2012: The Year of Post-Merger Integration?

January 6, 2012

2011 was touted by Forbes Magazine as the “Year of the M&A” and the past year’s business news showed that they were not far off the mark. If you work for a company that has been in on this trend, congratulations – and now your real work begins! “Post-merger integration” activities include re-e

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2012 PMO Forecast: Cloudy, with A Bright Horizon

November 28, 2011 | by J. Kent Crawford

This is the time of year when, although our personal energies may be focused on home and family for the holidays, our business energies leapfrog over the year's end: forecasts and budgets for 2012 loom large. What trends should we capitalize upon? What risks can we plan to dodge? Forecasting - bot

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That "Vision Thing": VSP's Got It!

October 28, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

VSP Vision Care® placed as first runner-up in the 2011 PMO of the Year competition, largely because they have shown themselves to be ahead of the curve in solving the "problems of success" and moving their program and portfolio practice to ever-higher levels of sophistication as the company grew.

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PMO of the Year Award Semifinalists Announced

July 14, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Whew, that was a close one. Many close ones, in fact. The field of 33 entries in this year's PMO of the Year Award competition was amazing. I wish our confidentiality rules did not preclude my naming all those who entered. From the Middle East and Africa, and across Canada and the US, we gathered

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Strategy and Projects: Make the Connection!

January 31, 2011 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

You heard it here first: How about a new knowledge area for project management? and the corresponding new section in PMI's PMBOK® Guide? with, naturally, its own section on the PMP exam: "The next 20 questions examine your understanding of how projects create business value for the larger organiza

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