Implementing Change Amid a “Perfect Storm” of Changes

November 18, 2014 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

In 2012, WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest health benefits companies, serving 67 million people, stood at the center of a “perfect storm” of changes in their markets. A global recession, an aging population of Baby Boomers, and the advent of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) presented the com

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Don’t Be a “Fool with a Tool”: Lessons Learned from the EPPM Tool Trenches

October 29, 2014 | by Allen Young

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

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Value, and Corporate Values

October 2, 2014 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Johanna Mickel’s blog about a presentation at the Gartner Symposium tied in neatly with a theme that Allen Young had been expanding upon earlier on this blog: that of how you measure the value of project management processes (and of the PMO).   To recap, Johanna described Gartner analyst Donna Fitz

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Updated Study Shows Steady Growth in PMO Influence and Capabilities

May 2, 2014 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

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

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PPM and the PMO: "The Logical Approach" says PM Solutions' Alan Fein

September 23, 2013 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

This blog was updated July 2025. In our final interview addressing questions asked at our webinar covering the State of PPM 2012 research study, PM Solutions Managing Consultant Alan Fein addresses the appropriate organizational structures to support PPM. The research study contrasted PPM processes

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