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  Study: Global Business Performance Significantly Improved Through Project Management 

  http://newsblaze.com/story/2008071410430400011.pnw/topstory.html

  WARSAW, Poland, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Preliminary findings from a landmark independent, academic study on the value of project management, released today at the Project Management Institute's ... biennial research conference, clearly demonstrate that business and organizational performance can be significantly improved through the practice of project management. The study, "Researching the Value of Project Management," is "unequivocal in its findings and independently validates what we've believed all along," said Edwin J. Andrews , Ph.D., director of Academic and Educational Programs & Services at the Project Management Institute. "Project management is critical in today's urgent and volatile economic environment. Business, government and non-governmental organizations can maximize performance and results when project management is properly implemented within the context of their organization." Principal investigators Janice Thomas , Ph.D. and Mark Mullaly , PMP led this stud   [More...] [Less...]

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  Polish Business News 

  http://pbn.home.pl/2008/07/15/business-performance-significantly-improved-through-project-management/

  Business Performance Significantly Improved Through Project Management By NEWS SYSTEM Published: July 15th, 2008 Related tags: none Preliminary findings from a landmark independent, academic study on the ... value of project management, released today at the Project Management Institute's biennial research conference, clearly demonstrate that business and organizational performance can be significantly improved through the practice of project management. The study, “Researching the Value of Project Management,” is “unequivocal in its findings and independently validates what we’ve believed all along,” said Edwin J. Andrews, Ph.D., director of Academic and Educational Programs & Services at the Project Management Institute. “Project management is critical in today’s urgent and volatile economic environment. Business, government and non-governmental organizations can maximize performance and results when project management is properly implemented within the context of their organization.” Pr   [More...] [Less...]

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  svprojectmanagement.com » How to Become PMO of the Year 

  http://svprojectmanagement.com/2008/07/25/how-to-become-pmo-of-the-year/

  How to Become PMO of the Year As a judge for the PMO of the Year sponsored by the Center for Business Practices , I was impressed by all the entries. One in particular, however, stood out. PMO Director ... at Accident Fund Insurance, Norm Buckwalter says, “Through our responsibility of leading the creation and execution of the strategic plan for the enterprise, the Innovation & Planning team has played a vital role in aligning the five year strategic plan, strategic projects and the annual budgeting process. We have accomplished this by ensuring our executive management staff has the best information possible to make decisions on which projects will contribute to the vision in the most cost effective manner possible. We continue to focus on improving our processes, but business results remain our team’s primary mission.” Unique differentiators that this PMO achieved include: A clear linkage and ownership of the 5 year strategic plan to each annual planning process PMO takes priorities and   [More...] [Less...]

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