Blog
Published 21 Jun 2018
With continuing digital disruption, customer-focused organizations today more than ever need a portfolio-centred approach to both strategic planning and product delivery. An effective P3O model for any organization therefore seeks to build on, and better coordinate, the cont...
Portfolio Management|Project planning|Strategy execution
Blog
Published 11 Nov 2016
I remember the divide in the industry when we published Service Strategy in the summer of 2007. Whilst a minority said it was inspirational, the majority questioned what right IT had in trying to shape business strategy. Zoom forward almost a decade, where the Fourth In...
Capabilities|Collaboration|IT services|ITIL|Skills|Strategy execution|Value
Blog
Published 06 Apr 2016
As part of our ITIL Practitioner Global Summit Mauricio presented a session on Main challenges at Service Strategy . Watch the video and read his new blog post also discussing the importance of Service Strategy for IT teams and how ITIL Practitioner provides the tools an...
IT Service Management (ITSM)|ITIL|Processes|Strategic objectives|Strategy execution
Blog
Published 24 Nov 2017
A project doesn’t end with delivery but with the realization of its benefits to the business. So why is corporate strategy still not being fully communicated to the project team and what steps need to be taken to ensure that it is? Without a clear understanding of corpora...
Communication|Frameworks|PRINCE2|Project management|Strategic objectives|Strategy execution
Blog
Published 19 Aug 2016
Programme Managers or directors play a critical role in an organization, often acting as the conduit between strategy and execution. Speaking in a blog post for AXELOS, The risks of promoting Project Managers to Programme Managers , Lindsay Scott, Director at Arras People, d...
Best Practice|Communication|Leadership|Programme Management|Project and programme management (PPM)
Blog
Published 29 Mar 2017
How do you make sure your portfolio is heading in the right, strategic direction? The quick answer is: data. Portfolio managers have access to more data than at any time in recent history. Your organization will adopt an ever-more data-driven approach to running both day-to...
MoP|Portfolio management|Project planning|Strategic objectives|Strategy execution|Value|Vision
Blog
Published 05 Apr 2017
Can you be both agile and strategic in project management? Based on our recent research, The Future Project Manager , AXELOS invited consultant trainers Duncan Wade and David Hinde to explore the debate in this first part of a two-part blog post series: Project managers...
Agile|Collaboration|Communication|PRINCE2|Project management|Strategy execution
Blog
Published 24 Jul 2017
Working as the service lead for an outsourced IT company, my challenge is understanding what our customers’ businesses are trying to achieve. Customers expect new ideas and innovation based on what we see other companies doing across a host of industries. But, above all, th...
Collaboration|Customer engagement|IT Service Management (ITSM)|ITIL|Strategy execution|Value
Blog
Published 14 Sep 2018
It is very common for organizations to ask project managers to deliver a plan for approval at short notice and this increases the risks for its delivery. What is rarely recognized is that a hastily-produced plan risks being incomplete, leading to delays, quality compromise...
PRINCE2|Project and programme delivery|Project and programme management (PPM)|Project management|Project planning|Risk management
Blog
Published 13 Sep 2017
Organizational and project change is difficult because – primarily – it involves humans who are programmed to like the status quo. Businesses underestimate the impact of change management at their peril. However, the tendency is to focus on project management delivery, st...
Change management|Communication|MSP|Project management|Skills|Stakeholder engagement