EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 46 MIN
The Frontier PMO Explained: AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery
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In this inaugural episode of The Frontier PMO podcast, Mike Taylor and Tad Haas, Director of Business Development at Innovative-e, break down what the Frontier PMO is, why it matters right now, and how organizations can begin moving toward it.🧠 What you'll learn in this episode:🔹The three phases of the Frontier PMO Maturity Curve: AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery, and what each one looks like in practice inside Microsoft 365.🔹 Why the retirement of Microsoft Project Online isn't a tool replacement decision it's an architecture decision that will shape your PMO's AI readiness for years.🔹 How "bring your own AI" creates the same governance and security risks that "bring your own device" created a decade ago and what to do instead.🔹 Why platform-first thinking is the prerequisite for co-intelligence and how fragmented work management tools actively prevent AI from delivering value.🔹The four-step pathway organizations are using to move from legacy PMO to Frontier PMO: 1. Centralize collaboration 2. Connect data and workflows 3. Standardize operational patterns 4. Introduce orchestration.🔹What the Frontier PMO means for the future role of PMO leaders -- from tracking work to orchestrating enterprise value.🗝️ Key concept from this episode:Architecture determines AI value. The platform decision you make today determines whether AI can reason over your work data tomorrow. Organizations that consolidate onto Microsoft 365 and build a governed work management foundation are the ones that will realize co-intelligent value delivery. Those that continue adding point solutions will find themselves stitching data together indefinitely -- with no foundation for AI to work from.📃 Resources mentioned in this episode:🔹2026 Microsoft Work Trend Index Annual Report https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index🔹 Project Online retirement and modernization options https://www.innovative-e.com/project-online🔹 Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick https://www.amazon.com/Co-Intelligence-Living-Working-Ethan-Mollick/dp/059371671X🔹 Teams4PM https://www.teams4pm.com/🔹 Innovative-e https://www.innovative-e.com/
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In this inaugural episode, Mike Taylor and Tad Haas break down the three phases of the Frontier PMO Maturity Curve -- AI Assist, AI Augment, and Co-Intelligent Value Delivery -- and explain why the retirement of Microsoft Project Online isn't a tool decision. It's an architecture decision that determines your PMO's AI readiness for years to come. If you lead a PMO, own a work management strategy, or are navigating Microsoft's platform shift -- this is where the conversation starts. Hosted by Mike Taylor and Tad Haas of Innovative-e, a Microsoft AI-first partner specializing in project and work management modernization.
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