FIELD NOTES • FRAMEWORKS • TOOLS • PERSPECTIVES

Useful thinking.
Kept on file.

The PCC Library is a collection of field notes, frameworks, tools, and perspectives drawn from difficult work. Practical material for people responsible for making complicated things work.

FROM THE FILES

Ideas worth taking with you.

Research, practical tools, and useful explanations drawn from the disciplines we work across. Some are rigorous. Some are practical. All are intended to be used.

White Papers

Original thinking on the difficult problems that emerge where technology, governance, organizations, and people meet. Our white papers examine complex issues from multiple perspectives and turn experience, research, and evidence into ideas you can put to work.

Responsible AI Enablement in Regulated Public Programs
Colin E. Beech, PhD

What if the greatest risk of AI in regulated public programs isn't adoption itself, but allowing adoption to happen without governance?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  ·  GOVERNANCE  ·  PROGRAM INTEGRITY  ·  PUBLIC SECTOR

Defining the Microsoft Compliance Envelope
Colin E. Beech, PhD

What if compliance were defined not by the tools you use, but by where the data is allowed to travel?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · DATA GOVERNANCE · CLOUD ARCHITECTURE · COMPLIANCE · PUBLIC SECTOR

Why Estimates Never Work
Colin E. Beech, PhD

What if the problem with project estimates isn't that we're bad at making them, but that complex organizations make reliable estimation intrinsically difficult?

PROJECT MANAGEMENT   ·   SCOT   ·   LEAN   ·   PROTOTYPING

Presentations & Primers

Clear, practical introductions to the disciplines behind complex work. From project management and data governance to cybersecurity, AI, and organizational change, these primers explain the essential concepts, language, and frameworks — without requiring you to become a specialist.

Demystifying the ASCII X12 Transaction Set
Colin E. Beech, PhD

An accessible introduction to the structure, history, and practical interpretation of X12 transactions for project managers working in Medicaid and healthcare technology.

MEDICAID  ·  HIPAA  ·  X12  ·  EDI  ·  DATA

Let's Work

TL; DR? Leave it to us.

You don't need to have the solution figured out. That's where we start.