Showing 30 posts tagged with: "leadership"

Oct 16, 2023

Value Delivery Skills Webinar Attendees Had Questions: Here Are Some Answers

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

We had a terrific group of attendees for our live webinar that aired Thursday October 5, when PM Solutions’ VP Client Success Eric Foss and I covered the top findings from our 2023 research study, Project Management Skills for Value Delivery. (If you missed it, you can find the recording here.)As always during these events,… Read More »

Sep 28, 2023

Webinar Alert: Project Management Skills for Value Delivery Research Overview

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Join me and PM Solutions VP, Client Success, Eric Foss--one of the key subject matter experts who contributed to our 2023 research study--to learn more about the value delivery skills that will make or break project management careers in the future.For Project Management Skills for Value Delivery we asked project management leaders and staff members… Read More »

Jun 29, 2023

PMO Staff vs PMO Leaders: Realism or Pessimism?

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

An interesting divide showed up between PMO leaders and PMO staff members in our most recent research, Project Management Skills for Value Delivery. Across the board, whether they are rating their organiation's level of skills, scoring its project success, or ranking skills by importance, PMO staff members are less cheerful about the state of… Read More »

Dec 30, 2022

A Look Forward, With Hope and Confidence

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Coming up on the end of 2022, I'm at last going to answer the remaining question asked by one of our webinar attendees (view the full recorded webinar here) after participating in our online presentation about The State of the PMO 2022. I've saved the best for last because it spurs some thoughts on the… Read More »

Dec 2, 2022

This EPMO Has a Superpower: Intentionality

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Thrill of the day here at the PMI Global Summit: seeing our former client Ontario Power Generation score in the Top Three in the PMI PMO of the Year Award. OPG's Director of Project Services, Tracy Leung, and her colleague Rania McLarty, Manager, Project Controls, shared their pride and enthusiasm about their PMO's… Read More »

Oct 17, 2022

Will A.I. Kill the PMO? Part 3 in Our A.I. in PM Series

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

If you’ve followed this series so far (See Part 1 and Part 2 on the PM College blog), you’ll know that we’re looking at both sides of the Artificial Intelligence in project management debate. I’m not ready to sign on as an enthusiast, but there are some powerful arguments… Read More »

Jun 24, 2021

Project Management Carried On During 2020: Here's How

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

In Jan. 2021, PM Solutions Research conducted a survey to determine what project management strategies companies had used during the pandemic to continue meeting goals, and how well those had worked, both within projects and for the organization as a whole.The most compelling finding was that organizations achieved better performance in 2020 than in previous years! … Read More »

Apr 21, 2021

Book Launch! The Project Management Maturity Model, Fourth Edition Released Today

Posted by Carrie Capili in Agile or Adaptive PM, Project & Program Management, Project Management Maturity | 0 Comments

Almost a year in the making, the newest edition of this book, based on PM Solutions’ time- and field-tested maturity model, includes assessment tools for organizations undergoing a transformation to Agile or adaptive project management approaches. These “Adaptive/Agile Environment” components and practice statements for each of the five maturity levels are… Read More »

Apr 15, 2021

The SAFe PMO: Two Experts Respond

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Two attendees to our Dec. 9, 2020 PMI Virtual Event that focused on the Agile PMO had specific questions about the use of the Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe®), so I pulled in two of our Agile SMEs for interviews. Here at last is an edited transcript of our conversation, held via Microsoft Teams in January 2021.… Read More »

Sep 2, 2020

Some Quibbles, and then ... the Big Question

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

In our series of blogs addressing questions left unanswered at the end of our webinar (the recorded version is available here) on The State of Project Management 2020, I've left the biggest--and smallest--questions for last.In each webinar or in-person session (remember those? PMI conferences? Bad lighting, icky coffee? Don't you miss it?), there… Read More »

Aug 10, 2020

"PMBOK 7" and the Future State of Project Management

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Welcome back to our series where we respond to those questions asked by attendees at our webinar, which we did not have time to respond to during the event. (You can access the recording of the webinar here.) This week, I've grouped three questions that circle around the future state of project management:As… Read More »

Aug 3, 2020

"What's Up with Those Resource Management Statistics?"

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Each time we do a webinar, it is always frustrating to run out of time (and sometimes, out of answers!) before all the attendee questions can be responded to. Our July webinar covering the finding from The State of Project Management 2020 was no exception. I’ve sifted through the questions that went unanswered and… Read More »

Jul 8, 2020

Another Covid-Era Success Story: New Agile Maturity Model Unveiled

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Last week, I shared the story of a new training program developed by PM College with the help of PPP (Payroll Protection Program) funding. I think the example of a business using these disaster relief funds to create new services for customers—services tailor-made for our present circumstances—while keeping employees on the… Read More »

Jun 11, 2020

Re-Opening Wisely: How Expert Project Management Can Help

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

We've just published a new research brief that gathers onto one page some insights for organization leaders who want to get back to business, but do so wisely. Recognizing that every organization is facing an unprecedented need for agility in kicking off and delivering an array of new programs associated with how their employees… Read More »

Jun 2, 2020

Now What? Project Management Research Points the Way

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

We live in interesting times. Although the new research study officially released today, The State of Project Management 2020, was conceived of and designed last fall--a seeming lifetime ago!--the issues it frames, and the solutions offered, could not be more timely.If your organization has struggled to realize the full benefits of a maturing project… Read More »

Apr 30, 2020

Four Things to Do Right Now: Insights from New Research

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 2 Comments

When we created the survey questionnaire for The State of Project Management 2020, little did we realize what state we'd be in! Nevertheless, because project management is the thing that helps organizations rise to the occasion ... no matter how unprecedented that occasion may be ... we found helpful insights in the survey results. The full report… Read More »

Apr 9, 2020

Just in Time: Project and Program Management Made in America … Expertly

Posted by Bruce Miller | 0 Comments

One of the questions that often comes up in RFPs is whether PM Solutions’ PMaaS service offering includes an offshore component.  Although we have served clients around the globe with consulting and training solutions, we prefer to deploy our own home-grown project management resources. Not only does this sidestep a variety of security… Read More »

Mar 1, 2020

Project Management as a Service: A New Spin on A Time-Tested Strategy

Posted by Bruce Miller | 0 Comments

Since PM Solutions was first established over a quarter-century ago, we have operated as a primarily virtual organization, using small administrative centers to support a large number of consultants, trainers and specialists in the field. This strategy was designed by our founders to help a small start-up access the best talent, wherever they might live.… Read More »

Feb 14, 2020

Join Us on an Agile PMO Journey

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Our co-presentation with Preferred Mutual at last November's PMO Symposium was so well-recieved that we decided to reprise it as a webinar. Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 2 pm for a free (PDU available!) event as PM Solutions President Bruce Miller and Preferred Mutual's senior VP of Strategic Services, Michele Graham, discuss the 1… Read More »

Nov 13, 2019

The Execs Look Back @PMOSym: Top Takeaways

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

I had the opportunity yesterday to chat with those of our executive team who attended the 2019 PMO Symposium. Here's a recap of their top insights and takeaways from what they all agreed was "a very impressive conference," "the best I've ever attended," and "much more engaging" than previous years.CEO J. Kent Crawford… Read More »

Nov 6, 2019

Blogging from the PMO Symposium: Ending on an Up Note

Posted by Matt Crawford | 0 Comments

Speaking of asking the right questions, in the session entitled “How PMOs can enable business & organizational agility," Joanna Vahlsing from Centro, began by posing the question of what fears we have about moving to a more agile organization.  Some of the audience responses were:Lack of timeliness Lack of trust Lack of… Read More »

Nov 5, 2019

A Quest for the Future of PM: Day Three @PMO Symposium

Posted by Matt Crawford | 0 Comments

Day 3 was fantastic; a blend of what's happening now in digital transformation and aerospace with how we can not just brace for the future but thrive in it. The first session I attended was "Preparing Project Managers for the Big 5 Digital Disruptors" by Jeff Freeman from Cisco. Urging project managers to invest in improving… Read More »

Nov 4, 2019

Day Two @PMOSym: Is This Day One? Innovation and the Project Economy

Posted by Matt Crawford | 0 Comments

At the opening general session, The Project Economy – The Future of Work,  Bob Safian, Founder of The Flux Group and Former Editor of Fast Company, delievered a whirlwind look at the lessons of innovation, pros and cons of "The Project Economy" and a recap of PMI's 50 most influential projects of the last 50… Read More »

Oct 5, 2019

The View from PMI50: Non-Conformists Move the World

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

Great to be at the 50th anniversary of PMI here in our hometown, Philadelphia, PA! The opening keynoteer, Adam Grant is recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and -- how appropriate – a Wharton professor.  Author of the book Originals, ant gave an engaging and thought-provoking presentation.His… Read More »

Aug 28, 2019

Agile. It's A. Dead. B. Insidious. C. Human.

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Agile or Adaptive PM, Culture & Change Management, Human Capital, Project Management Events, Project Management Research, Project Management Training | 0 Comments

A number of stories about agile in my inbox this week made me think of this quote often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi  (although it's more likely from a speech by a labor organizer, Nicholas Klein, it does paraphrase thoughts expressed in some of Gandhi's published works). Long ignored as an enthusiasm of… Read More »

Aug 14, 2019

Agile! It's Everywhere

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Is it just me, or has "agile" become the most over-used word in the language of business?I may be mistaken about this; perhaps I just notice it more because this past year has been all about agile for us here at PM Solutions and PM College. This time last year, we were creating the… Read More »

May 22, 2019

Data: Telling Stories with Numbers

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

Over on the PM College blog today, Crystal Busch and I were dissecting a presentation on learning trends by Elliott Masie when one topic hit a nerve. Most learning organizations, Masie said, don't know how to use the data they collect. Okay, I agree. But I'll take it a step farther: they don'… Read More »

May 21, 2019

At ATD 2019: Two Views of the Human Factor at Work

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

Going from session to session at ATD (see more conference posts on the PM College blog) I had an object lesson in the dynamic my editor, Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, wrote about on this blog just a couple weeks ago in "Tra-La, It's May; Stay Positive, People!"She wrote about using the technique of Appreciative Inquiry… Read More »

May 20, 2019

Oprah! Now That I Have Your Attention ... See Our Series about Talent Development This Week!

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

We are about to unleash a week's worth of reading on our PM College blog readers, covering all the amazing sessions that Crystal Busch and I are attending here at ATD 2019 in Washington, DC. But first ... that fantastic Monday morning keynote. If ATD was trying to get our attention, it worked.Oprah Winfrey started… Read More »

May 8, 2019

Tra-la, It's May! Stay Positive, People

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

This morning I saw a post on social media asking people to contribute examples of negative comments people make about project managers. I started to reply ... thought better of it ... but it has bugged me all day. This blog may have to be categorized under "Rants" but here goes.What possible value can this sort… Read More »

search blog:

RSS Feed

Subscribe to our RSS Feed

Most Recent Posts
Categories
Blog Authors

view all authors

 
Blog Archives
 
Blogroll

Other project management blog sources: