Posted by Carrie Capili in Resource Optimization | 0 Comments

As 2025 comes to a close and the strategic endeavors of 2026 become everyday realities, many organizations are facing a paradox when it comes to resource allocation. We have more tools, more data, and more automation than ever before, which should make things easier, right? So why does resource management continue to be one of the most… Read More »

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We’ve been discussing the results of The State of the PMO 2025 Research Report with our PM Solutions team throughout the past few weeks. We’re pulling apart the data and discussing what it really means to our clients and how it can influence what’s to come as PMOs drive toward… Read More »

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In the State of the PMO 2025 research survey, we introduced two new topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Project Management Office as a Service (PMOaaS). We’ve been talking about AI and project management for quite some time. In fact, we have a three-part blog series you can check out here. But it’s… Read More »

Posted by Carrie Capili in Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

PMOs are in the limelight now more than ever with quite a few newsworthy items at the forefront, including the rise (and rise and rise) of AI in project management and PMI’s recent launch of the Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide. While we could write a new piece every day on the… Read More »

Posted by Carrie Capili in Project Management Office (PMO) | 0 Comments

The State of the PMO 2025 is open for your participation through February 14 Throughout the last 15 years, PM Solutions Research has conducted a study on the roles, functions, and maturity of PMOs. That’s a lot of valuable data over a pretty significant period of time! And we’re quite happy to say that… Read More »

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You’re confident in your PMO’s capabilities. The office is mature, has a track record of success, and deeply understands the company’s goals and processes. You’re still worrying about a large, looming project despite your confidence. The project will be more demanding, outside their usual realm of expertise,… Read More »

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A deadline looms.  Resources are already stretched thin, and the team is scrambling to pull everything together.  Now, picture a seasoned project manager stepping in, not with a grand entrance, but with a calm and methodical approach.  This expert quickly assesses the chaos, recalibrates the strategy, and guides the team back on… Read More »

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Your PMO’s projects are consistently over budget and behind schedule. They’re stuck in inefficiencies without knowing how to get back on track. Then comes the turning point: a critical product launch delayed by six months, hitting the company’s market position and revenue.  Clearly, something has to change in… Read More »

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Remote is the new reality. And your PMO or project management team is in the midst of it.  This shift is driven by necessity but also by the need for flexibility, access to a global talent pool, and cost efficiency.  What once was a traditional office tied to the surrounding area can now… Read More »

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This blog was updated May 2025 You're tasked with overseeing a critical merger.  Each decision you make must align precisely with strategic goals while managing a myriad of risks and stakeholder expectations. In the world of project management, such scenarios are not just hypothetical—they are daily realities for high-performing PMOs.  Drawing… Read More »

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 »

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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 »

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This blog was updated in May 2025. 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,… Read More »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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This blog was updated in May 2025. 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… Read More »

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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 »

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This blog was updated April 9th, 2024. In one of our webinars on The State of the PMO, we had a flood of great questions—so many, in fact, that we ran out of time to answer them all during the session.  A big chunk of those questions focused on the relationship between… Read More »

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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 »

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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 »

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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

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.… 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 »