Having established the portfolio of projects with a robust annual portfolio planning effort, how do executives make sure they spend their time wisely and effectively, only on projects that need their focus? In many organizations, executives find themselves pulled into projects on a daily basis and end up spending a lot of time on basic issues and decisions that really should have or could have been resolved without them. 

This is the third installment in our series on Project and Portfolio Management.

There is no such thing as too much knowledge. Project management skills can benefit anyone, even those not in project management. In her article, Forbes writer Dana Brownlee provides 4 project management skills everyone should know.

Our PMO Framework features four project phases: 

1. Concept
2. Initiation
3. Delivery
4. Close

Our second Blog in the series ensures you don’t miss any key activities during the “set-up,” or Initiation phase, of your project! 

Assessments are most often used in the hiring process to ensure the right candidate is selected for the role needed. But what happens afterwards? We believe in assessing our employees throughout their tenure within an organization.

​Here is the next installment in our Assessments series.

Successful projects begin with proper planning.

What are your planning best practices to ensure a successful outcome?

Sarah Hansen's "Habits of Highly Effective Project Managers" gives an outline of ways to adapt your thinking to improve your project management skills — and you can apply to your personal life as well.

​What habits help you be effective?

The periodic review of your PMO’s maturity can be of significant value to your organization, as it allows you to identify areas for improvement and evolution.

See our PMO maturity matrix and how we assess PMO maturity. 

Relevant performance metrics enable us to improve our understanding by removing uncertainty so that we can make well informed decisions through a project.

In this article, Adobe Workfront has compiled a list of metrics and other tools to help your team measure performance.

​What metrics do you track?

Project going off course? Here are five tips for keeping your projects on target.

How do you stay on track?

Project Manager Magazine  considers a project failed if it overspends by 25%, or execution takes 50% longer. According to them, 65% of global projects over $1B, and 35% projects under $500M, fail.