The Value of an Experienced Project Manager

June 23, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The value of project management knowledge is, of course, the bedrock of PM Solutions' business. Recently, new research by the PM College and PM Solutions Research validated that companies with higher-skilled project managers experienced better business results. But what if, like the majority of comp

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New Research Reveals a Perception Gap Between Leaders and PMs

May 20, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Over the years, our research has consistently shown that having an effective project manager on the job makes the difference between project success and project failure.  So we aren’t surprised by the results from PM College’s latest study, “Project Manager Skills Benchmark 2015,” showing that organ

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New Benchmark Study Seeks Data on PM Skills

March 19, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Two years ago, the Project Management Institute commissioned a study on the PM job market that forecasted exponential growth in the demand for project managers globally. And, as the U.S. economy continues to improve, it does seem that at least some of those predictions are on track. At the same time

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Resource Bottleneck Rx: Make AND Buy

February 19, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

To continue my diatribe about talent and capital … a recent Harvard Business Review article sent me back to our own recent research studies. The article, “Talent Management for the 21st Century,” likened the problems companies now face with finding or developing talent to the issues faced by manufac

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Project Managers ... "Talent" or "Capital"?

January 14, 2015 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

So, it’s official … PM Solutions thought leadership continues to run about 10 years ahead of the times. For example, we said the title Chief Project Officer would come into use in our 2001 book, The Strategic Project Office and by 2007 we were collecting business cards at every project management

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