Should Program and Project Manager sit under PMO or CIO?
Anonymous
(1) Where should Program/Project Managers reside, should they come under PMO or under technology arm who execute IT projects? If they are under PMO what kind of control PMO can have other than maintaining PM pool, skill development, allocation etc.
(2) Who should own/control Project/Program Managers (Should it be under CIO office or under PMO
(3)Where should Project Quality Assurance team reside, as far I understand most of them say it should be independent entity and PMO should not control them, wanted to understand this scenario.
(4) Where enterprise PMO should themselves reside, some say under CEO or should be centralized or should reside under CTO office, wanted to understand this scenario.
(5) What is Resource Pool Vs Skill Inventory, How PMO leverages Resource Pool and Skill Inventory
(6) Is Skill Inventory difference from Competency model/dictionary
(7) Under PMO, how satisfied PMs could be on their Career Paths since if under CIO they have defined path (from BA-Team Lead-PM-Program Manager) Saving Changes...
Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
There are a lot of questions here! What stands out for me is that there is no correct answer to whether the program/project managers should be under the PMO or the CIO. Businesses are all different and the model that is a success for one will not be suitable for another. So the answer there is: it depends.
However, why would the career path under the PMO umbrella be any different to if they were under the CIO? You say there is a defined career path under the CIO and I would expect that to be the same wherever they reported in to in the business. Saving Changes...
