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This month's featured articles:

Why execs should take agile seriously

Recent surveys indicate many Executives do not understand Agile. We expect this to change rapidly as awareness grows of the strategic benefits Agile delivers.Read our white paper for more details..

DSDM Atern Timebox Plan - Template?

Need a template to kick-off your DSDM Atern Timebox Plan?

This document serves as a template that covers the key areas required in planning a Timebox, as per the DSDM Atern Timebox Plan.The Timebox Schedule should be used to communicate to the Team the key dates relevant to the Timebox. The Timebox Requirements Table provides traceability to the Prioritised Requirements List (PRL) and a means of tracking progress. Upon completion of the Timebox, a formal review is required where the output of the review should be captured for review and acceptance. Click here to download.

Recent articles:

Realising Project Benefits

Over the past few months there has been a renewed focus on Benefits Management and/or Realisation models and frameworks.

No matter what processes, frameworks and tools your organisation uses, MetaPM believe you need 5 essential capabilities. Read More

P3O & Portfolio Management

Over the past few months we have had a number of enquiries by our readers seeking clarification on the relationship between the P3O® (Portfolio, Programmes and Project Offices) and MoP™ (Management of Portfolio) Guides and how this relationship works in practice within an organisational context. As a result, this article aims to draw the parallel between the two Guides along with an interpretation of how the relationship could work in your organisation. p3o_verses_mop_newsletter_article

When to hire a contractor versus a specialist professional services firm

In today’s changing business environment, many organisations are faced with an ever changing pipeline of new projects, and while many maintain a core team of project staff, few organisation carry sufficient staff to cater for periods of peak demand. At these times, project team managers and PMO’s are faced with the key question – “what is the best way of augmenting my core team with additional project staff in a way that makes sense in this organisation?”read_article

P3 Capability Development - MetaPM Framework

Portfolio, Programme and Project Capability Development is an emerging focus within a number of maturing organisations. Through experience, we’ve found that there are many aspects to consider.

Building a project management capability within an organisation is becoming increasingly important as businesses strive to increase the rate of return on what seems like continually reducing investment.

PM Capability Development needs to be structured around providing the insights, tools, techniques and case studies, but more importantly, it must also include practical and powerful coaching, mentoring and delivery methods. MetaPM’s Capability Development Framework considers both the organisational and individual staffing requirements and needs pdf View Article

Is your Project Management Services Supplier an ATO or ACO?

To gain Accreditation, project management training and consulting organisations such as MetaPM, must undergo a series of quality inspections of both course materials and organisational quality management systems to ensure that the highest standards of service delivery are used and maintained. pdf View Article

What is the Value of obtaining your MSP Accreditation?

Have you ever wondered whether getting your MSP accreditation would help your PM career? One of our staff members recently asked the same question. Here's his perspective. View Article

How can organisations get more value from their project investments?

Tightened government budgets and talk of an impending second Global Financial Crisis is leading organisations to focus on getting more from less by assessing project portfolio budgets, focusing on strategic priorities and delaying or killing off projects. View Article

MetaPM review of the Ombudsman's Report into Victorian Government ICT-enabled Projects

The Victorian Ombudsman's recent report on the delivery of ICT projects in Victoria provides a confronting picture of the state of ICT projects in Victoria, drawing on extensive analysis and reviews of ten major initiatives such as Myki, LINK, CRIS, HealthSMART and others. This article provides our review of the report, from a project management perspective. View Article.

Project Management and ITIL

MetaPM is proud to unveil the new ITIL Foundation Version 3 course. The ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) is an immensely popular best practice process framework in use in almost every large company worldwide, Its aim is to improve the IT Service Provider, whether they are an internal IT department or an external outsourcing company. View Article

What is ITIL?

MetaPM is very excited to announce the soon release of ITIL to its extensive suite of Office of Government Commerce (OGC) course offerings. View

Archived articles:

Advisory Services

The Value of Portfolio Management: the_value_of_portfolio_management

Management of Portfolio (MoP) Explained: View

Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) and Project Management: View

Projects, Programmes & Portfolios - What do the terms mean, and how do they relate? : View

Project Management Offices (PMO) - Their true value: View

Centre of Excellence - What does it really provide?: View

Value of a P3O Model: View

Can Project Delivery Maturity Models help improve project results

What is Methodology?