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Happy International PMO Day!
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Hello Reader, It's International PMO Day today. This is a relatively new day, I think it started last year. International Project Management Day (November) has been around for many years, so why shouldn't PMOs get their chance to shine too? How to set up a PMO was one of the questions that people came back to me with when I asked what you’d like help on a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn’t call myself a PMO expert, although I have run a team of PMs in the past, so I turned to my friend Bill Dow (who is a PMO expert) and asked for his best resources to share. And here they are:
He also has a fun AI app called the PMO Leadership Game (strapline: “Thinking of setting up and running a PMO? Let’s see if you can make the hard decisions”) Can you score better than me? To be honest, I don't think we'll be doing anything to mark the day, but I'll put a note on our Teams chat in the morning. Could you find a way to mention it at work? Best wishes, Elizabeth P.S. Bill also contributed a recent article on the blog, How to build a PMO in 12 Steps. These steps become a setup checklist you can use to create any PMO. |
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