A Dual Focus on Mission and Standards Wins Accolades for this Nonprofit Healthcare PMO

November 12, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Catholic Health Initiatives is a national, faith-based, non-profit health organization formed in 1996 by bringing together 12 health ministries rooted in traditions of caring for the poor and vulnerable. In 2008, the Enterprise Program Management Office was established by CHI executive leadership wi

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New CIO: “Let’s Change Everything, Fast.” First Horizon’s PMO Says, “Can Do!”

November 11, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The financial services sector has seen more than its share of disruptive change. Since 2008, many financial services IT divisions have tried to shrink expenses and wait out the storm. But at First Horizon, second runner-up in this year's PMO of the Year Award competition, the arrival of a CIO with a

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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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New PMO Capability Model Spurs Lively Discussion at PMI Global Congress

October 24, 2012 | by J. Kent Crawford

Wow! Thanks to all those who participated in my session Sunday at the PMI Global Congress in Vancouver, BC. We held an informal focus group on the topic of measuring PMO capability (or maturity), where I debuted a model our research division has been working on this year. The model, which we are cal

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T-Mobile USA’s EPO Drives Business under Unusual Circumstances

September 19, 2012 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Few of the organizations in the PMO of the Year Award competition had as tumultuous a year in 2011 as T-Mobile. In March of 2011, its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, entered into a proposed agreement with AT&T to sell its T-Mobile USA subsidiary, which celebrated its 10th year in the US market

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