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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One Size PMO Does NOT Fit All

April 29, 2014 | by Allen Young

This blog was updated May 2025 A good deal has been written about Project Management Offices (PMOs) in terms of the services they provide and the associated governance structures that go with them. I’ve seen the suggested types of PMOs range from as few as three to as many as twelve in my travels.

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Managing Disruption ... Not an Oxymoron for Today's PMO

April 2, 2014 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Managing disruption? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? Here at PM Solutions, we don't think so. We think there are aspects of project and program management that make the PMO the ideal partner in managing disruptive innovation and change. And in tomorrow's webinar, a reprise of J. Kent Crawford

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2014 State of the PMO Closes March 4

March 3, 2014 | by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Since 2008, PM Solutions Research has been keeping tabs on developments in organization design for project management. The State of the PMO studies, carried out every two years, have helped countless companies and practitioners understand and work with trends and challenges as PMOs have come into pl

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OCM, The People Side: Leverage the Champions of Change

February 19, 2014 | by Allen Young

Continuing to flesh out the areas I’d like to see expanded on in any OCM model, let’s take a look at how the PMO and its people contribute to—or impede—an organization’s “change-ability.” According to PM Solutions’ own research, the majority of firms already have a PMO of some sort in place, and t

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