Jim shares insights on the past, present and future of IBM's PMCoE, including its focus on attracting and developing tomorrow's project leaders, the challenge of balancing traditional methods with agile approaches, and the keys to remaining relevant over two decades.

 

About our Guest:

Jim Boland is the leader of IBM's Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE), which is celebrating its 21st anniversary as it serves over 350,000 "IBMers" —including dozens of PMOs and 40,000 certified project managers.

 

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Key Takeaways:

[01:30] The broad mission of IBM's PMCoE

[03:10] Everybody is a project manager

[06:15] The difference between a CoE and PMO

[09:00] Meeting the pace of change with agility

[14:45] Frequent 'sense-checking' to identify red flags

[17:00] Internal and external certification programs

[20:15] Attracting talent to the PM workforce

[22:45] New skills needed for project managers

[25:45] Defining/reinforcing culture values/practices

[28:40] What's next for the PMCoE

[31:45] Get comfortable with change