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Archive for the ‘Choosing the Right PMO Vision’ Category

November 5th, 2007

Choosing the Right PMO Vision: 1. Key Considerations- Reporting Structure

1. Key considerations- why a PMO in the first place, reporting structure, underlying theme.
Where should the PMO exist and report to? Since most companies have a lot of projects located in the information technology (IT) area, this becomes a natural place to locate the PMO. This might be OK but thought needs to go into what […]

By Bob Turek -- 0 comments

November 5th, 2007

Choosing the Right PMO Vision: 1. Key Considerations- Why a PMO?

1. Key considerations- why a PMO in the first place, reporting structure, underlying theme.
Why are you considering a PMO? Usually something painful drives the creation, or reevaluation, of a PMO. Projects may be failing; failure can be described as being way over budget, not completing, and/or not achieving desired results. There may simply be too many […]

By Bob Turek -- 5 comments

November 5th, 2007

Choosing the Right PMO Vision: Achieving the Ability to Execute Strategies

My last two posts, “What is a Project?” and “Innovation Requires Selling Value”, are basic nuts and bolts views of the PM world that could be the bookends of my topic area. One is simply challenging typical views of what a project is and the other challenges PMOs to take on value selling innovation which, in […]

By Bob Turek -- 0 comments