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Giovanni Catalano

PMO as a Platform: cracking the code to unlock your true value

When complex projects are about to fail, PMOs might get stuck in the deadlock of the HAVE-DO-BE mentality: we need to have something first…

Jul 11, 2016

PMO as a Platform: cracking the code to unlock your true value

Jul 11, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

The PMO Cube: looking at things through 3D glasses

Twisting one of the most famous quotes from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, we might say that all PMOs are equal, but some PMOs are more equal…

Mar 12, 2016

The PMO Cube: looking at things through 3D glasses

Mar 12, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

The Risk-Action Cycle: managing risks like designers

Not only is risk a natural by-product of project management, it is a lens that shapes the way we look at projects. There are projects where…

Mar 6, 2016

The Risk-Action Cycle: managing risks like designers

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Design Thinking & OODA Loops: getting the timing right

For decades, the business world has borrowed heavily from military strategies and the OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act), a framework…

Mar 6, 2016

Design Thinking & OODA Loops: getting the timing right

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Wicked Stakeholders: are you friends or foes?

It was back in 1973 when Rittel and Webber formally introduced the term “wicked problem” in planning theory. Since then, organizational…

Mar 6, 2016

Wicked Stakeholders: are you friends or foes?

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Wicked Communications: from “Why” to “What If” (and back again)

An efficient and effective communication is the foundation of any successful project, program and organization. Communication at its core…

Mar 6, 2016

Wicked Communications: from “Why” to “What If” (and back again)

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Wicked Transformations: from Strategy Formulation to Execution (and back again)

There are many things that can go wrong in a program. Some programs are properly started and well managed, but terminated before completion…

Mar 6, 2016

Wicked Transformations: from Strategy Formulation to Execution (and back again)

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Design Thinking & Enterprise Architecture: Evolution or Revolution?

Gartner defines Enterprise Architecture (EA) as “a discipline for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive…

Mar 6, 2016

Design Thinking & Enterprise Architecture: Evolution or Revolution?

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

From Project to Program: when L.E.S.S. is more

In many organizations, program management is the next step on the career ladder of many senior project managers. Unfortunately, whenever we…

Mar 6, 2016

From Project to Program: when L.E.S.S. is more

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

The Agility Quadrant: will we ever find the Theory of Everything?

To put it in the simplest way, we can think of “agiling” as embracing a system of beliefs that flips the “traditional” iron triangle of…

Mar 6, 2016

The Agility Quadrant: will we ever find the Theory of Everything?

Mar 6, 2016

Giovanni Catalano

Giovanni Catalano

Project Management Professional ® helping organizations meet the demands of today's and tomorrow's business and technology (it.linkedin.com/in/giovannicatalano)

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