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"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
Executing Strategy: The Project Manager’s Role
Strategic execution continues to be one of the top challenges facing CEOs. A decade ago, a Conference Board study showed that top management ranked consistent execution of strategy third of 91 challenges. All I have read indicates that executing strategy remains a serious issue. According to an
Risky Business: PMI Study Charts a Dip in Project Success Rates
Last week, our CEO Kent Crawford presented a webinar on strategies to recover troubled or failing projects to a large audience. The questions they submitted for the Q&A displayed just how much worry and stress failing projects create for project managers. We will be interviewing Kent on this blo
From Resistance to Results: PMO of the Year Finalist Symcor
Symcor is one of those back-office businesses that you never think about, but upon which you rely every day. The millions of transactions that they process, from checks and ATM visits to statements and other documents, must happen seamlessly and to a standard of quality that can only be described as
The Value of an Experienced Project Manager
The value of project management knowledge is, of course, the bedrock of PM Solutions' business. Recently, new research by the PM College and PM Solutions Research validated that companies with higher-skilled project managers experienced better business results. But what if, like the majority of comp