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The Process Side of EPPM Tool Implementations
This blog was updated June 2025. While organizational change issues are, in my opinion, the most significant component of an EPPM tool implementation, the process issues are a close second. By process, I mean at two levels: First level process The overall project and portfolio management discipli
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
EPPM and Decisionmaking: The Impact of Tools on Culture
In part 1 of this 5-part series, I highlighted several key points that companies should consider as part of the EPPM tool selection process that relate to organizational change readiness, including sponsorship and cultural factors. Having helped several clients with the tool selection process as we
Don’t Be a “Fool with a Tool”: Lessons Learned from the EPPM Tool Trenches
PC-based project management software tools arrived on the scene in the early to mid-1980s; the first ones had crude graphics and reporting that was limited by today’s standards. The real value-add was the relational database network used to track a project schedule. For the first time, project manag
Improving Project Management Yields Business Benefits ... And We Can Prove It
Just released today, the 2014 Project Management Maturity and Value Benchmark study reprises one of PM Solutions' most oft-cited research surveys, this time after a gap of several years. The findings will be exciting -- though not unexpected -- to proponents of project management. First, let me ju