Bringing Multiple PMOs Together with PPM

June 8, 2012

Companies experience revenue growth in a number of ways -- by increasing market share, offering new products and/or mergers and acquisitions. While growth is always a positive thing, there are some organizational side effects. New departments, business units, functional groups, and the like will be

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Resource Coordination: Never Again Hear “What Do I Do Now?"

May 24, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Coordination of many resources over many efforts (whether project or operational) is required to ensure that an organization functions properly.  That’s why resource coordination is one of the main functions of the PMO. Through Project Portfolio Management (PPM) techniques, the typical enterprise o

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The State of the PMO 2012: A Few Highlights

February 20, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

We are deep into the jungle of numbers here, with a record number of responses to our PMO research study (over 500), thanks to the participation of our media partner Gantthead. Call me a research nerd, but it's always exciting to see patterns begin to emerge from the chaos. It's early days yet - but

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2012: The Year of Post-Merger Integration?

January 6, 2012

2011 was touted by Forbes Magazine as the “Year of the M&A” and the past year’s business news showed that they were not far off the mark. If you work for a company that has been in on this trend, congratulations – and now your real work begins! “Post-merger integration” activities include re-e

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2012 PMO Forecast: Cloudy, with A Bright Horizon

November 28, 2011 | by J. Kent Crawford

This is the time of year when, although our personal energies may be focused on home and family for the holidays, our business energies leapfrog over the year's end: forecasts and budgets for 2012 loom large. What trends should we capitalize upon? What risks can we plan to dodge? Forecasting - bot

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