I love looking at what organizations predict what the new business trends will be.  It is actually something I view to be critical to sustain and grow our project management services company, PM Solutions.... Read More »

Posted on Feb 24, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Posted on Feb 24, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Not to go all Biblical-scholarly on you, but in thinking about the younger generations of project managers, the verse from Proverbs (22:6) kept ringing in my mind:Train up a child in the way he should... Read More »

Posted on Feb 16, 2017 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Culture & Change Management, Human Capital, Project Management Basics, Project Management Research, Project Management Training

Posted on Feb 16, 2017 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Culture & Change Management, Human Capital, Project Management Basics, Project Management Research, Project Management Training

"Organizations that invest in program management talent and standards improve outcomes, accountability, and efficiency."Do you agree with this statement?  Well, obviously the US Congress does!  The newly passed Program Management Improvement and... Read More »

Posted on Feb 3, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Governance, Project Management Training

Posted on Feb 3, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Governance, Project Management Training

Metrics make my day!  They are the foundation for many of the management decisions I make on a daily basis. Capturing the right metrics and properly interpreting them is my challenge. I used to... Read More »

Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Posted on Jan 18, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

I just love the fresh start of a New Year!  For those of you who are setting their professional resolutions, I’d love to offer a suggestion:  Now is the time to... Read More »

Posted on Dec 30, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Project Management Basics

Posted on Dec 30, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Competency, Project Management Basics

The new research study I discussed last week in this blog, The State of the PMO 2016, has now been released. The study offers a wealth of data concerning the training and development functions and strategies... Read More »

Posted on Dec 8, 2016 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Posted on Dec 8, 2016 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Our biennial research study, State of the PMO 2016, will be released later this week, but a few of the findings related to training were just too good not to share right away.These studies, carried... Read More »

Posted on Nov 28, 2016 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Posted on Nov 28, 2016 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Several of our team just came back from PMI’s PMO Symposium.  There continues to be a buzz on the evolution of the PMO and the exciting new things happening in project management.... Read More »

Posted on Nov 14, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Posted on Nov 14, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford