Posted by Kevin Brady on Mon 18th February 2008 at 01:30 AM, Filed in PMO

The Best Engine For Success

For the Pros and Cons of other PMO models please see blogg posts Managing PMO, Consulting PMO or PSO

Seen through the eyes of a deploying Managing Consultant this model draws on the best features of the Managing and Consulting PMO models to create a hybrid model between the managing and the consulting PMO models. This drives and supports project management practices via a centralising PMO, but with the majority of the management of individual projects /programmes resting with formalised partnerships between individual end client business units and on-the-ground project /programme management resource.

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Mon 11th February 2008 at 07:53 PM, Filed in PMO

For the Pros and Cons of other PMO models please see blogg posts Managing PMO, Facilitative Managing PMO

This PMO model is not about enforcement. It addresses the needs of project management primarily through a consultative /mentoring approach designed to help foster a sense of project management community within a given programme. For a project managers streams working with such a model this would be more of a “pull” rather than a “push” relationship with the PMO team.

“Don’t call us we’ll call you”

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Wed 6th February 2008 at 06:45 PM, Filed in PMO

For the Pros and Cons of other PMO models please see blogg posts Consulting PMO, Facilitative Managing PMO

This is where a PMO serves as the central governing project /programme management body driving the delivery of a programme or a group of related programmes.

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Posted by Kevin Brady on Wed 20th September 2006 at 05:42 PM, Filed in PMO

For those newbie’s to Project Management – What is meant by the term “PMO”?

PMO is an abbreviation /stands for “Project Management Office” and is an office or department responsible for establishing, maintaining and enforcing project management processes, procedures, and standards. It provides services, support, and certification for project managers.

The set-up of PMOs has become very fashionable recently, with rapidly increasing numbers of PMOs set-up each year. This is evidenced by salaries of PMO related staff almost doubling in the last 18 months.

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