Shift the Focus to Benefits Now: A Report from the PMO Symposium

November 7, 2016 | by J. Kent Crawford

The annual PMO Symposium has kicked off and we could not have had a better starting gate than the presentation that expanded on PMI’s research into benefits realization. That this is the focus and the kickoff of the Symposium is so appropriate, because it ties right into what we believe to be the pr

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100% of Best-in-Class PMOs do Benefits Realization. Do You?

November 3, 2016 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Fun fact: Our newest research on The State of the PMO is coming out next week, and it provides a profile of what the best PMOs focus on. One of those items is benefits. We are not surprised, because a focus on benefits is one way that PMOs help their organizations achieve their strategic goals. In

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"The Times, They Are A-Changin’"

November 1, 2016 | by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

When I look back over my last 25 years in project management, I just sigh.  When I first entered this profession as Executive Director (now titled CEO) of PMI, I struggled with explaining what project management actually was to my family and friends.  They wanted to understand, but unless they were

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Report from Dubai: Disruptive Change Calls for Dynamic Organizations

October 26, 2016

Panel Participants H.E. Mattar Al-Tayer Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) H.E. Mohamed Alabbar Chairman, Emaar Properties Bill McDermott Chief Executive Officer, SAP SE

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Report from Dubai: Today's Youth Are the PM Lab for Tomorrow

October 25, 2016

I've been privileged to lead some discussions today at the Dubai International Project Management Forum. Today and tomorrow I will be filling you in on some of the interesting developments at this conference. This morning, I had the pleasure of presenting to the "Youth Circle" and then facilitating

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