When 96% Success Just Isn't Good Enough ...

November 2, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Dell Services' Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLS) PMO stands at the juncture of an unfortunate trend and an undeniable reality: while health-care projects have a failure rate of roughly 30%, for each individual facing a health care crisis, only a zero-defects outcome is acceptable. The PMO of the

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That "Vision Thing": VSP's Got It!

October 28, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

VSP Vision Care® placed as first runner-up in the 2011 PMO of the Year competition, largely because they have shown themselves to be ahead of the curve in solving the "problems of success" and moving their program and portfolio practice to ever-higher levels of sophistication as the company grew.

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A Bittersweet PMI Congress

October 26, 2011 | by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

PMI's annual conference was different this year.  As a long time member … my 21st consecutive symposium … there was an energy missing.  That energy was Eric Jennet, one of PMI’s original founders.  Eric died on Friday at the age of 86.  He was a character … he called it the way he saw it, and was no

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PMI Congress Kicks Off Today!

October 23, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The annual PMI Global Congress-North America opened this morning in Dallas, Texas. If you are there, stop by and visit our booth on the tradeshow floor, where Michele Stephano will be holding down the fort along with other PM Solutions and PM College folks. Our new book, An Inside Look at High-Perfo

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California Government IT Moves Beyond Dreamin' to Measurable Performance

October 21, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Interviewing the California Technology Agency's voluble and diverse team over the phone is something of a challenge, especially when  they get excited. And they are justifiably excited about the Agency's recent honor as finalist in the PMO of the Year Award competition. Judges cited the state agency

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