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Cognitive Care
Artificial intelligence (AI) might be just what the doctor ordered. Healthcare organizations are collaborating with scientists and tech companies to launch R&D and pilot projects. The goal is to…
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Making a Difference
Projects have the power to transform. And this year's PMI Project of the Year finalists channeled that power to move communities, companies and customers in new directions. One team deployed a…
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Making The Cut
Sometimes there's no way around it: The executive project management office (EPMO) has to recommend to the C-suite a certain number of projects to kill. These recommendations might be based on…
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In search of alignment
The data is clear: Enterprise project management offices (EPMOs) drive project success. Yet they're not necessarily understood or respected in the C-suite. The key to ensuring executive support,…
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Under review
Project managers compile Lessons Learned after every project to understand what went right and what went wrong. We should do the same thing to assess PMOs' performance. Often, PMOs are eager to help…
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Neutrality check
Often when stakeholder conflict arises, the project management office (PMO) remains neutral. But when cross departmental stakeholders are involved, disagreements are unavoidable, and PMOs must step…
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Explaining risk
Imagine a doctor who tells a patient that he's sick, but doesn't identify the illness. Or a mechanic who tells a customer her car is going to break down, but doesn't say when. This article discusses…
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Positive reinforcement
There are negative stakeholders in every project, and it's a project manager's responsibility to take negative stakeholders into account and neutralize their influence on the project affairs. This…
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Show off
Lecturing about the importance of project management is often an exercise in preaching to the choir: Rarely do conversations lead to immediate acceptance and support from project management…
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