We are pleased to announce the September 2015 issue of the CITI Consulting Solutions bulletin – in this months issue: Welcome to the September Bulletin With the new academic year on us we thought it might be timely to look at the theme of work-based learning. At CITI we have always believed that practical application[…]
Directed or managed change is the way organisations translate their deliberate strategies into reality. For most organisations the vehicle used to initiate and structure change is its portfolio of projects. It is, therefore, the linking of business outcomes to project outputs that is at the heart of change management. The CITI Change Diamond® model was[…]
Don’t forget Project Challenge on Wednesday 7th October – come and see us at stand 56! This free event with 40 inspiring presentations also includes a seminar by CITI Principal Consultant Bernard Murray-Gates will be speaking on “Holding difficult conversation with senior managers” at 2:00pm. This scenario occurs in projects and programmes time and again…At the[…]
We are pleased to announce the August 2015 issue of the CITI Consulting Solutions bulletin – in this months issue: How can my PMO add more value to the business? – By Costas Chryssou, CITI Today’s competitive global environment is forcing businesses to be more flexible, responsive to change and efficient than ever before. Gaining[…]
Stopping projects early whitepaper By Louise Worsley Project culling is an essential part of the portfolio management process. The challenge is to ensure it is systematically and beneficially applied. Recent work by CITI has focused on the need for a project ‘culling’ process which maintains the linkage to the normal portfolio decision-making processes while taking[…]
There is something gratifying in being able to create order from a previously erratic project management landscape. In 2009 I was part of a team which was specifically set up as a PMO in response to a business problem. It was exciting to be part of a developing profession in the organisation, and by the[…]
Ignoring any “Well, it depends…” type answers (which aren’t necessarily wrong, but neither are they necessarily helpful), the best answer I can come up with is: “By performing value-add activities which cannot be performed more efficiently and effectively in other areas of the business, and the performance of which does not impact current PMO performance”[…]
Question How can the PMO support the innovation process? Our response Today’s competitive global environment is forcing businesses to be more flexible, responsive to change and efficient than ever before. Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage is one of the biggest priorities and challenges that all organisations, in both private and public sectors, face. Innovation, ‘…the[…]
CITI Consulting Solutions is proud to be a member of the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce and as part of our commitment to the community, we want to give back to other local members in the form of: Free attendance to our Change Leaders Networking Event Free half-day project health-check workshop (hosted either at your[…]
Even a great vision and strategy can fail to deliver the intended benefits if changes are not implemented well. Assuming that the new strategy is sound, why is that implementation seems to be such an issue? Reasons tend to vary from: Lack of stakeholder alignment – the strategic intent is interpreted in an inconsistent manner[…]