PMO of the Year Award Semifinalists Announced

July 14, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Whew, that was a close one. Many close ones, in fact. The field of 33 entries in this year's PMO of the Year Award competition was amazing. I wish our confidentiality rules did not preclude my naming all those who entered. From the Middle East and Africa, and across Canada and the US, we gathered

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"PM Is In the Culture Development Business" Says Tom Peters

July 1, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Our Director of Client Relations, Johanna Mickel (pictured below) kindly sent me her notes from the speech by Tom Peters that rounded out last week's Gartner Summit ... and I was pleased to find that Peters -- despite keynoting back-to-back conferences on the technical aspects of PPM, governance and

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Coming Soon: More Change and Uncertainty ... An Interview with Gartner Summit Attendee Barbara Preisz

June 21, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The Gartner Summit going on this week in San  Diego is apparently the place to be, and since I am not there, I thought our readers would appreciate an inside view of the proceedings from someone who is. The Summit, with the subtitle "Embracing Uncertainty and Change: The Key to Driving Value in Tu

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Burning Questions for 2011

January 12, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Chatting with my boss the other day, the term "burning questions" came up more than once, which struck me as significant. I jotted it in the margin of my notes and later, in the search field of my browser. To my surprise, Burning Question turned out to be the title of a new book about marketing. W

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What Is Portfolio Management?

December 15, 2010 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

I recently reviewed a manuscript for my publisher, who wanted an opinion on its value. It was an interesting experience, because it made me realize that a lot of what we assume everyone agrees on about project management is in fact floating in that No-Man's Land called the "grey area." This is esp

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