by Paula Dieli | Nov 30, 2020 | Operations, Planning, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager
An effective partnership between program management and operations is a key part of ensuring a company runs well. A good example of such a partnership is planning — long-range, annual, or quarterly. Whether doing planning at the corporate or the organizational level,...
by Paula Dieli | Nov 17, 2020 | Collaboration, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Teamwork
Program managers are all about getting others to do things. They know who the domain experts are and they harness all of that wonderful expertise to get a program across the line. They facilitate rather than do the work themselves. They are objective, focused on the...
by Paula Dieli | Nov 10, 2020 | Alignment, Experience, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager
I first became exposed to the role of program manager when I was working in France. At that point in my career, I had worked as a software engineer, product manager, and technical support engineer and also spoke both French and English. I was asked to take on the role...