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Can You Know Too Much? Can You Know Too Much?
-by Andy Jordan
Forget what the PM's background is, forget where their expertise lies. What is the optimal amount of business knowledge that a PM should have on a project? How well do they need to understand the business to be successful? Are you becoming the man or woman who knew too much?
Conducting an OPM Inventory - by Andy Jordan
Organizational PM: Dream or Reality? - by Mark Mullaly, PMP
Achieving Organizational Alignment - by Michael Wood
OPM for BusinessOPM for Business
-by Mike Donoghue
 You may have brilliant marketing and branding methodologies, but it is through the projects you pick, how you deliver them and the strategies you use to deploy them that you are defined.
OPM: Turn It Up to 11OPM: Turn It Up to 11
-by Andy Jordan
 Organizations are expected to deliver more and more with less and less, and that has in part led to the growth of organizational project management. But in this writer's experience, organizations have not been able to define what a successful OPM model looks like. How do you maximize the return on Organizational PM?
OPM: Getting from 'Here' to 'There'OPM: Getting from 'Here' to 'There'
-by Craig Curran-Morton
 The key challenge to organizational PM is that companies tend to view projects in isolation by ignoring the obvious (and sometimes not-so-obvious) linkages. Here we present a list of essential factors to ensure the organization can begin to not just benefit from the discipline of project management, but be able to maximize the benefits that organizational PM can provide.
A Personal Approach To PM - by Mark Mullaly, PMP
Organizational Culture and Process: The Agile Impact - by Poneet Nadkarni
Navigating Organizational Politics - by Mark Mullaly, PMP
The Formula for Successful Organizational Change from Eye on the Workforce
Posted By: joewynne at April 30, 2011 04:55 PM
Project Leadership vs. Organizational Change Management from Eye on the Workforce
Posted By: joewynne at July 14, 2010 01:31 PM


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