Most PMOs Fail Because…
We see this a lot. It’s an interesting claim as it implies the writer has either significant experience with, or access to significant data on, not just PMOs, but PMOs *that have failed*.
Projects, Leadership, Strategy
In his recent PMO Newsletter, Americo Pinto took on the problematic and oft-repeated claim that “PMOs have an average lifespan of 2 years.”
His focus was not only on challenging the statement itself and how it’s been misused or misquoted, but also examining the context it was made in, and what the real intent of authors was when it was made.
We see this a lot. It’s an interesting claim as it implies the writer has either significant experience with, or access to significant data on, not just PMOs, but PMOs *that have failed*.
Projects are far more than simply predictive OR adaptive. (and no, ‘hybrid’ isn’t the fallback or a ‘new’ approach)
Cobb’s Paradox: We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure – so why do they still fail? I was never a fan of The Standish Group’s CHAOS report. Ignoring some of the more specific complaints about the methodology, definitions, audience, etc., my biggest challenge is...
A thought on the psychology of project delivery –
I continue to marvel at, and be baffled by, the number of books and courses and posts published (seemingly every week) by those who purport to be an ‘expert’ in AI, or at least be an expert or have expertise in how AI will affect/impact project management.
Just because ‘you’ learned about it today doesn’t mean it’s never been done before. In a recent post on LinkedIn re: the James Webb Space Telescope I made the comment that it had been completed through “meticulously planning how the emergent practices would be applied.” This was in part to...