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Searching for Best-Practice Examples of Measures ... and Measurement Programs
In the Measuring Performance workshop that I teach for PMI, I am often asked for specific measures can be used to prove the value of the PMO to executives. Of course, our own Value Measurement system includes a number of measures of this type, from numbers of projects completed in a certain time fr
Chaos! (Or Maybe Not)
Several months ago, a colleague asked me if I could clarify some of the buzz he'd heard about the Standish Group's CHAOS report statistics on IT project success and failure. This wasn't the first time I'd heard grousing - from both the research community and the IT community - about this set of stat
New Links Added to the Blogroll!
If you haven't perused some of the terrific sites we've linked to in our Blogroll (see the right column of this page, scroll down), you are missing out. Some of them provide helpful how-tos on skills for the project manager (Bright Hub, for example) while others serve as online communities with care
Shouldn't PM Training Walk the Talk?
This blog was updated July 2025. Lately, I've noticed something ironic about project management and project management training. Successful projects are so specific to the needs of the sponsors and business, requiring detailed project plans to ensure that scope, schedule, budget and deliverables h
New PMO Research Study: Chime In Now
Just a quick note: we are updating our 2008 State of the PMO research this month. The new survey questionnaire is available online through Friday, April 9: Click here to take The State of the PMO 2010 now! If you have a vested interest in the success of your organization's Project/Program Manageme