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<\/div>1 Dec 2025 - Rhona<\/div>The Problem Isn't Project Reporting. It's How We Do It.<\/div>I hate Tuesdays! Why? In one of my previous jobs Tuesday was project report writing day. Enough said! It filled me with dread and although that job is long in the past I still get that familiar sinking feeling in my stomach. It was such a tedious, dull, unrewarding part of the job. I used ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"AI](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI-LinkedIn-ad-image.jpg\")
<\/div>13 Nov 2025 - Rhona<\/div>5 AI Questions Every Portfolio Manager Should Ask Their Data<\/div>Most portfolio managers are drowning in data and struggle to get any meaningful insights into the state of the projects and programmes under their control. Dashboards show you what’s happening now, reports tell you what’s happened in the past but what about the patterns hiding in plain sight? After working with hundreds of portfolio managers ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Steering](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Steering-Committee.jpg\")
<\/div>7 Oct 2025 - Rhona<\/div>An Idiot's Guide to Being on a Steering Committee<\/div>If you’ve been conscripted into being on a steering committee for a project but have no idea what this is or what you need to do, then this is the post for you! Whether you received the invitation via email, were volunteered by your manager or simply happened to be in the wrong meeting at ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Productive](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meeting-Bingo.png\")
<\/div>3 Sep 2025 - Rhona<\/div>How to be productive in project meetings<\/div>Have you ever been in a project meeting and started playing “meeting bingo”? Or surreptitiously checked your phone? I’ve done both on more than one occasion. Why do people do that? Surely, you’re in a meeting because you either want to or have to be there? Looking back at my own behaviour, I was doing ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Prioritisation](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prioritisation-matrix-in-Psoda.jpg\")
<\/div>17 Jul 2025 - Rhona<\/div>Mastering Project Prioritisation: A Practical Guide to Building Effective Prioritisation Matrices<\/div>When I attend networking events and people discover that I’m a portfolio, programme and project management specialist, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is: “How do you actually prioritise projects in a portfolio?” It’s a question that sits at the heart of effective project portfolio management and frankly, it’s one that many ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Project](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Project-Communications-Plan.jpg\")
<\/div>30 Jun 2025 - Rhona<\/div>9 Things to Think About When Developing a Communications Plan<\/div>The project\u2019s biggest supplier had just pulled out and the CEO asked the question that made our hearts drop. \u201cWhy is this the first time I\u2019m hearing about this?\u201d The project manager had been sending weekly updates and the steering committee had been getting their reports. What had gone wrong? It’s Monday morning and your ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"PPM](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PPM-Software-ROI.jpg\")
<\/div>5 Jun 2025 - Rhona<\/div>When Every Dollar Counts: Why Project Portfolio Management Matters Now More Than Ever<\/div>It\u2019s year end and you\u2019re staring down the barrel of spreadsheets and budget reports showing rising costs, tightening margins and pressure from the board to do more with less. You\u2019re not alone. Around the world businesses are facing up to a new financial reality where the economic headwinds are at hurricane force. Inflation is driving ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Project](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Project-Sponsor-Communication.png\")
<\/div>19 May 2025 - Rhona<\/div>What Your Project Sponsor Really Wants to Know: Effective Project Sponsor Communication<\/div>When I was a project manager, I often wondered if my project sponsor was actually interested in anything I had to say. It seemed like everything I gave him was met with a lacklustre \u201cmeh\u201d. Then I ended up on the other side of the fence and became a project sponsor myself. It was a ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"How](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/A-professional-woman-wearing-a-trouser-suit-in-an-office-environment-juggling-project-management-icons-in-landscape-orientation.jpg\")
<\/div>28 Apr 2025 - Rhona<\/div>Thriving as a Project Manager Without a PMO: A Practical Guide<\/div>In the last few years many organisations have scaled back or disestablished their Project Management Offices (PMOs). Others, particularly smaller or growing companies, may never have had a PMO in the first place. This leaves many project managers looking for guidance on how to manage projects without a PMO. The lack of a PMO doesn’t ... Blog<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>![\"Partner](\"https:\/\/www.psoda.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Partner-PMO-or-Gatekeeper-PMO-paradox.jpg\")
<\/div>17 Feb 2025 - Rhona<\/div>The PMO Paradox \u2013 Gatekeeper or Partner<\/div>Few organisational entities generate as much passionate debate as PMOs, or Project Management Offices to give them their formal title. For some, the mere mention conjures up images of bureaucratic nightmares with endless templates, rules and checklists. For others it\u2019s completely different. The PMO is seen as a crucial support system that enables project success. ... Blog<\/div>
<\/div>1 Dec 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
The Problem Isn't Project Reporting. It's How We Do It.<\/div>
I hate Tuesdays! Why? In one of my previous jobs Tuesday was project report writing day. Enough said! It filled me with dread and although that job is long in the past I still get that familiar sinking feeling in my stomach. It was such a tedious, dull, unrewarding part of the job. I used ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>13 Nov 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
5 AI Questions Every Portfolio Manager Should Ask Their Data<\/div>
Most portfolio managers are drowning in data and struggle to get any meaningful insights into the state of the projects and programmes under their control. Dashboards show you what’s happening now, reports tell you what’s happened in the past but what about the patterns hiding in plain sight? After working with hundreds of portfolio managers ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>7 Oct 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
An Idiot's Guide to Being on a Steering Committee<\/div>
If you’ve been conscripted into being on a steering committee for a project but have no idea what this is or what you need to do, then this is the post for you! Whether you received the invitation via email, were volunteered by your manager or simply happened to be in the wrong meeting at ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>3 Sep 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
How to be productive in project meetings<\/div>
Have you ever been in a project meeting and started playing “meeting bingo”? Or surreptitiously checked your phone? I’ve done both on more than one occasion. Why do people do that? Surely, you’re in a meeting because you either want to or have to be there? Looking back at my own behaviour, I was doing ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>17 Jul 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
Mastering Project Prioritisation: A Practical Guide to Building Effective Prioritisation Matrices<\/div>
When I attend networking events and people discover that I’m a portfolio, programme and project management specialist, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is: “How do you actually prioritise projects in a portfolio?” It’s a question that sits at the heart of effective project portfolio management and frankly, it’s one that many ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>30 Jun 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
9 Things to Think About When Developing a Communications Plan<\/div>
The project\u2019s biggest supplier had just pulled out and the CEO asked the question that made our hearts drop. \u201cWhy is this the first time I\u2019m hearing about this?\u201d The project manager had been sending weekly updates and the steering committee had been getting their reports. What had gone wrong? It’s Monday morning and your ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>5 Jun 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
When Every Dollar Counts: Why Project Portfolio Management Matters Now More Than Ever<\/div>
It\u2019s year end and you\u2019re staring down the barrel of spreadsheets and budget reports showing rising costs, tightening margins and pressure from the board to do more with less. You\u2019re not alone. Around the world businesses are facing up to a new financial reality where the economic headwinds are at hurricane force. Inflation is driving ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>19 May 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
What Your Project Sponsor Really Wants to Know: Effective Project Sponsor Communication<\/div>
When I was a project manager, I often wondered if my project sponsor was actually interested in anything I had to say. It seemed like everything I gave him was met with a lacklustre \u201cmeh\u201d. Then I ended up on the other side of the fence and became a project sponsor myself. It was a ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>28 Apr 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
Thriving as a Project Manager Without a PMO: A Practical Guide<\/div>
In the last few years many organisations have scaled back or disestablished their Project Management Offices (PMOs). Others, particularly smaller or growing companies, may never have had a PMO in the first place. This leaves many project managers looking for guidance on how to manage projects without a PMO. The lack of a PMO doesn’t ... Blog<\/div>
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<\/div>17 Feb 2025 - Rhona<\/div>
The PMO Paradox \u2013 Gatekeeper or Partner<\/div>
Few organisational entities generate as much passionate debate as PMOs, or Project Management Offices to give them their formal title. For some, the mere mention conjures up images of bureaucratic nightmares with endless templates, rules and checklists. For others it\u2019s completely different. The PMO is seen as a crucial support system that enables project success. ... Blog<\/div>
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