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Why undertake Project Health Checks?

November 25, 2016November 30, 2016 by Karen

Use Prince2’s Project Health Check Question List to undertake a quality Health Check. It doesn’t discuss the right time to undertake the check though.

In my opinion the right time to undertake a Project Health Check will depend on the size of your project. Another key factor will be the maturity level of your organisations project management processes.

4 Reasons PMO Staff Need Project Management Backgrounds

January 17, 2020March 30, 2016 by Karen

PMO Staff need project management backgrounds. The role of a Project Management Office (PMO) is one of governance and standards. They are the administrators of how projects are run within a program or portfolio, ensuring that processes and procedures for good project management are followed, and providing an assurance function to check that things are being reported correctly.

It is important that the staff working in the PMO have project management backgrounds. Here’s why…