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Do you prefer to work in an Organization with a PMO?

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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
I created a poll - https://www.projectmanagement.com/polls/43...ion-with-a-PMO-

Cast your vote and let's discuss the Pro's & Con's.
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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
I'm flexible and can work in any environment.

If no PMO exists, I will make recommendations to run successful projects.

If a PMO exists, I will contribute to making it better and better.
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Eric Simms Senior Program Manager Baltimore, Maryland, United States
I prefer to work outside of a PMO. I find PMOs often contain needless bureaucracy that hinders me. There are doubtless many effective PMOs out there, but I haven't yet had the good fortune to work with one.
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Feb 07, 2018 9:23 AM
Drake Settsu
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Yes, that is the downside of some PMO's when they are full of bureaucracy defeating the good it could have delivered to the organization.
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Drake Settsu Project Manager / Blogger Hi, United States
Feb 07, 2018 9:12 AM
Replying to Eric Simms
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I prefer to work outside of a PMO. I find PMOs often contain needless bureaucracy that hinders me. There are doubtless many effective PMOs out there, but I haven't yet had the good fortune to work with one.
Yes, that is the downside of some PMO's when they are full of bureaucracy defeating the good it could have delivered to the organization.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
This is a good discussion. I often encounter that the role of a PMO, although it is extensively described in several academic and non academic references, finds some difficulties to add value to the organization. It would be interesting to learn from PM or PgM who have worked with PMO how they have managed this and ensure satisfaction of their PMOs.
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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States
Since I am working on setting up a PMO at my organization my answer would be yes. We need a PMO to support our project managers. Currently people are contacting the project managers directly asking for new projects which has cause them to overcommit. There have been many projects that the managers have worked hard to complete and were never used. Projects with low ROI's are being worked on first.
Our goal is to set up a PMO to funnel all of the projects and prioritize them in addition to making sure there is a budget in place.
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Juan Gabriel Gantiva Vergara IT PMO Manager| Private Madrid, Spain
he PMO must be maturing in the company. It is imporante that begins to be created but that it exists, and maturing it until it becomes a strategic PMO. If the PMO has the mission to punish is not good. Must be a collaborator and facilitate project management work
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Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom
Yes, I think that a PMO has a lot to offer the project management community within an organisation.
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I haven't had the opportunity to work with a PMO yet.

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