Adrian Tuck

💡 Why should you consider the Essentials for PMO Directors? ▪️ Gain the essential knowledge and understanding to undertake the role of a PMO Director. ▪️ Understand and articulate the core roles and responsibilities of a PMO Director role. ▪️ Learn about the essential competences, knowledge, skills and behaviours required to perform the role of a PMO Director successfully. ▪️ Explore the PMO services offered and how they are delivered by PMO Directors. Click here to read more; https://lnkd.in/edjbWzGT

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👋🏼 Hello PMO Directors ...and it’s a wrap on Q3! 🎬🏁 So how's it going? How is your project portfolio doing so far this year? How are your Big Strategic Programmes delivering? How are things looking for the rest of the year? How's your PMO battery looking? 📈🔋❓ ✅ 📉🪫⁉️ ❌ How are you doing on the strategic objectives set at your last appraisal? Not had time to do much about them because you're overwhelmed with the day-to-day? We get it. Running a portfolio PMO is hard work, with endlessly repeating cycles upon endlessly repeating cycles. The "BAU" of projects... There’s weekly status and RAID reporting, monthly reviews of actual costs vs. forecast vs. budget, quarterly (re!)forecasting, and annual financial planning (plus permanent staff appraisals). All of that stuff is important of course, and also urgent (time-sensitive) in the sense that it has to happen on a timetable, with each progressive cycle coming hard on the heels of the cycle before. So you find yourself up to your eyes all the time. Which doesn’t leave a lot of room for the important-but-not-so-urgent stuff. The “should-have” and “could-have” PMO development stuff that leads to maturity improvement, levelling up your PfMO services, and adding more value to the organisation. PMO development stuff like: 💡 Benefits Management and realisation monitoring 💡 Developing a standardised project prioritisation approach 💡 Improving the way the organisation learn lessons from its delivery experience 💡 Benchmarking the organisation’s PM capability and maturity against peer organisations 💡 Tuning up the organisation’s PPM processes 💡 Implementing a PPM tool The sort of PMO development stuff you’ve been “meaning to get round to” for ages but which never quite makes it to the top of the pile. The sort of PMO development stuff you don’t get to because you are so fully occupied with projects breaking Time / Cost / Quality constraints that you never seem to have the bandwidth. So why not outsource that important-but-not-urgent stuff to an external PMO services provider? Agree a statement of work, some timescales and a fixed price, and let them get on with delivering it? If only you knew of someone... 🤔 👋 Even better if they're available right now! Food for thought? Take a look at my profile and my recommendations, and if you think I could help, let's talk? #GetOrganised #InvestingInPeopleProcessAndTools #AdaptiveCapabilitiesAndServices #ContinuousImprovementMindset #PrioritisationAndAlignmentToStrategy #DeliverySupport #SeniorManagementSponsorhipAndEngagement #HoldingPeopleToAccount #EffectiveGovernance #thePMOprofessionals #PMOStuffWhichPeopleThinkIsBoringOrGetsInTheWayButIsActuallyReallyImportant

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What roles can you find in a Project Management Office (PMO) 🤷‍♀️? A #PMO has both a variety of functions and a variety of roles. We have updated our PMO functions blog article to include a chapter on PMO roles: 👉 https://bit.ly/3wJtPyl   In another new chapter we elaborate on what makes a good PMO. Learn more in our 💡 insightful article by Achim Schmidt-Sibeth and Johann Strasser with lots of tips and information from the #TPG PMO Survey.   #PMORoles #PMOFunctions #PMODuties #PMOResponsibilities #ProjectManagement 

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In this session we delve into the latest Inside PMO Report – looking at PMO versus Project Controls. Which side of the fence do you sit on? Sign up and join us tomorrow- https://lnkd.in/exJFfpKp #pmo #lovepmo #projectcontrols #pmoproject

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Struggling with process standardisation in your PMO? Our Project Office Implementation Toolkit (POINT) Methodology is crafted from our experiences across multiple industries, ensuring your PMO's processes align perfectly with your strategic goals. POINT provides a structured approach to not only establish but also standardise PMO processes effectively. Contact us to learn more about our PMO Establishment & Enhancement services: https://lnkd.in/dQfCrhEz #PMO #projectmanagement #consulting #projectmanagementconsultants #intlPMOday

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The Assurance for PMO Professionals course is for PMO practitioners who are supporting projects, programmes and portfolios who want a better understanding of assurance. By the end of the course, delegates will: - Learn how to ensure the principles of good assurance are met in all assurance activity, including establishing and maintaining effective independence. - Explore different types of project reviews and how to conduct them in an effective and consistent way. - Use case studies to discover how to provide assurance that avoids duplications and omissions, providing confidence to all stakeholders cost effectively and at the right time. - Learn how to advise on the design and implementation of effective P3 assurance arrangements 👉 Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/eK3gshHS

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Your Programme Management Office (PMO) is more than just admin, it’s an active discipline.    As well as driving your transformation, PMO is an integral part of the journey; it goes hand-in-hand with programme delivery.    Read the importance of a PMO, the different types of PMO and the four key steps to a high-performing PMO, in our FREE guide below. #projectmanagement #pmo #programmemanagement #businesstransformation

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The Assurance for PMO Professionals course coming up on the 26th-27th of June is for PMO practitioners who are supporting projects, programmes and portfolios who want a better understanding of assurance. 👉 Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/eK3gshHS

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On International PMO day, a reshare for this article, in which we take a look at how organisations can take steps to evolve their PMO capability from within. https://lnkd.in/eKruCh_h #internationalPMO International PMO Day

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I'm looking for some help. The next PMI UK North Scotland meeting (Tuesday 30th May - flyer attached) will discuss tools and techniques the project managers use to make the day-to-day management of projects that little bit easier. We want to avoid the obvious things like MS Project or Primavera and focus on the task specific tools and techniques such as RACI and 3 Point Estimating. I would be interested in what other tools project managers (or team members) find useful. Please add any suggestions in the comments below. Many thanks for your help. #projectmanagement #pmi #Aberdeen

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💡 It's not too late to book your place on the upcoming Essentials for PMO Directors course! This course focuses on the essential competences, knowledge, skills and behaviours required to perform the role of a PMO Director successfully. Continue your professional and personal development journey working in a PMO and the PMO Director role. 👉 Click here to secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/edjbWzGT

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NSW Public Works Advisory (PWA) faced five major challenges in managing their project portfolios: 1️⃣ Lack of visibility 2️⃣ Inconsistent project management 3️⃣ Poor knowledge sharing 4️⃣ Untailored tools 5️⃣ Change fatigue By implementing pmo365, PWA was able to consolidate their project data, streamline processes, and improve collaboration, leading to more efficient reporting and project success. Want to see how pmo365 transformed PWA's project outcomes? Watch the full story here: https://hubs.li/Q02RXlgp0 Share your own project management success stories in the comments! #pmo365 #projectmanagement #successstory #pmo #transformation

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The Essentials for PMO Analysts certification is the second qualification in the new House of PMO Essentials certification suite. Launched in September 2021, it’s proving extremely popular with our delegates – so if you’re considering completing some training this year, why take the Essentials for PMO Analysts course instead of one of the alternatives? 👉 Click here to find out what differentiates the Essentials for PMO Analysts™ Certification from other PMO training; https://lnkd.in/evJE3PWT

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