We had an exciting presentation at PMEXPO in March, partly based on our just-released book, The Project Management Maturity Model, Fourth Edition. While it’s always a thrill to publish a new book, this one in particular is a source of pride, partly because it’s the result of how PM Solutions experts… Read More »

WOW!!!  25 years!  Over 25 years ago, we had the vision of bringing together project management experts to provide consulting, training, and research for the world’s leading organizations. Twenty-five years later, I am so proud to have worked with the very “best of the best.” Our team has tackled some of… Read More »

The Who and Where of PMOsA few weeks ago, one of the members of our PMO of the Year Group on LinkedIn asked a question that sparked a lively discussion with numerous group members chiming in.I thought I'd recap the back-and-forth and add some of my own thoughts.It all started here:… Read More »

In our May webinar/panel discussion of The State of the PMO 2016, we had a number of questions submitted by participants that there was not enough time to answer. One of the major themes involved questions about agile tools and processes in the PMO. I called on one of our in-house Agile experts, Senior Consultant… Read More »

Last week, one of our consultants came to us with a question from a client: "What is the ideal or standard number of projects per project manager?"Questions like this are the heart of our research program. We aren’t academics, and don’t aspire to be. PM Solutions Research was established to… Read More »

One of the issues that surfaced in the newly-released State of the PMO 2014 research study was that PMOs have a public relations problem: they are delivering value (significant value: see the graphic from the study at right), but they have trouble communicating that value to executives. Two of the biggest challenges for PMOs, according to… Read More »

A good deal has been written about Project Management Offices (PMOs) in terms of the services they provide and the associated governance structures that go with them. I’ve seen the suggested types of PMOs range from as few as three to as many as twelve in my travels. Masha Nehme from Software Advice… Read More »

How are project managers perceived in your organization?  Cop, organizer, pest--or perhaps the person to blame when things go other than expected or desired?  It's easy to understand why people view Project Managers in these ways; they are the face of an event that is expected to bring about change.  And… Read More »