Many corporations have Setup Project Management Office (PMO) in search of streamlining the process. They can establish better governance across the projects by leveraging project assets and through optimizing resources across projects. In light of the core objectives, it is observed by many that the actual outcome differs from what's intended.
May I request you to share greater insights, your learnings, and your experience around what is the top-most outcome of a PMO? Saving Changes...
I can list out some real outcome of a PMO from my experience:
- Provide/direct training/sharing for PMs
- Join as a consultant when projects have a big problem, PMO member may be join quite deep to the project, help project team to find out root cause and recommend solution, sometime they also coaching PM/project team to implement the solution to resolve problem
- Building and maintain a PM community in the organization
- PMP also contribute for process improvement in the organization
Nhu Anh Nguyen, Fantastic points. Thanks for your inputs based on your experience. I appreciate your contribution. Thank you,
Establishing "Project Management" practice, competency and governance framework in an organization which draw long term outcome w.r.t cost optimization, risk reduction and a working culture !
Rajeev, Thanks for your precise inputs. Competency, governance framework, long-term outcomes, reducing risk are key takeaways for me. I appreciate that.
I can add that it creates discipline in a company to respect Project Managers. Project Managers have to report their projects to the PMO so staff on project teams know that they have to be accountable to PM's.
Drake,
Certainly, valuable insights of discipline and accountability. Thanks for sharing.
Regards, Anand Patwa Saving Changes...
Saby WaraichCIO | CISO| Clackamas Community CollegeOr, United States
Anand, It is all about aligning people, process and technology to deliver effective project management services. PMO is all about delivering value.
There are various components of PMO that includes:
Governance & Control, Standards and Methods, Oversight and Quality, Tools and Technology, Personnel Planning, Skills development of staff, Project delivery, Strategic management etc..
It boils down to Strategic Alignment and Operational success through Capabilities, Resource Management and Project Office.
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1 reply by Anand Patwa
Jan 11, 2018 3:17 AM
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Saby,
Superb insights. I like the strategic alignment of People - Process - Technology delivering value through various PMO components. I appreciate your inputs.
Organizations must create a strategy. Strategy is the way organizations answer to environmental sitmuli (reactive) and create environmental stimuli (proactive). Answers are defined when organizations define functions/process and the structure to locate those functions/process. Project/program/portfolio functions/process must be part of the strategy if organizations consider them must be. When organizations define those process then is time to decide if a new business unit deserve to be created (a PMO for example) or those process will be located by distributed them between existing business unit. With all those in hand you have your answer. There is no way to create value if you do not follow that path.
Sergio,
First I like to appreciate you for elaborating the inputs. I love it and my kewy takeaways are:
- Strategy for creating environmental stimuli
- Function and Processes - Structures to locate them
- Intentional reasons to establish new BU = PMO
- Create Value following the path.
Thank you so much for your guidance here.
Regards, Anand Patwa
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1 reply by Sergio Luis Conte
Jan 11, 2018 4:32 AM
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You are welcome. Is what I do from years into each organization I have the responsability to create a PMO and what I teach.
Strategically partner with leadership along with support and guidance for the project managers within the organization. What that exactly looks like is dependent on the specific needs and direction of the organization, but could include processes, rationale, templates, guides, open door policy, etc.
Andrew,
Thank you so much for your insights. Makes sense to me, I take away the collaborative approach to ensure leadership and PM's have each other back towards the common objective. Also Direction, Processes, OPA are the crucial factors.
In Corporate View: Doing the right things at the right time.
Keyvan,
I loved - Doing the right things at the right time. Thanks for your input.
Regards, Anand Patwa Saving Changes...
Gaurav GuptaPMO| Deinde Engineering ServicesScarborough, Ontario, Canada
Overall coordination between teams while achieving the defined objectives in the best possible way has always been the goal of PMO. Now, the 'best possible way' is bound to vary from the planned way.
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1 reply by Anand Patwa
Jan 11, 2018 3:21 AM
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Gaurav,
I appreciate your inputs here. I takeaway Objectives - Coordination - Achievement, through PMO Goal. I loved the statement: The 'best possible way' is bound to vary from the planned way. Thank you.
