Last week the Regional Winners of the PMO Global Awards 2018 were announced and we would like to extend our congratulations to the following: AFRICA: South Africa – Stanlib AMERICAS: Peru – BCP Banco de Credito del Peru ASIA-PACIFIC: Hong Kong – Manulife Asia EUROPE: Slovakia – Tatra Banka “The PMO Global Awards is the largest PMO awards ceremony in the world, where organisations from four […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton The Wellingtone PMO Principles cite that all PMOs should work towards: Being an instrument of integration Being the single source of truth Serving the Customer Enabling capability Supporting a learning organisation As I see the industry developing, I often reflect on these five principles to see if they remain to be true […]
Since 1950, the World Federation for the Protection of Animals has been helping animals all over the world. In 1964 they rescued 10,000 animals from floodwaters in Suriname; and have successfully campaigned to outlaw animal abuse including bear dancing in Greece, turkey and mort of India. In 2014, they changed their name to the World […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Zoë’s Place (named after the Greek word which means Gift of Life) is the only baby hospice in the UK that offers palliative and respite care from birth to five years including end of life care (24/7), on a one to one basis. Six years ago, they were only able to open […]
UPDATE: 27/06/18 The first round is now complete with finalists now going into the second round. You can view the next matches in the image at the bottom of the page. There may be a lot of excitement surrounding the World Cup, but we haven’t forgotten about the other major competition going on; the PMO […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton The British Society for Rheumatology are the leading UK specialist medical society for rheumatology and musculoskeletal care professionals. They provide education, create national guidelines, standards, and collaborate with partners to deliver change across the wider healthcare landscape. Their structure includes trustee established committees, special interest groups, and regional support groups, so volunteers […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Those of you with a keen eye will have noticed that the Wellingtone PMO Competence Framework is balanced across the three PMO Domains: Strategy, Delivery, and Capability, and yet there are some key PMO functions that are not mentioned such as risk and issue management. Why? As always with us, there is […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Thanks to Microsoft UK, and supported by Five on a Bike, Green Banana Marketing, and NFP Synergy; on Friday 4th May, several UK charities committed to attend the UK’s first Project Management Day of Service (PMDoS®). The day saw project management professionals donate their time to help plan, strategise, resolve, and define […]
By Marisa Silva, Wellingtone How many times have you been asked what does the P in PMO stand for? Don’t need to count it, I’ll tell you the answer: probably too many times. Is it Project (Management Office), Programme, Portfolio, People? You name it. Amongst the several variations, my favourite continues to be “P*sses Me […]
Microsoft’s Mission – Empower every person, every organisation on the planet to achieve more. On Friday 4th May, Wellingtone ran the first ever Project Management Day of Service (PMDOS) in London. Partnering with Project Management for Change, this is the first event of its kind to be brought to the UK. The first seminar of […]
PMO Enablers of Program and Project Management Learning Recently, we introduced our readers to the Principles that make a PMO and PMO regardless of style, maturity level, and strategy. We reached out to the PMO Community to bring to life each principle through experience and thought-provoking articles that will help organisations to develop their PMO […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Director of Consulting Services, Wellingtone It’s a real cliché: people can make the world a better place. The problem is most people think that they can’t make enough of a difference. Most believe that the ability to really influence and shape environments is reserved for kings, geniuses, and titans of industry; it […]
How the Single Source of Truth PMO Principle Supports Better Decision-making A few weeks ago, we introduced our readers to the Principles that make a PMO and PMO regardless of style, maturity level, and strategy. We reached out to the PMO Community to bring to life each principle through experience and thought-provoking articles that will […]
The Enabling Capability PMO Principle A few weeks ago, we introduced our readers to the Principles that make a PMO and PMO regardless of style, maturity level, and strategy. We reached out to the PMO Community to bring to life each principle through experience and thought-provoking articles that will help organisations to develop their PMO […]
A Quick Guide for PMOs on how to be an Instrument of Integration A few weeks ago, we introduced our readers to the Principles that make a PMO and PMO regardless of style, maturity level, and strategy. We reached out to the PMO Community to bring to life each principle through experience and thought-provoking articles […]
Becoming a Customer-Centric PMO A fortnight ago, we introduced our readers to the Principles that make a PMO and PMO regardless of style, maturity level, and strategy. We reached out to the PMO Community to bring to life each principle through experience and thought-provoking articles that will help organisations to develop their PMO to the […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Once upon a time someone told me that a good PMO is the conscience of the organisation; making sure that change that impacts the people is treated fairly and in the right spirit. When designing the most recent addition to the Wellingtone suite of training; the newly APM Accredited Wellingtone PMO Practitioner […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton I listened to one of the latest podcasts by PMI hosted by Oren Klaff, Author of Pitch Anything and an investment banker, and it got me thinking. The podcast was very focused on how to pitch a project to Senior Stakeholders and as I was listening I could start to see a […]
By Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton Knowledge Management takes on many forms when it comes to the professional world. At the 2017 APM PMO SIG conference the keynote speaker was a specialist in the world of knowledge management and how it can impact the project management industry. Joanne Roberts, spoke about the different types of knowledge and not […]
No pressure then eh Doc? We all know (and I guess mostly love) the ‘Back to the Future’ film series, and so it was with some interest I agreed to speak at the very first (and, it turned out, not the last) ‘Future PMO’ event in London on 12th September 2017 hosted by Wellingtone. That […]
Justin Byrd – Head of EMEIA Portfolio Office at Fujitsu ran a fantastic workshop at FuturePMO titled Future-proofing your PMO; Building an Organisation Designed to Last Justin used his workshop to explore what a good PMO looks like, how should it be designed to add the most value for its Customers and how you can […]
We wanted to say thank you to everyone that attended FuturePMO 2017 and helped make it a huge success! For our debut PMO Conference, we are delighted with the outcome and wish we could go back to Tuesday to start over again. We’ve received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from the event and we will take […]
The guest hosts of a recent #PMchat live Twitter conversation featured two of the most influential people in PMO today. Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton, Chair of the APM PMO SIG and Marisa Silva, PMO Expert and Project Management Author. The topic in this particular episode was ‘Divorcing the PMO’. A discussion on the rise of speciality functions within […]
Author – Emma-Ruth Arnaz Pemberton, Chair of APM PMO SIG According to research, the value of PMO is called into question time and again – this is demonstrated by one of the key reasons that PMOs fail is due to a lack of proactive Sponsorship. So what could the future hold? By being able to […]
We recently ran a competition on our Future PMO LinkedIn page for the chance to win a ticket to the event. On May 26th 2017 we held the prize draw and we are delighted to announce that the lucky winner was Rachel Wiltshire, PMO Manager at Aon. We asked her some questions about her own PMO […]
This month we were very lucky to be featured in one of Peter Taylor’s podcasts. Peter Taylor is the author of two best-selling books ‘The Lazy Winner’ and ‘The Lazy Project Manager’, Head of Global PMO and Kronos. He’s also an exceptional speaker within the project management world and we’re delighted to have him speak […]
What does your PMO do? The correct answer (and maybe not the first) is to add value. PMOs spend more time justifying their existence than most departments. We asked a number of questions on this topic as part of The State of Project Management Annual Survey 2017. This is the largest annual non-salary survey on […]
Having a DeLorean at our event is pretty awesome but this just wasn’t enough for us, we wanted more! The world famous Titan the Robot has taken time out of his busy schedule of performing on stage with Rihanna, attending weddings and various other glamorous jobs to be with us at The Future PMO. Known for his […]
This event isn’t any type of normal project management event you’ve been to before. This is The Future PMO. If you’re a Back to the Future fan (who isn’t), this is your change to channel your inner Marty McFly. Not only will you be able to look and feel the real life DeLorean in all it’s […]
