by Donna Fitzgerald | August 15, 2011 | 2 Comments
Last week I suggested that there was value in setting aside an occasional Friday to reflect, plan, and learn. This week I decided to take my own advice. I’m currently in the process of preparing my presentation on the subject of whether or not an organization is ready to establish and Enterprise Program/portfolio Management Office [...]
Category: IT Governance Organizational Development PMO Tags: EPMO, Personal Mastery
by Donna Fitzgerald | October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments
There are concepts and connections I kick around in my mind for years before I get to the core of the issue. One reoccurring point of interest has been the relationship between leadership and courage. Somehow the concepts have always been connected for me but I’ve been told repeatedly that I’m wrong and overly romanticizing [...]
Category: Agile IT Governance Organizational Development PMO Tags: Leadership, Risk
by Donna Fitzgerald | September 3, 2010 | 4 Comments
As part of the “new normal” everyone is redefining how things get done in order to reduce the number of people it takes to do the work. Normally I’d say that’s a good thing because I’ve always believe Robert Heinlein had it right: “Progress doesn’t come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men [...]
Category: New Normal Organizational Development Tags: Leadership, Productivity, Stress Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | August 24, 2010 | Comments Off
I had a call last week that helped me connect the dots on a situation I’d occasionally found frustrating, but hadn’t really known why. Every once in a while a client will call and ask for information they can hand to their boss. For support personnel that is a completely valid request but if the person on [...]
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Category: Organizational Development PMO Tags: Leadership
by Donna Fitzgerald | August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’ve just been through about 100 plus views of the future. The really important thing I learned reading all these comments is that 95% of individuals commenting indulged in blatant wishful thinking. My comment here isn’t intended to be critical. It was just eye opening to me to see how littel ability we have to separate [...]
Category: Organizational Development Strategic Planning Tags: Future Trends, Scenario Planning
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 28, 2010 | 6 Comments
I was just doing some research on change management and I had another light bulb moment. The article I was reading said you needed to make a business case for change, and my immediate gut reaction was “on what planet? Nobody ever makes a change for the sake of change.” In my experience most organizations, [...]
Category: Organizational Development PMO Tags: Change Management
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
I was sitting on the plane last week trying to get some writing done and as it always, one thought lead to another until I realized I was contemplating why organizations fear shades of gray. All the incredible emphasis on process is designed to eliminate human judgment and ensure consistency but if we’d ever stop kidding ourselves, the [...]
Category: Agile Organizational Development PMO Tags: Decision Making, PPM Process
by Donna Fitzgerald | July 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Just got off the phone with a great client and as usual when I talk with great clients I realized something that I should always have known. The problem with a hierarchy, when it comes to culture change, is that we somehow think the people down in the lower levels of the org chart “aren’t [...]
Category: Agile Organizational Development PMO Tags: Change Management, Corporate Culture
by Donna Fitzgerald | April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
I just had another experience of giving a client an answer they didn’t expect. Fundamentally I explained they were trying to solve the wrong problem and therefore were “looking for their keys where the light was better” (for those of you who know the old joke). I actually get these calls a lot but this [...]
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by Donna Fitzgerald | March 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
One of the blogs I read whenever I get the chance is Jed Simms Value Delivery Management blog. I had the opportunity to speak with Jed a couple of years ago and was impressed with his practical, no nonsense approach toward all things PPM. Last week I was particularly struck by his 8 Self-Evident Truths about PPM. To paraphrase [...]
Category: Organizational Development PMO Tags: area of order, critical success factors
