From Resistance to Results: PMO of the Year Finalist Symcor

November 19, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Symcor is one of those back-office businesses that you never think about, but upon which you rely every day. The millions of transactions that they process, from checks and ATM visits to statements and other documents, must happen seamlessly and to a standard of quality that can only be described as

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"An Amazing Place to Work" - Interview with Navy Federal Credit Union's Kristin Earley

November 18, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

A week ago today, our CEO Kent Crawford joined PMI in congratulating the 2015 PMO of the Year Award winner, Navy Federal Credit Union, at the PMO Symposium in Phoenix. The finalists, Symcor and Ticketmaster, were also honored at the event. An in-depth description of the winner and finalists’ applica

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Navy Federal Credit Union is “the Best of the Best”

November 11, 2015 | by J. Kent Crawford

We’re here at the PMO Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona with PMO leaders from all over the world. It’s always exciting to be among “the best of the best” as the PMI Awards Program logo declares. And among PMOs, the best are definitely represented here. Chief among these, of course, are the finalists fo

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How PMOs Are Changing to Cope with Resource Management Issues

October 12, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

My first introduction to the concept of a “project office” came in 2000, when I covered a Project Management Benchmarking Forum in Scottsdale, AZ for the newsletter then being published by this organization (The Best Practices Report). The forums were the brainchild of a University of Phoenix profes

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The Beauty of Expertise

July 31, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

My last blog post picked the brain of PM Solutions’ consulting practice director, Roger Bryson, on the reasons why companies reach out for expert assistance with projects and programs. His comments renewed my interest in the topics of knowledge transfer and expertise. Consulting thrives because we

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