Good Governance!

September 21, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

At least one place in the world, that title is not an oxymoron. The Auckland, New Zealand City Council's Programme Management Office is second runner-up in the 2010 PMO of the Year competition. You can read all about them in the downloadable ebook posted here, or on SlideShare. But, just in brief:

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Re-Establishing Trust with Great Project Management

September 14, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Over the past decade, it has become increasingly common to hear business problems attributed to "a lack of trust." Trust between brand and consumer; between financial institutions and investors or depositors; between labor and management. It's been interesting to me to see a moral value become such

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A Solid Foundation Builds A Winning PMO

September 13, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Nearly a decade ago, I conducted an interview with the leader of what was, at the time, a unique PMO on the Center of Excellence model. We had looked around to find an organization that was a "best-practice" leader in the area of creating career paths for project managers. At the time, that organiza

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Back to the Future: Some Thoughts about the PMO of the Year Finalists

August 27, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This is in the nature of an appetizer; the main course will come out on Sept. 8 in the form of our new ebook about the PMO of the Year Award and this year's winner and finalists. Reading through the application essays, which we edit down into briefer summaries of the winning characteristics of eac

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PMO of the Year ... Are You Curious?

August 10, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Just wanted to drop a line to our readers about the results of the PMO of the Year Award competition. The results are in, and we're pretty excited ... but ... we decided to hold off the announcement until Sept. 8 so we can make a splash with a nifty e-book all about the award and this year's winner

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