The PMO Resource Manager

February 17, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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

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Who's Running that "Next-Generation PMO"?

January 14, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Seven years ago, when we began the research behind our book Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office, we had numerous discussions about the roles we proposed within the strategic, enterprise PMO. Have you ever met a Chief Project Officer? someone asked skeptically. Does the role of P

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How Are We Doing?

January 11, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Around here, we believe in baselining ... otherwise, you can't tell if you are making any progress. The start of a new year seems an appropriate time to look around at the business environment, as well as our internal organizational environment, and make a few resolutions based on a clear-eyed view

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The Skills Gap

November 12, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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 t

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PM Training: Not "One Size Fits All"

November 10, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Whether you call it The Vanishing Mass Market (as Business Week has done), or The Long Tail, (as Wired blogger Chris Anderson terms it) or Nouveau Niche, it's obvious that the way we interact with the marketplace has changed. Consumers want what they want, not some lowest-common-denominator, one-siz

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