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Report from Dubai: Today's Youth Are the PM Lab for Tomorrow
I've been privileged to lead some discussions today at the Dubai International Project Management Forum. Today and tomorrow I will be filling you in on some of the interesting developments at this conference. This morning, I had the pleasure of presenting to the "Youth Circle" and then facilitating
"The Art of the Possible": An Interview with Dr. Al Zeitoun, PMP
If you’ve been following PM Solutions this past month, you already know that we’ve gained a new President. Al Zeitoun, PhD, PMP has taken on one of the roles previously carried out by our founder and CEO J. Kent Crawford. We’ve welcomed him with a fresh round of strategic planning, which has now mo
Executing Strategy: The Project Manager’s Role
Strategic execution continues to be one of the top challenges facing CEOs. A decade ago, a Conference Board study showed that top management ranked consistent execution of strategy third of 91 challenges. All I have read indicates that executing strategy remains a serious issue. According to an
How Many Projects Per PM? It Depends.
Last week, one of our consultants came to us with a question from a client: "What is the ideal or standard number of projects per project manager?" Questions like this are the heart of our research program. We aren’t academics and don’t aspire to be. PM Solutions Research was established to find th
An Interview with John McIntyre of Ticketmaster International's PMO
All three of this year’s finalists share a business model of leveraging IT to deliver services. In the case of UK-based Ticketmaster International (TMI), the service they provide is … fun. Across 13 markets (not including the U.S.), TMI is there at the touch of a button to hook up fans with their fa