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With the Passage of the PMIAA, Project Management Says, Hello Tomorrow
This blog was updated June 2025. In December 2016, President Obama signed the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act (PMIAA) into law after it completed a long slog through Congress. The profession could not have received a more timely holiday gift. On the Project Management Institut
Making the Leap from Tactical to Strategic: Some Advice for PMOs
Although is is not a major theme in our biennial research study, The State of the PMO, there's one data point that I always keep a close eye on, and that is the use of outside contractors to manage the PMO or to manage specific projects and programs for the PMO. Over the years we've seen the percent
New PMO? Aim High and Go Long
This week saw the release of the latest iteration of our biennial research study, The State of the PMO 2016. After nearly a decade of collecting information on PMO trends and functions, PM Solutions Research had a clear view of how the PMO is developing as an organizational entity. Not only that, bu
Still Justifying Project Management in Your Organization? This Will Help!
Companies are demanding to know the long-range benefits of building and implementing a project management culture. Simple financial measurements are not enough; a balanced family of measures is needed to get an overall picture of the health of your organization and its project management practices.
"The Art of the Possible": An Interview with Dr. Al Zeitoun, PMP
If you’ve been following PM Solutions this past month, you already know that we’ve gained a new President. Al Zeitoun, PhD, PMP has taken on one of the roles previously carried out by our founder and CEO J. Kent Crawford. We’ve welcomed him with a fresh round of strategic planning, which has now mo