PMO KPIs: Success metrics to prove the value of your PMO
Learn which KPIs matter most when setting up a PMO, how to report them to leadership, and how to create a PMO metrics dashboard template.
Author: Elizabeth Harrin
Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004 and has worked extensively in project delivery for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is the founder of RebelsGuideToPM.com and also the founder of the Project Management Rebels community, a mentoring group for professionals. She's written several books for project managers including Managing Multiple Projects.
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How to choose the right communication channel for your project stakeholders
There’s a stat that gets thrown around a lot in project management circles: project managers spend up to 90% of their time communicating. I’m not convinced that there was a lot of robust academic research behind that number, but the broader point still stands. Communication is the job. Everything else — planning, risk management, scheduling…
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The Stakeholder Salience Model and How to Use It
Find out more about the stakeholder salience model and best practices for using it in project management.
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How to save time at work: 15 tips for project managers
Juggling multiple projects and losing time to admin, meetings, and email? Here are 15 practical time-saving habits from a project manager with 20+ years’ experience.
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Terms of reference vs project charter: Which do you need?
Not sure whether you need a terms of reference or a project charter? Here’s how to tell them apart, when each one is the right tool, and what happens when your organization uses both.
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Terms of reference examples: what good ones actually look like
Not sure what a good terms of reference looks like in practice? Here are real-world examples for a steering group, a project workstream, and a change board, with notes on what makes each one work.
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Financial compliance in projects: what every project manager needs to know
Financial compliance isn’t just the CFO’s problem. If you’re managing projects in a regulated sector, overseeing vendor contracts, or running procurement cycles, you’re already operating in compliance territory, whether you realize it or not. The challenge is that most project management training glosses over the financial governance layer. You’ll learn about budget tracking, earned value…
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How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
What is Imposter Syndrome? Imposter Syndrome is not a medical condition. It is a term for the feeling you have when you believe that you do not really know what you are doing. It is self-doubt. You know how you feel when you get a new project or a whole lot more responsibility and suddenly…
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How to plan career goals
Take some time now to plan your career for next year. Learn how and get a free career planner template that walks you through it step by step.
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How to simplify change management
In this webinar on change management methodology, experienced practitioner Nicola Graham shares her tips for a framework to simplify change management at work. Here’s a synopsis (yes, I used AI to pull out the key highlights!) There are captions on the YouTube video if you prefer to read along as you watch. Simplifying Change Management:…
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How to share project status without inviting scope creep
No one likes scope creep. The problem is that it rarely arrives labelled as such. It doesn’t announce itself with flashing lights. It shows up quietly — as a small request, a minor tweak, a quick “can we just…?” Individually, those requests feel reasonable. Of course we can adjust that. Of course we can add…
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10 PowerPoint timeline tips that will save you hours
Wondering how to use Office Timeline? If you want to get the best out of this PowerPoint plugin that creates project schedules, easy Gantt charts, roadmaps, plans on a page and more, this is for you! Creating professional timelines in PowerPoint shouldn’t take your entire afternoon. This free collaborative webinar between Rebel’s Guide to Project…
