a CRM implementation the Sales VP may have different concerns than the Customer Care VP. As Project Manager, often you have to understand and balance these needs and concerns in order to keep everyone working together as a team. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the use of Microsoft SharePoint for PMO and project teamsites. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_083.htm Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:00 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_082.htm Mark Perry Ten Arguments Against Having a PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten Arguments Against Having a PMO," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Though the benefits project management and of having a PMO have been realized by companies of all shapes and sizes, nonetheless, the decision to have a PMO can often be met with resistance from others in the organization. A great part of winning an argument is being prepared for what the other side may say. And today, we have compiled a list of the top ten arguments against having a PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention." A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem. This saying appears in the dialogue Republic, by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. No one knows that better than the agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver, who almost one hundred years ago spent countless hours trying to solve the problem of the nutrient depletion that growing cotton causes in the soil. And then, even more time was spent trying to solve the problem of what to do with all of those peanuts, the much needed rotation crop for cotton. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about choosing a project management application to learn. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_082.htm Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:25 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_081.htm Mark Perry An Introduction to the Project Management Triple Constraints This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "An Introduction to the Project Management Triple Constraints," presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Like any business endeavor, projects need to be performed and delivered under constraints. Traditionally, the project management triple constraints have been listed as scope, time, and cost. These three triple constraints are often depicted in a triangle, the Project Management Triangle, where each side represents a constraint. By finding out from the sponsor which constraint is most important and why, the project manager can best deal with the issues and changes that the project will face. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Confucius and Project Management." According to Confucius, "By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is the noblest; Second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." In setting up a PMO, there are ample opportunities for all three methods of learning wisdom. Adopting de facto standard processes "as-is" is a useful way to rapidly benefit from the wisdom of others. Examining defined processes, benchmark measurements, and qualitative data provides further insight and wisdom as well as opportunities for process improvement within the PMO. And, experience is always an excellent teacher and it doesn't always have to be bitter. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how to effectively use and apply lessons learned. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_081.htm Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:19 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_080.htm Mark Perry Is Project Management Right For You? This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Is Project Management Right For You?", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. From time to time the "academic" discussion on the question of whether project management is a profession or a discipline comes to the forefront. While we may disagree on this issue, we all can no doubt find agreement on the fact that project management can definitely be a worthwhile and satisfying career. But, the question is: "Is Project Management right for you?" <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “How and When to Apologize." One key to getting along well with people is knowing when to say you're sorry. In most cases, if someone is offended by something you do or say, it's much better to apologize right away. That solves the small problem and keeps it from getting bigger. But, it's hard to apologize. Some of us are ashamed, but most of us just have too much pride. Here are some tips that may make it easier to say you're sorry. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about next steps beyond the PMP that can give added recognition or an edge over others in competing for promotional or new job opportunities. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_080.htm Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_079.htm Mark Perry The PMO Project Advocate, the Sixth Man on the Project Team This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "How to Avoid Pouring Good Money into a Bad Project", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Just like a NBA team needs its sixth man, today’s IT departments and PMOs need a Project Advocate, a person to work with the project team and help them navigate through the PMO processes and policies. A Project Advocate is an expert in the particular way in which the PMO undertakes projects and enables project managers and all those involved to draw upon and take full advantage of that expertise. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “How to Talk About Bad News." It is always easier to talk about good news than it is to talk about bad news. What is the best way to give or talk about bad news? The question is so simple, as is the answer. Yet, at times, it can be hard to do. Here are a few tips that make talking about bad news easier or more productive. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about guidance on what the size of IT PMO teams should be. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_079.htm Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 11:00 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_078.htm Mark Perry How to Avoid Pouring Good Money into a Bad Project This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "How to Avoid Pouring Good Money into a Bad Project", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Why is it that we ever so often decide to pour more funds and resources into a failing project? The answer might be that there has been an escalation of commitment. The key is to be mindful and take care to not let the personal pressure create an environment where risk of failure, project and personal, creates undesirable situations and bad decision making. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Say it with a smile." One of the most important things your project managers and teams can do is to offer a friendly smile or a happy hello. It takes less than a few seconds to do, but the affect and good feeling imparted lasts so much longer. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what can be done about the sales team making customer commitments that can't be met. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_078.htm Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:52 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_077.htm Mark Perry Project Kick-off Meeting Tips This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Project Kick-off Meeting Tips", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Preparing for your project kickoff meeting is only half the job. You have to also create an atmosphere of leadership, communication, and confidence. The kickoff meeting for a new project is a great opportunity to inspire the group and to establish a common vision and mindset toward completing the work. A great kickoff is the result of good planning. And, after you’ve done your planning for the project, you next need to plan for an effective project kick-off meeting. Here are a few tips for your consideration. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Five Ways to Argue Fairly." Is it ever necessary to argue in a business setting? Many say no, and, that there is never a need to argue or to lose one’s temper. However, there are those that suggest that sometimes you have to argue. Sometimes, the discussion will become emotional, personal, and heated. Arguments are natural in any relationship and that goes for business relationships too. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about dynamic project schedules. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_077.htm Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 12:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_076.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part X - Project Rescue Best Practices This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part X - Project Rescue Best Practices", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the tenth and last in the series, which is focused on project rescue best practices. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Delighting Customers is Always a Good Thing." How many times have you heard someone say in a state of frustration, “This business would be great except for all of the customers.” Of course, customers are the reason for the business and delighting them is always a good thing, no matter what. Take the case of George Crum, back in 1853. Hear how is frustration with a customer led to a billion dollar industry, the potato chip business. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what a project manager can do when a vendor fails to comply with the contract. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_076.htm Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:00:00 GMT 13:14 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_075.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part IX - Collaboration and Document Management Best Practices This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part IX - Collaboration and Document Management Best Practices", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the ninth in the series, which is focused on collaboration and document management best practices. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Enabling Innovation." Why are some PMOs successful year after year and continually improve while other PMOs resist and struggle with even the most straight forward kinds of processes and best practices? As in just about any endeavor, including enabling innovation, there are those that seek to achieve their goals through best efforts, hope and prayer and there are those that seek to achieve their goals through process oriented thinking and behavior. But be mindful, the process sword does cut with two edges. In the hands of one practitioner, processes can enable innovation and, yet, in the hands of another, processes can curtail it. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project managers both managing the project and doing the work. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_075.htm Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 18:31 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_074.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part VIII - Portfolio Management Best Practices This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part VIII - Portfolio Management Best Practices", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the eighth in the series, which is focused on portfolio management best practices. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Leadership Without Authority!" What makes PMO Managers effective leaders? More times than not, PMO Managers must work with and through others in the organization in order to ensure success of the projects underway and of the project managers that manage them. Exhibiting leadership when you are not in a boss to subordinate relationship is "leadership without authority" and it requires one to exhibit a number of leadership behaviors. Presented are six "leadership without authority" traits that can help PMO Managers and Project Managers work with and through others. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about managing project teams that are working overtime and over the weekends. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_074.htm Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 17:42 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_073.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part VII - Project Management Methodology Alternatives This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part VII - Project Management Methodology Alternatives", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the seventh in the series, which is focused on project management methodology alternatives. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Things are not like they used to be!" Sometimes we engage in a new endeavor or behavior and, over time, the thing that we are doing changes. Hopefully for the better. And, looking back, one day we say to ourselves, “Things are sure not like they used to be.” <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about how to determine the Return On Investment of (ROI) of your PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_073.htm Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 19:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_072.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part VI - Interviewing Project Managers for the PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part VI - Interviewing Project Managers for the PMO", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the sixth in the series, which is focused on interviewing project managers for the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Work attitude behavior and work behavior attitude - are they the same?" A positive work attitude does not necessarily lead to a positive work behavior. Neither does a positive work behavior indicate positive work attitude. Those that know the difference, between work attitude behavior and work behavior attitude, do a great job of aligning both of them and increasing their chances of both enjoying their work and succeeding in their career. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about recommending a PMO to the VP of IT. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_072.htm Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 13:36 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_071.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part V - Position Description for the IT PMO Manager This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part V - Position Description for the IT PMO Manager", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the fifth in the series, which is focused on the position description, duties, and candidate qualifications for an IT PMO Manager. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, “Opportunity does knock, but not necessarily on your front door!" Hear the fascinating story of a young IT professional who heard opportunity knocking, answered the door, and enjoyed one success after another making millions and millions of dollars along the way. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about whether or not it is best to get your PMP before starting a new search for a project management job. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_071.htm Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 16:27 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_070.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part IV - Alternative PMO Models This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part IV - Alternative PMO Models", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the fourth in the series, which is focused on alternative PMO Models. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “If you have a great idea, act upon it!" In 1914, a sixteen-year-old Italian immigrant named Antonio Pasin arrived in New York with nothing in his possession other than the carpentry skills he had learned as a kid from his grandfather. Pasin found work in Chicago as a manual laborer and was barely making enough money to get by. But Pasin had a great idea. And he decided to act upon it, satisfying the needs of millions of customers as well as leaving a legacy. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Waterfall Model. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_070.htm Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:00:00 GMT 18:28 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_069.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part III - Five Tips from CIOs for Setting Up a New PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part III - Five Tips from CIOs for Setting Up a New PMO", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the third in the series, which is focused on tips from CIOs for those setting up a new PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “What do you do after making a mistake?" What do most people do after making a mistake? Do they shrug it off? Do they learn by it? Do they take an action? Or, do they simply take a pass? Confucius, that ancient sage from China, wrote, “He who has committed a mistake and does not correct it, has committed another.” Hear an inspirational and true story of what one executive did after a mistake was made. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the pros and cons of software-as-a-service (SaaS). <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_069.htm Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 19:17 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_068.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part II - Top Three Home Runs PMO Consultants Hit This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part II - Top Three Home Runs PMO Consultants Hit", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the second in the series, which is focused on some of the many experiences that PMO Managers have had with PMO consultants. That is, consultants brought in by management to start the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Think like an entrepreneur!" Do you think like an entrepreneur? An entrepreneur has many qualities that enable him or her to achieve success and reap the rewards, often over competition and business obstacles. And, entrepreneurs think and behave differently than the rest of us. Perhaps two of the most important characteristics that entrepreneurs have in their thinking are speed and flexibility. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about organizing project documents. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_068.htm Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 15:02 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_067.htm Mark Perry PMO Studies Part I - Top Three Mistakes PMO Consultants Make This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Studies Part I - Top Three Mistakes PMO Consultants Make", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Recently, The PMO Podcast engaged in a study of twenty-five PMOs to observe, listen, and learn from a wide variety of PMO Managers with the objective in mind to share these findings in a series of short, podcast episodes, each focused on a particular tip, technique, or finding in general. And this episode is the first in the series, which is focused on some of the many experiences that PMO Managers have had with PMO consultants. That is, consultants brought in by management to start the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Dare to Invent!" While the initial inspiration of invention may very well come from an experience, usually a problem, it is the "daring to invent" mindset that is required to make something, to invent. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about the project planning approval process. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_067.htm Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:42 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_066.htm Mark Perry Tool Advice for Informal Project Managers - Look out for Outlook This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Tool Advice for Informal Project Managers - Look out for Outlook", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. As you are having your morning cup of coffee, the head of Sales pops in and asks you for advice on what kind of project management tool you, the PMO manager, would recommend that his team of sales and marketing professionals use for their informal, yet growing, list of departmental projects. He doesn’t want to use his low-end CRM application, though he probably could. And you don’t want him in your PPM application for these somewhat trivial and informal, small departmental projects, though you probably could. How about Microsoft Outlook? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Turning Pain into Gain!" Back in 1921, Josephine Dickson was a fine cook, but kept cutting herself in the kitchen. Her husband, Earle Dickson, was an employee of Johnson and Johnson Company. And don't you just know where this little story is going? Hear how Dickson turned pain into gain making millions for his company and a fine a little bit for himself. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about change management processes for the helpdesk. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_066.htm Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:49 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_065.htm Mark Perry PMO 2.0 - Expanding Participation in PM throughout the Business This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO 2.0 - Expanding Participation in PM throughout the Business", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. By now, you have probably heard of the phrase, Web 2.0, introduced to us in 2004 by O’Reilly Media. Web 2.0 hints at an improved form of the internet, the World Wide Web, with technologies such as weblogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds and other forms of many-to-many publishing; social software, Web APIs, Web standards and online Web services. And all of these things represent a significant change in the way we use the web and our behaviour. Simply put, Web 2.0 brings the web closer to us and it brings us closer to the web. Like Web 2.0, the same is going on and can be said for the direction of today’s PMO. And, many people are referring to this phenomenom as PMO 2.0. That is, PMO 2.0 brings the PMO closer to the business and the business closer to the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “What did you notice today?" Sometimes we are all so busy being busy that we don’t notice very much around us. Have you ever seen how some folks just have that special knack of observing and understanding things, while others are oblivious to what’s going on? Take A.C. Gilbert, for example. While watching a skyscraper rise day after day in 1911, Gilbert conceived of an idea. He stumbled onto a thought that took hold and just wouldn’t let go. What was his thought? Have a listen and find out. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question change management processes for the helpdesk. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_065.htm Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 15:52 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_064.htm Mark Perry ProjectReference - a Useful Reference Site for your PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "ProjectReference - a Useful Reference Site for your PMO", an interview with John Musser, SW Development SME, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Years ago, John Musser created a project management reference site to help students in the project management class that he taught at Columbia. Quickly, it became one of the top project management reference sites found on Google and other search engines. John talks about software project management, the project management reference site he created, and his new start up venture, ProgrammableWeb, a Web 2.0 reference site full of mashups, APIs, and useful information for Web 2.0 developers. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> presents, “Giving Back - Mentoring a New Start." Have you considered mentoring a new start business? So many new start companies, such as home businesses and even technology firms, have needs in so many areas. Basic skills that you have had for years and take for granted, such as project management skills, application and technology skills, business skills, management skills, people skills, and general know how are often not too deep in new starts. So, if you want to give back, find and mentor a new start. You will be surprised at how much you have to offer, how well received you will be, and just how much a new start can benefit from your knowledge and experience. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project scorecards. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_064.htm Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:19 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_063.htm Mark Perry Ten Characteristics of Good PMO Leaders This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten Characteristics of Good PMO Leaders", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. The business and project management community is blessed with an abundance of books, manuals and courses on what it takes to be a great leader. An individual may be very likeable and possess a great deal of knowledge, but without the know-hows running a business or a piece of the business, that person can be a recipe for disaster despite all of his or her hard work, best efforts, and intentions. And the same is true and applies to the PMO. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “What is your body language saying?" Did you know that the words you use only have a 7% impact on your communication? Your tone of voice only amounts to another 38%, but your non-verbal body language amounts to a whopping 55% impact on the message you are trying to communicate. Discussed are powerful nonverbal communication skills you can use immediately to add clarity and vitality to your conversations. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about different approaches for status meeting policy. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_063.htm Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 14:08 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_062.htm Mark Perry Ten Things Bad Bosses Do This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten Things Bad Bosses Do", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Executives and managers are busy people. Every day brings new opportunities and challenges to management and the leadership team and of course there is never enough time to do it all. But no matter how busy these managers are, the best managers make time for their people. Is a manager’s style important? Is being a good boss important? You bet it is. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Do you have a Positive Mental Attitude?" Having negativity in your work is a major handicap. You can't accomplish anything without having positive thoughts. Anything you want from a new job, losing weight or gaining financial stability requires you to think positive thoughts to succeed. And, positive thoughts lead to positive actions, always. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project termination.<br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_062.htm Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:00:00 GMT 13:48 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_061.htm Mark Perry Stress in the PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Stress in the PMO", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Many folks believe that the stresses of project management are often excessive compared to the rewards that the position typically offers. That may or may not be the case. But what is no doubt important is for PMO Managers and project managers to be aware that there is on-going and sometimes quite significant stress in the PMO. And with that realization, techniques for stress management and steady state good communication can be effectively used to minimized the stress in the PMO and to make working in, and being part of, the PMO a positive and rewarding experience. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Create a Project Plan in Five Easy Steps, Just Kidding." Many people, not PMPs of course, use the terms Project Plan and Project Schedule interchangeably. Even Microsoft in their Microsoft Office "how to" website pages offers a five step recipe for creating a project plan. Of course, it was a "how to" to create a project schedule using Microsoft Project, not a project plan. Be mindful that the project management basics are the foundation of a PMO. Getting the terms correct from the beginning will make matters much easier for the PMO, the project managers, and all those on the project team and involved with the project effort. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides a listener tip about not assuming that project managers don’t need managers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_061.htm Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:05 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_060.htm Mark Perry Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 FAQs This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 FAQs", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is in response to a number of listener questions that we have had regarding Microsoft Project Portfolio Server. So, today we are going to present the top ten, most popular, of the more than sixty questions and answers that are provided within the FAQ page found on the Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server product website. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Defending Kaizen." Recently, a very well known management consultant tried to claim that Kaizen is "a very dangerous thing". The reasoning that Kaizen is a very dangerous thing, according to this speaking tour regular, is that continuous gradual improvement can get in the way of innovation. There have been a number of responses in various business and management oriented blogs defending Kaizen. One such blogger, Kevin Rutherford, thinks that this management consultant is dead wrong and gives a fine example of why. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides a listener tip about not assuming that project managers don’t need managers. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_060.htm Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 15:17 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_059.htm Mark Perry Recommendations for Informal Projects Part V - Simple Status Reporting This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Recommendations for Informal Projects Part V - Simple Status Reporting", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is the fifth in a five part series aimed at recommendations for informal projects. For many of these kinds of informal projects, project management concepts like project status reporting are not well known or used. Rather than not performing any kind of status reporting, a key recommendation for these informal projects is the use of simple project status reporting and status reporting techniques. <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Hope less, expect more." Hope is not an acceptable business strategy, tactic, action, or term. When someone says, "I hope…" it is, in essence, an announcement that some doubt exists in what we are doing or trying to accomplish. Rather than continuing in the conversation. Explore the doubt. What is it that is beyond our control? What are we missing that we need to have in order to honor our commitment? Why can’t we say “I Expect” instead of “I Hope”? <br><br> <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about what to do when the customer cancels a project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_059.htm Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:37 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_058.htm Mark Perry Recommendations for Informal Projects Part IV - Simple Risk Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Recommendations for Informal Projects Part IV - Simple Risk Management", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is the fourth in a five part series aimed at recommendations for informal projects. For many of these kinds of informal projects, project management concepts like risk management are not well known or used. Rather than not performing any kind of risk management, a key recommendation for these informal projects is the use of simple risk management and risk management techniques. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “If You Are Proposing a PMO for Your Company - Avoid The Hype." More and more organizations are looking at implementing project management offices for a number of reasons, to improve project performance, to ensure project delivery, to increase project management skills, etc. Seek to overcome the challenges that need to be addressed in order for your company to be more successful. And, stay on point. The decision to set up a PMO should not be a leap of faith, rather a business decision. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides a listener tip about archiving completed project documents for potential re-use. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_058.htm Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 15:28 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_057.htm Mark Perry Recommendations for Informal Projects Part III - Simple EVM This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Recommendations for Informal Projects Part III - Simple Earned Value Management ", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is the third in a five part series aimed at recommendations for informal projects. For many of these kinds of informal projects, project management concepts like earned value management are not well known or used. Rather than using and relying upon traditional spend comparison approaches which can be very misleading, a key recommendation for these informal projects is the use of simple earned value management, simple EVM. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “PMO Moments of Truth." There many kinds of moments of truth – good, bad, and indifferent. Good ones are referred to as moments of magic. The bad ones are referred to as moments of misery. And the indifferent ones are missed opportunities. Of course, as PMO managers, our goal should be to create lots of moments of magic, even if they emanate from moments of misery. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about software-as-a-service PMO tools. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_057.htm Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:45 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_056.htm Mark Perry Recommendations for Informal Projects Part II - The Simple Dynamic Schedule This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Recommendations for Informal Projects Part II - The Simple Dynamic Schedule", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is the second in a five part series aimed at recommendations for informal projects. Informal projects can mean different things to different people. Some people view informal projects as all of those projects in which no real methodology is being adhered to. Others view informal projects to be all of those ubiquitous projects that exist all throughout the business that will seldom be managed by a certified project management professional and are not part of the formal project portfolio of the PMO or IT department. For many of these kinds of informal projects, the schedule of the project exists in the form of a task list, each with static milestones, just waiting for potential problems, issues, and difficulties to arise. Rather than using and relying upon such a task list oriented schedule, a key recommendation for these informal projects is the use of a simple dynamic schedule. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Recognize that your people are always communicating, tune into their body language." As PMO manager, you may not realize it, but you and the people around you are always communicating, verbally and non-verbally. Is your colleague, boss, direct report, vendor, or consultant making direct eye contact or avoiding your gaze? In general, a person who looks you directly in the eye is assumed to be forthright and truthful. On the other hand, a person who averts his eyes may not be totally open or able to be totally truthful. Effective communication is tough enough. The more you are aware of non-verbal communication, the more you can use it to you advantage. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about good books for the PMO Library. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_056.htm Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_055.htm Mark Perry Recommendations for Informal Projects Part I - The Simple WBS This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Recommendations for Informal Projects Part I - The Simple WBS", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today’s episode is the first in a five part series aimed at recommendations for informal projects. Informal projects can mean different things to different people. Some people view informal projects as all of those projects in which no real methodology is being adhered to. Others view informal projects to be all of those ubiquitous projects that exist all throughout the business that will seldom be managed by a certified project management professional and are not part of the formal project portfolio of the PMO or IT department. For informal projects, often times the requirements, scope, and schedule of the project exists in the form of a task list resulting in untold kinds of potential problems and issues. Rather than using and relying upon such a task list, a key recommendation for these information projects is the use of a simple work breakdown structure, the simple WBS. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Recognizing Job Burnout." In today’s stressful PMOs, job burnout is an increasingly common phenomenon. While some job stress is good and a normal occurrence at least some of the time, how can you tell when one of your project managers has lost the ability to manage the sources of that stress? And how do your tell when they are burning out? A few things to look for are discussed. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about project size types. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_055.htm Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:23 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_054.htm Mark Perry Five Outsourcing Mistakes and the PM Challenges They Present This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Five Outsourcing Mistakes and the PM Challenges They Present", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Outsourcing has been around a long time and some say it will be continue to grow in thrive. Some businesses and business executives swear by it and defend it. But why are so many companies having continued difficulties with outsourcing? And it seems that many of these firms fall into the same trap over and over. And one of the key fundamental problems is that outsourcing mistakes present difficult challenges for project management and often your project managers left holding the bag. Today's show presents five outsourcing mistakes and the project management challenges they present. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Be open to what’s possible and act on your ideas, especially the good ones." Why is it that some people find opportunities where others only see problems? And why is it that some people are always busy turning an idea into a reality, where others think about great ideas but don’t act on them? Are you open to what’s possible and do you act on them? Well, in 1943, a mechanical engineer by the name of Richard James was and you will enjoy hearing his story. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question on whether or not to leave a difficult workplace and working environment. <br><br><br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_054.htm Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:21 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_053.htm Mark Perry Seven Ways to Build PMO Awareness This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Seven Ways to Build PMO Awareness", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. To some, taking the time to build awareness of the PMO is viewed as an unnecessary task and waste of time. To others, building and maintaining awareness of the PMO and the value add that it delivers is a key priority and part of the PMO mission. Building a good PMO awareness is the product of a clear PMO vision, and nobody knows more about vision than heads of small departments. With limited resources, mainly time, building PMO awareness can be tricky. Fortunately, if you have a few good tools, it doesn't need to take a lot of time, money or resources. Hear seven ways to build awareness for your PMO. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “It’s good to be a starter, it’s great to be a finisher." How many great ideas were started, but not finished? During the Great Depression, architect Alfred M. Butts devised a game of 100 lettered tiles used to form words on a square grid that looked like a crossword puzzle. But Mr. Butts was a better starter than a finisher and his game never took off. Enter James Brunot who set out to finish what was started and he did so in a big way making Scrabble one of the most successful and long lasting games enjoyed by players of all ages. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides a listener tip on keeping things simple. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_053.htm Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_052.htm Mark Perry Onsite Project Management Training for your PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Onsite Project Management Training for your PMO", an interview with Michelle LaBrosse, CEO, Cheetah Learning, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. PMOs of all sizes face a few challenges as they go about acquiring, developing, and retaining both individual project management skills and organizational project management capabilities. Onsite training offers significant advantages to the PMO in terms of customization of the training, quality of the experience, convenience to the PMO team, and ability for a number of the team to participate who otherwise might not, including executives. And, the price of such training can be very attractive and competitive over other alternatives and venues. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Giving Back - Mentor a New Start." Do you make it a point and priority to take time to give back? For many people, giving back is a key part of their lives. Giving back is always a very rewarding endeavor to both the receiver and the giver. You will be surprised at how much you have to offer, how well received you will be, and just how much a new start can benefit from your knowledge and experience. You may not get PDU credits for giving back, but you might very well find it to be one of the most enjoyable, rewarding, and satisfying experiences of your project management life. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listen question about project scorecards. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_052.htm Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 16:59 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_051.htm Mark Perry Top Three "Go-to-Market" Mistakes That Sales VPs Make This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Top Three "Go-to-Market" Mistakes That Sales VPs Make, an interview with Dave Larson (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Larson">about Dave</a>), Principal, BOT International, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™." Dave discusses three common and key mistakes that Sales VPs frequently make that often result in the revenue plan and sales objectives not being attained. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, “Always Seek to Exceed Your Customers' Expectations." Meeting customer expectations might be enough to keep you in business, but it is usually not enough for your business to grow and thrive in a competitive marketplace. In order to do that, you must develop and commit to the habit of exceeding customers’ expectations. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listen question about good books to read for sales and account management processes and skills. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_051.htm Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 20:31 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_050.htm Mark Perry Effective Document Management Policies for your PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Effective Document Management Policies for your PMO, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™." Some of the compelling benefits of having an organizational project management process framework are to increase productivity, increase skills, and to save time. That is what processes and policies are all about, not bureaucracy. And for many organizations, an effective document management policy is very much part and parcel to the overall PM Process framework and does just that. It helps not just project managers, but all involved in the project management process, and in many ways. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Do you have an ergonomic positioned project manager workstation?." Most people, knowledge workers, have poorly configured workspaces that result slouching, slumping, and bending forward at the waist of a chair all of which can and usually do lead to discomfort, fatigue, and backache. And not only does poor workspace design lead to poorer productivity, as you would suspect, good workspace design leads to higher level of productivity, focus, and enjoyment with one’s work space. And who better to have such a high performance workspace than project managers! <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listen question about setting up a virtual PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_050.htm Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 20:00 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_049.htm Mark Perry Understanding Project Management - For Those Outside The PMO This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Understanding Project Management - For Those Outside The PMO", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. More and more PMOs are seeking to establish an understanding project management throughout the enterprise. This is not to have every miscellaneous and casual project come through or be managed by the PMO. Rather, this is to promote an awareness and minimal core competence so that anyone with such a project opportunity can plan and manage it successfully. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Have You Empowered Yourself?" Empowerment sounds great, but when was the last time you were empowered, truly empowered, by management. Or, were you really just given unrealistic goals to achieve and told to fix it, or just do it, make it your business. Empower yourself to get things done and if you don’t occasionally cross over the line of your authority, then you don’t know where that line is. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listen question about how to plan and organize a podcast. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_049.htm Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:27 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_048.htm Mark Perry ROI Model for your PMO Organizational Project Management Process Framework This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "ROI Model for your PMO Organizational Project Management Process Framework", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. As a PMO Manager, you are likely to have a PM or two that can quickly put together your project management methodology. But an organizational project management process framework is quite a bit more than a methodology and it takes a quite a bit more time to contemplate and produce. So, the question naturally presents itself, what is the ROI of doing all of this? <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Ensure That your PMO Incentives Motivate Your Team." When incentives fail to motivate, or even start to de-motivate, corporate culture is often to blame and usually the blame. Incentives and bonuses should not be viewed or used as extra compensation, entitled compensation or taken for granted, rather they need to motivate people to succeed and to reach higher levels achievement. So, take time to review and ensure that they do. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> provides a listener email tip for those starting a new PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_048.htm Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 14:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_047.htm Mark Perry Ten Suggestions for Project Management Maturity This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten Suggestions for Project Management Maturity", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. We all know what Project Management Maturity is and we all have our favorite PM maturity models and approaches to project management and capabilities maturity. So, today we have Ten Suggestions for Project Management Maturity taken from a variety of leading models and thoughts on the subject. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Take an inventory of your habits." Perhaps one of the most important discoveries in the field of business psychology is that 95% of what we think, feel, do, and achieve is the result of habit. According to the experts, beginning in childhood, we all develop a series of conditioned responses that make us automatically react in almost every situation. And remember, motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> announces the availability of a new podcast for project managers called the Project Management Prepcast, hosted by Cornelius Fichtner. The Project Management PrepCast™ covers concepts, tools and techniques that you will need to understand and be familiar with in order to sit for the PMP® exam. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_047.htm Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:05 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_046.htm Mark Perry Ten Project Management Proverbs This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> provides and has fun with, "Ten Project Management Proverbs, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. We all know what a proverb is, a short memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true. Have you heard a good one lately? Well, today we have Ten project management proverbs for you. We hope that you find these proverbs enjoyable and amusing. Perhaps you can use one of these to kick-off your next meeting. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, “Do we need competency based certification for project managers?" Almost everyone strongly believes that there is a need for a competency-based credential in addition to the existing knowledge-based credential, the PMP. What do you think? Is there a bona-fide business need for competency based certification or are we all really talking about a solution looking for a problem? <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question regarding whether or not the CAPM credential will give the competitive edge needed to land a job in project management. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_046.htm Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 9:48 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_045.htm Mark Perry SugarCRM Defines the New CRM Generation This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “SugarCRM Defines the New CRM Generation”, an interview with John Roberts, CEO of SugarCRM, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Mr. John Roberts, CEO of SugarCRM, the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software for companies of all sizes. John discusses where CRM is going, what are the CRM generations, and what exactly commercial open source software is. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, “Make Your Project Managers Life Long Learners." What is Lifelong learning..? For many, Lifelong learning is more attitudinal than prescriptive; it is the idea that one not only can and should be open to new ideas, skills or behaviors, but that one should embrace and seek out these things. Lifelong learning is applicable professionally, and personally, and is the process of acquiring and expanding knowledge and capabilities to foster well-being. It goes beyond simply getting a professional credential, like a PMP, or attending seminars and meetings to gather up requisite PDU credits to maintain a credential. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question regarding things to watch out for when establishing PPM as a discipline. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_045.htm Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 29:39 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_044.htm Mark Perry Guiding the PMO Using a PMM Framework This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Guiding the PMO Using a PMM Framework”, an interview with Scott Hutchinson, CEO of LucidPM”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we have with us Mr. Scott Hutchinson, MBA, CMC, PMP and CEO of LucidPM, a project portfolio management integrations firm. Scott has spent virtually his entire career involved with information technology and project portfolio management. Scott overviews PMM and discusses how to guide your PMO using a PMM framework. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> takes a look at, “The Law of Expectations and the PMO." The Law of Expectations states that whatever you expect, with confidence, becomes your own self-fulfilling prophecy. That is, you don’t necessarily get what you want, rather what you expect. And, if you confidently expect things to occur, this expectation has a tremendous effect on your attitude, your personality, and your relations with others. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question regarding project manager career advice. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_044.htm Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 17:03 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_043.htm Mark Perry Five Habits PMO Managers Like Their Project Managers to Have This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Five Habits PMO Managers Like Their PMs to Have”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. We all know or have an idea of the kinds of project management skills that PMO Managers like their project managers to have. And the PMP credential serves as a positive indicator that a project manager is like to have both knowledge and competence in the various skills and knowledge areas that make up project management. But what about habits and traits? What do PMO Managers like to see in the project managers in terms of habits? Well, recent research by The PMO Podcast™ team has revealed a number of habits that PMO Managers like to see in their project managers. And today, we will discuss the top five of these habits. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Don’t do things for the first time more than once." What did I just say? Don’t do things for the first time more than once. That doesn’t make any sense. My friend, you are right. It doesn’t make any sense, yet it happens time and time again. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about low end software as a service PPM tools. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_043.htm Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:44 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_042.htm Mark Perry PMO Dashboarding with Processes On Demand This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “PMO Dashboarding with Processes On Demand", an interview with BOT’s Dave Larson (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Larson">about Dave</a>), presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today's guest talks about the requirements, approaches, and difficulties of PMO Dashboarding and how Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by over 400 companies, addresses these challenges. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> visits, “Famous Last Words”. Have you ever had a great idea that you took to your manager or someone else in the company and were discouraged when it was hot down on the spot or simply not supported or even listened to? Well, just to stimulate your thinking and renew your resolve, here are ten fine examples of famous last words that fortunately have not withstood the test of time. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about the PMO Policy for when to use EVM. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_042.htm Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:00:00 GMT 16:03 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_041.htm Mark Perry 2006 Project Manager Salary Analysis and Recommendations for 2007 This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “2006 Project Manager Salary Analysis and Recommendations for 2007", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today's show talks about project manager salaries referencing the salary data and analysis from PayScale.com, a trusted market leader in online salary and benefit information, providing reliable and accurate compensation data for both employees and employers. Specifically, we are going to look at the PayScale.com 2006 salary data and review project manager salaries along ten different comparison points. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “How to ask for a Pay Raise”. Asking for a pay raise is something that everyone does from time to time. But salary negotiation can be difficult, and many people handle it poorly, causing frustration and ill-feeling on both sides of the table. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about how to get the management team and staff re-energized to focus on finishing what was started during the initial setup of the PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_041.htm Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 15:20 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_040.htm Mark Perry PMO Leadership: Dynamic Scheduling as a Key Business Skill This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “PMO Leadership: Dynamic Scheduling as a Key Business Skill", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. More and more PMOs are expanding their vision and mission beyond the traditional views and approaches of the PMO as a department and stepping up their leadership position and value they deliver to others within the entire company. After all, project management is a skill that all business professionals, not only benefit from but in many cases, require. Hence, forward thinking PMOs are increasingly seeking to introduce and establish project management as an enterprise wide core competence and skillset. Dynamic scheduling is not just a fashionable term, but a key business skill that offers significant and compelling value over rigid and ad hoc scheduling approaches. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Customer Satisfaction Doesn't Happen By Chance”. Why is it that some PMOs are the darling departments of their companies, achieve high levels of customer satisfaction - internal and/or external, and are viewed as business enablers while other PMOs are held in lesser esteem, achieve lower levels of measured customer satisfaction, and are viewed less as business enablers and more as added bureaucracy? The answer might very well have more to do with stakeholder and customer service skills than project portfolio management expertise. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about whether project managers sometimes be involved in performing some of the project work or should they only manage the project. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_040.htm Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 18:31 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_039.htm Mark Perry Hosted or Installed PPM? @task Lets You Choose This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Hosted or Installed PPM, @task Lets You Choose", an interview with Abraham Knell, VP of Sales, @task, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Abe is an expert in project management, portfolio management, and software delivery models both software as a service and the traditional enterprise installed. Abe has been with @task since its inception and provides a wealth of insights and advice regarding the PPM market, issues and opportunities project organizations face, and how best to go about implementing PPM capabilities. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Pay Attention To Grandmother”. Do you have the kind of grandmother that gives you advice? As kids, we always enjoyed visiting grandmother and we especially enjoyed all of the good eats grandmother made for us. And, when we sat down to dinner, she would always tell us to finish our vegetables and to chew ten times before swallowing our food. Now, what do vegetables and chewing your food have to do with project management? Well, to many folks and me, vegetables are like the documentation of project management. No one likes to do it, but it needs to be done. It is good for the project effort and almost always contributes to a good overall project health. And the chewing ten times part is akin to not rushing through the documentation. When you rush through documentation, it defeats the purpose. Take the time to do it right and to get it right. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about PMP certification training alternatives for the project managers in the PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_039.htm Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 19:39 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_038.htm Mark Perry International PM, a Great Way to Advance Your Career This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “International Project Management, a Great Way to Advance Your Career", an interview with Shane Conroy, of Misys International's Asia Pacific organization, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Shane is an Australian native, PMP, and veteran of project management in the Asia Pacific region. Shane lives and works in Singapore and is currently with the Misys International, a leading global software product and solutions provider with over 6,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Pay Project Managers More Like Sales People”. How do you pay your project managers? Do you pay them a fixed salary with maybe an end of year bonus? Does the way you pay your project managers support how you want them to perform or is their take home salary really irrelevant. And are those bonuses really helpful or are they viewed more as an entitlement by the project manager rather than something that requires significant achievement to obtain. Well, why not pay your project managers more like sales people? That is, put them on some kind of risk based incentive compensation. They will earn more money and you will have better project success. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about things to watch out for when establishing PPM in an organization. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_038.htm Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 23:51 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_037.htm Mark Perry Project Management in Singapore This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, “Project Management in Singapore", an interview with Shane Conroy, of Misys International's Asia Pacific organization, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Shane is an Australian native, PMP, and veteran of project management in the Asia Pacific region. Shane lives and works in Singapore and is currently with the Misys International, a leading global software product and solutions provider with over 6,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, “Take Time to Do It Right the First Time”. Why is it that there is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over, and over, and over? Taking the time to do it right often means more and better planning as well as more and better monitoring and control. These activities do take time. But to avoid them or to rush through them almost always results in miscues that lead to project delays, increased project costs, and customer dissatisfaction. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question inquiring about Project Server or SharePoint add-ons for project management methodology. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_037.htm Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 23:10 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_036.htm Mark Perry Team Building: Part II - Tips for Team Members This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Team Building: Part II - Tips for Team Members”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. As a PMO Manager, if you had the opportunity to start a new team and select anyone from your company to be on it, who would you pick? Assuming everyone has the right technical skills for the work to be done, what other characteristics would you like to see the team members have? It is no surprise that teams need strong team players to achieve their objectives and perform well as a team. But what are these team member characteristics? Well, today we have ten good traits, or tips, that would well serve any member of just about any team. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, "Be more concerned about the steps." Don’t just think about your ultimate goal and how to get right to it. If you were painting a house or cleaning gutters, you would no doubt find good use of a ladder. And, once on the ladder, you would proceed up the ladder going step by step until you reached your destination. And, if you are like most people, you are not in too much of a hurry as you go up the ladder and you aren’t that interested in skipping any steps on your way up. The same can be said for managing a project. Stay focused on the steps involved. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about guidelines for how many projects it takes to justify a PPM tool. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_036.htm Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 12:53 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_035.htm Mark Perry Team Building: Part I - Tips for PMO Managers This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Team Building: Part I - Tips for PMO Managers”, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Positive office dynamics add great strength to a PMO, while negative dynamics lead to many problems. As a PMO manager, you simply can't afford to leave such an important aspect of the PMO to chance. There are many ways for PMO managers to bring the PMO team and extended team together and foster their ability to work effectively. Today, we have 10 tips can help build your PMO team. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, "Learn from the mistakes of others. " Very few things that we attempt have not been tried by others before us. But, how often to we learn from what others have done. And, in particular how often have we learned from the mistakes of others. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question asking when a project starts. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_035.htm Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 12:18 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_034.htm Mark Perry PMO Setup with Processes On Demand This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Setup with Processes On Demand", an interview with BOT’s Dave Larson (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Larson">about Dave</a>), presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Processes On Demand delivers customer driven features for the PMO. Processes On Demand is intended to save an organization such as an IT Department, a PMO, or a Project and Planning Office the time and effort typically associated with setting up, using, and maintaining just about any project office. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, "Don't present ideas to management. " Most of the time, when people present ideas to management, let’s day a project manager has a great idea to present to the PMO manager, they pop into the office unannounced and ask, “Do you have a minute?” The PMO manager probably doesn’t, but replies anyway, “Sure, what’s up?” With that, the project manager describes his idea and when finished says, “What do you think?” Well, almost always, the idea is good. And, almost always, it is more likely to be filed away and forgotten than acted upon. So, don’t present ideas to management. Rather, if you really think your idea has merit, then sell it to management. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question about document management and the use of Microsoft SharePoint. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_034.htm Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 19:44 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_033.htm Mark Perry An Overview and History of the Agile Manifesto This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "An Overview and History of the Agile Manifesto", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. About five years ago, on February 11th, seventeen people, each experts in their own rights, met for two days at The Lodge at the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah to build relationship, find common ground, discuss software development techniques, and no doubt to do a little snow-skiing. What emerged from this significant event in history is now known as the Agile Manifesto. The Agile Manifesto provides specific ideas for software development and there is a deeper theme to all of it that drives the members of the Agile Alliance. That is delivering good products by operating in an environment that truly values people and the culture that results when people come together as a team and produce product, not reports or documentation, but product. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> ponders, "The demise of the Waterfall SDLC model is immiment, or is it?" The Waterfall process model is a relic of yesteryear. OK, perhaps that's a little strong. But, the modern reality of software development is that change is unavoidable and must therefore be explicitly accommodated in the life cycle. The fact of the matter is that, despite much progress, the Waterfall model isn't quite dead yet. A lot of people identify it as their development method of choice. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> responds to a listener question asking about the podcast equipment used by The PMO Podcast™. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_033.htm Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 15:43 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_032.htm Mark Perry An Overview of Scrum for PMO Managers This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "An Overview of Scrum for PMO Managers", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Scrum is a variation on Sashimi, an "all-at-once" approach to software engineering. What is Sashimi? Sashimi, as you might have guessed, comes to us from Japan and is a variant of the Waterfall Model. To no surprise, the Japanese had the same problems with the traditional Waterfall model that everybody else has had. Given their continuous improvement oriented culture, they adapted and improved upon the Waterfall Model to best suit their ways of doing things. Both Scrum and Sashimi are suited best to new product development rather than extended development. And many development teams also enjoy using Scrum for their backlog of enhancements and new feature requests. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks "Do you want more innovation?" For many businesses and project offices, innovation is welcomed and abundant and contributes continually to the success of the organization. But, how do you get innovation from the team and from the individuals that make up the team. Well, study after study has shown that innovation is directly related to job security. Those with a real or perceived sense of job security are far more likely to be more innovative. And, those worried about losing their jobs are likely to find ways to stretch out their work and not be so concerned with or interested in innovative ways to do it better. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding using the terms project schedule and project plan interchangeably and incorrectly and how to improve the skill of the organization. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_032.htm Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 11:46 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_031.htm Mark Perry Seven Habits of Highly Effective Portfolio Management Implementations This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective IT Portfolio Management Implementations", an interview with Gil Makleff, President, UMT Consulting Group, North America, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mr. Makleff will talk to us about implenting IT Portfolio Management. UMT founded Portfolio Management concepts more than 15 years ago and has been at the forefront of developing Portfolio Management solutions ever since. UMT's software, consulting, and thought leadership to have enabled companies to manage their project, application, process and product portfolios and achieve superior business results. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> proclaims "Congratulations Cornelius Fichtner." Recently, the Project Management Podcast, hosted by Cornelius Fichtner, celebrated its first year anniversary and 50th podcast episode. Cornelius not only sets the standard in project management oriented podcasting for all of us to follow, he is an advocate and expert in project management and always makes himself available to help others. And if you listen to just one of his podcasts, you will find value and want to listen to them all. Find Cornelius at www.thepmpodcast.com. I encourage you to have a listen. Cornelius, congratulations again on your one year anniversary and your 50th project management podcast episode. Well done..! <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding trying to improve project management at the company or deciding to find a new job. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_031.htm Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 23:46 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_030.htm Mark Perry Project Management in Kuwait This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "PMO Spotlight: Project Management in Kuwait", an interview with Randy Tangco, Project Manager, National Bank of Kuwait, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Mr. Tangco discusses the state of the project management profession in Kuwait, organizational and cultural considerations, trends and directions, and the challenges and opportunities that project managers face. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine." It is better to fix a small problem right away, rather than ignore or dismiss it, because if you wait until later, things will get worse, and it will take much longer to deal with the problem. And, at that point, it may not be fixable. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding concerns over ASP availability and security. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_030.htm Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 18:34 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_029.htm Mark Perry Seven PMO Manager Ideas to Reduce IT Costs This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Seven PMO Manager Ideas to Reduce IT Costs", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Often times PMO Managers are involved in discussions and brainstorming sessions along with management and the leadership team to identify ways to reduce IT costs. And after the meetings, discussions, and decisions, the PMO Managers are then involved in initiating, managing, and delivering the projects ideas that were selected. As virtually all businesses face pressures to contain if not reduce costs, provided are seven PMO manager ideas to reduce IT costs for your consideration and to help you in such discussions with your management and leadership team colleagues. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> recommends "Ensure your project managers show up during project overtime." When a project team is in a crunch and working overtime or over the weekend to meet a deadline, the PM should lead as appropriate for the situation. Often times, project team members can become antagonistic at the end of a difficult project, especially when overtime is required. Might that affect their performance? You bet. And avoiding that is a project manager responsibility from a project team management perspective. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding tips and advice for overcoming difficulties in implementing a consistent PM methodology. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_029.htm Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:00:00 GMT 14:28 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_028.htm Mark Perry Ten PMO Manager Tips for Project Management Vendors This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents, "Ten PMO Manager Tips for Project Management Vendors", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever had a bad or disappointing experience with one of these vendor’s sales persons? Do you find yourself being rushed or pushed around, not given the information and facts you need, or just not being treated the way you would prefer to be treated. Well, if you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are not alone. In the spirit of continuous improvement within the vendor community that serves PMOs, compiled is a short list of ten PMO Manager tips for project management vendors to help their sales professionals do it right. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises "Take care of yourself". Taking care of yourself means having balance in your life. To some it means having work that is challenging, enjoyable, and gives you a sense of achievement; having recreation which is fun, relaxing, and rejuvenating; and having a love for life and of course for others. There are a lot of things in life that we cannot control, but how we go about taking care of ourselves is not one of them. So, make a commitment and it a priority to take care of yourself. You will see the results, personally and professionally. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding tips and advice for taking on a project management assignment in Japan. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_028.htm Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 13:19 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_027.htm Mark Perry Successful Project Management in Marketing Requires a Project Management Tool, Let Them Have One This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> suggests "Successful Project Management in Marketing Requires a Project Management Tool, Let Them Have One", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. It is exciting to see that more and more PMOs are taking a leadership position and making it a priority to, in addition to their core mission, ensure that all those users throughout the enterprise that a project effort, of any kind, to manage can do so. And one such example of these kinds of enterprise users that have projects to manage can be found in your marketing department. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests "Find ways to encourage being on time." Is being on time important in your company? Is it a priority? When people are late for meetings, it impacts the schedule and attitude of others. And sometimes, this pattern of being late becomes a very bad habit. If it is not addressed or condoned, this kind of bad habit can quickly spread to others. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding using EVM for large projects and budget vs. actual for small projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_027.htm Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 11:33 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_026.htm Mark Perry Project Management Tips From the European Ryder Cup Team This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents "Project Management Tips From the European Ryder Cup Team", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. There is a lot that can be learned from the European Ryder Cup team’s success. Three specific areas of success that very much serve as tips for just about anyone or any team to learn by are presented. First, avoiding risks is not necessarily risk management. Second, when it matters most, don’t bring you’re A game, bring your double A game. And third, play as a team. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests "Speak Softly and Carry a Work Package List." We have all heard the term, "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick". In the PMO world, work packages and work package lists are a project manager’s big stick and can help ensure the success of the project. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding subscribing to The PMO Podcast™. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_026.htm Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 15:59 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_025.htm Mark Perry Project-ON-Demand, an interview with Marc O'Brien, CEO of Projity Inc. This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> shines a spotlight on Project-ON-Demand and interviews Mr. Marc O'Brien, the CEO of Projity Inc, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. In addition to telling us about Project-ON-Demand, Marc discusses the "On-Demand Ecosystem" and the advantages of on-demand software, and its relevance for project management offices. Project-ON-Demand is an on demand software solution for project management, a replacement for Microsoft Project, and one of the more than 300 Salesforce.com AppExxhange certified solutions. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests "Support Your Ubiquitous Project Managers." Everyone in the project management community knows what a PMP is, but do they know what a UPM is? A UPM is an Ubiquitous Project Manager. They are everywhere. And, there is tremendous value to the organization in ensuring these project efforts are undertaken with some degree of skill and integrity. In fact, one could suggest that collective the value of all of the ubiquitous projects exceed, perhaps far exceed, the "formal" projects of the PMO. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding where business analysts (BAs) should report. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_025.htm Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 17:11 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_024.htm Mark Perry Proverbs for your PMO, Inspired by a Coral Snake This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> presents Proverbs for your PMO, Inspired by a Coral Snake, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Have you ever had a near death experience? Or, have you had a real good scare? Often, during or after such an event, your mind races around sometimes going down the path of flashbacks and other times recounting things, oddities, one after another and for no apparent reason. Listen to a collection of 25 proverbs for your PMO, inspired by a Coral Snake. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> remembers Deming. Allow quality to be a consideration. Deming taught that by adopting appropriate principles of management and adherence to process, organizations can increase quality and simultaneously reduce costs. While the triple constrainsts (quality, cost, and time) are well understood and managed in the context of a project effort, often times the day to day management and culture of the organization and PMO can be dirven more by, if not primarily by, budgets and timeframes. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding whether experience counts or if you really need a PMP certification to get a project management job. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_024.htm Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 13:38 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_023.htm Mark Perry Project Fast Tracking Part II, MS Project Tips This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Project Fast Tracking Part II, MS Project Tips, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. To make the most of fast-tracking, look at the longest tasks on the critical path first. These provide the largest potential decrease in duration with the fewest number of risks to manage. Also, by fast-tracking only a few long tasks, you also have fewer revisions to make in the schedule. Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 makes it easy to find your most likely fast-tracking candidates. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> shares a few lessons learned from the dinner table. Face the things you don’t like or enjoy straight away. Put them past you as fast as you can. They almost always will be more of a problem and less enjoyable later. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding tips for both justifying the PMO and becoming the PMO manager. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_023.htm Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:00:00 GMT 11:06 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_022.htm Mark Perry Project Fast Tracking Part I, PMO Policy This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Project Fast Tracking Part I, PMO Policy, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Project fast tracking is a technique used to ensure that projects are completed within the shortest time possible. When projects are "fast-tracked", it usually means that tasks have been arranged to take advantage of non-dependent activities that can occur simultaneously, thereby shortening the overall project timeline. But, there is more to fast-tracking than just the re-sequencing of tasks and activities. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, "It’s Easier to Listen With Your Mouth Closed." As a PMO Manager, there are a lot of people that need to talk with and have something to say to your project managers and you too. Most project managers are excellent communicators, but anyone can have a bad day. Ensure your project manager’s are the quiet professional types, and not so much the certified know-it and tell-it alls. Talk less, listen and learn more, and remember it’s easier to listen with your mouth closed. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding recent Hewlett Packard news. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_022.htm Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT 13:59 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_021.htm Mark Perry PMO Outsourcing, "You Know You Are a Services Addict If..." This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses PMO Outsourcing, "You Know You Are A Services Addict If...", presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. No one plans on or intends to become a services addict, but one day, before you know it, you realize that you have become addicted to services. Topics covered include five examples to determine if you’re a services addict followed by a few ideas on what to do about it. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, "You don't have to build the mouse trap, just make it better." Many of the greatest products owe their success, as much to improving upon things, as to the original invention. Take toys, for example. Kids have been playing with hoops for centuries, not years, yes centuries - rolling them and spinning them with sticks, tossing them, and even swirling them around their body parts. But, it was the year 1957, that Wham-O toy company founders brought to market the Hula Hoop creating the biggest fad of the fifties and making millions of dollars. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding tools for project management and mobility. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_021.htm Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:50 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_020.htm Mark Perry PPM Software as a Service, an interview with Christian Smith, VP of Sales and Marketing, eProject This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses PPM Software as a Service, with Christian Smith, VP of Sales and Marketing, eProject, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Topics covered include what PPM Software as a Service is, trends and perspectives, key advantages, and kinds of organizations that can benefit from a PPM Software as a Service solution. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, "What do you see, the problem or the opportunity?" Fifty years ago, Joe McVicker learned from a teacher that little kids usually found modeling clay too hard to manipulate and soon lost interest in working with it. But Joe McVicker didn't see the problem, he saw the opportunity. Hear how McVicker rebranded his wall paper cleaner product into an educational toy for children, Play-doh, becoming a millionaire shortly thereafter. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding the difference between Scope and Deliverables. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_020.htm Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:00:00 GMT 20:33 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_019.htm Mark Perry 2006 Trends and Insights, a discussion with Dave Larson, BOT International This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses 2006 Trends and Insights with Dave Larson (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Larson">about Dave</a>), of BOT International, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Topics covered include mergers and acquisitions in the PPM software market, PMO trends and directions, and perspectives on the PM profession. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advocates, PMO Brainstorming - Not all great ideas have to be yours. Brainstorming is a great way to generate ideas and alternatives to address issues, solve problems, or prevent them from happening in the first place. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding metrics to justify the PMO and show what the PMO is doing. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_019.htm Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:00:00 GMT 21:28 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_018.htm Mark Perry Project Manager Performance Assessments That Motivate This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Project Manager Performance Assessments That Motivate, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Often, the performance review process is one of the most anxiety-laden experiences that an employee can have. Provided are useful ideas and ten key steps to follow when preparing for, and giving, a performance assessment that will motivate your project manager. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> advises, "Ensure your project managers have a positive mental attitude." Having any kind of negativity in the project or the PMO is a major downfall and an accident waiting to happen. This week's memo disusses how to remove negativity from a project, a project manager, and even the PMO. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding the PMO edict to use Microsoft Project server for all project schedules. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_018.htm Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:25 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_017.htm Mark Perry Project Management Methodology - a PMO Manager's Perspective This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Project Management Methodology - a PMO Manager's Perspective, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Provided is an overview of what a project management methodology is, what it should cover, how it should be used, potential objections to be aware of, and organizational project management methodology implementation tips. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, "Is the PMO Manager a Driver in the Organization?" Some say no, and that a PMO Manager merely monitors and controls. Others, say yes. A PMO Manager of course monitors and controls the project portfolio, but that is just one side of the coin. On the other side, PMO Managers are key leaders, drivers, and contributors to organizational excellence. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding too many changes to PMO processes. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_017.htm Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT 11:13 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_016.htm Mark Perry Starting a PMO, an interview with Richard Eichen, CEO of ROE LLC This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Starting a PMO with Richard Eichen, CEO of ROE LLC, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Rich talks about the growth of PMOs and provides four ideas that can be used to start a new PMO or to spruce up an existing PMO that may be experiencing difficulties. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, "Is the PMO Manager a Driver in the Organization?" Some say no, and that a PMO Manager merely monitors and controls. Others, say yes. A PMO Manager of course monitors and controls the project portfolio, but that is just one side of the coin. On the other side, PMO Managers are key leaders, drivers, and contributors to organizational excellence. When a good idea comes along, make sure that it gets knocked out of the park. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about small projects and if some projects are too small to call projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_016.htm Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:08 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_015.htm Mark Perry PMO Leadership in Requirement Definition, an interview with Jim Bowen, President, On Target Program Management Solutions Inc. This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses PMO Leadership in Requirements Definition, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Many PMOs focus a great deal on schedule and budget, but don't always give the same attention to requirements. Provided is a discussion on the importance of, and how best to manage, Requirements Definition. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> is titled, "Don't get called out on strikes." When a good idea comes along, make sure that it gets knocked out of the park. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question about Earned value Management (EVM). <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_015.htm Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT 13:06 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_014.htm Mark Perry Developing Your Project Managers: Five Skillsets to Hone This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Developing Your Project Managers: Five Skillsets to Hone, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Provided is a discussion on how best to develop your project managers and five skillsets that great project managers possess. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> is about, "Telling people what you want, not how to do it." <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding example of measurements that can be reported by a PMO. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_014.htm Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:43 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_013.htm Mark Perry PMO Mergers: Five Critical Success Factors, an interview with Sarah Jane Sanders, PMO Practice, BOT International This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses PMO Mergers: Five Critical Success Factors, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Provided is an interview with Sarah Jane Sanders, PMO Practice, BOT International. Sarah Jane discusses PMO Mergers, a topic that may befall upon a PMO at any time. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, "Two Kinds of Mistakes." Most mistakes are unintended, but there is another category of mistakes that can be quite deliberate. Hear more about these two types of mistakes an dhow to deal with them. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding managing difficult projects. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_013.htm Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 15:30 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_012.htm Mark Perry Demand Pull, an interview with Dave Larson, GTM Expert, BOT International This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses Demand Pull. Provided is an interview with Dave Larson (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Larson">about Dave</a>), GTM Expert, BOT International, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Dave discusses Demand Pull, a topic critical to Sales and Marketing PMOs. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> offers, "Planning Tips from a Mouse." The early bird may get the worm, but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese. Before your project managers jump in and execute, ensure that they take sufficient time for planning. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding the recent annoucement of HP's intent to acquire Mercury Software. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_012.htm Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 12:39 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_011.htm Mark Perry People Management Tips for PMO Managers, an interview with John Chrystal, President, IDS Inc. This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses People Management Tips for PMO Managers. Provided is an interview with John Chrystal, President, IDS Inc, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. John discusses People Management Tips for PMO Managers, a topic and skillset very important to PMOs, but often not executed as well as it should be. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> discusses, "Executive Intelligence - What All Great Leaders Have." Executive Intelligence is a particular kind of cognitive ability. It is what makes for exceptional leaders. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question regarding which product is better; Microsoft Project Server or Planview. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_011.htm Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:00:00 GMT 22:26 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_010.htm Mark Perry PMO Dashboards, an interview with Richard Eichen, CEO of ROE LLC This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses PMO Dashboards with Mr. Richard Eichen, President and CEO of Return on Efficiency, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. To some, a dashboard is a PPM tool feature that displays project portfolio status and metrics. To others, a dashboard is all of that plus additional qualitative information helpful to and needed by the leadership team. Mr. Eichen discusses PMO Dashboards and how they can facilitate business strategy and IT alignment. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks, "Who is to blame when the project fails? Should the blame be placed entirely upon the project manager?" Treating project failure as a process defect will likely be more beneficial to the organization than berating the project manager. And it might be the right spot to place the blame. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question on recommended hosters of Microsoft Project Server. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_010.htm Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:00:00 GMT 10:46 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_009.htm Mark Perry Barriers to Project Negotiations This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses barriers to project negotiations, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Most project managers have excellent communication skills and are very good at project negotiations, but anyone can have a bad day. Provided are eight barriers to project negotiating that are always good to keep in mind. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> suggests, "Take the time to smell the roses." Are your project managers beyond busy? Are they in continual overdrive? Encourage your project managers to take time to recharge and rejuvenate. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question on how to justify additional IT department staff. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_009.htm Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:00:00 GMT 10:13 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_008.htm Mark Perry The Wireless and Mobility PMO, an interview with Steve Jones, CTO Portnexus This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses the Wireless and Mobility PMO, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Provided is an interview with Mr. Steve Jones, a visionary and pioneer in the field of Wireless and Mobility. Steve discusses what a Wireless and Mobility PMO is and how it is a key enabler for organizations seeking to deploy wireless and mobile solutions. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> asks you, "What is your PMO Value Add?" Use your people, process, tools, metrics, and dashboards to create organizational value add. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question on dealing with a back-stabbing, political, and catty co-worker. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_008.htm Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:00:00 GMT 11:36 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_007.htm Mark Perry Getting Started with Portfolio Management This week <strong>The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story</strong> discusses getting started with Portfolio Management, presented by Mark Perry (<a href="http://www.botinternational.com/management.htm#Perry">about Mark</a>), host of The PMO Podcast™. Most PMOs have processes, methodologies, and tools in place for project management. So, is Portfolio Management a simple matter of installing a PPM application? Provided are six tips for getting started woth Portfolio Management. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo</strong> proffers, "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." What does this saying have to do with a PMO? Hear about a new mantra for your PMO that will reduce process defects. <br><br><strong>The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag</strong> answers a listener question on justifying a new PMO and becoming the new PMO Manager. <br><br>The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>BOT International</strong></a>, the provider of <a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><strong>Processes On Demand</strong></a>, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies.<br><br><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com"><img src="http://www.botinternational.com/pod_box_small.gif"></a></p><p align=center><a href="http://www.botinternational.com/contact.htm"><strong>Request a Demo Login</strong></a></p>The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_007.htm Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:00:00 GMT 11:36 pmo http://www.botinternational.com/thepmopodcast_006.htm Mark Perry