The Project Management Office (PMO)

Consistency is a measure of success in many areas of business. For Project

Management to be successful in an organization it needs to be consistently
applied across the enterprise

Abstract
Objectives
That’s why there’s an emerging boom in the project
management office approach. The PMO ensures • Improve your project success rate and reduce
consistent standards and repeatable processes project costs
necessary for successful project • Optimise organizational resources, using
completion…provides a complete portfolio of support consistent processes housed in the PMO
services for project managers and senior • Organise and control project work throughout
management…oversees project management the organisation
quality and consistency…and promotes the best
practices • Know where to implement the PMO to ensure
maximum participation and use
• Improve project team recruitment and
Who should attend competency
• Align PMO with organisational performance
measures
Senior and mid-level department managers,
including engineering, design and development,
product management and information systems, who
are responsible for the execution of projects; and
project managers at all levels of experience
Supporting Project Management
• Classifying projects and scaling methodologies
Syllabus • Leading PMs – escalations, notifications,
templates
Introduction to the PMO
• Post Project Reviews
• Outline of course – expected learning outcomes • Knowledge management principles
• Background to the evolution of Program/Project • Reporting standards
Management Offices
• Organisational project competency
Controlling and Monitoring the Project Portfolio
• What problems are they meant to solve?
• Line Management of PMs
• Benefits and challenges
• Assigning PMs to projects
• Key factors for PMO success

Developing PM Practice
PMO strategies
• Characteristics of a good PM
• Who are the stakeholders? – facilitating their
• Career paths and development of PMs
buy-in
• Training & mentoring
• Facilitating stakeholder buy-in for the PMO
• The needs analysis
Implementing a Program/Project Office
• Type of PMO personnel
• Developing & communicating the plan
• A roadmap for implementing a PMO
• Staffing the PMO
• Relationship with other Corporate or Divisional
PMOs • Estimating PMO start-up costs

Roles and Responsibilities of Program/Project Tools to help Project Offices

Offices – PMO strategies • Processes & standards
• The three modes: developing, supporting & • Using enterprise PM systems
controlling
• Developing and supporting PMs – developing
PM competency Course Length: 2 days
Course Code:
PMOPMC2
PDU: 14

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