Project Management Office

Value-driven, agile PMO services that improve project and portfolio performance.

Assessing the Value of Project Management:

Only 58% of organizations fully understand the value of project management.

Bridging Strategy & Value Delivery with the PMO:

Only 41% of organizations with an enterprise-wide project management office (EPMO) report that it is highly aligned to the organization's strategy.

Widespread Use of Standardized Practices:

93% of organizations report using standardized project management practices.

(from PMI Pulse of the Profession, 2018)

Improve PMO performance with proven project management consulting & time-tested approaches.

PMO Start-Up

Establishing the "right" PMO infrastructure.

Create PMO Identity
Create PMO Processes
Create Project Management Capabilities
Create and/or Augment PMO Tools & Techniques

PMO Level-Up

Better support the goals of your organization.

Define the state of the current PMO
Define the future state PMO
Define and implement the feature, function, and benefits of the future state PMO

Methodology

Implementation is a collaborative process, with final methodology ownership in your hands. Our methodology implementation approaches are designed to foster acceptance and make the adoption of an effective methodology welcomed within your culture.

PMO Infrastructure

Management Reporting - oversees alignment of project portfolio with business strategy
Project Methodology Ownership - implements standard project management processes and methodologies so that project managers are doing similar activities in a consistent fashion across projects
Project Feasibility and Planning Guidance - implements standard processes so that project team members are doing like activities in similar fashion
Project Management Mentoring and Coaching - identifies project manager skill sets and provides training to project managers
Project Delivery Best Practice Processes - collects project lessons learned and makes them available to project personnel, performs quality audits on projects

Growing Value Delivery Capabilities

Organizations with mature capabilities have the ability to minimize risks, control costs, and are better able to adapt to changing market conditions.

They make use of all approaches to project delivery—predictive, iterative, incremental, and agile—using the one that fits the needs of the project and the organization.

If organizations are struggling with the challenges of today, will they
be adequately prepared for
the disruptive environment of tomorrow?

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the roles and responsibilities of PMO?

What are the benefits of a PMO?

Do you need a PMO?

How do I measure PMO success?

A strong PMO is one that can link its performance to the overall goals of the organization. Below are examples of key performance indicators (KPIs) that may help to measure success:

Project/program performance: Percentage of projects and programs delivering their expected business outcomes; Percentage customer satisfaction; Earned value data; Actual delivery of benefits versus planned benefits.
Operational performance: Regulatory compliance rate; Safety record; Quality measurements; Time-to-market; Resource utilization variance (actual versus allocation); Effectiveness of training; Time to staff new projects.
Portfolio performance: Number of new services or products; Return on investment (ROI) for projects and programs; Alignment of spends with objectives.

Avoid trying to measure too much too soon.

Select a few key metrics that are meaningful
in the short-term and ensure there is a process to measure them.

overall goals.

How do I optimize Benefits Realization Management?

We help PMO leaders achieve intended business results by strengthening the organization’s benefits realization management practices.

Identify, analyze and map expected benefits to related programs and projects.
Confirm benefits realization plans include dependencies and steps needed to transition and sustain benefits.
Engage stakeholders including downstream business owners in the identification, execution and sustainment stages of benefits realization management.
Communicate benefits and learning back into the strategy planning cycle.
Implement effective metrics to measure benefits. Leverage these metrics in your PMO reports.
Create a benefits manager role that focuses on managing the benefits realization life cycle for all strategic programs and projects.
Take ownership of benefits realization governance for all the critical organizational initiatives.