Showing 8 posts in: Strategy Execution

Project Success is Improving – Why, Do You Think?

Deborah Bigelow Crawford

Project management has been around for decades, and so have studies on its effectiveness. The pattern in research over my years in the discipline clearly demonstrates that project success rates are improving.  Despite the... Read More »

Posted on Sep 29, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Leadership, Performance Measurement, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management Research, Project Management Training, Strategy Execution

A Good Question! How to Jumpstart with "Benefits Realization Lite"

Deborah Bigelow Crawford

During our May webinar (recorded here if you missed it) we had a number of questions submitted regarding benefits realization and training. In my next few posts, I will be answering a few of these... Read More »

Posted on Jun 19, 2017 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Performance Measurement, Project & Program Management, Project Management Basics, Strategy Execution

Silos Stymie Strategy, So Why Do We Build Walls?

Everyone hates silos. The PMBOK® Guide positions the functional organization as the lowest form of organization. We have study after article after post demonstrating that silo-driven dysfunction underpins many of our organizational ills. The ... Read More »

Posted on Jul 8, 2016 by in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Culture & Change Management, Governance, Leadership, Portfolio Management, Project & Program Management, Project Management Research, Strategy Execution

How Do You Make Your Strategy Work?

Deborah Bigelow Crawford

We all know that organizations need to improve their strategy execution.  Bottom line, with poor execution, organizational success is limited.  Making strategy work pays major dividends, so what are you doing to make... Read More »

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Culture & Change Management, Portfolio Management, Strategy Execution, Training and the PMO

Troubled Projects and Root Causes

Our colleagues at PM Solutions just put out another great white paper: Troubled Projects? Key Strategies for Quick Turnarounds. It synthesizes multiple project research studies into a straightforward approach to project review and recovery. Which,... Read More »

Posted on Apr 20, 2016 by in Business Skills for PMs, Human Capital, Leadership, Project Management Research, Strategy Execution

Benefits Realization … Will Organizations Invest What It Takes?

Deborah Bigelow Crawford

There’s a lot of talk today in project management … and in the business world … about benefits realization. Sounds like a good thing … sounds like an obvious thing we should be... Read More »

Posted on Apr 7, 2016 by Deborah Bigelow Crawford in Business Case for Training, Business Skills for PMs, Leadership, Performance Measurement, Strategy Execution

Five Ways to Tell Stories that Stick

During my latest teach of our Strategies for Effective Stakeholder Engagement course, I related my Babson strategy professor’s admonition that stories are at the core of how humans communicate. Stories are how... Read More »

Posted on Nov 9, 2015 by in Business Case for Training, Competency, Human Capital, Leadership, Project Management Training, Stakeholder Management, Strategy Execution

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