Project Portfolio Management TodayOrganizations constantly change themselves in many ways, and those changes are brought about through projects and project portfolios. Here is where the notion of a desired future state becomes important. Future state means “a clear definition of destinations that exist in the visions and plans of people who take responsibility for the performance of the organization.†When an organization moves in a direction, a desired future state represents the destination of that direction, and that...Communities, Conversations, Projects- August 14, 2008 We've had several sessions now with Christopher Carfi and Mark Resch from Cerado about online communities. "What doesn't work What creates value What thrives" While we are working on some very targeted deliverables for the project at hand, we are also trying to keep the lid open for new ideas that will help us get more pop out of the whole thing. And this crowd has no shortage of new ideas. Here's one of the notions we're aiming at: a href="htthttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ppmtoday/communi... The New Stuff Machine- August 6, 2008 New stuff arrives every day. This new stuff usually results from the determined efforts of a project team. In fact, a steady stream of new stuff comes from an army of project teams. But how often are we prepared for this new stuff When we are not prepared, does that stop the new stuff from coming Two letters: N O. It comes and comes and keeps on coming. You see, one way to look at the project portfolio is that it is an extremely well-funded "new stuff machine." I think that I hahttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ppmtoday/the-new... |