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

Project Online retirement and the transition to AI-ready PPM on Microsoft 365, illustrated by fragmented work management tools becoming a unified Orchera 4.0 platform.

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Architecture Matters PART 19 - Project Online Is Gone. Orchera 4.0 Shows What AI-Ready PPM on Microsoft 365 Can Become

Mike Taylor: Oct 21, 2026, 3:15:01 PM

For decades, organizations have invested heavily in work, Project Management and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tools, methodologies, and governance.

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Infographic showing how Orchera and Microsoft Planner enable enterprise PPM on Microsoft 365, highlighting a successful Project Online transition with 300+ active projects and no business interruption.

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Architecture Matters PART 17: Yes Virginia, Planner is Enterprise PPM Capable (with M365) -

Mike Taylor: Sep 4, 2026, 11:15:00 AM

In Architecture Matters #16 I said:

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Architecture Matters PART 16: MYTH - Microsoft Planner isn't enterprise PPM.

Mike Taylor: Aug 10, 2026, 11:47:43 AM

CONFIRMED. That's because Microsoft 365 is.

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Architecture Matters PART 15: A Prequel - Humans Before AI

Mike Taylor: Aug 10, 2026, 10:56:15 AM

Like some movie franchises, I'm going backward with this installment. In Architecture Matters Part 14, I talked about why AI needs common context for...

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Architecture Matters PART 14: Unified Value Creation Starts with a Common Context

Mike Taylor: Jul 24, 2026, 12:12:50 PM

Every organization was formed to create value. Projects, programs, portfolios, products, operations, and innovation are quite simply mechanisms for...

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Architecture Matters PART 13: The PMI AI Standard and The Frontier PMO™

Mike Taylor: Jul 14, 2026, 2:43:40 PM

Last month, PMI published Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management . It’s comprehensive—275 pages.

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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...

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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...

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