Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

(If you are wondering what happened to Part 2 of this series, check out Deborah Bigelow Crawford's responses to questions about training and coaching on the PM College blog here.)I've saved the best for last. One of our webinar attendees asked:Question: Please review more of the roles and responsibilities of the Agile… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Agile or Adaptive PM, Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Human Capital, Project Management Research, Site News | 0 Comments

Project management practice is in the midst of a sea-change. Adaptive methods that once occupied a specialist niche are being mainstreamed in response to a competitive climate that demands greater flexibility, more transparency, and faster results. As organizations continue to experiment with, and expand application of, hybrid/adaptive approaches, it’s important to pay… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

We enjoyed a series of thoughtful blogs about the PMO Symposium this year, thanks to my colleague Johanna Mickel, both here and on the PM College blog. To wrap up, I asked our CEO J. Kent Crawford to share his impressions of the PMO of the Year Award finalists. Kent has a long history with… Read More »

Posted by Carrie Capili | 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that our president and founder, J. Kent Crawford, is the recipient of the 2017 PMI Southwest Ohio Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors those who have made significant and continuous contributions over the entirety of their career to the field of project management. That is certainly true of Kent!With… Read More »

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

I used to think "disruptive" was a bad word.But Kent Crawford set me straight yesterday during his presentation at the PMO Symposium, titled "The Disruptive PMO: Change, Innovate and Lead." It's not just that new technology can be disruptive, as discussed on the Forrester blog, but that disruptive innovations require a rethinking of… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Portfolio Management, Project Management Events, Project Management Research | 0 Comments

Last week we kicked off a series of interviews with PM Solutions experts answering questions asked during our May webinar featuring The State of PPM 2013 – questions that we did not have time to answer during the event (note: the webinar is available for viewing here). This week, PM Solutions CEO J. Kent Crawford responded… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Governance, Performance Measurement, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 1 Comment

Yesterday I listened in on my CEO Kent Crawford's webcast on "Unlocking the Value of the PMO" I was struck by the theme of the questions being asked by the participants. "What if you don't have the authority to implement resource management policies?" "How do you get the executive level to pay attention… Read More »