How do you get Executives commited to developing an enterprise PMO
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In today’s global market, executives in the most competitively effective enterprises recognize the project management organization (PMO) as a functional business organization, which has emerged at the executive-level and can enable their enterprises to become world-class leaders in their markets. The marketplace is placing continuous and growing pressure on large enterprises to apply, in a more formal manner, business management to their projects, project-programs, and project-portfolios.
Research now shows the enterprise-level use of a PMO can ensure the alignment of projects with the enterprise’s business strategies. The research also shows senior executives are the primary sponsors and champions who have invested in the development and on-going management of their enterprise’s PMO’s.
Any enterprise-wide adoption of project management methodologies, processes, and best practices also calls for the enterprise-level PMO to be an executive-led and single-owner functional organization. The premise is that a PMO, which is able to deliver business benefits and value to their enterprise, must also be functional, effective, mature, and sustainable, therefore, executive led.
The PMO of yesterday never was, the PMO of today is not, and the PMO of tomorrow never will be just an “office.” The PMO is, was, and will continue to be a functional “organization” for the business management of projects, project-programs, and project-portfolios, which is a Project Management Organization. Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Sorry Dennis, is that a question? Or it is the title for the post? Saving Changes...
Sergio, I think it is a question. Effective engagement of executives required for enterprise PMO is a necessity and I would say the concept and idea of an Enterprise PMO can never exist if there is no willingness or buy-in from executives or top level management. The only problem I foresee is keeping them engaged. Again, they do not have to be lured into it as it is their baby and if they are not interested or they loose interest, the enterprise PMO is no more needed and will crumble down. While Enterprise PMO is being established, proper business case ad need analysis should be done and it will be instrumental in keeping the executives engaged and involved. I do not think you need to worry about this question anymore. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
"No pain, no gain". I am part of an enterprise PMO. I will say how I do this type of things (to be or not be a PMO) from years. It is a matter of strategy. In business analysis the name is enteprise analysis (now strategy analysis (IIBA) or needs assessment (PMI)). When you analyze the organizational strategy you have to consider the corporate strategy, from corporate strategy you define the business strategy (one organization could have more than one business defined into it) and the functional strategy (defined from business strategy) where key results area are defined. The key results areas contains the functions which are the way the organization answer to environmental stimulus. Those key result areas could be or not could be business units. Here is where PMO and its structure is defined. When walk this path the executives have all related to PMO support between their objectives because it is a matter of strategy. That´s all. Saving Changes...
