PMO SWOT Analysis

This is a simple SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis Matrix pre-populated with some of the
questions that might help with completion of the analysis for a PMO. The template can be repurposed for other business
functions using different questions.
Strengths
What do client groups most value about the PMO?
What do PMs most value?
What do PMO staff most value?
What do executives most value?
What goals/objectives are consistently met?
Which business areas have the best PMO support?
Which project functions have the best PMO support?
What are the most common requests for PMO services?
Where has the biggest PMO service improvement
occurred in the last 1 3 years?
Opportunities
What unsupported services are requested most?
Which unsupported business areas most commonly
request assistance?
Which project related business needs are unsupported/
incompletely supported?
Which priorities are dropped due to insufficient
resources?
Which supported services have the most room for
improvement?
Which supported business areas are in need of most
additional support?
Which project related business needs have the largest
variance from goals/objectives?
What emerging PMO/project trends can the organization
leverage?

Weaknesses
What do client groups least value about the PMO?
What do PMs least value?
What do PMO staff least value?
What do executives least value?
What goals/objectives are consistently missed?
Which business areas have the worst/no PMO support?
Which project functions have the worst PMO support?
What are the most common complaints about PMO
services?
Where has the biggest PMO service degradation occurred
in the last 1 3 years?
Threats
Which supported services are also provided by other
organizational areas (wholly or in part)?
Which supported business areas have significantly
reduced utilization of PMO services?
What are the largest frustrations of PMO stakeholders
(including staff)?
Which goals/objectives have been consistently missed
over the last 3 5 reporting periods?
Are there other areas that have been asked to provide
project related services?
Has PMO funding declined relative to other business
areas, and if so where have cuts been made?