Measuring the Value of PPM: An Interview with J. Kent Crawford

August 30, 2013 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Last week we kicked off a series of interviews with PM Solutions experts answering questions asked during our May webinar featuring The State of PPM 2013 – questions that we did not have time to answer during the event (note: the webinar is available for viewing here). This week, PM Solutions CEO J.

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Why Some PMOs Last—and Others Thrive: Insights from the State of PPM Study

August 19, 2013 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated June 2025. In May, as a follow-on to our State of Project Portfolio Management 2013 study, we hosted a webinar featuring the study results that drew our largest audience ever, and which elicited hundreds of questions from attendees. Of course, in the limited time available dur

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Gartner Keynote Challenges Us to "Create Energy": I'm In!

May 20, 2013 | by Johanna Mickel

We're at the Gartner Summit today and it is exhausting and stimulating, as usual! Well, perhaps more than usual. This is the 10th iteration of this event, and it just keeps getting better. With 1100 attendees, representing firms from (in order of abundance) financial services, government, healthcare

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PMOs Stress Value and Sponsorship at the PMO CoP Event

November 13, 2012 | by J. Kent Crawford

It’s always exciting to be among top PMO leaders! Their energy is inspiring. From the "outside the box" thinking of keynote speaker Roch Parayre, who proposed a role of "VP of Killing" for agile portfolio management, to the nitty-gritty workshops on metrics and value, the PMO Community of Practice

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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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