New CIO: “Let’s Change Everything, Fast.” First Horizon’s PMO Says, “Can Do!”

November 11, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The financial services sector has seen more than its share of disruptive change. Since 2008, many financial services IT divisions have tried to shrink expenses and wait out the storm. But at First Horizon, second runner-up in this year's PMO of the Year Award competition, the arrival of a CIO with a

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First Runner-Up (Again) VSP "Sees" the Way Clear

November 8, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

There are some companies that apply several times for the PMO of the Year Award without ever making it to semifinalist status. The competition is steep, and the pool of competitors changes from year to year, bringing in each year larger and more noteworthy companies, making it harder to rise through

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The PMO as "Financial Advisor" to the Enterprise: A Glimpse into Verizon Wireless' Award-Winning Marketing PMO

November 1, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated in May 2025. We had planned to showcase a profile of Verizon Wireless Marketing PMO last Thursday on International Project Management Day, but those plans were ... well, overcome by events. It’s doubtful that anyone on the east coast was reading project management blogs last w

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T-Mobile USA’s EPO Drives Business under Unusual Circumstances

September 19, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Few of the organizations in the PMO of the Year Award competition had as tumultuous a year in 2011 as T-Mobile. In March of 2011, its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, entered into a proposed agreement with AT&T to sell its T-Mobile USA subsidiary, which celebrated its 10th year in the US market

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Maturity’s Impact on Organizational Change

July 27, 2012 | by Allen Young

Maturity doesn’t always come up as a significant factor in Organizational Change Management (OCM) discussion circles, but in my experience, you ignore it at your peril! I became aware of this issue while setting up Project Management Offices (PMOs) and doing enterprise Project Portfolio Management (

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