by Donna Fitzgerald | June 30, 2009 | Comments Off
I just got a copy of Stand Back and Deliver by Pollyanna Pixton, Niel Nickolaisen, Todd Little and Kent McDonald. Todd, Pollyanna, Kent and I were all founding members of the Agile Project Leadership Network so I’m excited to read it. The book is focused on practical techniques that are designed to help organizations increase [...]
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Category: Book Reviews Tags: Business Agility
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Have you ever been to a Gartner symposium? Are you planning to join us for our first PPM and IT Governance Summit in September in sunny Orlando? Would you like to attend a summit or a symposium once the moratorium on corporate travel gets lifted at your company? If your answer to any of these [...]
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by Donna Fitzgerald | June 18, 2009 | Comments Off
It occurred to me this morning that we might need to be clearer about what the difference is between an apprentice, a journeyman and a master PM. An apprentice works with black and white. He believes all knowledge comes from an authority and must be followed exactly. A journeyman works with shades of gray. She [...]
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Category: PMO Tags: Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 13, 2009 | Comments Off
I had a couple of those “you can’t win for losing” moments this week. In the early part of the week I was discussing the role of twitter as an effective tool in a PPM Managers toolbox with one of my peer groups and got told, rather politely, that I was out of my mind. [...]
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Category: Technology Tags: Communication, technology adoption
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments
My blog entry All Project Portfolio Management Prioritization is Subjective has generated some interesting comments. There was one underlying thread in the discussion that I thought needed to be brought to the top. Steve Romero (with CA) was concerned that my challenge to the “objectiveness” (where objective is defined as fact based) of most portfolio analytics would [...]
Category: PMO Tags: Project Culture, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
At the beginning of every summer I generally kick off a discussion with my peers as to what PPM books we’re planning to read during the summer. To be honest the last couple of years it’s seemed that the choices have been few and far between. I’m delighted to say that’s changed this year thank;s [...]
Category: Book Reviews Program Management Tags: Leadership, PPM Books, Program Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 5, 2009 | 5 Comments
I just read something that said “avoid subjective prioritization” of the project portfolio beyond the triage of the initial project request. The problem with this statement is that it implies something that actually isn’t true. All project portfolio prioritization is subjective. It can be transparent. It can be the result of a consensus but a [...]
Category: PMO Project Portfolio Managemnet Tags: Project Portfolio Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | June 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
I guess it’s time to turn myself in. Despite the existence of this column and the existence of my personal blog I’ve never been truly sold on the idea Blogs. In my mind Blogs are single author commentaries on a subject of the author’s choice and it seems to me I already do that for [...]
Category: PMO Program Management Technology Tags: Geographcially disbursed teams, Technology
