Insights
The State of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) 2013
PM Solutions Research first surveyed organizations about their Project Portfolio Management (PPM) practices in 2003. A decade later, we’ve taken another look at a phenomenon that is changing the way organizations are managed and narrowing the gap between project/program management and corporate lead
TAGS: Portfolio Management
The Business-Savvy Project Manager
The past decade has seen the convergence of two trends that drive the need for project and program managers to improve their business acumen: as organizations have become less hierarchical, they increasingly rely on projects and programs to gain competitive edge.
TAGS: Project Management Trends, Project Manager Competency
Creating a Change-Ready Organization
Creating a Change-Ready Organization discusses those aspects of project management that support the management of organizational change: stakeholder analysis to get buy-in and reduce resistance, communication planning to create a shared vision, and making measurement planning an integral part of sco
TAGS: Change Management, Project Management Trends
Building Project Manager Competency Improves Business Outcomes
Training and development leaders in five global organizations were interviewed about their experiences with measuring the value of their project management training initiatives. The result? For those companies that had implemented even the most basic tracking and measurement programs, the value was
TAGS: Project Management Training, Project Manager Competency