Denis Couture, PMP, is president and founder of the pci group LLC,  a consulting firm based in Rochester, Michigan, USA, specializing in project and portfolio management, business consulting and training. His company trains hundreds of individuals each year in the application of project management best practices including the steps required for increasing project management maturity. The pci group’s consulting practice focuses on helping firms build an effective project management environment, based on the three cornerstones of success: process, organization and information technology. Couture is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP^®) by the Project Management Institute and a registered professional engineer. He has a master’s degree in business, a B.S. in Civil Engineering, and a B.A. in economics, all from the University of New Hampshire (USA).  He has authored several papers on project management and presented at several project management symposiums and forums. He is a past president of the PMI Great Lakes Chapter.