Managing dependencies in the PMO: It’s a bit like Tetris
We spoke to Quay’s Principal Consultant, Jon Pascoe, to get his insights about why managing the dependencies between teams, budgets, and projects are critical to driving out maximum value and how PMOs play a critical role.
Why a quality BA is critical to business project readiness
As BAs remain in high demand for complex projects, one of the key parts they play in is ensuring the business understands what outcomes they are aiming to deliver and how ready they are to get started.
Managing Change in a Hybrid Environment
Hybrid working environments are here to stay. As leaders and their people find ways to help remote and co-located teams work productively together, managing change remains challenging.
Building a Change Culture for Difficult Times
With a potential recession on the horizon, tight labour markets, rising inflation and the cost of doing business, organisations are more concerned than ever about fostering a culture for change and resilience to help their workforce navigate the ambiguity and pressure to come.
Recession Risk: How does that shape and impact projects and PMOs
Preparing for a downturn can have significant implications on upcoming and inflight projects, and place increased demands on the PMO. It’s better to be prepared with plans to respond rather be caught by surprise when requests for more information start coming in. Here’s what’s important.
Cost Out Projects: The Good, the Bad, and the Unintended Consequences
Most project goals aim to improve an organisation’s capability, and in doing so often creates efficiencies, but what happens when the goal itself is the cost out.
Modern PMO: Trends in PMO landscape
The PMO is making something of a resurgence in many organisations, as change and shifting workforce demands are challenging their ability to keep an eye on the trajectories of costs, benefits, and ROI.
The Value of a Program PMO
Some initiatives are just big and complex - when does it make sense to set up a program PMO, what should they be doing and how much value can it really add?
What does AI think about the impact of ChatGPT on projects? We asked
ChatGPT is having its moment in the sun. As organisations get excited about or grapple with the potential of generative AI, there are questions about how effective it can be in the project environment.
The Planning Fallacy: It’s a Real Cognitive Bias
Making estimations and assumptions is a necessary part of planning a project, but did you know that we all have a cognitive bias that affects our ability to accurately predict how long a task or project will take?