Software program management office, founded in 2004, proves instrumental in helping the Milwaukee-based company achieve increased predictability, productivity and visibility.
Rockwell Automation, a provider of industrial automation control and information solutions, has won the 2009 PMO of the Year Award, as chosen by the Center for Business Practices (CBP). Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation’s software program management office was recognized for “its contribution toward increased predictability and productivity; faster pace of innovation; and delivery of a major release comprising 20-plus projects on time and under costs for the first time in company history.”
Rockwell Automation’s PMO was selected from a field of more than 40 applicants that included state and federal agencies, major nonprofit organizations and Fortune 1000 companies. Runners-up included Alcatel-Lucent’s Global PMO; the Australian Securities Exchange’s enterprisewide PMO; Cisco Services’ Office of Strategy & Planning; and Regence’s Enterprise PMO.
“As organizations struggle to maximize budgets and human capital resources, project management offices play an even more critical role in initiating and completing the right projects, achieving measurable organizational ROI and successfully enforcing overall business