First Runner-Up (Again) VSP "Sees" the Way Clear

November 8, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

There are some companies that apply several times for the PMO of the Year Award without ever making it to semifinalist status. The competition is steep, and the pool of competitors changes from year to year, bringing in each year larger and more noteworthy companies, making it harder to rise through

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The PMO as "Financial Advisor" to the Enterprise: A Glimpse into Verizon Wireless' Award-Winning Marketing PMO

November 1, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated in May 2025. We had planned to showcase a profile of Verizon Wireless Marketing PMO last Thursday on International Project Management Day, but those plans were ... well, overcome by events. It’s doubtful that anyone on the east coast was reading project management blogs last w

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PMO of the Year Semifinalist Profile: Dignity Health’s P2MO Points to “True North” for this Healthcare Nonprofit

August 27, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Today and for the next several weeks, we will be profiling each of the PMO of the Year Award semifinalists … and of course, eventually revealing the winner and top three! Today, we look at a relatively young PMO organization that has quickly revolutionized the project and program culture and process

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Maturity’s Impact on Organizational Change

July 27, 2012 | by Allen Young

Maturity doesn’t always come up as a significant factor in Organizational Change Management (OCM) discussion circles, but in my experience, you ignore it at your peril! I became aware of this issue while setting up Project Management Offices (PMOs) and doing enterprise Project Portfolio Management (

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Bringing Multiple PMOs Together with PPM

June 8, 2012

Companies experience revenue growth in a number of ways -- by increasing market share, offering new products and/or mergers and acquisitions. While growth is always a positive thing, there are some organizational side effects. New departments, business units, functional groups, and the like will be

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