Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

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. I caught up with Kent Crawford by phone to get his responses to some of the questions that centered around PMO implementation and processes.Q: The… Read More »

Posted by J. Kent Crawford in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Project Management Maturity, Project Management Research, Project Management Training, Site News | 0 Comments

Twenty years!  When I first wrote the business plan for PM Solutions, I only dreamed of such longevity in our company.  Now that we have been in business for 20 years, it seems time has gone by so quickly.  I can only offer “Thanks” to all those who have taken this… Read More »

Posted by Johanna Mickel in Project & Program Management, Governance, Human Capital, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

Today’s panel discussion at the Gartner PPM and IT Governance conference featured Matt Light and PMI’s CEO Mark Langley, along with two practitioners—Claire Rutkowski of MWH Global and James Brown. James is currently with Dupont Pioneer but in a previous role was director of the PMO at Rockwell Automation … Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project & Program Management, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO), Site News | 1 Comment

... and a good time was had by all at the tropical-themed reception, judging from the smiles in the photo below showing (l to r) PMI's PMO Community of Practice President Rommy Musch, Karen Casey, VP of VSP Vision Care's Enterprise Solutions; Maria Urani of Nationwide Insurance's Delivery Services PMO; Robert Rausch, Director… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Site News | 0 Comments

Just a week or so before our new book, An Inside Look at High-Performing PMOs, hits the shelves - literally and virutally - at Amazon.com. We are excited to share a compendium of practices from the best PMOs in the business, and to kick off the book release, J. Kent Crawford will be leading… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Human Capital, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization, Site News | 1 Comment

As usual, a flurry of book releases coincided with the fall project management conferences, and PM Solutions made a strong showing with multiple publications of new content and thought leadership.Most importantly, of course, the Second Edition of Kent Crawford's seminal work, The Strategic Project Office, came out just before the PMI Global Congress… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Site News | 1 Comment

We've just finished prepping the Second Edition of Kent's award-winning book, The Strategic Project Office, for press. (Look for it to be available this October.) The first edition came out in 2001, but was mostly written and edited in 2000, and it was a big job to incorporate the changes that have taken place over… Read More »