Hellow, I am reading a book of project management and found PMO and OPM. What is the relationship between these?. Thanks Saving Changes...
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I guess that PMO means Project Management Office while OPM means Organizational Project Maturity. Is that is the case then here the definitions from the PMI Lexicon that will help you to understand the relation:
-Organizational Project Management. A framework in which portfolio, program, and project
management are integrated with organizational enablers in order to achieve strategic objectives.
-Program Management Office. A management structure that standardizes the program?related governance processes and facilitates the sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques. Saving Changes...
There is a great article related to your question at PMI.org
Organizational Project Management (OPM) provides organizations the means to improve their capabilities and performance in the delivery of strategy.
Project management office (PMO) is positioned to extract the full potential of OPM for maximizing organizational performance and the delivery of strategy.
PMO centralise and standardize the management of project in different roles such as supportive, controlling and directive. While OPM is Organisation Project Management as process improvement models. The PMI OPM3 Organisation Project Management Maturity Model examines an enterprise project management process capabilities.
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Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
I concur with Sergio and PUI on this.
PMO is the centralized body overseeing the business units that are running projects. While OPM3 provides a method or framework for organizations to understand their OPM processes and practices. Saving Changes...
Anonymous
I usually do not like academic definitions and here is my view
OPM = Organizational Project Management
Which mean: the policies, guidelines, procedures, methodologies, knowledge base, templates, flowcharts that an organizations' staff use to manage projects (and maybe programs and portfolio). If organization deliver value through projects and program, they must have an OPM System in place. Unfortunately, some or many, do not have formal OPM System in place.
PMO is a lengthy discussion - next message Saving Changes...
Anonymous
PMO
The problem with PMO is that there is no common definition. I know PMI is trying but PMI is not the only resource for PM and most organizations do not follow PMI.
Here is an elaboration
Name
- P: the P could stand for project, program, portfolio --- I have even seen other uses
- M: I think all references agree on this one - Management
- O: Most will agree that the O is for Office but I have seen it as Officer (a person) and Organization.
Often, PMO stands for Project Management Office, in the PM context
Role
I have seen temporary PMO responsible for managing a single project or program -- there are also permanent PMO
When there is a permanent PMO, it is often an organizational unit (1 person to x?) that either function as a reporting agency --- just collecting report ---- to a full management office responsible for the management of projects in the organization. In between these two extremes - there could be many variations.
In summary ---- and in theory ---- a PMO should be the unit responsible for building the OPM System and managing it. In other words, think about an HR department - the HR department set the rules about employees, recruiting, hiring, developing, promoting, etc. but each department manager will use these rules to manage their departments. Saving Changes...
Depending on the mandate of a PMO, it may or may not have a direct influence on OPM. For example, a program-focused PMO (temporary entity) might be stood up to successfully deliver a single, critical program but would then disband without having materially affected the organizational project management maturity.
If it is a PMO with enterprise portfolio oversight and governance, then I'd see a stronger tie to OPM...
