Baseline Briefing Features Our Project Recovery Research
It's always gratifying when respected publications take notice of the work we do to bring the trials and triumphs of project management (and project managers) to public attention. This past month, Baseline Magazine has featured our work more than once, and we wanted to point our readers' attention to these articles.
First, in their March/April print edition, our State of the PMO 2010 study was the subject of a short article advising PMO directors of the next steps required to keep the PMO in the good graces of the C-level. And, last week, the Strategies for Project Recovery research was featured in their e-newsletter in the form of a terrific slideshow that summarizes most of the main points in the research report.
The one comment I'd make about the way the research was presented was the emphasis they placed on the reasons for failure (7 slides) as opposed to the strategies for recovery (3 slides). Since recovery was the main topic of the report, I'd have preferred to see the emphasis reversed! The research actually contains very good news about project recovery, in that when companies have a recovery process, they are successful in turning around projects in the vast majority of cases. While it's important to understand what leads to failure, knowing how to recoup from it is what puts dollars (or euros) in the organization's pocket.
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J. Kent Crawford
Kent Crawford is the founder and CEO of Project Management Solutions, Inc. (PM Solutions) and PM College. His experience spans more than twenty five years, where he has been responsible for the development of systems requirements and the functional design of integrated project management systems for a number of Fortune 500 organizations. He is the Former President and Chair of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). During his tenure in office, Mr. Crawford implemented innovative programs, which resulted in an astounding fifty percent membership growth for the Institute. His leadership in PMI has been widely recognized as a primary driver in PMI's success. Mr. Crawford is a recipient of the PMI Fellow Award, PMI's highest and most prestigious individual honor. A prolific speaker and advocate of the profession, he is also the award-winning author of The Strategic Project Office: A Guide to Improving Organizational Performance (for which he won a David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award from PMI), Optimizing Human Capital with a Strategic Project Office, Project Management Maturity Model: Providing a Proven Path to Project Management Excellence, and Project Management Roles & Responsibilities.
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