Folks, I have just read Mark Perry's new book on PMO setup called "Business Driven PMO Setup: Practical Insights, Techniques, and Case Examples for Ensuring Success. It is a real page turner. I started reading on it two days ago. From the first paragraph of the Preface, I couldn't put it down. If you have enjoyed any of Mark's gantthead posts or his gantthead blog, PMO Setup T3, then you will really, really enjoy this book. The book consists of 13 chapters that cover topics and issues that all PMOs face, presenting solutions and practical insights and advice. This is not your typical PM book nor does it present the traditional and theoretical kinds of information. In fact, it directly challenges and calls into question various traditional approaches and strategies for the PMO citing examples and explaining why such academic and theoretical approaches are wrong. I found this to be a real eye-opener..! Each chapter starts with one of Mark's PMO cartoons and quickly gets into the meat of things. Also, this book has over 20 end of chapter contributor pieces by PMO managers and SMEs all over the world. Great touch..! This book is about 500 pages long, published by J. Ross Publishing, and is available at all of the usual places - Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, the publisher directly, etc.
Note to Mark: Congratulations. You clearly put a lot of work into this. This is by far and away the best book on PMO that I have ever read. Practical, insightful, challenging to the traditional thinking, amusing, rich in story, and of course Business Driven.
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