When is the right time for a PMO?

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Miranda Pearson Scottsdale, Az, United States

At what point in the maturity process do companies typically start to need a PMO? The company I work for has about 6o employees. It has recently purchased 2 companies to round out it's product portfolio. The companies are spread out geographically, and many of the processes need to be consolidated. I don't want to over-architect the processes before people are ready for it, but could use some direction in knowing how much process to aim for.

Thank you,
Miranda

Posted: Jul 23, 2007 2:08 PM

Mark Price Perry Business Driven PMO Evangelist| BOT International Orlando, Fl, United States

Hi Miranda,

Great post. Without more information, it is hard to comment effectively and of course the answer is likely to be, "It Depends."

I would offer for your consideration to not even think about organization. Rather, focus on the business problem and from that vantage point focus on the business need with respect to processes that may need to be consolidated, or fixed, or even put in place to begin with.

This work does not necessarily require a PMO. Arguably, it can and should start in the functional units first. This also will help to keep the process work at the right level vis a vis effort, value, and benefit as opposed to over-architecting. And, potentially, based upon success and the desire by the funtional units to further improve and to have a shared organization to facilitate improvement, a PMO is born.

Good luck,

Mark Perry, BOT International

Posted: Aug 31, 2007 8:33 PM

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