Celebrating Our First 15 Years

Since it is Valentine’s Day, let me just say … I love my work! This month marks 15 years since we founded PM Solutions, and reflecting on the achievements of our associates and the rewarding professional relationships we’ve developed makes me want to share some heartfelt thoughts about the changes that the company and our profession have experienced over the past decade and a half.

I am really amazed at the way project management and PMOs have moved into the mainstream of business. Beginning as a little-understood but important specialty, the profession has proven its value again and again, and project management practitioners have learned to communicate this value, making the PMO – once a rarity – a common feature of forward-thinking organizations, and in many organizations, a key player at the strategic level. I am very proud and excited about the successes we’ve seen and also the excitement that continues to brew in this still-growing profession!

It has been wonderful to see organizational leaders and executives embracing project management to an unprecedented level. I’ve always believed that our discipline held the key to better business outcomes, and having the chance to produce research to prove this point, and helping companies to implement organizational improvements based on that research, has been its own reward. I am very proud that PM Solutions and PM College have worked with premier leaders in global industry as they have developed capabilities, maturity, and lasting results using project management.

I believe the next 15 years will bring even greater proof of the great results companies achieve when applying project management principles. We’ll see companies implement measures that tell them precisely how much project management is affecting their organizational performance. We’ll see project managers rise to the highest levels in companies. I think we will cease to hear the question: “How can I convince my executives of PM’s value?”

So, thanks to all our associates and clients for participating in the journey. I look forward to the road ahead.