Benefits of Project Management Office (PMO)
An effective PMO is key to drive project success of your organization. PMO ensures projects are managed according to consistent processes, and provide training and coaching to project managers and teams. You can set up an effective PMO, or improve an ailing one, in 30 days! A few key factors for success are listed below:
(1) Support from Senior Management:
It is critical to get the full support from Senior Management and political awareness that you are implementing change, because it gets you credibility in a short period of time. Depends on the existing organization structure, some organizational changes may be required to set up a PMO.
(2) Focus and Keep It Simple:
After you assess the health and readiness of organization to set up or enhance the PMO, it is important to stay focus and set minimal, but clear objectives of the PMO. For example, after assessing of the organization needs, you may focus on one or two of the following areas:
a). Set up or enhance the Project Management System and Framework in managing the projects from initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling to closing;
b). Set up or enhance key tracking metrics for effective monitoring and controlling;
c). Set up or enhance Project Risk Management System to ensure effective risk management across entire organization. This is critical to promote proactive actions, reduce surprises and ensure project success;
d). Set up or enhance Organization Resource Management System to ensure effective use of organization resources and enable decision making at the portfolio level; and
e). Enhance templates, tools and techniques to ensure its relevant and effectiveness.
(3) Continual Support and Improvement:
Once the PMO has been implemented or enhanced, it is critical to ensure it is effective. Coaching and continual support from PMO is important to proliferate the system to entire organization. At the same time, inspection, adaptation and continuous improvement on the system is necessary to ensure its effectiveness in this fast changing marketplace!
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