Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

There are 100 pages of data in The State of the PMO 2022, so I could present about it every week for months without repeating myself. In this week's webinar (sign up here, this Thursday, Sept. 15 at 2 pm ET) PM Solutions' VP, Client Success Eric Foss and I will be hitting the high points. A sampler:… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Our newest research study, The State of the PMO 2022, compares and contrasts PMOs in participating organizations in a number of ways. One standout finding has been that PMOs that operate on the enterprise level outperform all others -- those established at the departmental level or business unit level-- on a majority of the key performance… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Two attendees to our Dec. 9, 2020 PMI Virtual Event that focused on the Agile PMO had specific questions about the use of the Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe®), so I pulled in two of our Agile SMEs for interviews. Here at last is an edited transcript of our conversation, held via Microsoft Teams in January 2021.… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Welcome to Part 2 of our three-part blog series exploring questions that were left unanswered at the end of my presentation during PMI's Dec. 9 virtual event (to read Part 1, click here.)Q: Is there a PMO maturity questionnaire and model that you would recommend and share?A: Yes … and no.There’s no… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Our co-presentation with Preferred Mutual at last November's PMO Symposium was so well-recieved that we decided to reprise it as a webinar. Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 2 pm for a free (PDU available!) event as PM Solutions President Bruce Miller and Preferred Mutual's senior VP of Strategic Services, Michele Graham, discuss the 1… Read More »

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

The State of Project Management 2020: Trends and Practices for a New Decade. is designed to help us understand the issues surrounding various aspects of project management. The questions will provide updated data points for comparison to our previous studies on the PMO, PPM, strategy execution and agile/adaptive practice adoption. This will allow us to… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

I had the opportunity yesterday to chat with those of our executive team who attended the 2019 PMO Symposium. Here's a recap of their top insights and takeaways from what they all agreed was "a very impressive conference," "the best I've ever attended," and "much more engaging" than previous years.CEO J. Kent Crawford… Read More »

Posted by Matt Crawford | 0 Comments

PMO Symposium 2019 is off and running. I attended the session entitled “Leading the Agile Evolution: Let’s Play Ball,” led by Alison Bakken from Thomson Reuters.  Her thoughts on the key reason for implementing Agile was to help teams deliver more effectively and efficiently for customers.  She shared several… Read More »

Posted by Johanna Mickel | 0 Comments

Hello from the PMO Symposium, where the theme, “Mastering Value Delivery,” feels so congruent with what we’ve been working on with clients recently. I loved the “beauty pageant” kickoff where the Session Preview gave multiple speakers a chance to pitch their sessions. The only problem: I can’t… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 1 Comment

Although we have not released the formal research report yet, and the numbers are still being crunched, there are a couple things I found in reading through the raw data collected by our Strategy Execution Process Benchmark that I couldn't wait to share.Like the majority of companies out there, those that participated in… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

In our May webinar/panel discussion of The State of the PMO 2016, we had a number of questions submitted by participants that there was not enough time to answer. I caught up with Kent Crawford by phone to get his responses to some of the questions that centered around PMO implementation and processes.Q: The… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Most Popular | 1 Comment

In our May webinar/panel discussion of The State of the PMO 2016, we had a number of questions submitted by participants that there was not enough time to answer. One of the major themes involved questions about agile tools and processes in the PMO. I called on one of our in-house Agile experts, Senior Consultant… Read More »

Posted by Victor L. Allen | 0 Comments

Editor's Note: We welcome back guest blogger Victor Allen with some words of wisdom, gained though experience, on the challenges faced by PMOs. This is the third in our "Expert Series": You can read previous posts in the series here and here. For more on PMO challenges and trends, please download our latest research… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

The State of the PMO 2016 research report, released last November, shows that the majority of organizations now either have PMOs or are planning to implement one in the coming year, the common functions and practices of PMOs are becoming a standard feature of organizations.But for those PMOs that have been in place for over… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Site News, Strategy Execution | 0 Comments

Calling all PMO leaders, executives with responsibility for PMOs, and PMO contributors: now is your chance to participate in our signature biennial research study, The State of the PMO. Conducted every two years since 2008, this study has helped thousands of companies gauge and improve thier PMO processes and functions. This year's study, subtitled "Enabling… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project & Program Management, Portfolio Management, Project Failure & Recovery, Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

There’s a lot going on in Michigan these days, and DTE Energy plays a role in much of the positive progress the state is enjoying. From the revitalization of Detroit to a massive commitment to clean alternative energy, DTE has relied on its PMO, the Major Enterprise Projects organization, or MEP, to bring… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Governance, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

This past Monday was an historic day for the small Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic (DR); Luis Jose Bourget, director of The Central Bank’s Portfolio Management Office, traveled to Miami to accept accolades as a finalist in the PMO of the Year Award competition.As the first Latin American region finalist in… Read More »

Posted by J. Kent Crawford | 2 Comments

We're here at the PMO Symposium in Miami Beach, where we've just had the honor of helping PMI to give out the 2014 PMO of the Year Awards. Here's the winning line-up:2014 PMO of the Year: WellPoint, Inc. Government Business Division's Implementation Management Office (IMO)Finalists (in alpha order):Central Bank of… Read More »

Posted by Allen Young in Most Popular, Project & Program Management, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research | 0 Comments

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. Masha Nehme from Software Advice… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research | 0 Comments

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 play, matured and taken on new roles.Tomorrow, March 4, is… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Portfolio Management, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO), Strategy Execution | 2 Comments

In our final interview addressing questions asked at our webinar covering the State of PPM 2012 research study, PM Solutions Managing Consultant Alan Fein addresses the appropriate organizational structures to support PPM. The research study contrasted PPM processes that were managed by the PMO as opposed to those managed by “the business” and numerous… Read More »

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

In May, as a follow-on to our State of Project Portfolio Management 2013 study, we hosted a webinar featuring the study results that drew our largest audience ever, and which elicited hundreds of questions from attendees. Of course, in the limited time available during the webinar, only a few of those questions could be addressed. But… Read More »

Posted by Johanna Mickel in Project & Program Management, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

We're at the Gartner Summit today and it is exhausting and stimulating, as usual! Well, perhaps more than usual. This is the 10th iteration of this event, and it just keeps getting better. With 1100 attendees, representing firms from (in order of abundance) financial services, government, healthcare and manufacturing, the intensity of the crowd is… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Human Capital, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

Catholic Health Initiatives is a national, faith-based, non-profit health organization formed in 1996 by bringing together 12 health ministries rooted in traditions of caring for the poor and vulnerable. In 2008, the Enterprise Program Management Office was established by CHI executive leadership with the goal of implementing standard practices and improving project success rates. Over time the EPMO… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Governance, Performance Measurement, Portfolio Management, Project Management Events, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Site News | 1 Comment

We had planned to showcase a profile of Verizon Wireless Marketing PMO last Thursday on International Project Management Day, but those plans were ... well, overcome by events. It’s doubtful that anyone on the east coast was reading project management blogs last week, anyway, even if they did have electricity. And the folks at… Read More »

Posted by in Culture & Change Management, Project & Program Management, Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

Back from the PMI Global Congress in Vancouver, I thought I'd share a couple insights from my session on "Creating a Transformation-Ready Organization." With the prevalence of major organizational change projects (something I've written about on this blog previously), the role of the change agent in managing these large initiatives has never been… Read More »

Posted by J. Kent Crawford in Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research | 0 Comments

Wow! Thanks to all those who participated in my session Sunday at the PMI Global Congress in Vancouver, BC. We held an informal focus group on the topic of measuring PMO capability (or maturity), where I debuted a model our research division has been working on this year. The model, which we are calling a… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin | 0 Comments

Transamerica Life Canada’s PMO staffers have a sense of humor. “One of my astute staff members pointed out that we are the only semifinalist in Canada,” deadpanned Assistant Vice-President, PMO, Andreas Zapletal, “so doesn’t that automatically make us the PMO of the Year … for Canada?”Well,… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Demand Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 2 Comments

What do Good Housekeeping magazine, ESPN, The San Francisco Chronicle and a business-to-business provider of technical information for the automotive industry have in common?They are all part of the Hearst Corporation, one of the nation’s largest diversified media and information companies, owners of 15 daily and 37 weekly newspapers, hundreds of magazines, 29 television stations,… Read More »

Posted by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Culture & Change Management, Demand Management, Human Capital, Portfolio Management, Project Management Office (PMO), Resource Optimization | 1 Comment

Coordination of many resources over many efforts (whether project or operational) is required to ensure that an organization functions properly.  That’s why resource coordination is one of the main functions of the PMO.Through Project Portfolio Management (PPM) techniques, the typical enterprise or Strategic PMO works with senior management to start and… Read More »