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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 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...

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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:

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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,...

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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.

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

Mike Taylor: Jan 30, 2026 10:00:00 AM

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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Architecture Matters — Especially In Project Management.

Mike Taylor: Jan 22, 2026 12:30:00 PM

The Leaning Tower of Pisa didn’t fail because of bad craftsmanship. It failed because the foundation was wrong.

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Customer Case Studies – A Peek Behind the Scenes

Mike Taylor: Aug 23, 2022 10:39:33 AM

By Mike Taylor (co-authored by Bryan Quick)