PPM and the PMO: "The Logical Approach" says PM Solutions' Alan Fein

September 23, 2013 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated July 2025. In our final interview addressing questions asked at our webinar covering the State of PPM 2012 research study, PM Solutions Managing Consultant Alan Fein addresses the appropriate organizational structures to support PPM. The research study contrasted PPM processes

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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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PMI Now Accepting Applications for the PMO of the Year Award

March 6, 2013 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Big news: After seven years, the PMO of the Year Award, founded by the research division of PM Solutions, has officially become part of the PMI Awards program. Here's the official announcement: "PM Solutions and PMI have come to an agreement to transfer the PMO of the Year Award program to PMI for

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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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