More On Governance and the PMO

June 25, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

I'd like to tie those last two posts together with a couple of thoughts engendered by listening to Kent's keynote, and by some of the conversations I shared with PMO directors at the Summit. "Governance" is in danger of becoming a buzzword. It's one of those ideas that many corporate leaders accep

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Blogging with Biotech

May 19, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The Center for Business Practices' Strategy & Projects Summit is in full swing this morning, here in Cambridge Mass ... I'm blogging with a view of the Charles River, which is a nice change. And, speaking of change: the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's here with us, listening to my CEO Kent

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More on PM and the Times We Live In

February 19, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Just after I made my last post, several things came across my desk that said: Nope, you aren't crazy after all. First, my colleague Matt Crawford sent me this link to coverage of the role of PMOs in the downturn. According to the CIO of the Baylor Health Care System, "Anytime you add what might ap

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Those Ups and Downs

December 10, 2008 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

One of my favorite scenes in movie history is from The Lion in Winter, which takes place at Christmas in the castle where Henry II (Peter O'Toole) has imprisoned his uppity spouse Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katherine Hepburn). In the midst of a raging domestic battle over the king's mistress and his succ

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Crossing the Great Divide

October 20, 2008

No, this post isn't about the Rockies ... except in the sense that projects face a rocky road when confronting with resource management challenges ... which is, according to our research, the most common challenge in project management. No, the divide I'm posting about is the one between projects

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