Chaos! (Or Maybe Not)

April 30, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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

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New Links Added to the Blogroll!

April 23, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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

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Shouldn't PM Training Walk the Talk?

April 16, 2010

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

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New PMO Research Study: Chime In Now

April 2, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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

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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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