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Report:Next-Generation Portfolio Management: Strategic, Lean, And Delivery-Enabled

Vision: The Portfolio Management And PMO Playbook

Before IT can transition to business technology (BT) and become an effective partner with the business, the two groups of leaders must completely rethink the way they plan and execute — and...

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Report:How To Get Ready For Change

Put "People Change" Front And Center

Change management is an ongoing organizational process due to the continual change that characterizes today's business. The repercussions of not handling change well include lost revenue, lower staff...

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Report:The Role Of The Business Analyst In The Age Of Agile Development

With the advent of Agile development, business analysts (BAs) have to prove their worth in a developer-centric environment where their role may be seen as nonessential. BAs need to navigate the...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012

How The Top 10 Providers Stack Up In A Newly Divided Market

Demand for business agility fuels adoption of Agile development techniques that can deliver differentiating business technology (BT) solutions within accelerated time frames. Agile development...

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Report:Rightsource Your Agile-Lean Ecosystem

Build/Buy Capabilities: The Agile And Lean Playbook

Agile and Lean transformations depend to a great extent on cultivating a good sourcing ecosystem. The decisions you make around the partners and providers supporting your transformation and projects...

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Report:Govern Your Lean And Agile Adoption

Policy And Procedures: The Agile And Lean Playbook

While companies are increasingly adopting Agile, for the most part these processes remain limited to the single project level. Agile thought leaders have not provided much clear or detailed guidance...

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Report:Market Overview: Project-Based ERP For Service Delivery Professionals

A growing number of organizations delivering project-based services to customers seek business apps that more fully reflect that project focus and apply it to business-processes-powering project...

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Report:PMOs: Stop Being The Office Of "No"

What Business And IT Can Learn From Each Other To Work More Effectively

Project management offices (PMOs) fail far too often: 50% fail within two years, primarily due to a lack of executive support and the PMO's failure to deliver real value. Prevent this outcome by...

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Report:The PMO In An Agile World: Can't We All Just Get Along?

Much has been written about the benefits of Agile development, and it has been proven that Agile development teams consistently deliver higher-quality applications faster than those that follow...

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Report:The State Of The PMO In 2011

Challenges Breed Opportunities

Forrester Research and the Project Management Institute (PMI) recently hosted a survey regarding the state of the project management office (PMO) in 2011. The survey garnered 693 respondents, and the...

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Report:It's 3PM; Do You Know Where Your Portfolio Is?

Today more than ever, organizations must make visible the connection between strategic planning and execution. Creating a balanced portfolio of projects is an appropriate start, but all too often...

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Report:Dual Project Managers: Dream Team Or Two-Headed Monster?

Forrester's AD&D Community Weighs In On Projects With Multiple Project Managers

Over the past few months, we reached out to The Forrester Community For Application Development & Delivery Professionals to find out if a project can succeed with more than one project manager (PM)....

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Report:Are You Ready To Transform Your PMO?

Tackling Today's Challenges To Prepare For Tomorrow

As the economy continues to recover, firms are looking at how to prepare for growth while maintaining a lean approach. Because of this, project management offices (PMOs) are continually evolving...

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Report:What's Ahead For PPM?

Open Yet Integrated Is the Name Of The Game

In 2011, project portfolio management (PPM) solutions bring more options to potential customers; however, these choices also force application delivery leaders to think longer term before investing....

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Report:Successful PPM Implementations Require Commitment

Three Steps Are All You Need To Make It Work

Product portfolio management (PPM) implementations are not for the faint of heart — the changes an organization incurs by introducing new processes and tools can easily go awry if it doesn't...

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Report:Involve Your PMO To Find The Right Match For Innovation Opportunities

Traditional project management offices (PMOs) manage demand for project work, provide oversight for large program implementations, and ensure compliance. The next-generation PMO, however, uses these...

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Report:For Service-Driven Resource Organizations, PSA Is Still Here And Still Relevant

Organizations that can look beyond the implied meaning of "professional services automation" (PSA) tools will find that they are not just for consulting firms. While originally designed to help...

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Report:Case Study: Software Estimation Isn't Too Taxing For The IRS — How Can You Improve Your Return?

Estimating the true effort and cost of software development projects is tough. You have to understand your business, your technology, your resources, and the cost for each — generally with too...

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Report:The PPM Implementation Road Map

How To Avoid Common Pitfalls That Can Stymie Your Progress

Implementing project portfolio management (PPM) is part science, part art. To be successful, companies must remember a few key points — PPM is not a revolving project list but a practice that...

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Report:The Next-Generation PMO: The Latticed Model Enhances Enterprise IT Visibility

As mentioned in Forrester's October 16, 2009, "Making The Case For The Next-Generation PMO" report, traditional project management offices (PMOs) are moving beyond a traditional project-only focus to...

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Report:Leverage PMO Skills To Build Program Management Competency

Programs may spawn dozens or hundreds of projects, each of which accomplishes a unit of work that is meaningful to the business and may take guidance from a project management office (PMO). Programs...

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Report:It's Time To Revisit PPM For Product Development

More Application Options Emerge To Help Manage R&D Pipelines

Research and development (R&D) pipelines are the innovation and financial lifeblood of many organizations, yet product development executives report ongoing challenges prioritizing their investments...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Project Portfolio Management, Q4 2009

This Mature Market Is Showing That Diversity Needs To Be The Name Of The Game

Forrester evaluated 14 project portfolio management (PPM) vendors using 80-plus criteria and found that CA, HP, Planview, Oracle, and SAP led the pack because of versatile offerings combined with...

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Report:Making The Case For The Next-Generation PMO

Broader Visibility And Flexible Frameworks To Tackle More Work Without Killing The Budget

There isn't a business case for the "old school" project management office (PMO): We've tried it, and quite often it didn't work. Today's PMOs are under pressure to be business process change agents...

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Report:Define, Hire, And Develop Your Next-Generation Project Managers

Software delivery has changed. Organizations are looking for their software development projects to deliver high business value and strong customer satisfaction as well as come in on time and on...

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