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"A Culture for Project Recovery"

April 18, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

There were so many great questions asked in the webinar on project recovery presented by Kent Crawford in March that he ran out of time to answer them all. The remaining questions - and recorded answers - are posted on our new Project Recovery Resource Center.As I listened to the questions and answers, one...

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Planning or Requirements?

March 31, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

What's the top reason projects fail? Participants in our webinar last week (you can download the materials here) overwhelmingly said "Planning!" (or I suppose, the lack thereof). But that wasn't the finding of our newest research study, Strategies for Project Recovery, which identified requirements issues as the top cause.At first I wondered...

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Reevaluating "Success"

March 11, 2011 | by J. Kent Crawford

After you've spent a year working on a book, it's great to know people are reading it! We ran across a mention of the new Strategic Project Office, Second Edition on an excellent ZDNet blog by Michael Krigsman. He points out that project failure statistics are misleading and often, downright unhelpful, since...

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Project Managers, Take A Bow

February 28, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

If there were an Oscar for "Best Actor in the Project Recovery Category," that award would go to the Project Manager.The results of a study on troubled projects, released last week by PM Solutions Research, show that, while companies on average annually face the potential failure of projects valued at $74 million, when they take...

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Celebrating Our First 15 Years

February 14, 2011 | by J. Kent Crawford

Since it is Valentine’s Day, let me just say … I love my work! This month marks 15 years since we founded PM Solutions, and reflecting on the achievements of our associates and the rewarding professional relationships we’ve developed makes me want to share some heartfelt thoughts about the changes that the...

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