The Truth Behind Leading a PMO: Navigating Challenges and Celebrating Victories on International PMO Day
Tuesday, May 13, marks International PMO Day—a day to celebrate and reflect on Project Management Offices’ pivotal role in organizational success. As a PMO leader, I know firsthand the incredible pressures, hidden struggles, and quiet victories we experience. Most PMO leaders won’t admit it, but we spend half our time pretending we have things under […]
From Resource Chaos to Roadmap Clarity: Jade’s Guerrilla Guide to Capacity Planning
“If you’re still blaming ‘resource shortages’ for missed deadlines, the real shortage is leadership.” That sentence landed like a grenade when I first posted it on LinkedIn—half my network applauded, the other half hit unfollow. But the numbers back me up: 21 % of project failures are driven by limited resources and resource dependencies (saviom.com). 83 % […]
How to Prioritize When Everything’s Top Priority
You step into your new PMO role with big plans. You’re ready to bring structure, strategy, and results. But within your first week, it hits you: Every department has its own list of “critical” initiatives. Projects are flying in from all directions—with no clear intake process. Teams are overwhelmed, resources are overcommitted, and leadership can’t […]
The Hidden Enemy of Every PMO: Adoption Failure (and How to Beat It)
If you think success is about building the perfect process or choosing the best tool… you’re already behind. The real challenge? Getting people to use what you built. Adoption is the silent killer of PMOs. You can design the most elegant framework in the world—but if no one engages with it, it fails. Period. I […]
