Welcome to the blog, where experts from PM College join you in discussing how to connect project performance and strategy execution.

Measuring the Human Factor: Pitfalls of the ROI Mindset

A recent post on The ROI Dilemma forwarded to me by our PM College Business Development maven Johanna Mickel sparked a conversation about the complexities of determining the value of project management training.Johanna told... Read More »

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Building a Talent Pool: The Right Person, In the Right Role

So, you are hiring. How closely have you looked at your Project Manager job description? It may be that your next person in that role will succeed or fail based on how well you have... Read More »

Posted on Apr 5, 2018 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Competency, Human Capital, Project & Program Management, Resource Optimization

Adding Agile to the Mix: How Much Is Enough?

New methodologies are constantly being introduced into the business world: some are buzzwords or quickly fading "silver bullets," while some truly change the way we work. It can be hard to gauge the potential value,... Read More »

Posted on Mar 27, 2018 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Adaptive? Count Us In

One of the most frequent questions we get these days, since the release of PMI’s PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition, concerns the perplexity a lot of practitioners are experiencing around what the changes... Read More »

Posted on Feb 12, 2018 by Ruth Elswick

Webinar Includes Tips on Optimizing Your Resources for Improved Strategic Execution

One of the most interesting findings, as I mentioned in my last blog, of PM Solutions' newest research, The Strategy Execution Process Benchmark, is that, overall, most employees are little engaged or motivated by strategy... Read More »

Posted on Jan 22, 2018 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Who Executes Strategy?

When I first entered the project management world, lo these many eons ago, there was a saying that “people do projects.” Project managers needed to remind themselves of this since, at the time,... Read More »

Posted on Dec 22, 2017 by Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin

Training and Culture Change: Thoughts from the PMO Symposium

Last week's PMO Symposium was a whirlwind of information and contacts, but there was one thing that I continued pondering over the weekend that I'd like to share with our PM College blog... Read More »

Posted on Nov 14, 2017 by Johanna Mickel

Experiential Learning … Is It For You?

We all learn differently. I’m beginning to feel my age because I am definitely a person who needs paper and pen. I need interaction and application opportunities. However, my children,... Read More »

Posted on Oct 30, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford