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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.
Project Management
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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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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...
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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...