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Blog – 3 ICS / ICP Benefits from a Common Project Management Platform
Over the last few years, Integrated Care Systems(ICS)s have been formed where NHS organisations in partnership with Councils and other organisations, work together to deliver NHS care, manage resources and improve the health of the populations they serve.
Integrated care partnerships (ICPs) have also been formed. These are alliances of NHS providers that work together to deliver care by agreeing to collaborate rather than compete. These providers include hospitals, community services, mental health services and GPs.
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Communicate Risks Effectively – How to Visualise Risks by Project Stage
Measuring and evaluating risk requires a vast amount of data capture and analysis, but how to you communicate this effectively to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner that inspires confidence? PMO expert and principle consultant at Bestoutcome, Tim schmeising-Barnes, walks you through an effective 5 stage process for effective data visualisation.
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5 things I wish I’d known for my first PPM implementation
PM3 is an intuitive tool and our mission is to improve project and programme success. Implementing PM3 is one part of this mission. This blog looks at the 5 things I wish I’d known before we started implementing PM3 at clients.
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Programme Leadership is all about Focus
What are the critical aspects of Programme Leadership? What are the big mistakes to avoid and key areas to focus on if you want to ensure success. In this blog our MD and PMO expert, David Walton, shares some of the most important lessons learnt from years of running transformational programmes and conducting programme reviews for clients.
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Unlock the Power of the PMO
After Covid-19, organisations need to reconfigure and work out how to survive and thrive in the ‘new normal’. Projects will be axed, and some new ones will be launched; probably in cost reduction or recovery. How do you work out what to invest in for the future and which projects continue?
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How PM3 is helping the NHS plan the Covid-19 response
The NHS has possibly faced its greatest ever challenge in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. In this blog our in-house PMO expert, MD David Walton, explains how our PMO/PPM tool PM3 has helped staff to plan and manage resources during this unprecedented crisis.
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Top 3 Steering Committee Reports by PM3
Steering Committee reports are a part of a project managers working life, but one that we all struggle to get right from time to time. In this blog, our PMO specialist David Walton takes you through the top 3 reports that clients produce using our PPM Tool, PM3
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Project risk management bias; How impartial are you?
Project management risk is something we all face as PMOs on a daily basis. But how much of our decision making is guided by fact, and how much by subconscious psychology?
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3 steps to building your PMO Dashboard
The majority of PMOs that are, what we call ‘value-adding’ PMOs, will need to produce dashboards that inform senior management on the health of various portfolios or programmes. This blog looks at how to develop a value-adding dashboard using best practice
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Why Impact Assessments are Critical tools for Managing NHS Schemes
Impact assessment have become a part of business life in the modern world and are a key feature of governance and oversight for projects and programmes. Here, our Principal Consultant David Bowen-Cassie outlines how Impact Assessments can be used to improve engagement in both project delivery and governance design.