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Program Management

Visualize Your Workstreams with a Roadmap

One of the first things I do to get a handle on execution is to map out the work in flight in the form of a roadmap. When there are multiple teams shipping stuff, one of the best ways to improve coordination, collaboration, and planning is to make a simple roadmap. Just even putting the …

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Create Roadmaps to Set Expectations and Communicate What’s Going On

One of the ways to be awesome at work is to create roadmaps that lay out the big “projects” or “initiatives” for your team.  This helps you easily plan in a visual way, get your team on the same page, and communicate to other teams, both your impact and what’s going on. No “Black Box” …

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Portfolios, Programs, and Projects

Execution excellence as a one-man band is one thing.  Execution excellence for a team or group is another. One of the best ways to improve execution excellence for a team or group is to map out the portfolio, programs, and projects. Having clarity on the portfolio, programs, and projects is a starting point for mastering …

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What is a Program Manager?

What is a Program Manager (PM)? While the Program Manager role seems unique to Microsoft, in general, when you map it to other companies, it’s a product manager, or a project manager, or a combination of the two.  At Microsoft, there are various flavors of PMs (“design” PM, “project” PM, “process” PM, etc.) and even …

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Project Management Body of Knowledge at a Glance

Here is a quick map of the process groups, knowledge areas, and processes in the Project Management Body of Knowledge(PMBOK).  Regardless of the PMI certification, I think it’s useful to know how the knowledge for project management is organized by experts and professionals.   This will help you more effectively navigate the space, and learn project …

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