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One Size PMO Does NOT Fit All
This blog was updated May 2025 A good deal has been written about Project Management Offices (PMOs) in terms of the services they provide and the associated governance structures that go with them. I’ve seen the suggested types of PMOs range from as few as three to as many as twelve in my travels.
Managing Disruption ... Not an Oxymoron for Today's PMO
Managing disruption? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Here at PM Solutions, we don't think so. We think there are aspects of project and program management that make the PMO the ideal partner in managing disruptive innovation and change. And in tomorrow's webinar, a reprise of J. Kent Crawford
Four Rules to Change By
Continuing my “wish list” of issues I would like to see covered in more depth in PMI’s new Practice Standard for Change Management (see the first post in the series here), today I’m giving a quick overview of the four top issues that Organizational Change Management practitioners encounter. (If you
Gartner Keynote Challenges Us to "Create Energy": I'm In!
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
Tell a Good Story, Create Lasting Change
This blog was updated on April 9th, 2024 Ever notice how a project in its early stages feels a bit like a fairy tale? It’s full of possibility—but so far, it only exists in our imaginations. Now, let’s talk about Project Managers. How are they viewed in your organization? Are they seen as helpful