With project management gaining more & more traction, organizations are looking for ways to incorporate technology to help support the discipline. Whether you are a project management guru or a novice, you can benefit from adding structure to your projects. We recently hosted a virtual roundtable with five project management experts that are spreading the word.

In this virtual seminar, a panel of project experts discussed how they are shifting their institutions to a projected-centered model. Some key areas addressed include: removing the vernacular to make it more digestible, using more simplistic models to start and having key check-in points with project gurus.

Play this virtual roundtable at your next desk lunch for a look at what is possible.
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“The ability to have a complete picture of what our resources are scheduled to and plan that out six, eight, nine months or more into the future is one of the key areas the tool has made a difference,” says Dennis Walsh, Director, Project Planning and Portfolio Governance at Boston College. “It has helped us with resource capacity planning… we can see and identify any resource constraints.”

Project Management has been adopted at Boston College and the effects are far-reaching. Walsh calls the PPM tool a huge time-saver from a productivity standpoint. “Project requests go through different processes depending on the type of request,” he says. “These are now automated with approval steps for each, including architectural review, financial review, resource management, and allocation.

Learn more about the team at Boston College.
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The biggest issue with instituting a project management methodology is that most project managers find themselves banging their heads against the wall trying to get everyone to update the project plan. Why is this? Because projects are not one size fits all & it is important to use the right approach for each different type of endeavor – and to tailor the approach to the collaboration team.

In one study, 52 percent of large government IT projects went over budget, were behind schedule or didn’t meet expectations; 41.4 percent were abandoned or had to be restarted. This white paper produced by outlines the need to have a strong project management discipline with different approaches and support tools for different types of projects & departments.

Using the Right Tools Makes All the Difference.
Download the report from Project Management Institute below.

We all manage projects every day. The headline projects are the ones that we tend to hear about – often led by IT and managed through a project management office (PMO). Understanding the five key building blocks to instilling a project management discipline is an important step forward.

Five Key Building Blocks:

1. Starting from the Right Place – Intake and Governance
2. Mapping Framework to Process
3. A Common, Business-Focused Language
4. Tracking and Managing Resources
5. Reporting – Turning Data into Information

Using the Right Tools Makes All the Difference.
Download the report from Project Management Institute below.