Joanne WhiteheadPMO Analyst/Project Planner| UK Govt Uk, United Kingdom
I am shortly joining a UK PMO as a junior project planner.
My PMO Manager aims to improve the PMO which has been in place for some years. I am not currently aware of the manager's full plans for this, just aware of some their proposals around staff development, for example.
I have participated on an improvement and consolidation path for a newly developed PMO in the past and enjoyed it. However, the PMO was implemented by consultants who left a checklist of suggested improvements to complete who left the organisation as I joined to make it more mature.
This time round I would like to support the PMO Manager in a much more rigorous, pro-active way.
I think it would make sense for me to produce a plan for this activity with their consent. I intend to review and overhaul the planning side as part of my role anyway (looking at best practice, better tools etc) but would like to support the whole PMO improvement programme.
I will, of course, be researching articles on this website, tools and processes to enhance PMO capability.
But any food for thought to guide and inspire my approach from the voices of experience would be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation of your ideas. Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
You have to understand your actual state and you have to understand the future desire state based on the strategy. That activity usually is performed by a business analyst and is named "needs assessment" or "strategy analysis". The tool I have used for years is the Tom Peter´s Seven S model. Saving Changes...
You could turn Problems into Opportunities and score some easy wins. To add to Sergio's comments, on the analysis of actual/current state, identify all the Problem situations and perhaps prioritize their fixes at the top of the future state - assuming this is the most bang for the buck from your organization's standpoint Saving Changes...
