Service Offering: Project Management Office Assessment

Maximizing the benefits from your PMO

In an effort to gain more efficiency and tighter monitoring of their IT projects, more and more companies are
establishing new Project Management Offices (PMOs) or expanding upon existing PMOs. In addition, a PMO may
serve a strategic function in order to better align IT spending with the values and goals of the enterprise. In a
recent survey cited in CIO Magazine, over 50% of the companies that had a PMO reported improved project
success rates. Odds are that you’re organization has a PMO in need of improvement or is planning to start a PMO
in the near future.

Have you been asking any of these questions lately?

How many initiatives Do my company’s IT projects…

do we have and are • Follow standard methodology or
they the right ones? • Follow guidelines provided by methodology & tools?
• Perform required tasks?
• Meet our system standards?
What is the status of
our projects?
• Completion dates? How can we establish a
• Cost? formal project
• Will they meet assessment/quality
objectives? assurance process?
• Provide expected
IT Project Portfolio
benefits?

Do we need a
governance process for
What are my
each project as well as
resources
How can I get standard and consistent the entire portfolio & will
working on?
reporting for each initiative and summary it be followed?
reporting of the entire project portfolio?

If so, NueVista can help you get answers. Our Project Management Office Assessment service will:
Determine if your organization should establish a PMO and if so, which elements to include
Identify opportunities to increase effectiveness and value to the organization for existing PMOs

Project Management Office Assessment Overview

PMO Assessment activities include: Areas of focus:
Interviews with PMO staff and management Portfolio Management
Interviews with project managers, sponsors, Project Tracking/Reporting
management Project Tools/Templates/Information
Review of documents Standards/Methods/Processes
Determination and scoring 75 PMO elements in model Quality Assessment/Assurance
PMO against current client PMO activities Portfolio Management System
Development of observations and recommendations Project Support
for each PMO element Resource Management/Training
Presentation of findings Project Oversight
Creation and of review of report Metrics
PMO Organization
PMO Communications
The Deliverable:
Upon completion of the PMO Assessment, clients receive a reporting package which includes:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Major Findings
Summary Scorecard (see below)
Detail report for each PMO element; including an element-specific scorecard, observations and
recommendations

PMO Assessment Summary Scorecard

Portfolio Management

Project Tracking/Reporting

Project Tools & Templates

Standards/Methods/Processes

Quality Assessment/Assurance

Portfolio Management System

Project Support

Resource Management Training

Project Oversight

Metrics

PMO Organization

PMO Communications

Other

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Effectiveness Rating

Additional NueVista PMO Services

PMO Design. For a PMO that meets your objectives and is designed to achieve optimum benefits.
PMO Implementation. For optimum deployment and benefits to your organization.
Project Methodology Development. For a guide on performing IT projects specific to your company’s
requirements.
Portfolio/Project Management System Selection. For a commercially available system that best meets
your organization’s needs.
Project Assessment. To determine the likelihood of success for current projects and identify ways to
mitigate potential risks.

Why NueVista?
Quality. Experience. Integrity. That’s NueVista. We have a reputation for innovative ideas with exceptional
results, and a 30-year heritage of success and leadership in the IT services industry. Most importantly, when you
work with NueVista, you work with a seasoned professional; someone knows your business and is focused on
solving your business problems through technology.

NueVista utilizes proven methodology and tested processes developed by experts with decades of project
management and IT consulting experience. We have successfully enabled many clients to achieve maximum
business value from their Project Management Offices.

Contact us to learn more:

Headquarters Minnesota Branch
903 Commerce Drive 7701 France Avenue South
Suite 306 Suite 200
Oak Brook, IL 60523 Edina, MN 55435
630.472.6838 952.835.4639

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