A company’s strategic goals are big-picture ideas. Those ideas need to be pursued through specific measurable actions to be realized. This is what operational planning does: finds a way to achieve one...

A complex environment in which most medium to large companies operate can quickly become chaotic without a structured formalized approach to business strategy and processes. Operations management brin...

Too many organizations focus on accepting every project that comes their way. It might be a good strategy for companies that are only starting out, but with time, this approach has a risk of putting t...

In larger companies that have a large pool of distributed resources and execute multiple projects simultaneously, scheduling resources without running into performance issues can be a struggle. A stru...

Jira’s basic features perform well in managing projects, but once an organization hits certain growth goals, these functions become insufficient to accomplish strategic objectives. Projects need to be...

Modern project-based companies often face numerous challenges in coordinating multiple concurrent initiatives and resources involved in them. Moreover, the business environment quickly changes under c...

A project management office (PMO) has a lot of responsibilities at any given organization, from portfolio rationalization to performance analytics. One of its crucial functions is resource management ...

Research and development projects are unique because it’s hard to estimate their impact, yet without them an organization can quickly become irrelevant on the market. Managing the portfolio of R&D pro...

The role of a project management office (PMO) in organizations is evolving now: it can become a strategic partner that drives organizational performance, improves decision-making, and ensures wise dis...

Resources are everything that a company needs to complete a task or project and achieve its goals. It can be anything from people to funds, and when you have to deal with shared resources across multi...

Managing projects without the reliable performance data is like acting blindfold – you can’t be sure that the project remains on the right track. This is especially critical for complex multi-project ...

Sometimes, the PMO doesn’t deliver the results expected, despite all the efforts. Why is this happening? What areas of PMO work can be improved? How to increase the project management maturity level o...