Spending (Less) Money to Make (More) Money

August 12, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Everyone is writing about how business can thrive in spite of the downturn ... including me. We're working on a new white paper on the ways that project management discipline can help companies contain costs and become more efficient. (You'll be able to read it here on or before August 13). But some

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PMOs: Great ... and Gone

July 14, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

I wish this were not true, but ever since 2002 when we began facilitating project management benchmarking groups, I have been meeting PMO directors who brought project management to the attention to senior management, created PMOs or Centers of Excellence, drove PM improvements across organizations,

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Blogging with Biotech

May 19, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

The Center for Business Practices' Strategy & Projects Summit is in full swing this morning, here in Cambridge Mass ... I'm blogging with a view of the Charles River, which is a nice change. And, speaking of change: the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's here with us, listening to my CEO Kent

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More on PM and the Times We Live In

February 19, 2009 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Just after I made my last post, several things came across my desk that said: Nope, you aren't crazy after all. First, my colleague Matt Crawford sent me this link to coverage of the role of PMOs in the downturn. According to the CIO of the Baylor Health Care System, "Anytime you add what might ap

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2009: Thoughts from - and for - the C-Level

December 16, 2008 | by J. Kent Crawford

Whew! These are some challenging times. As I read the news daily I am struck by the fact that our economic woes are primarily management failures - failures in the areas of governance and strategy. This only inspires me to redouble my efforts to spread the word about integrating the strategic level

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