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New Research Reveals a Perception Gap Between Leaders and PMs
Over the years, our research has consistently shown that having an effective project manager on the job makes the difference between project success and project failure. So we aren’t surprised by the results from PM College’s latest study, “Project Manager Skills Benchmark 2015,” showing that organ
New Benchmark Study Seeks Data on PM Skills
Two years ago, the Project Management Institute commissioned a study on the PM job market that forecasted exponential growth in the demand for project managers globally. And, as the U.S. economy continues to improve, it does seem that at least some of those predictions are on track. At the same time
Resource Bottleneck Rx: Make AND Buy
To continue my diatribe about talent and capital … a recent Harvard Business Review article sent me back to our own recent research studies. The article, “Talent Management for the 21st Century,” likened the problems companies now face with finding or developing talent to the issues faced by manufac
Don't Forget to Manage the Organizational Change that EPPM Tools Create
This blog was updated June 2025. Not to sound like a broken record, let me just repeat (and repeat) that organizational change management (OCM) activities should be injected into every EPPM tool implementation. In parallel with the vendor selection process, conduct an organizational change readines
Updated Study Shows Steady Growth in PMO Influence and Capabilities
The fourth iteration of our biennial study on The State of the PMO was released last week. The data holds few surprises, but confirms that the PMO as an organizational resource continues to grow in capability and influence. In particular, it's always interesting to note how PMOs in high-performing