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3 Strategies to Overcome Resource Management Challenges

According to our 2010 State of the PMO research report, resource management is the single greatest challenge faced by PMOs today. Whether you’re dealing with resource contention issues, inadequate project management skills within your PMO, or unrealistic schedules and budgets, you need to identify and implement actionable steps over the next 12 months to make sure your PMO is firing on all cylinders.

In this 60 minute web presentation (with live Q&A), join Kent Crawford, PMP, PMI Fellow and CEO of PM Solutions, to learn how you can uncover the three key strategies necessary to overcome your resource management challenges and creating a sustainable, results-driven PMO culture geared for success.

Specifically, you’ll learn how you can:

Centralize resource management to obtain full visibility of work across the organization
Balance your current needs with the development of your internal staff
Optimize resource utilization in correlation to portfolio priorities
Ensure your portfolio planning is aligned with your resource skills and capacity
Leverage your PMO to create a results driven culture
Devise your own resource management action plan

4 Secrets to Unlocking the Value of Your PMO

Whether you’re thinking about implementing a Project Management Office (PMO), pitching your C-suite executives on the value of a PMO, or looking for ways to improve upon your existing PMO, you need to make sure you’re focusing your energies on the right drivers for enabling effective strategy execution.

In this 60 minute, on-demand presentation, join Kent Crawford, CEO of PM Solutions and former President and Chair of PMI, to discover how you can identify the four key areas of PMO focus necessary to develop/improve/sell your internal PMO.

Specifically, you'll learn how to:

Position project management to the C-Suite by focusing on value and speaking the right language
Enable effective governance in your PMO by aligning with your organization’s strategy and objectives
Manage your portfolio to maximize your investment decisions
Leverage the PMO to allocate resources more optimally
Use performance data as a strategic business tool
Elevate your thinking on where to focus your organizational improvement efforts
Enlarge the breadth of PMO influence to extend from strategy formulation through benefits realization

Viewing the recorded webinar also gives you access to a bonus Q&A podcast addressing overflow questions from the live event.

PMPs: Earn 1 PDU for viewing the recording of an event. Each webinar qualifies as a "Category 2SDL: Self-Directed Learning" activity under PMI's Continuing Certification Requirement System (https://www.pmi.org/CCRS/).

PMI SeminarsWorld^®

Deepen your knowledge on a specific project management related topic through a two-, three- or four-day SeminarsWorld course. Skilled instructors bring the value of their real-world experiences, plus excellent presentation and training skills. Small class sizes support group interaction and individualized learning.