Missy Pitcher, MPA, PMP, CSM

For football fans, the concept of a backup quarterback is common — fans know their team will invest literally millions of dollars per year in a player who could very well sit on the bench the entire season. It’s worth it to the owners – to the team – and to the fans because if […]

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, a thought leader in project management and strategy implementation, believes “The Project Economy” has arrived and is poised to replace operations as the engine of growth throughout the global marketplace. He suggests that projects are displacing operations as the primary economic force and the Project Management Institute (PMI) seems to be in full

In our previous blog, Characteristics of a Gymnastic Enterprise, we examined how the concept of a more flexible team-style project management approach has enabled many companies in 2020 and 2021 to weather hard times and make quicker comebacks, with better internal performance and overall outcome. The Project Management Institute’s 2021 study, Beyond Agility: Flex to

Think of the difference between a palm tree and an oak. Under normal circumstances the oak grows big, strong, even mighty. But it cannot withstand wracking storms the way a flexible palm tree can.  Admittedly, the market has been hit with economic storms that have disrupted working conditions, supply chains and schedules. The mighty oak-style

In our recent blogs, we have uncovered the obstacles faced in business process management (BPM) implementation, and scenarios that set off major initiatives to develop repeatable processes. Senior leaders will insist on understanding the results the effort and initial disruption will provide.  Here are six positive results from embracing business process management :  Reduce costs

Think back to January 2020. Some companies had considered remote work before, some companies had already embraced remote working and others had vetoed a remote work environment completely. Fast forward two months into 2020 and companies were forced to transition to a remote work environment.  At that time, companies were faced with re-engineering internal processes

In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic threat, workers were told to work from home “just for a couple of weeks.” That optimistic timeframe gave organizations license to make do on how work was done, especially since every business was scrambling to adjust. As the global situation worsened and the need for isolation

When asked, senior corporate leaders will say that they care about business process management, but statistics don’t bear this out.  A BPTrends State of The BPM Market – 2020 survey of 129 predominantly European and American companies revealed that about 50% of participants were interested in process work. Yet only 40% of those positive participants

Are you prepared to handle any unforeseen project risks that may arise? To begin with, project risk management is the practice of preventing or minimizing project risks from occurring and impacting a project. Risk management is the systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and responding to project risks.  For project managers, having a well defined and