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Career Pathways For Project Managers in the Engineering Industry
Embarking on a career in Engineering Project Management opens doors to a dynamic field where technical expertise converges with managerial prowess. This role involves overseeing the entirety of engineering projects, ensuring they unfold seamlessly from conception to completion. Engineering project.
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Beyond Checklists: Conducting Deep-Dive Project Reviews
In the ever-evolving landscape of project management, traditional checklists often fall short of ensuring comprehensive success. Enter the era of Deep-Dive Project Reviews – a transformative approach.
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From Zero to Hero: Beginning Your Journey with MSP™ Foundation
Embarking on the journey of programme management? Look no further than the MSP™ Foundation course. In this blog, we'll explore the fundamentals of MSP™ (Managing Successful Programmes), a globally.
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PMO Maturity Model: Is Your PMO Ready For What's Next?
Is it time for your business to explore the untapped potential of Project Management Offices (PMOs)? Far from being mere administrative entities, as some have suggested, PMOs are powerful catalysts.
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All-in-One: The Advantages of the Combined PRINCE2® Course
In a world where project management is an increasingly essential skill, PRINCE2® shines as the beacon of success. Discover why it's more than just a framework; it's the key to mastering project.
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Plan For Project Success With These PMO Best Practices
Managing large, intricate programs demands discipline and dedication. A stellar Project Management Office (PMO) is your secret weapon, tackling issues before they arise and providing crucial insights.
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Double the Power: Benefits of Taking Both AgilePM® Courses Together
In a moment of dynamic change in the business landscape, exceptional project management abilities have never been more important - and more lucrative. The Agile Combined course is your passport to a.
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Maximise Your Learning: Tips for Tackling Both PRINCE2® Courses
Unlocking the power of PRINCE2® is your gateway to exceptional project management capabilities and elevated career potential. Whether you're new to project management or an experienced professional.
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Real-World Agile: How the AgilePM® Practitioner Course Preps You for On-Ground Challenges
In today's rapidly changing and dynamic business environment, project management is evolving beyond traditional approaches. Agile project management has emerged as an empowering methodology, offering.
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Understanding Agile Certification: What Are the Benefits?
In today's dynamic business landscape, project management has undergone a significant transformation, with Agile methodologies taking centre stage. Agile principles emphasise adaptability,.
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Six Key Principles for Optimising PMOaaS Service Centres
In recent decades, the automotive industry has witnessed an unparalleled transformation. Our partnership with a major French car manufacturer, spanning over a quarter of a century, has allowed us to.
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Understanding PMaaS: The Future of Project Management and Why It Matters to You
In today's ever-evolving business landscape, project management has taken on a whole new level of importance. With organisations striving to stay agile and responsive to market changes, the.
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Enhancing Remote PMOs: Six Strategies for Success
In a post-COVID-19 business landscape, remote work has become more prevalent than ever. While collaboration tools like Slack, Office 365 and Atlassian facilitate frictionless remote teamwork,.
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Project Risk Management: A Proactive Approach to Minimise Uncertainties
Uncertainties are an inherent part of any project - and how organisations manage them can make the difference between success and failure. Project risk management is the systematic process of.
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Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement in Projects: Strategies for Australian Organisations
In the realm of project management, the significance of stakeholder engagement cannot be overstated. Engaging your stakeholders effectively is not just good practice - it's a pivotal element that can.
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Harnessing the Power of AI Tools for More Efficient Project Meetings
In the rapidly evolving landscape of project management, technology is the driving force behind efficiency and success. Staying ahead of the curve, embracing innovation, and leveraging new.
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The Role of a Project Manager: Skills and Responsibilities for Success
It’s often said that behind so many of today’s most successful businesses, project managers are the unsung heroes. They are the masterminds creating successful project executions, ensuring that goals.
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Choosing the Right PMO Structure: A Guide for Organisational Success
The ability to deliver successful projects is fundamental to achieving your goals. But does your organisation struggle with low project success rates, resource inefficiencies, or ineffective project.
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Strengthening Organisational Security: The Role of a Security Compliance PMO
In today's ever-evolving digital landscape, security isn't just an IT concern - it's a priority that includes every facet of your organisation. This shift has led to the emergence of Security.
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How to Build and Sustain High-Performing Teams
Picture a team where collaboration is an art form, innovation flourishes, and every member is a star player. It's an aspiration for individuals, leaders, and organisations alike—the vision of.
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Managing Remote Teams: Best Practices for Project Managers
Chee L., Project Manager at MetaPM, shares The Best Practices for Managing Remote Teams as a Project Manager. Originally shared on Chee's LinkedIn page, June 16, 2023. As a project manager, I am.
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Estimation Predictability in Project Management
Jeremy Abernathy, Agile Consultant at MetaPM, shares their thoughts on Estimation Predictability in Project Management. Originally shared on Jeremy's LinkedIn page, August 4, 2023. Hi! My name is.
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Emotional Intelligence in Project Management: Why It Matters
Corinne Passelegue, Consultant at MetaPM, shares Why Emotional Intelligence in Project Management Matters. Originally shared on Corinne's LinkedIn page, August 7, 2023. Driven by a passion for.
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The Five Key Phases of the Project Management Life Cycle
Sam Ives, Project Management Consultant at MetaPM, shares The Five Key Phases of the Project Management Life Cycle. Originally shared on Sam's LinkedIn page, June 16, 2023. Hey there, I'm Sam Ives,.
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New Project Manager - 5 Tips for a Good Start
Lidia N., Project Management Consultant at MetaPM, shares her 5 tips for a good start as a new Project Manager. Originally shared on Lidia's LinkedIn page, June 19, 2023. Hi, I'm Lidia, a Project.
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6 Steps for Creative and Collaborative Meetings
Troy King, Principal Consultant of Change Management at MetaPM, shares 6 steps for creative and collaborative meetings. Originally shared on Troy's LinkedIn page, June 15, 2023. Hey there, I'm Troy,.
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Agile Project Management vs Traditional Project Management
Agile Project Management focuses on frequent value delivery and fast feedback to quickly adapt to emerging change. As a result of the flexibility of the approach and its effectiveness, the Agile way.
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Mastering Project Risk: A Comprehensive Checklist for Project Managers
Every project comes with some inherent risk, likely to be an event or circumstance with the potential to impact the success of a project. However, this is not to say that threat poses the be-all and.
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Understanding The Role of Proactive Leadership in Project Management
“Be explicit in your communication. Avoid ambiguity. It raises more questions than answers.” - Rudi Jaya, Project Manager, MetaPM Hi! I'm Rudi, and I’ve been a MetaPM project manager for the last.
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5 Fundamental Soft Skills for Remote Project Managers
Hi! I'm Khadijah. Project manager for MetaPM since April 2021. For the last 12 months, my work has focused on the University of Melbourne and prior to that, Beyond Blue, another successful MetaPM.
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New Project Management Success: 10 Tips from an Industry Professional
While you can't always guarantee project management success, you'll stand in good stead with some powerful tips. Having worked as one of MetaPM's Senior Project Managers for the last nine years, I.
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Sarah Clements (Women in Super) - Client Testimonial
Last year, MetaPM was approached by Sarah Clements, the General Manager at Women in Super as they required tailored Project Management training. Assisting Sarah and the team at Women in Super was a.
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Post-Implementation Review Best Practices
Now that your project is over, what next? After completing your project cycle, you should carry out a post-implementation review (PIR). The essence of a PIR is to discover if you met project.
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5 Certifications to Turbocharge Your Project Management Career
Project management stands out as a career where certifications are highly valued as a way to verify your skills and competencies. Each individual project is different, so variations in outcomes don’t.
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How to Improve Project Quality in 2022
The new year is the time to look back, consider lessons learned, and make plans for even higher project quality in the future. Project management has many best practices, but it is also a laboratory.
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10 Traits of Highly Effective Project Professionals
Experienced project management personnel are in great demand throughout Australia. It can be both difficult and time-consuming to find the right staff for a project, big or small. Experience is.
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Business Case Development Checklist
A great idea deserves effective development, and you’ll need buy-in from stakeholders to move ahead with your plans. That’s where a business case comes in. It shows key individuals exactly how you’ll.
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The Past, Present and Future of Projects - An Australian Story
Jenny Turner, MetaPM's new NSW lead, shares her reflections on 25 years of project management evolution. The Past I began working in Project Services in 1997. In the almost 25 years since, I’ve.
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How Much Does a Project Manager Cost?
A 2020 Wellington survey found that 43% of companies mostly or always accomplish projects within budget. Unfortunately, that means there are plenty of companies out there struggling to stay within.
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Shane Riley (Speedcast) - Client Testimonial
In 2018, Speedcast Managed Services (Now acquired by NBN) approached MetaPM to become one of their trusted project delivery partners by helping build their Business Satellite Service (BSS). We want.
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How the 7 Principles of PRINCE2 Can Elevate Your Project Management
The PRINCE2 methodology has been around for several decades now, but it has become the de facto system in many industries because it aligns so well with agile project management. PRojects IN a.
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Are You Doing the Right Projects Right?
As many organisations are starting to plan their new financial year, we encourage you to ask the age old question of ‘Are you doing the ‘right’ projects, and are you doing them ‘right’? The goal of.
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PMO Essentials
With projects making up a significant share of Australia’s business opportunities, we’ve seen a concerted focus on improving project management. And that focus is paying off. In 2018, almost 70 per.
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How Project Sponsors Can Manage Virtual Teams in 2021
Australian businesses have experienced more change this past year than anyone could have predicted. And one of the major seismic shifts is the transition to the virtual work environment many of us.
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Project Maturity Models and Benefits
Project management maturity models help organisations baseline their current project delivery capability and efficiency, against a recognised industry framework and enable them to design and develop.
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Simple Guide to Program Mobilisation
Mobilising a multi-year program can help your business to achieve strategic value and fine-tune your objectives. Such a program requires a detailed blueprint and widespread adoption if it has a.
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Alex Simon (AusNet Services) - Client Testimonial
At MetaPM we work with an amazing range of businesses. Our greatest joy is seeing our clients achieve their goals and deliver great projects. Hear from one of our current clients, Alex Simon from.
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Unpacking the Benefits Management Lifecycle
Schedules, budgets and the allocation of resources – these are all critical aspects of project management, but successful practitioners don’t stop there. They look beyond the obvious tasks to.
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Who cares about benefits?
This is a question I often ask people. The reply is often the usual suspects: Project Sponsors, Executives, Business Owners. Sometimes they even mention customers or society. I then ask: if they.
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How can Project Managers keep up with technology?
MetaPM speaks to Elizabeth Foley, CEO at the Australian Institute of Project Management about how you can use new technologies to improve the running of your projects. When I was trained “on the job”.
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Why Project Management Grew Out Of The Need To Control Risk
Written by Gary Yorke This article originally appeared in PARADIGM SHIFT THE AIPM DIGITAL MAGAZINE Winter 2020. How many organisations have you seen that do not manage risk well, especially project.
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The Top 10 Certifications for Project Managers 2020 Edition
Whether you’re in the early stages of your project management career or have decades of experience working across multiple industries, there’s always more to learn. Project management is a dynamic.
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5 Steps to Mitigate Project Risk
Large or small, all projects are affected by risk. Whether it’s to technology, people, processes or resources, risks have the potential to derail your project if left unattended. So how can project.
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Portfolio Management during COVID-19
Portfolio Management At last month’s MetaBreakfast event we were talking about the Future of Capital Portfolio Management and how it can’t be a set and forget activity. The current situation with the.
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6 Considerations when Designing a Balanced Project Review
When looking to design a balanced project review, there are many different types of reviews, that could be undertaken, however, a project will not necessarily require all these reviews. When setting.
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A Case Study on Change Management Op Model Improvements
A Case Study on Change Management Operation Model Improvements: MetaPM were engaged to assist a client to make improvements to their Operating Model as they had identified a lack of coherence,.
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Learning Pathways: How can they help?
Did you know that as an organisation dedicated to innovation and ensuring that everyone gets the same chance to succeed, MetaPM developed industry first Learning Pathways late last year? Well, now.
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Change Management Webinar: Driving Acceptance and Adoption
Last week we hosted our Driving Acceptance and Adoption of Change Management webinar where MetaPM Change Management Capability Lead, Malcolm Pascoe discussed HOW to successfully drive acceptance and.
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Roadmap for Change Management Success
So, what is a change management roadmap? Well, the fact of the matter is the people side of Project Management is often a second thought when implementing something new to an organisation. A change.
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What do you mean by Change Management
At MetaPM we are passionate about delivering successful projects and a big part of that is Change Management. We have developed what we call the Four Types of Change Management. The Four Types of.
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Case Study on Project Management Coaching in Financial Services
MetaPM was asked to assist a client in the financial services industry through Project Management Coaching. The client required assistance on: Delivery of an integrated financial management system.
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Organisational v Project Change Management
Organisational v Project Change Management: Successful projects consider the people side of the solution being implemented, and bring together project management and change management to achieve the.
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PRINCE2 2017 – What’s the Difference?
By David Schrapel, PRINCE2 Trainer – MetaPM PRINCE2 is widely considered the leading project management method. In July, AXELOS, the accrediting body of PRINCE2, launched their first update of.
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Blog – What Everybody Should Know About PRINCE2 2017
PRINCE2’s certifying body—AXELOS—recently published an updated version of the PRINCE2 project management method, that reflects an evolution in the project management training world. This sees the.
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White Paper – Organisational v Project Change Management
Change Management White Paper By Malcolm Pascoe Executive Summary There is a challenge for change management practitioners engaged on a project to share their focus between organisational change.
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White Paper – Managing Successful Projects: MSP
Managing Successful Projects – MSP Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), combined with appropriate delivery methods such as PMBOK, PRINCE2 and Agile, represents proven programme management best.
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Article – The Value of P3O
The Value of P3O P3O stands for Portfolio, Programme and projects offices. P3O provides a decision-enabling/delivery-support model for all business change within an organisation. Within this article.
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Tender and Project Management Case Study
Tender and Project Management Case Study: A Government Agency had a need to significantly reduce internal costs by streamlining the licence application and renewal processes, upgrade legacy systems.
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Framework – Benefits Management Framework
The following is a presentation on how MetaPM produced a Benefits Management Framework for a client. Within the presentation we elaborate on how MetaPM chose a comprehensive framework, making sure.
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Framework – Project Management Capability Development Framework
The Project Management Capability Development Framework is comprised of seven interdependent elements. Each element identifies outcomes and capabilities to be established to enable the overall.
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Article – Investment Logic Mapping and Project Management
So how do investment logic mapping and project management relate to one another? Recently many clients have asked us – “What are Investment Logic Maps (ILM) and how does it fit into project.
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White Paper – Using a Project Professional Competency Framework
Using a Project Professional Competency Framework to Deliver Better Business Outcomes: There is no shortage of people who are driven towards getting great project results, which is not surprising.
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Mad about squandered opportunities in the EPMO
How many Portfolio or EPMOs (Enterprise Program Management Office) really do step up to their Portfolio responsibilities? Not nearly enough, I say and I am mad about it! Why? Because most of my.
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