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PMO Structures in Organization:   A Project Management Office [PMO] is a management structure that standardizes the project-related governance process and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques. There are several types of PMO structures in organizations, each varying in the degree of control and influence they have on projects within the organization, such as: Supportive:   Supportive PMOs provide a consultative role to projects by supplying templates, best practices, training, access t information and lessons learned from other projects. This type of PMO servers as a project repository. The degree of control provided by the PMO is low. Controlling:   Controlling PMOs provide support and require compliance through various means. Compliance may involve adapting project management frameworks or methodologies, using specific templates, forms, and tools, or conformance to governance. The degree of control provided by the PMO is modera
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Risk Management

Risk Management Mechanism: Risks are always in the future. Risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has an effect on at least one project objective. Objectives can include scope, schedule, quality, and cost. Project risk has its origins in the uncertainty present in all projects. Known risks those that has been identified and analyzed, making it possible to plan response of those risks. Specific unknown risks cannot be managed proactively, which suggest that project team should create a contingency plan. A project risk that has occurred can also be considered as issue.  The objective of Risk Management is described below:  1.    Identify Risk Mechanism Risk identification process determines which risk may affect project and documenting their characteristics at planning phase. These would be documented in the Risk Register. The identification would be done using several mechanisms, a selected few of which are listed below: 1.    Docum
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Team Motivation

Team Motivation Team motivation is vital for success of every project. This topic is touched several times by several persons; I am attempting to shape it and adding my experience to make more fruitful for your organization.   In simple words, motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an individual to action toward a desired goal.   In other words, motivation is an incentive that generates goal-directed behaviors. Motivation plays an immaculately precious role in any organization. It is a trait that should be instilled in every employee of an organization, despite their designation or responsibilities. Having stated that; it is imperative that, senior management looks at ways of increasing team motivation within an organization. Whatever the nature of the team formation is, it is important that such groups of people falling in to one or more teams act in harmony and in line with an organization's ultimate goals. Motivation facilitates to:
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Motivation Theories

Bird-view on Motivation Theories     In simple words, motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an individual to action toward a desired goal.   In other words, motivation is an incentive that generates goal-directed behaviors. The phrase  Motivation Theory is concerned with the processes that depict why and how human behavior is activated and directed. It is regarded as one of the most important areas of study in the field of organizational behavior. There are several motivation theories; however none of them are universally accepted.  No single theory can account for all aspects of motivation, but each of the major approaches contributes something to our understanding of motivation.  Here is an bird-view of the most admired motivational theories.   Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Abraham Maslow’s message is that people do not work for security or money. They work to contribute and to use their skills. Maslow calls this ‘self-actualization’. He created a pyr
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Team or Clique??

Resource Management -1 What is good for project managers - Team or Clique?   Project Managers need to understand the difference between the team (teamwork) and clique to take the optimal performance from the people who report to them. Project Manager should not circumvent this while selecting team at the onset of new project. Groups that work well are an important component of the workplace. Often, nothing is more satisfying from a managerial perspective than the positive energy of a group accomplishing goals. On the other hand, when employees join forces against each other, spread rumors, make false assumptions, and gossip, these actions can deplete morale and breed conflict. Let’s look at the definitions for both. Team: A team comprises a group of people linked in a common purpose. Clique: A small group of people with shared interests, who spend time together and exclude others. In corporate world, these two words are part of their daily existence a
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