Mike Taylor

Mike is the Founder and CEO of Innovative-e, his most recently led Microsoft-centric $MM company. Mike began his career writing PPM software for NASA and has extensive experience as a PPM practitioner, community contributor/writer, and process & app producer. Mike lives in his hometown of Merritt Island, FL

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Architecture Matters PART 12: Microsoft PPM is Dead. Long Live PPM on Microsoft 365

Mike Taylor: Jul 2, 2026 12:32:20 PM

In 2018, Microsoft stopped trying to evolve Project Online. The scheduling engine was embedded in Planner. Microsoft’s language shifted from "PPM Platform" to "Platform for PPM" which seems like a minor shift. It’s not. It’s part of an intentional...

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Architecture Matters PART 11: The PMO AI Paradox – Navigating the AI Frontier with yesterday’s maps

Mike Taylor: Jun 17, 2026 11:48:59 AM

Organizations are asking PMOs to deliver AI transformation:

Architecture Matters PART 10: The old PMO models are breaking

Mike Taylor: Jun 3, 2026 9:26:23 AM

There are too many tools. Fragmented data. Lack of visibility. Lack of control.

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Architecture Matters - PART 9: Customers are saying "Use What We Have" for Project Management

Mike Taylor: May 13, 2026 9:31:37 AM

Something has shifted in the customer conversations we’re having... The "stay on the Microsoft platform" message isn't coming from PMOs or Project...

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams PPM Teams4PM AI Power Platform Leadership MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture Matters PART 8: The end of Command and Control Project Management

Mike Taylor: Apr 20, 2026 11:00:00 AM

For years, project management tool vendors have chased features around task and resource management: all requiring top-down command-and-control...

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams Teams4PM AI Power Platform MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture Matters PART 7: AI ROI Comes from Architecture

Mike Taylor: Apr 14, 2026 9:22:15 AM

There’s endless discussion about AI productivity... ✔️ Writing emails faster. ✔️ Summarizing meetings. ✔️ Generating documents. Useful? Sure. But the...

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation Microsoft Teams PPM AI Power Platform Delivery Modernization Microsoft Copilot Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture Matters – PART 6: It’s time to rethink project and work management technologies

Mike Taylor: Apr 8, 2026 10:00:00 AM

For decades, organizations approached Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) the same way:

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams PPM Teams4PM AI Power Platform Delivery Leadership MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture Matters - PART 5: Project Management Belongs in the Flow of Work

Mike Taylor: Mar 3, 2026 2:30:00 PM

Most organizations don’t decide to do project management outside their flow of work. It just… happens. If your company is Microsoft 365–centric,...

Project Management Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams PPM Teams4PM AI Power Platform Delivery MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture Matters — PART 4: Why Platform-Based PPM Delivers Higher Value & Lower TCO Than SaaS

Mike Taylor: Feb 20, 2026 10:00:00 AM

Most PPM conversations still start with the same question: “Which tool has the most features?” For many organizations, that’s increasingly the wrong...

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams PPM Teams4PM AI Power Platform MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Microsoft Partner Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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Architecture matters — PART 3: Where project management data lives

Mike Taylor: Feb 10, 2026 3:15:00 PM

The most misunderstood decision for PPM tech today ISN’T FEATURES.

Project Management Innovation Productivity Automation MS Project Microsoft Teams PPM Teams4PM AI Power Platform Delivery MS Planner Modernization Microsoft Copilot Planner Project Online Work Management architecture matters

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