Several months into remote work, many leaders miss something they never noticed they had: a feel for how projects were going. They used to see who was in early, who looked worried, and who was huddled around a whiteboard. Without…
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Most PMO dashboards report activity. Tasks completed, milestones hit, and a column of red, amber, and green dots. They answer “are we busy and on schedule?” but not “is this worth what we’re spending?” The second question is the one…
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Ask an executive what the project management office (PMO) delivers, and you’ll often hear “a weekly status report.” Ask what they wish it delivered, and the answer changes: which investments matter most, whether we have the people to do them,…
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When teams go agile, the project management office (PMO) is often the first group to feel the chill. Templates, weekly status reports, and compliance checks suddenly look like friction to people who want to ship. Some PMOs respond by tightening…
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Most large companies can’t drop their gate reviews overnight, and most shouldn’t try. Gates exist because executives need to decide where to put money, and that need doesn’t go away when a team starts using Scrum. The good news is…
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