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Project Management Research

Stay on the cutting-edge of critical management trends, organizational priorities, and business practice innovations. View the latest collection of PM Solutions' Research below and check back regularly for new reports.

*Note: The Center for Business Practices (CBP) is now known as PM Solutions' Research


The State of the Project Management Office (PMO) 2010

The State of the PMO 2010 was designed to help us understand the nature of current PMO practices and discover trends that may point to solutions to today’s challenges. The PMO has become the central organizational structure for standardizing the practices of companies in the delivery of their projects. PM Solutions Research surveyed a broad spectrum of companies to get a clearer understanding of the variety of factors that affect PMOs, including the following:

  • Do companies have PMOs? How long have they had them?
  • What functions are performed by these PMOs?
  • How large are PMO staffs? How experienced?
  • Do PMOs provide training? If so, what types of training?
  • What are the primary challenges facing PMOs?
  • What value does a PMO add to the company?
  • What are organizations’ priorities for the upcoming year?

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Project Management Best Practice Benchmarks 2009

Project Management Best Practice Benchmarks 2009 is a premium research compendium of data from eight studies conducted over the last several years. Use this report to address key project management issues, and to justify initiatives and expeditures on topics including:

  • The Value of Project Management
  • Resource Management Challenges
  • IT Project Portfolio Cost Management
  • The State of the PMO
  • Strategy & Projects
  • Project Management Maturity
  • Troubled Projects
  • High-Performance Project Teams

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