{"id":825,"date":"2008-01-07T11:54:06","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2008\/01\/07\/fight-for-the-cause\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:36:27","slug":"fight-for-the-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Fight for the CA– USE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BoxingFight for the CA– USE!<\/strong>
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\nProfitability.\u00a0 Success.\u00a0 Customer Loyalty.\u00a0 These are words often used to describe bottom-line goals for business organizations.\u00a0 However, when it comes time for organizations to execute on the business plan, too often we hear Delay, Restart, Over-Budget, Under-Resourced and Cancel.
\nHow can an organization bet better at delivering on its goals and objectives?\u00a0 One way is to establish a strategic, enterprise-wide Project Management Office (PMO) model.
\nIf properly managed, a PMO can successfully support tactical execution of a strategic vision: and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n


\nWhether your organization is in crisis or simply desires to remain competitive, your business plan requires multiple phases over periods of time. Your plan may include tactics for achieving financial success.\u00a0 Another component may involve cultural change within the organization, while another may address new product development.\u00a0 All phases require a set of tactics for delivering on the plan.\u00a0 These tactics translate into projects, which are complex, demanding and messy.\u00a0 Projects are critical building blocks in achieving an organization’s strategic plan.\u00a0 A PMO seamlessly choreographs all the moving parts.\u00a0 A strategic project management office is about building tools, methods, and techniques for project and<\/em> business success.\u00a0 If you build your PMO with this goal in mind, and your plan to establish and run a PMO maintains an eye for simplicity, your organization can reap huge rewards.\u00a0 In fact, over time, a PMO can facilitate and support organizational processes well beyond projects to further enhance overall business success.
\nEstablishing a project management culture allows organizations to speed up decision-making, improve accountability, understand inter-dependent work efforts, and enhance overall communication across the organization.\u00a0 Project management does not need to be complex or complicated to offer value.\u00a0 In fact, keeping it simple allows companies to develop project management competencies that, over time, become part of the organizational culture.
\nProject management puts tools and processes in place that allow companies to get work done efficiently.\u00a0 It allows businesses to communicate priority projects (the agenda), apply consistent project management practices (the methodology), and monitor project progress (the pulse).\u00a0 The PMO is the conduit for making this happen: up, down and across the organization.
\nWhen you establish a project management office, be willing to fight for the CA– USE.\u00a0 The CA– USE contains five fundamental components:\u00a0 Communicate, Advocate, Understand, and Effect.\u00a0 Here is a summary explanation of each component to get you started:
\nC<\/strong>ommunicate<\/p>\n