Questions, Questions, Questions...

March 19, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Over the next week, I'll point to some resources for the PMO of the Year aspirants who have been contacting me on email and through our Linked In group about the Award. But today, the questions that are foremost in my mind are the ones asked of Kent Crawford after last week's webinar on Unlocking

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"Trust Me, Our PMO is Great!"

March 12, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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 atten

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The Million-Dollar Question: What's the Value of a PMO?

March 5, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Well, as they say at the races, Ils sont partis! ... the gates are open and the horses are away: the PMO of the Year Award competition is off to a running start. Already I am getting questions from prospective applicants, and from some of last year's applicants who are ready to try again. One fellow

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Looking Back at Some Winning PMOs

March 2, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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 com

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The PMO Program Manager

February 28, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Alas, I am old enough to remember when there was some confusion about programs, portfolios, and multi-project management, a fog which has at least partly cleared thanks to the Project Management Institute's continuing work on standardizing the terminology and developing standards for the various rol

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