Showing 30 posts tagged with: "portfolio management"

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 »

May 17, 2022

The PMO at 20: New Research Findings Released

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Hot off the presses! PM Solutions Research has just released the results of our new State of the PMO 2022 study. If you've been following us for a while, you may know that The State of the PMO has been our flagship research, repeated biennially from 2008 through 2016. During that time, we tracked the development of… Read More »

Aug 10, 2021

Webinar Attendees' Questions, Answered, Part 1: What about PMBOK7?

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

On July 27, we aired our most recent webinar, Project Management Maturity Meets the Agile Environment (click to view the recording), which was based on our recently-released book, The Project Management Maturity Model, Fourth Edition. As always, we'll respond to questions that we did not have time to answer during the event here on our… 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 »

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 »

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 »

Feb 11, 2020

State of PM 2020: Survey Deadline Extended One Week!

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Our newest research survey, The State of Project Management 2020, closed on January 31 ... but if you were procrastinating, you are in luck. We've reopened the survey for just one week to allow those who missed the deadline to be part of this study, which seeks to develop a picture of the current state as well… Read More »

Jan 28, 2020

Now or Never: What Is the State of PM in 2020?

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Bloomberg.com kicked off 2020 by releasing a challenging list of the things business should be preparing for:A shift in political and economic power from West to East A sea-change in consumer habits, toward sustainability Humans outnumbered by connected devicesIt's mind-boggling to consider the role that project management will have to play in… Read More »

Jan 7, 2020

Participate in The State of Project Management 2020 Research Study

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project Management Research | 0 Comments

The State of Project Management 2020: Trends and Practices for a New Decade. is designed to help us understand the issues surrounding various aspects of project management. The questions will provide updated data points for comparison to our previous studies on the PMO, PPM, strategy execution and agile/adaptive practice adoption. This will allow us to… Read More »

Dec 5, 2019

Organizational Change Management ... Hot Off the Presses!

Posted by Carrie Capili in Benefits Realization, Culture & Change Management, Performance Measurement, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Project Management Training | 2 Comments

We’re pleased to announce the publication of our latest white paper Organizational Change Management Adds Agility to Strategy.The paper combines insights from organizational change management (OCM) and project / program management to give organizations in edge in effectively executing organizational strategies. With guidance from out papers, you'll be able to:Execute projects… 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 »

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 »

Nov 14, 2018

Positive Thoughts, Helpful Ideas

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 1 Comment

Yesterday was a mix of validating old ideas and being surprised by new insights.Conference breaks always afford the opportunity for some wonderful conversations, hearing what is going on in other organizations, and sometimes having my own experience or ideas validated. Case in point: I had to smile when one topic that surfaced was the… Read More »

Sep 30, 2018

The Long View from Far Away

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Human Capital, Portfolio Management | 4 Comments

Sometimes you have to get a little distance from familiar things to see them in perspective.I experienced this in September during a three-week break, out of the country, away from it all, and on a bit of an enforced “device fast” with no wifi or mobile data. In a brief airport interlude, 10… Read More »

May 17, 2018

Where Agility Lives: Your Strategy Execution Questions, Answered: Part 3

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

I’ve left the most complex question for last. One of our webinar attendees queried:What is the best way to engage in a conversation about traditional PMO roles and activities in an organization that is using Agile delivery and methodologies?One of the problems with answering these questions after the webinar has ended… Read More »

Apr 26, 2018

Strategic Nuts and Bolts: Part 2 of “Your Strategy Execution Questions Answered”

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Have you ever sat down to work, looked at your list and opted to do the handful of easy tasks rather than tackle the most important item?Yeah, me too. In the same way that individuals mis-focus their energies at work, companies sometimes get bogged down in minutiae rather than addressing their biggest issues.A… Read More »

Apr 12, 2018

Your Questions About Strategy Execution, Answered

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

We had a well-attended webinar at the end of January during which Kent Crawford and Bruce Miller laid out some of the compelling findings of our 2017 research study, (View the recording here.)At the end, there were a handful of submitted questions left unanswered; many of them were about the demographics of the study: how… Read More »

Mar 27, 2018

Strategy and Projects: Then and Now

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

I recently updated a chapter on strategy and projects that I wrote for The AMA Handbook of Project Management, Fourth Edition, which went to press in 2013. In just five years, the change in the "buzz" about the role of project management in strategy execution is startling.Rewind for a little perspective: Back in 2006, when our… Read More »

Jan 22, 2018

Findings from the Strategy Execution Process Benchmark: Webinar Jan. 30

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Mark your calendars for January 30 at 2 p.m. ET, when PM Solutions CEO J. Kent Crawford and President Bruce Miller will present some of the findings of our newest research study.Agility and Execution: What PM Processes Can Positively Impact Your Strategy Execution? takes a close look at the best practices revealed in the Strategy… Read More »

Jan 4, 2018

Interesting Times in Project Management: An Interview with J. Kent Crawford

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Our founder and CEO Kent Crawford stays on the road a good deal, teaching classes for the PMI SeminarsWorld series, as well as visiting client sites and attending conferences and speaking engagements. In doing so, he keeps a front-line view of what is going on in organizations across a broad array of industries. So, once… Read More »

Sep 6, 2017

New Research Strongly Links PMO and PPM Processes to Strategic Execution

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Although we have not released the formal research report yet, and the numbers are still being crunched, there are a couple things I found in reading through the raw data collected by our Strategy Execution Process Benchmark that I couldn't wait to share.Like the majority of companies out there, those that participated in… Read More »

Jun 28, 2017

New Research Study: How Do Project/Program Processes Impact Strategy Execution?

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Last week we launched our newest research initiative The Strategic Execution Process Benchmark: Integrating Projects, Programs, and Portfolios for Strategic Success, and we are very excited about it. Over the 20 years that PM Solutions Research has been collecting data about project management processes, we have seen an increasing confluence of strategic planning and management with… Read More »

Jan 16, 2017

With the Passage of the PMIAA, Project Management Says, Hello Tomorrow

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project & Program Management, Governance, Strategy Execution | 1 Comment

A month ago today, President Obama signed the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA) into law after it completed a long slog through Congress. The profession could not have received a more timely holiday gift. On the Project Management Institute website, CEO Mark Langley cited PMI’s 2015 Pulse of the Profession report findings… Read More »

Aug 8, 2016

Studying and Shaping Project Management: An Interview with J. Kent Crawford

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago, we shared an interview with Dr. Al Zeitoun, our new President in which he talked about the strategic planning we had recently completed, with a focus on the strategic value of project management (and thus of the services we provide, both in consulting and training). Today, we turn to Kent Crawford,… Read More »

Jun 22, 2016

Still Justifying Project Management in Your Organization? This Will Help!

Posted by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Governance, Performance Measurement, Project Management Research, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

Companies are demanding to know the long-range benefits of building and implementing a project management culture. Simple financial measurements are not enough; a balanced family of measures is needed to get an overall picture of the health of your organization and its project management practices. A balanced family of measures can evolve into a powerful… Read More »

Apr 18, 2016

Risky Business: PMI Study Charts a Dip in Project Success Rates

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Performance Measurement, Portfolio Management, Project Failure & Recovery, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

Last week, our CEO Kent Crawford presented a webinar on strategies to recover troubled or failing projects to a large audience. The questions they submitted for the Q&A displayed just how much worry and stress failing projects create for project managers. We will be interviewing Kent on this blog, answering many of the… Read More »

Feb 26, 2016

2016 Challenge for PMOs: Document Time-to-Value

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

For the first decade that I wrote about and reported on project management, almost nobody in the wider business press was talking about PM at all. I became adept at reading between the lines in business, management, strategy, and software/IT publications, looking for ways that their trends and pain-points related to our discipline. That… Read More »

Dec 1, 2015

Embedding Project Portfolio Management in Your Organization

Posted by in Project & Program Management, Portfolio Management, Project Management Events | 1 Comment

Project portfolio management was the theme of this year’s PMO Symposium. We outlined some of the key lessons learned here and there. In this post, we will look at the first three stages of how project portfolio processes are put into practice: assessment, improvement, and reporting/analysis.Project Portfolio AssessmentJust like any… Read More »

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