Project Management | Project Managers

The Maturing of the PMO

Thomas Flynn

Typically, an organization begins the methodology/maturity progression process.

with the formation of a small Project Management Office (PMO) whose first task is to formulate the organization's PM methodology and associated tools, forms and templates. In the engineering/capital project management industry, the methodology typically will be a Stage Gated or Phased model. Typical phases are:

EPM is Pronounced PMO!

Chris Vandersluis

"How do you pronounce 'EPM'?" I asked one of our consultants recently.

"Enterprise Project Management?" he replied.

"No," I said. "You pronounce it P-M-O."

The Electric PMO

Chris Vandersluis

I had the great pleasure of sitting in on a round-table discussion at ProjectWorld Canada this week in Montreal. Of all the things you can do at ProjectWorld Canada, sitting with other project managers and doing peer-to-peer learning is by far my favorite. The topics in this case were on placards at each table and you could just select the subject that was of interest and sit in for a half-hour discussion. “A successful Project Management Office (PMO)” caught my attention and I sat in on both sessions to listen in.

PMO: Change and Integration Management

Donna M. Ulrich

Overview of the Challenge

What approach should be taken by a PMO to successfully introduce new processes and tools and have them accepted by the client group?

PMO 2.0: Expanding the Value and Reach of the PMO

Terry Doerscher

The world of project management has changed, limiting the effectiveness of traditional project management techniques in today’s fast-moving, knowledge-based, technology-oriented service organizations. The PMO must go beyond project or even portfolio management to include financial and organizational capacity management.