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Mar 12, 2010

"Trust Me, Our PMO is Great!"

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Governance, Performance Measurement, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 1 Comment

Yesterday I listened in on my CEO Kent Crawford's webcast on "Unlocking the Value of the PMO" I was struck by the theme of the questions being asked by the participants. "What if you don't have the authority to implement resource management policies?" "How do you get the executive level to pay attention… Read More »

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Yesterday I listened in on my CEO Kent Crawford's webcast on "Unlocking the Value of the PMO" I was struck by the theme of the questions being asked by the participants. "What if you don't have the authority to implement resource management policies?" "How do you get the executive level to pay attention… Read More »

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Mar 2, 2010

Looking Back at Some Winning PMOs

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 0 Comments

Since today kicks off the 2010 PMO of the Year Award application period (see the contest information, and download application materials here), and since I've been writing a series about roles in the PMO, it seems a good time to review the previous winners of the award, and see what they have in common with… Read More »

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Since today kicks off the 2010 PMO of the Year Award application period (see the contest information, and download application materials here), and since I've been writing a series about roles in the PMO, it seems a good time to review the previous winners of the award, and see what they have in common with… Read More »

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Feb 17, 2010

The PMO Resource Manager

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 0 Comments

In 2003, when I began researching PMO roles for our books, Optimizing Human Capital and Project Management Roles and Responsibilities, I proposed adding a role called "Manager of Project Managers" to our list, and was met with some skepticism, and rightly so. At that time, there was little evidence that project personnel were being managed and… Read More »

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In 2003, when I began researching PMO roles for our books, Optimizing Human Capital and Project Management Roles and Responsibilities, I proposed adding a role called "Manager of Project Managers" to our list, and was met with some skepticism, and rightly so. At that time, there was little evidence that project personnel were being managed and… Read More »

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Nov 12, 2009

The Skills Gap

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project & Program Management, Resource Optimization | 0 Comments

On Thursday, at the PMI conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the conference organizers featured a track of simultaneously translated presentations in English (adding additional complexity to their conference planning ... and pulling it off beautifully, too). The keynote was Greg Balestero, CEO of the Project Management Institute. He spoke on the theme of project management in… Read More »

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On Thursday, at the PMI conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the conference organizers featured a track of simultaneously translated presentations in English (adding additional complexity to their conference planning ... and pulling it off beautifully, too). The keynote was Greg Balestero, CEO of the Project Management Institute. He spoke on the theme of project management in… Read More »

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Aug 12, 2009

Blue-Horizon, Lights-On, and Bread-and-Butter: Balancing the Bad Times Portfolio

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Portfolio Management, Resource Optimization, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

I'm still digesting that Accenture research on what companies that emerged strongly from the 1990-91 downturn did differently during the bad times. As I said in my previous post, this is one of those business news articles that is all about portfolio management, without ever mentioning it.I suspect that is because a lot… Read More »

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I'm still digesting that Accenture research on what companies that emerged strongly from the 1990-91 downturn did differently during the bad times. As I said in my previous post, this is one of those business news articles that is all about portfolio management, without ever mentioning it.I suspect that is because a lot… Read More »

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May 19, 2009

Blogging with Biotech

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

The Center for Business Practices' Strategy & Projects Summit is in full swing this morning, here in Cambridge Mass ... I'm blogging with a view of the Charles River, which is a nice change. And, speaking of change: the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's here with us, listening to my CEO Kent Crawford do his presentation… Read More »

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The Center for Business Practices' Strategy & Projects Summit is in full swing this morning, here in Cambridge Mass ... I'm blogging with a view of the Charles River, which is a nice change. And, speaking of change: the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's here with us, listening to my CEO Kent Crawford do his presentation… Read More »

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May 14, 2009

The Soft Side of Practicing Hard Skills

Posted by in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Performance Measurement, Resource Optimization, Site News | 4 Comments

Debbie's comment regarding improved employee morale being an ancillary benefit of project management brings to mind a discussion I had with a client CIO last year who had been wondering about measuring the benefits of the project management and portfolio management methodologies he had introduced into his organization. Naturally he was thinking about &ldquo… Read More »

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Debbie's comment regarding improved employee morale being an ancillary benefit of project management brings to mind a discussion I had with a client CIO last year who had been wondering about measuring the benefits of the project management and portfolio management methodologies he had introduced into his organization. Naturally he was thinking about &ldquo… Read More »

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Jan 26, 2009

(Human) Resource Management

Posted by in Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 5 Comments

Well, the numbers are crunched, sliced and diced, and our new research report on Resource Management Challenges has been posted on our website ... and while I can't say the results hold any big surprises, there are a few things I wanted to hold up and point at (which I will do, actually, in person,… Read More »

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Well, the numbers are crunched, sliced and diced, and our new research report on Resource Management Challenges has been posted on our website ... and while I can't say the results hold any big surprises, there are a few things I wanted to hold up and point at (which I will do, actually, in person,… Read More »

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