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 6: It’s time to rethink project and work management technologies

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

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

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

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Architecture matters - PART 2: How it shows up in project management

In my last post, I shared why platform-first vs tool-first matters. Here’s what that looks like on any typical day... If your project management...

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Safe Harbor: Where Do You Turn When the Storm Hits?

In business, as in life, there are moments when the world shifts beneath your feet. A sudden regulation change. Disruptive forces like AI. A market...

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Your PPM Future: Platform vs. Product

As organizations grow increasingly invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, choosing the right long-term strategy for project and work management becomes...

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Insights from Microsoft Ignite 2024

Bringing Customers and Partners Together We recently attended the Microsoft Ignite in-person event in Chicago, IL. This event combined the Microsoft...

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Innovative-E Microsoft Partner of the Year for Project And Portfolio Management

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Innovative-E Wins 2024 Microsoft World-Wide Partner of the Year

We are thrilled to announce that Innovative-e has been named the 2024 Microsoft world-wide partner of the year in the project and portfolio...

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