How to establish a PMO

It's hard to get a roadmap since it's so dependent on the organization, stakeholders and environment. The advice given here thus far is a very good start though. The rest is learn as you go since it's a new PMO and there is bound to be a learning curve.

I agree with Penny and others here on this. Understanding the why the PMO is sought, will help map out the processes, and metrics, which are essential to the PMO.

Laura Barnard has a lot of great points in her postings.

https://www.projectmanagement.com/blogs/36...en-I-was-you---

Laura Barnard has a lot of great points in her postings.

https://www.projectmanagement.com/blogs/36...en-I-was-you---

Haha, I guess I did not. But regardless, it simply emphasizes the point, right?

It is simple. But people forgot it. An organization must be considered an open and adaptable system. The organization reacts to environmental stimulus and create environmental stimulus (when the organization achieved both then the organization is an agile organization). How the organization answer the stimulis? Thanks the defined functions/process. What functions/process are defined? Thanks the strategy definition. Where the funcitons/process are located? Inside business units. If after an strategy defintion process a business function named PMO deserves to be created then it must be created. If you do not follow this path then you will fail.