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Burning Questions for 2011
Chatting with my boss the other day, the term "burning questions" came up more than once, which struck me as significant. I jotted it in the margin of my notes and later, in the search field of my browser. To my surprise, Burning Question turned out to be the title of a new book about marketing. W
Project Management on the Potomac: Making Waves
The PMI Global Congress is better this year than ever: venue, food, and ease-of-use have all been upgraded. But it's in the selection of speakers and array of presentations that it really shows a marked upturn. First of all: Bill Clinton was awesome as the kickoff keynote speaker. In challenging t
The Million-Dollar Question: What's the Value of a PMO?
Well, as they say at the races, Ils sont partis! ... the gates are open and the horses are away: the PMO of the Year Award competition is off to a running start. Already I am getting questions from prospective applicants, and from some of last year's applicants who are ready to try again. One fellow
How Are We Doing?
Around here, we believe in baselining ... otherwise, you can't tell if you are making any progress. The start of a new year seems an appropriate time to look around at the business environment, as well as our internal organizational environment, and make a few resolutions based on a clear-eyed view
Blue-Horizon, Lights-On, and Bread-and-Butter: Balancing the Bad Times Portfolio
I'm still digesting that Accenture research on what companies that emerged strongly from the 1990-91 downturn did differently during the bad times. As I said in my previous post, this is one of those business news articles that is all about portfolio management, without ever mentioning it. I suspe