Author: Lauri Klaus

(This post has been updated for 2021.) Synopsis: Smart Program Management Office (PMO) and Professional Services Organization (PSO) leaders can solve the many obstacles inherent in hybrid portfolios. Written by business leader and PMO expert Lauri Klaus, this article covers the challenges and solutions of integrating agile, waterfall and hybrid project methodologies, as well as…

Demand management starts with aligning the available capacity of resources to the amount of incoming work. This process requires organizations to first identify the initiatives that require resources, prioritize those requests and then match the resources with the required skills. It also takes scheduling, assigning, and evaluating to ensure the resources assigned to specific projects…

Protect your bottom line by spreading resources wisely from the top down, across the enterprise Capacity planning or effective use of your resources is one of your most important jobs as a project management leader. Historically, effective capacity planning has been a challenge for many organizations, filled with multiple spreadsheets and lots of guesswork. This…

Resource managers don’t have to be philosophy majors, but they do have to have a philosophy that accurately reflects the culture of their company. If they have an entire PMO (Project Management Office) to manage, this skill might very well be the difference between being a trusted business partner or a department that produces very…